Franklin D. Murphy Papers, 1948-1994

Summary

Creators:

Murphy, Franklin D., 1916-

Abstract:

Franklin David Murphy (1916-1994) was the Chancellor at the University of Kansas (1951-60), Chancellor at UCLA (1960-68), Chairman of the Board and CEO (1968) and Chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-86) of the Times Mirror Company. Murphy was active in philanthropic, cultural, scientific, and financial organizations and received many awards and honorary degrees. The collection consists primarily of materials related to Dr. Franklin D. Murphy's career at the Times Mirror Company, as Chancellor of the University of Kansas and UCLA, and as a member of Presidential commissions and boards of various philanthropic, financial, and cultural institutions.

Extent:

79 boxes (39.5 linear ft.) 21 oversize boxes

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists primarily of materials related to Dr. Franklin D. Murphy's career at the Times Mirror Company, as Chancellor of the University of Kansas and UCLA, and as a member of Presidential commissions and boards of various philanthropic, financial, and cultural institutions. Includes academic, chronological, and correspondence files, honors and awards, photographs, printed materials, speeches, statements, speeches, memorabilia, and realia. Also includes material about the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Armand Hammer's proposed gift collected by Franklin Murphy.

Biographical / historical:

Franklin David Murphy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, January 29, 1916; AB, University of Kansas (1936) and MD, University of Pennsylvania, (1941); instructor (1946-48), Dean of the School of Medicine (1948-51), and Chancellor (1951-60) at the University of Kansas; Chancellor at the UCLA, 1960-68; joined the Times Mirror Company as Chairman of the Board and CEO (1968) and became Chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-86); active in philanthropic, cultural, scientific, and financial organizations and received many awards and honorary degrees; major UCLA contributions include the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, development of the William Andrews Clark Library, and a number of primary research collections in the UCLA Library; died in Los Angeles, June 16, 1994.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Times Mirror Company and Judith Murphy, 1995.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

1. Chronological files.
2. Correspondence.
3. Office files.
4. Honors and awards.
5. Material about Armand Hammer collected by Franklin Murphy.
6. Speeches and statements.
7. Academic files and speeches (Treasures, educational papers, U. of K. and more speeches).
8. Material about the Los Angeles County Museum and Armand Hammer.
9. Material collected by Franklin Murphy.
10. Photographs.
11. Printed material about Franklin Murphy.
12. Travel.
13. Memorabilia.
14. Realia.

Physical location:

Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Related resources

Related material:

My UCLA Chancellorship: an Utterly Candid Interview [oral history transcript] / Franklin D. Murphy, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1973. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

A Chancellor's Spouse [oral history transcript] / Judith Murphy, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1995. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

College administrators--Archival resources.
Boards of directors--Officials and employees--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Correspondence.
Photographs.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

Contact:

(310) 825-4988

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