The Governors of Michigan
Frank Murphy (1890-1949)
- Papers, 1908-1949.
- 98 linear ft., 7 volumes and 2 oversize folders.
Microfilm copy available.
Murphy served as Detroit Recorders Court judge, mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan, governor-general of the Philippines, U.S. attorney general, and justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The collection includes correspondence, reports, speeches, scrapbooks and other papers relating to his personal life and public career, with extensive material on Detroit and Michigan politics, Philippine Islands in the thirties, the Flint sit-down strike of 1937, New Deal politics, and international affairs; and photographs and other visual materials.