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Biographical and personal data; correspondence, mostly letters to Harriet from William; poetry, essays, and notes; copies of newspaper clippings, publicity material; and a file of correspondence and printed material from the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
35mm microfilm reel 2026 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Portrait painters (wife and husband).
Donated by Harriet M. Ross, the Murphys' granddaughter, 1979.