Call Number:

C0596

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 1.3 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Selected Papers of Herbert Spencer Murch, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1902-1943 (bulk) and 1852-1943 (inclusive)

Creator:

Murch family, Murch, Herbert Spencer, 1877-1952, and Murch, Philura E., 1865-1939

Form:

Correspondence., Faculty papers -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century., Family papers -- Oregon., and Photograph albums.

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and a scrapbook of Herbert Spencer Murch, a professor of English at Princeton (1906-1944).

Herbert Spencer Murch was an American educator, editor, and author. He was a professor of English at Princeton University from 1906 to 1944.

Herbert Spencer Murch was an American educator, editor, and author. He was a professor of English at Princeton University from 1906 to 1944.

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and a scrapbook of Murch, professor of English at Princeton (1906-1944). Letters between Murch and his sisters, Philura (Lura) and Jessie, and from his current and former Princeton students comprise the bulk of the correspondence. A photograph album contains 51 mounted and loose prints and 1 photographic postcard, the majority of which (44) are gelatin silver snapshots of Murch, his family, and their home "Lone Pine Farm" in Oregon. The scrapbook includes farm account records (1852), clippings, and Murch's impressions (1900-1901) on reading various works of English and German literature.