Call Number:

PH-02027

Collection Name:

Grover E. (Grover Elmer) Murray Postcard Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

1,415 items

Span Dates:

1910-1960 ca.

Description:

Dr. Grover E. Murray was a noted geologist who began his career in the oil industry. He was a professor of geology at Louisiana State University from 1948 to 1966, and served as president of Texas Tech University from 1966 to 1976. This collection consists of 1,415 items (1,401 photographic, photolithographic and photomechanical postcards; 8 souvenir booklets; 5 packets of black-and-white photographs; 1 packet of photographic reproductions) collected by Murray.
The bulk of the postcards are from European countries, specifically England, France, and Spain, and vary in subject from architecture to landscapes, genre scenes to art reproductions. Based on the items bearing postmarks, they date from the 1910s to the 1960s, the bulk from the 1950s. In keeping with Murray's organizational scheme, the postcards are filed alphabetically by country, and Canadian postcards are further subdivided by territory.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01311

Location(s):

Murray, G. E., Boxes 1-2 (postcards)
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