Archival Collection

MURPHY, JAMES E., COLLECTION

BOX 1

Howard, George Selby.
The New Royal Encyclopedia, and Cyclopaedia: or, Complete
Modern and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Vol. I.
1796.

BOX 2

Howard, George Selby.
The New Royal Encyclopedia, and Cyclopaedia: or, Complete
Modern and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Vol. II.
1796.

BOX 3

Howard, George Selby.
The New Royal Encyclopedia, and Cyclopaedia: or, Complete
Modern and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Vol.
III. 1796.

BOX 4

1.
McGuffey’s New Eclectic Spelling-Book: Embracing A
Progressive Course of Instruction in English Orthography and
Orthocpy: Including Dictation Exercises. New York,
Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, From the Press of Van
Antwerp, Bragg & Co., 1865.

2.
McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book, Revised Edition. New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1879 by Van
Antwerp, Bragg & Co.

3.
McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book, Revised Edition. New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1896.

4. Blewett, Scott H. and Ben, Compilers.
A List of the words in McGuffey’s Primer and Readers Given in
Regular Order, as they First Occur, by Lessons. New York,
Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1886, Van Antwerp,
Bragg & Co.

5.
McGuffey’s Second Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition. New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1907 by H. H.
Vail.

6.
McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition. New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1896 by
American Book Company.

7.
McGuffey’s New Fourth Eclectic Reader: Instructive
Lessons for the Young, 1866, Eclectic Press: Van Antwerp, Bragg
& Co., Cincinnati.

8.
McGuffey’s Fourth Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition. New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1907, by H. H.
Vail.

9.
McGuffey’s Rhetorical Guide; or, Fifth Reader of The Eclectic
Series: Containing Elegant Extract in Prose and Poetry, with
Copious Rules and Rhetorical Exercises. Publishers: Winthrop
B. Smith & Co., Cincinnati, 1844.

10.
McGuffey’s New Sixth Eclectic Reader: Exercises in
Rhetorical Reading, with Introductory Rules and Examples.
Cincinnati: Wilson, Hinkle & Co., 1867.

11.
McGuffey’s Sixth Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition. New
York Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1879 by Van
Antwerp, Bragg & Co.

12. Jay, William.
Exercises for the Closet: For Every Day in The Year,
Vol. I. Published by Crocker and Brewster, New York,
1831.

13.
Demonstration of The Existence and Attributes of God, Drawn
from the knowledge of nature, from proofs purely intellectual,
and from the idea of the Infinite Himself. Harrisburgh:
Printed and sold by William Gillmore, 1811.

14. Porter, Miss Jane. The Scottish Chiefs, A Romance.
Vol. III. Exeter, Printed and Published by J. & B. Williams,
1827.

15. Murray, Lindley.
English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners
with an Appendix, containing Rules and Observations. for
assisting the more advanced students to write with perspicuity
and accuracy. Published by Freeman Scott, Philadelphia,
1827.

MURPHY, JAMES E., COLLECTION

BOX 5

Folder

1.
Army Information Digest, December 1964 and September 1965
(Contains uniform pictures)

2.
Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Spring 1971 (Antebellum
Courthouses of Tennessee)

3.
American Blade, December 1977 (Contains history of the
anvil)

4.
U. S. News & World Report, March 16, 1987 (Article
about Walker Percy)

5. Shaker brochures and booklets

6. Newspaper Clippings

7. Maps, South Carolina, South America, Hawaiian Islands:
Military Map of part of Louisiana, Compiled at the U. S. Coast
Survey Office, 1863 (xerox copy) (This map is with illustrated
maps); La Branch Quadrangle, 1979; Laplace Quadrangle, 1979 (These
two maps are in the map cabinet with the Quadrangle maps)

8.
State Farm Road Atlas, 1963

9.
Dixie, Times-Picayune Sunday, July 4, 1976, Bienville’s
City Remembers

10. Triumphal Procession of Colonel Grierson, Commanding Sixth
and Seventh Illinois Cavalry, Through Baton Rouge, May 2, 1863
(From a sketch by Mr. J. R. Hamilton) (xerox); Cartoon about “Beast
Butler” (xerox)

11.
State of Louisiana Public Documents, 1961-1964 (8
booklets)

12. 1961 magazine in Russian

13.
Soviet Life, December 1985

14.
Soviet Life, January 1986

15.
Soviet Life, December 1986

16.
Soviet Life, January 1987

17.
Soviet Life, March 1987

18.
Soviet Life, April 1987

MURPHY, JAMES E., COLLECTION

BOX 6

Folder

1. Certificate of Baptism for James Edward Murphy born February
22, 1917 and baptized March 28, 1917; Teachers’ Professional
Certificate from Common Schools of Pennsylvania for Ella C. Leary
(mother of James Murphy), one dated June 3, 1907 and the other
dated June 7, 1909; Request and Authority for Leave form for James
E. Murphy dated September 8, 1967; a receipt dated August 17,
1950

2. Correspondence concerning Shaker communities, 1958

3. Letters of Recommendation for James E. Murphy, 1942 and
1948

4. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1966-1981

5. Newspaper clippings about James E. Murphy, 1968-1981