Josephine Dibble Murphy (1888-1974), was a community leader, educator and international traveler. Images in the collections span from 1900 to 1974 with the bulk of the materials from 1950-1974. Images consist of organizations that she was affiliated with, such as the Atlanta University Alumni Association, NAACP and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
Jun 27, 2019

Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs

Josephine Dibble Murphy (1888-1974), was a community leader, educator and international traveler. Images in the collections span from 1900 to 1974 with the bulk of the materials from 1950-1974. Images consist of organizations that she was affiliated with, such as the Atlanta University Alumni Association, NAACP and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu

Benjamin Mays sitting among other people.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Maynard Jackson speaks into a microphone.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of man a speaking at news microphones.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Coretta Scott King stands beside a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of an unidentified man sitting at an event.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Paul Clifford, Clayton Yates, Josie Murphy and Truman Gibson stand holding plaques.
Sidney Williams stands at a banquet table with others seated. Written on verso: Sidney class of 14, Mr. and Mrs. Williams.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Elenor Roosevelt, Rufus Clement and others seated at a banquet table. Written on verso: Love Mother, 6/4/62, Mother on Mrs. Roosevelt's left.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Group portrait of J. Murphy with Mrs. Yate and others.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Group portrait of five women and one man. Written on verso: Atlanta Univ. Alumni, L to R front, Mrs. J.E. Tate, standing L to R, Mrs. Josephine Murphy, Mr. G. A. Towns, Mrs. Towns.
Women and men stand beside a desk with a sign reading"Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women stand beside a desk with a sign reading "Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women and men stand beside a desk with a sign reading"Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women stand beside a desk with a sign reading "Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Arthur Bumstead and George K. Howe sitting on front porch steps of a house. Written on verso: To the Towns, Atlanta, Ga, June 2, 1959, His last visit to Atlanta Univ., Mr. George K. Howe, Mr. Arthur Bumstead, Son of Dr. Horace Bumstead, 2nd president of Atlanta Univ.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women sit at a desk beside a sign reading "Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Josephine D. Murphy stands at a podium.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Grace Towns Hamilton with Dr. Paul I. Gifford holding a  plaque. Written on verso: A.U. Alumni Assoc. plaque presented to Mrs. Grace (Towns) Hamilton by Dr. Paul I. Clifford, in background, left of Dr. Clifford, Mrs. Tobin, teacher in Atlanta Schools (high school).
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor group portrait of women. Written on verso: Atlanta University Class of 1904, incl. Josephine D. Murphy and unidentified, class of 1904, c. 1960's.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Jewel Simon with Jessie Murphy Wartman holding a plaque. Written on verso: Univ. Alumni Assoc., Jewel Simon, artist, receiving plaque from Mrs. Jessie (Murphy) Wartman.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Fred Jackson stands at a banquet table with others seated.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Banquet with Lillian Smith, Sam Nabrit, E. M. Martin shaking hands. Written on recto: Lillian Smith, Sam Nabrit, E.M. Martin.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of people seated at tables. Written on verso: L to R, Mr. H.S. Murphy, Miss Dingle, Class 11, Dr. Frederick A. Jaeboch, Class 24, Dr. C.R. Yates, Class 20, Mrs. Yates, Class 15, Mrs. Murphy, '09, Dr. Williams, '16, Mrs. Bridge Williams, '12, Dr. Robert Barton Jackson, Class '14, Dr. Paul Clifford.
Rufus Clement speaks at a podium with a woman seated beside him.
A. T. Walden and another man holding a plaque, with a crowd seated at tables.
Henry J. Furlow speaks at a podium, with Josephine D. Murphy seated beside him. Written on verso: Henry J. Furlow, Class of 1926 at Banquet, Atl University Alumni Assoc., Speaker: Henry J. Furlow, to his right: Mrs. Josephine Dibble Murphy.
Rufus Clement speaks at a banquet event with other people seated at the table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Dr. Jarrett D. Thomas, Josephine D. Murphy and Virginia Jones wearing graduation regalia shaking hands. Written on verso: Honoree program at Spelman College Sisters Chapel incl. Dr. Thomas D. Jarrett, Josephine D. Murphy and Virginia Jones.
Grace Towns Hamilton signs a book with Eleanor Towns, and an unidentified woman. Written on recto: Grace Towns Hamilton, Mrs George Towns.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor group portrait of a group of women. Written on verso: seated left to right: Mrs. Isma Wilkerson James, Mrs. Elisa Brown White, Mrs. Susie Paul Brown, and Mrs. Susie McAllister Ellis, standing-left to right, Mrs. Selma White Richardson, Mrs. Mary Johnson Newkirk, Mrs. Marian Allan Mitchell, Miss Carrye T. Terrell, Mrs. Irma Gault Bowen, Miss Frances Thomas, Mrs. Sarah Kellogg Lowery, Mrs. Ella M. Coles Hayes, Mrs. Lois Burge Hawkins, Mrs. Flossie King Hickman and Mrs. Anna Robinson Watkins.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Nettie Smith with Mae Yates plaque; written on verso: Atl. Univ. Alumni Assoc., on left, Mrs. Nettie Smith, on right (receiving plaque), Mrs. Mae Yates, to rear, left: Mrs. Jessie (Murphy) Wartman.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Samuel C. Usher with Josephine D. Murphy hold a certificate. Written on verso: Atl. Univ. Alumni Assoc., Mrs. Josephine D. Murphy presenting citation to Father Samuel C. Usher, Class of 1912.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women sit in a living room around a breakfast table. Written on verso: Alumni Breakfast, June 1954.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women stand around a tea table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women seated at a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women stand around a punch table at a reception.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of people seated at banquet tables.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Camilla Williams stands with a group of people. Written on verso: Camilla Williams concert, L to R Rev. Samuel Giles, Dr. Billings or Dr. Hightower, Miss Camilla Williams, Mrs. Josephine Murphy, ca.1950s.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women and a man sit on a bench drinking from tea cups at a reception.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of men and women. Written on verso: Atl. Univ. Alumni Assoc., 3rd from left: Dr. J.R. Porter (dentist), 1st graduate to give A.U. $1000, 4th from right (elderly lady): Miss Ann Hall (she was a Clark graduate and a missionary to Africa), George A. Towns, 2nd from R.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Group portrait of four women and one man. Written on verso: Atl. Univ. Alumni Assoc'n. in doorway, Dr. Wm. Boyd (later died of leukemia), l. to r.: Mrs Josephine D. Murphy, Mrs. [?] Williams, Mrs. [?]  Hill, Dean of Sch. Soc. Work.
People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Langston Hughes, with J. Alston, Gladys Alston, and Somersett seated in a living room. Written on recto: J. Alston, Gladys Alston, Langston Hughes, Somersett.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of people at banquet.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Dr. W.E.B. Dubois with Roosevelt Robinson & Katie Stocks Carr. Written on verso: W.E.B. DuBoise.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Camilla Williams holding a bouquet of flowers with a piano in the background.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs