Office of the Chancellor. Administrative files of Franklin D. Murphy., 1935-1971

Summary

Creators:

University of California, Los Angeles. Office of the Chancellor

Abstract:

Record Series 401 contains the administrative files of Franklin D. Murphy from the period of time during which Murphy served as UCLA Chancellor. Materials in this record series date from 1935-1971 and include correspondence, memorandum, and reports on all aspects of UCLA university business as it relates to the campus, to the University of California system, to Los Angeles and Southern California, and to UCLA's emergence as a major U.S. research university.

Extent:

53.7 Linear Feet (134 boxes)

Language:

Materials are in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Office of the Chancellor. Administrative files of Franklin D. Murphy (University Archives Record Series 401). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Record Series 401 contains the administrative files of Franklin D. Murphy from the period of time during which Murphy served as UCLA Chancellor. Materials in this record series date from 1935-1971 and include correspondence, memorandum, and reports on all aspects of UCLA university business as it relates to the campus, to the University of California system, to Los Angeles and Southern California, and to UCLA's emergence as a major U.S. research university.

Chancellor's Communications Service (CCS) staff organized, described, and indexed the Office of the Chancellor's files for day-to-day use; file names located in the 'Container List' include the file index codes assigned by the CCS.

Franklin D. Murphy chancellorial files not transferred to the UCLA University Archives include materials relating to legal actions and materials subject to state/federal privacy regulations.

This is an inactive record series; no additional University records are expected to be added.

Biographical / historical:

Franklin D. Murphy served as UCLA's third Chancellor from 1960-1968. Murphy's two predecessors were:

• Raymond B. Allen, 1952-1958
• Vern O. Knudsen, 1959-1960

In 1969 Charles E. Young succeeded Murphy as UCLA Chancellor.

Prior to the 1952 creation of UCLA's Office of the Chancellor, there was a series of chief administrative officers and titles for the Los Angeles campus including: Director; Vice-President and Director; and Vice-President and Provost.

Franklin David Murphy was born in Kansas City, MO, January 29, 1916; AB University of Kansas (1936); MD University of Pennsylvania (1941). Murphy served as an instructor (1946-1948) and Dean (1948-1951) of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. From 1951-1960 Murphy served as Chancellor of the University of Kansas.

Processing information:

Processed by Philip Bantin and Dennis Bitterlich, May 1990

Record Series 401 processed in 1990 September and reflects the original order of the files as received from the UCLA Chancellor's Communications Service (CCS).

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Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

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Related resources

Related material:

Office of the Chancellor. Administrative files, 1936-1959 (University Archives Record Series 359). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.

Office of the Chancellor. Administrative files of Charles E. Young, 1965-1997 (University Archives Record Series 583). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.

Franklin D. Murphy papers (LSC 363). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

"My UCLA chancellorship oral history transcript: an utterly candid view." Franklin D. Murphy [oral history transcript 300/122]. UCLA Library Special Collections, Center for Oral History Research interview, date of interview. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Other descriptive data:

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9934669903606533

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. Commercial use may require additional rights that must be determined and obtained by the researcher. All requests for copyright permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Office of the Chancellor. Administrative files of Franklin D. Murphy (University Archives Record Series 401). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, University Archives

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

Contact:

310-825-4988

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