Guide to the Columba Patrick Murray papers M2156

Malgorzata Schaefer

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2017

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Note

This is a listing rather than a true finding aid.

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Columba Patrick Murray papers

Creator: Murray, Columba Patrick, 1898-1985

Identifier/Call Number: M2156

Physical Description: 3.25 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize box)

Date (inclusive): 1898-1985

Date (bulk): 1918-1959

Language of Material: Primarily in English with some material in German.

Biographical note

Columba Patrick Murray, Jr., was born in 1898 and died in Vienna, Austria, on September 23, 1985. He studied law at Georgetown University and eventually served in the ARA (American Relief Administration) in Russia from 1921-1923, as a major in the United States Army from 1942-1945, and in CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) in post-war Poland and Austria from 1946-48.

Content Description

The materials consist of personal and professional correspondence, documents and photographs, mostly from 1918-1959, recording the activities of Major Columba Patrick Murray during a lifetime career associated with various U.S. consular, diplomatic, and military stations, most notably the ARA (American Relief Administration) in Russia, 1921-1923, and CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) in post-war Poland and Austria. 231 manuscripts and typed letters and documents, various sizes, totaling 391 pages. Miscellaneous photographs.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Columba Patrick Murray papers (M2156). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased by Stanford University Libraries in 2014.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union

International relief -- Europe

Murray, Columba Patrick, 1898-1985

CARE Inc.

American Relief Administration

Box 1, Folder 1

American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 32, January 1923

Box 1, Folder 1

The School of Military Government, Class Two, September 8th - December 29th, 1942: Major Murray on p. 24

Box 1, Folder 2

Kampf unter der Kriegsflagge eine Bildmappe vom Einsatz unserer Kriegsmarine : mit 18 Bildern nach Originalen von Marinemaler Adolf Bock und 16 BIldern nach Aufnahmen von Kriegsberichtern der Kriegsmarine: A portfolio of color and b&w reproductions of paintings of Adolf Bock, and of photographs taken by war correspondents

Box 1, Folder 3

Die Sächsische Schweiz, with inscription Februar 19, 1942

Box 1, Folder 3

Bad Nauheim brochure and map

Box 1, Folder 4

Colomba Murray related ephemera including: birth certificate, 1898; selective service registration cards, 1918; registration for classes at Georgetown, 1918; newspaper mentioning audition with Pope, 1948; Engineer's certificate, 1922; 1898-03-05-1963-12-31

Box 1, Folder 5

Newspaper clippings, most with biographical details on Colomba Murray

Box 1, Folder 6

Death certificate, notification of death to stepsisters and ephemera

Box 1, Folder 7

Information relating to death of Colomba Murray and material about his stay in Vienna

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence - Inter-family between Columba and his mother Maria, Margaret, Katie and Anne Murray (Ireland and New York) 1890-01-01-1926-03-25

Box 1, Folder 9

Correspondence, Colomba Murray work-related, Washington, D.C. 1918-02-11-1919-06-11

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence, including travel expenses of Colomba Murrary work-related, with Copenhagen, Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, London, Kazan, Riga, Peking 1919-06-1924-03

Box 1, Folder 11

Travel orders issued to Columba Murray by the American Relief Administration in Russia, 1922/23

Box 1, Folder 12

Accounts and balances for Columba Murray while in service of ARA , Russia and Ukraine 1921-12-1923-03-25

Box 1, Folder 13

Reports of famine in Russia, 1921, including statistics of starving people by region and the services provided by ARA

Box 1, Folder 14

Letters to Colomba Murray from females in Kiev, Odessa, Paris 1923-1927

Box 1, Folder 15

Correspondence: to Columba Murray from William Vasily von Kleenam; between Columba Murray and Tong Shaoyi, Chinese politician and ephemera about him 1926-1930

Box 2, Folder 1

Letters: Colomba Murray to his son, Colomba Jr. in China 1923-10-1929-03

General

Some letters very brittle

Box 2, Folder 1

Letters: Edward Leaky to Colomba Murray 1933-1935

Box 2, Folder 2

Correspondence: to Columba Murray, various, about personal finances, requests for donations 1923-1928

Box 2, Folder 3

Correspondence: Commission for Polish Relief 1941-1942

Box 2, Folder 4

Letters: Colomba Murray to sister, Mae Crewe, later Mae Sheridan, from Europe; correspondence with Sidney Larschan 1944-1950

Box 2, Folder 5

Letters: Colomba Murray to sister, Mae Sheridan, from Europe 1951-1959

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence: Colomba Murray and sister, Anne Flaherty 1956-1957

Box 2, Folder 6

Letters: Colomba Murray to Sidney Larschan, from Europe 1947-03

Box 2, Folder 7

Commission at rank of Major on December 7, 1942, issued May 20, 1947 for service in WWII. Accompanying letter from Major General Witsell who issued the commission.

Box 2, Folder 7

Pope John Paul II Indulgence document for Colomba Murray and family 1982-07-22

Box 2, Folder 8

Ephemera relating to Colomba Murray: naturalization papers from 1897; reference letter from 1912; 3 small photographs of his wife and children, celtic graves in Ireland and wife's tomb in New York

Box 2, Folder 9

Ephemera and empty canceled envelopes

Box 2, Folder 10

Photographs of presentation to Colomba Murray of the decoration of A Knight of St. Gregory on behalf of the Holy Father by Cardinal Theodor Innitzer, Cardinal and Primate of Austria; other photographs of ceremonies, all with annotations. Press clippings and photographs relating to CARE

Box 2, Folder 11

Photographs from Waclaw Kuligowski in Poland of a woman in costumes

Box 2, Folder 11

Photographs of a room in New York City with a sign displaying Colomba P. Murray Jr.

Box 2, Folder 12

Business cards of foreigners and ads found in newspapers; calling card of Cla Murray, Jr.; ephemera

Box 3, Folder 1

Photographs of Hilde, a romantic interest

Box 3, Folder 3

Photographs, some with annotations

Box 3, Folder 4

Photographs - Germany

Box 3, Folder 5

Photographs, mostly China

Box 3, Folder 5

Postcard photos, Chile

Box 3, Folder 6

Postcard family photos; three postcards with letters from Berlin

Box 3, Folder 7

Two photograph sets with annotations from Hilde

Box 3, Folder 8

Photographs of Colomba Murray as an adult; one photograph of a man; family postcard photos with letter from Colomba as a child to his father

Box 3, Folder 9

Four family photographs, tintypes

Box 3, Folder 10

Eire ein Irlandbuch von Joachim Gerstenberg, Hansestadt Hamburg, 1940, with an inscription on the inside dated 27 Januar 1942

flat-box 4, Folder 1

The Sunday Star, Washington, D. C. Planogravure Section, November 24, 1918

Physical Description: Extremely brittle.

flat-box 4, Folder 2

Morgen Express, den 7 April 1964, two copies; clipping from issue of Panarama-Queen 1964

flat-box 4, Folder 3

Life, December 23, 1940: photo of Commission for Polish Relief, p. 52