By Matthew Windsor and Rita MacKintosh
Title: Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, 1978-2011
ID: RG001/04/
Creator: Hendrix-Murphy Foundation (1978-)
Extent: 30.0 Linear Feet
Arrangement: The material has been arranged accoding to the principles of provenance and original order. Where the original order could not be recovered, the material was intellectually arranged chronologically.
Date Acquired: 01/01/2000
Languages: English
Murphy Programs are designed to enhance and enrich the study and teaching of literature and language at Hendrix College. The programs seek to invigorate the curriculum, enrich student experience, and encourage faculty development. They accomplish these goals by, among other things, bringing to Hendrix eminent artists, scholars, poets, translators, literary critics, authors, and theatre directors. These distinguished visitors teach classes, present lectures, serve as writers-in-residence, give readings, direct plays, and contribute to the life of the college in many other ways.
The late Mr. Charles H. Murphy, Jr., former Chair of the Board of Murphy Oil Corporation and former member of the Hendrix Board of Trustees, established these programs in 1978 in memory of his mother, Mrs. Bertie Wilson Murphy. A 1905 graduate of Galloway Women's College--which later became part of Hendrix College--Mrs. Murphy possessed a lifelong love of literature and language, to which these programs are exclusively dedicated.
American literature
American literature - Arkansas
Children's books
College students--Books and reading
Hendrix-Murphy Programs in Literature
Speeches, addresses, etc.
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