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| Title: | Murphy, William S. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1923-1965 |
| Size: | 5.5 linear feet (8 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | William S. Murphy was a military historian who studied Irish participation in European armies, particularly their role in French and Spanish campaigns in colonial America. This collection contains his articles, drafts, and research material. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Murphy, William S. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
William S. Murphy was an independent scholar of military history. He was interested in Irish participation in European armies, publishing on Irish brigades who fought for France and Spain during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He was an associate of the Irish historian Emmet Larkin. He pursued a career in international finance in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s while continuing to research and write on military history.
Murphy grouped his research notes and primary sources according to the intended article they supported. Articles are followed by notes, bibliographies, biographies, and photostats and photocopies of material from archives in America, Mexico, and Europe. In some cases correspondence with archivists or other researchers is included. Files related to specific articles are followed by general research materials, organized by topic. The final box contains oversized materials. The collection spans 1923-1965. It contains detailed notes on the genealogy and biography of military personnel of Irish heritage.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | "Austro-Hungarian and German article," New York Public Library photostats and biographies, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | "Austrian and pictorial," notes, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | "Irishmen who served in Austria," undated |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | "Four American Officers of the War of 1812," Irish Sword, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Napoleonic Wars and Civil Wars, notes, photostats, and copies, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | "The Irish-American Aspect of Hispanic and Hispanic-American Military History," draft, circa 1965 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | East Florida Papers, Library of Congress, photostats and copies, 1956 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | General Archives of Simancas and Madrid, photostats and copies, 1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | General National Archive of Mexico, photostats and copies,1955 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | "The Irish Brigade of France at the Siege of Savannah, 1779," Georgia Historical Quarterly, 1954 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | "The Irish Brigade of France at the Siege of Savannah, 1779," Irish Sword, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | American Irish Historical Society, notes, 1950s |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | "From Steven's facsimiles," notes, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | "The Irish Brigade of Spain at the Capture of Pensacola, 1781," Florida Historical Quarterly, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1958 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | General Archive of the Indies and Tulane University Archives, notes, photostats, and copies, 1957 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | General Archive of Simancas, notes, photostats, and copies, circa 1957 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | "Pensacola casualties," undated |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | "Principally re: Pensacola," notes, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | State Archives of Florida and unidentified archives, notes, photostats and copies, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Worcester, Donald E., "Miranda's Diary at the Siege of Pensacola, 1781," 1951 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | "Siege of Yorktown article," photostats, copies, correspondence, and notes, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Eckenrode, H.J., "The Story of the Campaign and Siege of Yorktown," 1931 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Hatch, Charles E., Jr., and Thomas M. Pitkin, "Yorktown: Climax of the Revolution," 1941 |
| Box 3 Folder 1-2 | "Highspots of Yorktown campaign notes with special reference to Gloucester," undated |
| Box 3 Folder 3-4 | "Principally Yorktown," notes, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | "Spanish officers article," notes, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | "Principal Spanish data, including 'Guia Oficial de Espana'," undated |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | "Spanish notebook #2," undated |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | The Educational Irish-English Pronouncing Dictionary, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 1- 2 | "Entirely Swedish and German (no Austrian) plus Scottish," notes, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | "Factual highspots," and "pictorial continuity," notes, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | "French biographical data plus limited basic data," undated |
| Box 4 Folder 5-6 | "Chiefly états militaires and French biographical data," undated |
| Box 4 Folder 7-8 | "Chiefly French data," undated |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Georgia Historical Quarterly, 1943 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Historique du 88e régiment d'infanterie, 1899 |
| Box 5 Folder 3-4 | Irish in French and Spanish campaigns, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Irish soldiers, biographies, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Locke, George H., "The Queen's Rangers," 1923 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | National Park Service Historic Handbook, "Antietam," 1960 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | National Park Service Historic Handbook, "Chalmette," 1958 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | National Park Service Historic Handbook, "Chickamauga and Chattanooga," 1956 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | National Park Service Historic Handbook, "Gettysburg," 1954 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | National Park Service Historic Handbook, "Manassas (Bull Run)," 1953 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | National Park Service Historic Handbook, "Shiloh," 1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 2-3 | "Resumé of all military notes," undated |
| Box 7 | Austrian-Irish biographical index cards |
| Box 7 | French-Irish biographical index cards |
| Box 7 | Spanish-Irish biographical index cards |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Austro-Hungarian family trees, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | "The Irish Brigade of France in the Siege of Savannah, 1779," unidentified photostats, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Morison, Samuel Eliot, "The Battle That Set Us Free," 1956 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Siege of Yorktown article, University of Michigan Library photostats, undated |