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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: William P. Murphy Papers
creator:
Murphy, William P.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1436
Physical Description:
15 Linear Feet
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1953-2004
Physical Location: Special Collections
and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance.
For more information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
The materials are open for research use; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and
must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
[identification of item] William P. Murphy Papers (SC1436). Dept. of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William P. Murphy, 2018.
Collection includes audio tapes and reels from Murphy’s dissertation fieldwork among the
Kpelle for 13 months in 1973-74; fieldwork in Liberia in 1971; and fieldwork in Sierra Leone
among the Mende of Sierra Leone for 13 months in 1981-82. Also included are transcriptions
and translations of audiorecordings.
William P. Murphy earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University in 1976. Murphy
conducted extensive field work in West Africa for his dissertation, "A Semantic and Logical
Analysis of Kpelle Proverb Metaphors of Secrecy."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kpelle (African people)
Proverbs, Kpelle.
Mende (African people)
Anthropology -- Field work
Africa, West -- Social life and customs
Murphy, William P.