%eadnotat; ]> 5195camu Carol R. Murphy Papers, 1918-1993 SKM Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1997 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Carol R. Murphy Papers, 1918-1993 SKM Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1997 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1918-1993 RG 5/195 Carol R. Murphy (1916-1994) 8 boxes; 3.5 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog Carol R. Murphy (1916-1994) was a Quaker writer and thinker. She was the daughter of Mildred Knight Murphy (1889-1974) and Charles R. Murphy (1884-1936), who were convinced Friends. Carol R. Murphy was a member of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting and active at Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania. The papers of Carol R. Murphy, late twentieth century Quaker writer, are organized into two series. Series 1 contains autobiographical material and memorabilia, literary manuscripts, published articles, and notes by Carol R. Murphy. Series 2 contains Mildred K. Murphy's commonplace and sketchbooks, dating circa 1918 to 1969. BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL Carol Rozier Murphy (1916-1994) was a Quaker writer and longtime editor and contributor to publications produced at Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. 1916-1928She was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 7, 1916, the only child of Mildred Johnston Knight (1889-1974) and Charles Rozier Murphy (1884-1936). Her father was a Harvard graduate and poet and her mother an amateur artist and musician; according to her autobiography, they had married contrary to the wishes of their families who were well-to-do Philadelphians. After a childhood of home schooling and little contact with children and outsiders in rural Massachusetts, the family moved to the Philadelphia area so that Carol might attend Quaker schools. Her father had become interested in the tenets of Quakerism and began a compilation of Quaker poetry, working at Friends Historical Library. In 1928 the family became convinced Friends, joining the Swarthmore Monthly Meeting. The little family was tight-knit, reading aloud together nightly until Mildred's death in 1974. 1929-1952, 1950s-1990sCarol Murphy attended Westtown School 1929-33, and the family moved to Swarthmore when she began her studies at Swarthmore College. She graduated Swarthmore Class of 1937 and earned an M.A. in International Affairs at American University in 1941. In 1947, she began her long association with Pendle Hill, where she found her true vocation in writing, editing, and contemplation. She wrote more than seventeen pamphlets for Pendle Hill as well as for other Quaker publications on topics such as pastoral care, comparative religion, religious psychology, and meditation. In 1951, she took a course on pastoral counseling at the Garrett Biblical Institute, and in 1952 she joined the Pendle Hill Publications Committee. In her later years, Carol Murphy also was active on various Quaker library boards and in the Swarthmore Monthly Meeting. SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains copies of Carol Murphy's published articles, notebooks, personal papers including a typescript of her autobiography, and other miscellaneous papers which give insight into her insular upbringing and unusual lifestyle which focused on religious intellectual study. She also kept copies of minutes and related papers from her work with Quaker library committees, Pendle Hill Publications Committee, and Swarthmore Monthly Meeting Worship and Ministry. Her mother's commonplace books, sketch books, and music transcriptions were placed in a separate series. The commonplace books contain excerpts and selections of poetry on primarily religious topics from a wide range of authors which she began collecting in 1918 and continued until about 1969.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series:

Manuscripts, correspondence, and publications by Carol R. Murphy Commonplace and sketch books by Mildred K. Murphy, her mother ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information

Donor: Transfer from Pendle Hill, 1993, 1994; Accession number 93-049 and 94.014

In her will, Carol R. Murphy bequeathed her personal papers and books to Pendle Hill. Pendle Hill transferred the papers and some of the books to FHL where they could be more accessible and kept archivally.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG5/195, Carol R. Murphy Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

An earlier gift from Carol Murphy to FHL was added to this collection. Publication were sorted out and books added to the Library duplicates collection. The Papers were sorted into series and stored in eight boxes in Record Group 5, with a checklist.

 Related Material

See also:

See the Library catalogue for Carol R. Murphy's publications and for The Fields of Thought by Charles R. Murphy, 1937 RG 4/066, Pendle Hill Records SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Murphy Family. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Swarthmore Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) Society of Friends -- Pastoral life. Society of Friends -- Theology. Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County. Quaker authors. American poetry Pennsylvania -- Quakers Murphy, Mildred K., 1889-1974. Murphy, Charles R., 1884-1936. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Carol R. Murphy (1916-1994) documents & correspondence, 1928-1992 1 1 Autobiography MS typed and handwritten, 62 pp. 1 2 Genealogical material 1 3 Personal memorabilia (photos, journal) 1991-92 1 4 Personal material

Relates to meeting worship at Swarthmore Monthly Meeting, including meditations and "A Search for Meaning," a spiritual autobiography.

Commonplace book on mysticism 1 4

Includes book list (bound volume). "For the Inward Traveler," an anthology compiled by Carol Murphy. Ms in bound volume with personal notes.

 1 5 Herbert Hoover to Carol Murphy Nov. 17, 1928 TLS 1 6 A.S. Eddington to Charles R. Murphy April 14, 1929 ALS 1 5 Correspondence from Lillian Hughes 1953-94 1 6 Miscellaneous personal correspondence 2 7 "Naturalization Procedures in the U.S." 1941

Typscript with notations. Submitted to American University.

 2 8 Typed MS, "Comments on Current Affairs" n.d. 2 9 "Pendle Hill, The First Twenty Years" 1950

Typed MS and related materials

 2 10 Miscellaneous manuscripts 2 11 Published articles, Charles R. Murphy 2 12 Published poem, Mildred K. Murphy 2 13 Published essays, Carol R. Murphy 2 14 Articles published in Friends Journal and Friends Intelligencer 2 15 Articles published in Journal of Pastoral Care and The Personalist 2 16 Miscellaneous articles, published letters by Carol Murphy 3 17 Rough notes on various subjects 2 files 3 18 Rough notes 3 19 Counseling Courses Notes 16 small notebooks

Notebooks, commonplace collections and notes on various topics and courses

 4 Notes and copies of minutes from committee work, 1952-1993 4 20 Library Committees and workshops ca. 1987-93 4 21 PYM Library Committee 4 22 Pendle Hill Publications Committee 1952-1992 4 23 Swarthmore Monthly Meeting Poetry Programs 1987-1991 4 24 Swarthmore Monthly Meeting, Worship and Ministry Committee 4 25 Misc. information on Quaker meetings Ser. 2. Mildred Johnson Knight Murphy (1889-1974) papers 5-7 Commonplace Book 1918-1969

Compilations of poetry and excerpts on religious and philosophical topics

 8 Sketchbooks and musical transcriptions