EDGAR GARDNER MURPHY PAPERS, #1041, 1893-1913
Correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers of Edgar Gardner Murphy, Episcopal
clergyman, publicist, executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, author, and
amateur astronomer. Clippings and letters in the scrapbook discuss the Southern Conference on
Race Problems, an African-American Episcopal Church, and the question of suffrage restriction
(1899- 1901). The collection also includes the incomplete manuscript of a projected book,
"Issues Southern and National," which covers topics including Tuskegee Institute, suffrage
restriction, and the role of African Americans in the southern and northern states. Microfilm
available.
