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BOX 1-7 Part I, 1958-1996
Part I, dated from 1958 to 1996, primarily documents Murphy's term as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs (1983-1989) and his later professional activities after his retirement from the State Department. Prominent correspondents include George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Warren Christopher, and Richard M. Nixon.
Material types include appointment calendars, biographical material, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks and notes, photographs, speeches and writings, State Department papers, and television transcripts.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 1 Appointment calendars, 1984-1989
(9 folders)
BOX 1 Biographical material, circa 1990-1993
BOX 1 Congressional testimony, 1982-1988
BOX 2 Correspondence
BOX 2 From Murphy, 1984-1996
(2 folders)
BOX 2 To Murphy, 1984-1996, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 2 Council on Foreign Relations, 1989-1995
BOX 2 Fulbright Commission, 1989
BOX 2 Guest book from American embassy, Damascus, Syria, 1974-1976
BOX 2 Newspaper clippings
BOX 2 1979-1990
(2 folders)
BOX 3 1991-1995, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 3 Notebooks
BOX 3 1984-1989
(2 folders)
BOX 4 Undated
(2 folders)
BOX 5 Undated
(3 folders)
BOX 6 Undated
BOX 6 Notes, 1989-1995, undated
BOX 6 Philippines, military bases agreement amendment signing ceremony, 1979
BOX 6 Photographs, 1958-1995, undated
BOX 6 Speaking engagements, 1971, 1989-1995
BOX 6 Speeches and writings
BOX 6 Drafts, 1991-1992, undated
BOX 6 Miscellaneous, 1989-1995, undated
BOX 7 Newspaper and magazine articles and editorials, 1986-1996
BOX 7 Speeches, 1979-1996, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 7 State Department
BOX 7 El Salvador panel
BOX 7 General, 1993
BOX 7 Newspaper clippings, 1993
BOX 7 Employment papers, 1983-1988
BOX 7 Iraq, 1985-1992, undated
BOX 7 Miscellany, 1982, 1989-1993, undated
BOX 7 Television interviews, 1989-1996
BOX 7 United Nations seminar regarding Palestine, 1991
BOX CL 1 Classified
BOX CL 1 El Salvador panel
BOX CL 1 General, telegram, 1993, Mar. 16 (Container 7)
BOX CL 1 Miscellany
BOX CL 1 Cable, Secretary of State to American Embassy, Jidda, Saudi Arabia, 1982, July 12 (Container 7)
BOX CL 1 News notes regarding the Middle East, 1993 (Container 7)
BOX 8-12 Part II: Department of State, 1955-2008
The Department of State series documents Murphy’s career with the agency. The series includes materials from Murphy’s term as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs (1983-1989), including travel diaries and photographs from trips to South Asia and the Middle East, photographs with various heads of state, correspondence, press clippings, notes, and memorabilia. Also included are correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and clippings from his time as an ambassador in Mauritania, Syria, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia (1971-1983), including photographs of Henry Kissinger’s visit to Damascus, Syria, in 1975. The series includes limited documentation of his postings as a foreign service officer in the early years of his career and a limited amount of personal material.
Material types include correspondence, photographs, notes, diaries, clippings, memorabilia, and certificates.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 8 Appointment calendars, 1976-1982
(6 folders)
BOX 9 Appointment calendars, 1983-1984
(2 folders)
BOX 9 Articles and other writings, 1986-1990
BOX 9 Certificates
BOX OV 1 1955-1979 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX 9 1978, 1984
BOX OV 2 1981-1991 See Container OV 2, same heading
BOX 9 Certificate for 35 years of State Department service, 1988
BOX 9 Clippings: Damascus, Syria, and Manila, Philippines, 1978
BOX 9 Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, Arms Relationship with Saudi Arabia, transcript of hearings, 1986
BOX 9 Correspondence
BOX 9 1959-1967
BOX 9 1968-1989
BOX 9 1972-1989
BOX 9 1987-1989
BOX 10 1988
BOX 10 Correspondence from NEA (Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs) posts, farewell messages, 1989, January
BOX 10 Embassy papers (primarily the Philippines and Saudi Arabia)
BOX CL 1 Correspondence, 1976-1981 See Container CL 1, same heading
BOX 10 Speeches, 1978-1981
BOX 10 Correspondence, 1978-1982
BOX 10 Middle East peace notes, 1981
BOX 10 History of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 2008
BOX 10 Lebanon photographs, 1966, undated
BOX 10 Mauritania
BOX 10 General, 1971-1974
BOX 10 Memorabilia, 1971-1974
(2 folders)
BOX 10 Clipping, 1973
BOX 10 Photographs, 1974
BOX 10 Memorabilia, 1983-1989
BOX 10 Miscellany, undated
BOX 10 Murphy, John Diehl, obituary, 1988
BOX 10 Notes, 1980-1989
BOX 10 Official gifts, 1979-1988
BOX 10 Official papers, 1986-1989
BOX 10 Passports, 1982-2001
BOX 11 Performance evaluations, 1987-1989
BOX 11 Philippines
BOX 11 "American Ambassadors since Philippine Independence," 1978-1981
BOX OV 5 Visit to Abra and Ilocos Sur photographs, 1980 See Container OV 5, same heading
BOX 11 Richard Holbrooke's farewell visit, photographs, 1981
BOX 11 "The U.S. Embassy Manila and Its History," circa 2005
BOX 11 Photographs
BOX OV 4 Official pictures of political figures, circa 1970-circa 1980 See Container OV 4, same heading
BOX 11 General, 1980s
(2 folders)
BOX OV 5 Visit to Pakistan, 1984 See Container OV 5, same heading
BOX 11 With Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, 1986-1988
BOX OV 5 Meeting with Saddam Hussein, undated See Container OV 5, same heading
BOX OV 5 USS Forrestal (aircraft carrier) visit, undated See Container OV 5, same heading
BOX 11 Power of attorney, 1975
BOX 11 Press
BOX 11 Clippings, 1971-1976
BOX 11 Clippings, 1981-1989
(2 folders)
BOX 11 General, 1984-1988
(2 folders)
BOX 11 TV interviews, 1985-1988
BOX 11 Saudi Arabia
BOX 11 Photographs, 1964-1965
BOX 11 Clippings, 1981-1982
BOX 11 General, 1981-1982
BOX 11 Clippings, 1981-1983
BOX 11 "FDR Meets Ibn Saud," 1983
BOX 11 Syria
BOX 11 Aleppo, 1957-1963
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