Geraldine Joanne Murphy papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 1000-280

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of both the typescript and printing galleys for Murphy’s The Teaching of Short Stories and Novels. Also included are typed and handwritten notes -- written on, and potentially including, exams given to English classes -- with reading questions and various points to make about the literature that Murphy’s book discusses.

Dates

Creation: 1969

Creator

Murphy, Geraldine J. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Biographical / Historical

Geraldine J. Murphy was the first woman hired as a full-time instructor at Wesleyan in 1957. She also was the first woman promoted to a tenured position and the first to be promoted to the rank of full professor.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 half hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Geraldine Joanne Murphy papers contain several stages of drafts for Wesleyan English Professor Geraldine Murphy’s book The Teaching of Short Stories and Novels (1969).