Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Edna Murphy papers
    Date (inclusive): 1919-1935
    Collection number: 46
    Creator: Murphy, Edna
    Extent: 2.5 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Edna Murphy papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired: 1980

    Biography

    Edna Murphy was an American actress. Between 1920 and 1932 she appeared in more than sixty feature- length productions. She married director Mervyn LeRoy in 1927.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Edna Murphy papers span the years 1919-1935 and encompass 2.5 linear feet. The collection consists primarily of personal items, such as handwritten verse and prose, correspondence, diaries, travel miscellany, and address books. It also contains contracts, clippings, photographs, and handwritten credit lists. There is some correspondence between Murphy and Mervyn LeRoy.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Subject files, subseries A-B as follows: A. General; B. Clippings.

    Indexing Terms

    Murphy, Edna , 1899-1974--Archives.
    actresses