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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
BOX 11 Aleppo correspondence, circa 1960
BOX 11 Aleppo photographs, 1960-1963
BOX 11 Clippings, 1971-1980
BOX 11 Damascus, arrival documentation, 1974
BOX 12 Damascus, 1974-1977
BOX 12 Damascus, clippings, 1974-1977
BOX 12 Damascus photographs, 1974-1978
BOX 12 General, 1974-1980
BOX 12 Photographs of Henry Kissinger in Damascus, 1975
BOX 12 Travel
BOX CL 1 Cables, 1983 See Container CL 1, same heading
BOX 12 Diary, trip to South Asia and the Middle East, 1984
(2 folders)
BOX 12 Murphy, Anne, 1985-1988
BOX 12 Diary, Middle East trip, 1987 February
BOX 12 Yemen visit, 1989
BOX 12 Wedding day narrative: Richard Murphy and Anne Murphy, 1955
BOX 12-24 Part II: Consulting and Other Work, 1951-2014
The Consulting and Other Work series primarily documents Murphy's activities after his retirement from the State Department with the Council on Foreign Relations, the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, the Middle East Institute, and other projects. There is also substantial material regarding his work as a speaker, television commentator, and editorial writer, documenting Murphy’s positions and expertise on foreign policy and the Middle East over the course of twenty-five years. The Council on Foreign Relations material contains memoranda, correspondence, meeting briefs and notes, proposals, trip itineraries, and writings regarding projects Murphy was part of and his tenure at the Council. Other materials in the series primarily contain items related to activities Murphy undertook outside of his work at the Council on Foreign Relations, although the scope and timelines of his activities often overlapped with one another. These materials include consulting agreements, correspondence, travel and conference files, and notes. The digital files also overlap with other categories in the series, often complementing the paper materials, and include correspondence, memoranda, notes, itineraries, speeches, writings, and television and radio interviews. Duplicates do exist between the paper and digital files, but have not been identified and sorted out.
Material types include correspondence, photographs, memoranda, notes, itineraries, speeches, and writings in paper and digital formats; digital video and audio files; and press clippings and appointment calendars.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material and thereunder chronologically. File structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX 12 Appointment calendars, 1989-2000
(2 folders)
BOX 13 Appointment calendars, 1995-1996
BOX 13 Biographical material, 1989-2012
BOX OV 3 Certificates, 1992-2004 See Container OV 3, same heading
BOX 13 Conferences and Travel
BOX 13 Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman, photographs, 1990
BOX 13 Israel, 1992
BOX 13 Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, 1993, November
BOX 13 Travel, 1993-1997
DF Abu Dhabi conference, 1997
Digital ID: mss83928_55_024
BOX 13 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, correspondence and notes, 2000 December
BOX 13 Travel, 2000-2002
BOX 13 Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Beruit, Damascus, 2002
BOX 13 USAREUR (United States Army, Europe) Senior Leaders Forum, Grafenwohr, Germany, 2002
BOX 13 "U.S.-Syria Dialogue," Damascus, Syria, 2002-2003
DF Turkey and Yalta, talk on ship, 2005
Digital ID: mss83928_55_014
BOX 13 Kuwait, 2008
BOX 14 "U.S.-Iran Relations During the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988," conference, St. Simon's Island, Ga., 2008
(6 folders)
BOX 14 Global Strategy Group Middle East meeting, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2010-2011
(2 folders)
BOX 14 Class notes, 1951
BOX 14 Congressional testimony, 1997-2002
BOX 15 Consulting, miscellaneous, 1990-1996
BOX 15 Consulting agreements, 1993, 2002
BOX 15 Correspondence
BOX 15 General, 1951-1953
BOX 15 General, 1991-1995
BOX 15 General, Circa 1992-circa 1999
BOX CL 1 General, 1993 See Container CL 1, same heading
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