Sara Alderman Murphy Papers Addendum
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Scope and Content Note
The papers, accumulated by Sara Murphy, pertain to her professional and political activities, and consist of correspondence, press releases, promotional/publicity material, reports, pamphlets and brochures, newsletters, programs and announcements, speeches/presentation papers, newspaper and magazine clippings, miscellaneous published and unpublished material, handwritten notes, and several photographs featuring Sara Murphy.
Dates
- 1960s-1990s
Creator
- Murphy, Sara Alderman, 1924-1995 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Sara Murphy was born in Wartrace, Tennessee, on June 17, 1924. She attended George Peabody College at Nashville, Tennessee, where she received a bachelor's degree in history and English, and later a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and an Ed.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Sara Murphy first got involved with women's political networks in the early 1960s when she worked with the Panel of American Women, an organization that conducted programs on integration across the country. She was the founder and coordinator of the Panel of American Women in Arkansas, which addressed racial and religious prejudice after the Little Rock integration crisis. She was also active in the Arkansas Women's Network, working on women's rights issues. Sara Murphy was one of the original organizers of Peace Links in Arkansas and served on both the state and national Peace Links boards. In addition to her Peace Links activities, she was an educational and management consultant. Sara Murphy, an Associate Director for Communication and Dissemination for the Arkansas Department of Education, was also an Executive Director of Arkansas Education Renewal Consortium. She also organized the Women's Educational Development Institute to promote non-traditional education. Sara Murphy died April 15, 1995.
Extent
10.5 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
The papers are arranged in five series:
- Panel of American Women, 1960s-1970s
- Peace Links, 1980s
- Women's Education and Networking
- Educational Renewal
- Sara Murphy Personal and Professional Papers
Acquisition Information
Sara Alderman Murphy, Little Rock, Arkansas, donated her papers to the Special Collections Division on June 24, 1993.
Processing Information
Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in April 1999.
Creator
- Murphy, Sara Alderman, 1924-1995 (Person)
Source
- Murphy, Sara Alderman, 1924-1995 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Sara Alderman Murphy Papers Addendum
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Vera Ekechukwu
- Date
- 1999
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu