W.A. (Pat) Murphy Collection
Scope and Contents
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Correspondence (1936-1947) regarding family matters, Murphy's service as Oklahoma State Commissioner of Labor, and his retirement from public service; certificates (1896-1939); clippings (1933-1950) regarding Murphy, and state and national labor concerns; publications (1936-1947), including pamphlets on national labor affairs; pocket notebooks and address books; and a guest register (1952) from Murphy's funeral. William Albert Patrick Murphy Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1896-1952
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.33 ft. (.33 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Unknown; Date of acquisition--1958.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor laws and legislation -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor movement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Murphy, William Albert Patrick, 1872-1952
- Oklahoma -- Elections Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- 1907- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma Association for Old Age Security, Inc
- Political campaigns -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu