uarc00092 Paul L. Murphy Papers, 1960-1980 Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries March 2005
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman March 2005 English University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc] Murphy, Paul L., 1923- Paul L. Murphy papers 1960-1980 37 boxes (48.1 linear feet) Collection contains the papers of Paul L. Murphy, Regents' professor of history at the University of Minnesota. uarc 92 English Administrative Information Use of Materials

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Copyright

Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.

 Preferred citation

Paul L. Murphy papers, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

 Source of acquisition

The collection was deposited in University Archives in October and December of 1997.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains college constitutions, notes on U.S. history, reports, course packets and notes, correspondence, photocopied research notes and manuscript drafts.

Biographical Sketch of Paul L. Murphy (1923-1997)

Paul Lloyd Murphy was born on 5 September 1923 in Caldwell, Idaho. He earned his B.A. from the College of Idaho in 1947. The University of California, Berkeley awarded him an M.A. degree in 1947 and Ph.D. in 1953. Dr. Murphy was an assistant professor at Colorado State University (1953) and instructor at Ohio State University (1953-1957). Dr. Murphy joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1957 as an assistant professor of history. He was promoted to associate professor in 1960 and professor in 1970. In 1990, Dr. Murphy was named a Regents' professor, the highest honor conferred upon the faculty at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Murphy was known as a leader in the fields of civil liberties and the Bill of Rights and is often credited as inventing the field of American constitutional history. He retired from the University in June 1997. Paul Murphy died on 20 July 1997.

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Murphy, Paul L., 1923- -- Archives. University of Minnesota. Dept. of History. Civil rights -- United States -- History. Constitutional history -- United States.