Name/Title
Josephine Murphy Bielaski and Murphy Family CollectionEntry/Object ID
ARC111Scope and Content
Collection of items related to Josephine Murphy Bielaski
Folder 1 includes:
- Hardcover photo scrapbook with original black and white photographs. Photos are dated with inscriptions.
- Harpers Ferry High School Diploma for Josephine A. Murphy, class of 1939; held in hardcover folder. Graduating class list included.
Folder 2 includes:
- Small advertising card with image of boy, girl and dog on one side and printed text from Gilbert Bros. on the other. Handwriting reads: Mary Hilleary.
- Two typed cards of poetry.
- Official 1966 copy of Josephine Aileen Murphy's birth certificate dated February 28, 1920.
- Folded program for the Baccalaureate Sermon to the Graduating Class of Harper's Ferry High School held on May 21, 1939.
- Two photocopied awards for Josephine Bielaski for Who's Who of American Women (dated 1967 and 1979/1980).
- Two photocopied letters from the National Association of Bank-Women, Inc, to Bielaski, dated 1963.
- Photocopy of a religious card commemorating the first holy communion of Eileen Josephine Bielaski on April 20, 1930.
- Photocopy of black & white photo of graduating class of Harpers Ferry High School, undated, but may be class of 1939 (original is in Folder 2)
-Photocopy of black & white photo of woman, with inscription: "Love 'Jo'"
-Photocopy of black & white photo of five women and one man, dated January 10, 1963
Folder 3 includes:
-6 panoramic postcards of Harpers Ferry area
-2 large (6x8") sepia postcards of Harpers Ferry area
-2 regular-size postcards, 1 of Harpers Ferry, 1 of Federal Bldg.
-Cabinet photo of Wm. J Murphy
-1907 insurance policy issued to William J. Murphy by Modern Woodmen of America, along with photocopy of front of policy
-Photograph of Hill Top House with five children in foreground
-House Bill H.R. 8828, 1916, relating to the Panama Railroad Company
-House Bill H.R. 8790, 1916, relating to the Panama Canal
-Letter dated June 14, 1905, to W. J. Murphy from Charles E. Magoon, Ancon, Isthmian Canal Zone
-Photocopy of ad for Boliver Heights Hotel and Vale Cottage, W.J. Murphy, Proprietor
-Letter dated December 10, 1937, to Josephine A. Murphy from J.A. LePrince, National Malaria Committee
-Black & white photo of graduating class of Harpers Ferry High School, not dated, but maybe class of 1939
-High school graduation photo of woman in cardboard frame
Folder 4 includes:
-8 items relating to Josephine Murphy Bielaski's employment with Riggs Bank
-Two certificates issued to Josephine Bielaski by Marquis Who's Who of American Women, 1967 and 1979-80
-Photocopy of cover and photocopy of title page of fifth edition of Marquis Who's Who of American Women
-Photocopy of entry for Josephine Bielaski in Who's Who of American Women
- Two prayer cards for Josephine M. Bielaski, June 30, 1987
-Prayer card for Alice Carey Murphy
-Two small photos, one labeled "Daddy"
-Photocopy of above two photos and one prayer card
-Nine modern color photos of Murphy Farm and presentation of original armory gate to NPS
-Four sheets of reproduction of some of above color photos
-Four modern color photos of Murphy donation to NPS
-Three school certificates of Josephine Murphy, 1931-33
-Two newspaper articles regarding Murphy Farm, one from Washington Post, one from Baltimore Sun
-Photo of Jim Kuhn and two modern photos
-Trifold brochure advertising Independence Day at Murphy Farm, June 29, 2002
-Photocopy of article regarding Murphy Farm published in spring 2000 edition of Columbiad
-InventoryAcquisition
Accession
282Source or Donor
Kuhn, Jim & Curtis, JosephineAcquisition Method
GiftArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1901 - 2000