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. 
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People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
People stand around a banquet table.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor group portrait of men and women around dining table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Indoor group portrait of men and women around dining table.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
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
Arthur Bumstead and George K. Howe at Towns Home, 1959
Date Created
1959
Description
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.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Presidents, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
People stand in conversation at a reception.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
People stand in conversation at a reception.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Two women stand beside an alumni bulletin board.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Two women stand beside an alumni bulletin board.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
A group in conversation at a reception around a piano.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
A group in conversation at a reception around a piano.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
People stand around a banquet table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
People stand around a banquet table.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women sit at a desk beside a sign reading "Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni Association, 1959
Date Created
1959
Description
Women sit at a desk beside a sign reading "Atlanta University, Alumni Association".
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Indoor view of an unidentified man sitting at an event.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Unveiling of Martin Luther King Portrait with Benjamin E. Mays, 1974
Date Created
1974
Description
Indoor view of an unidentified man sitting at an event.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Group of Women, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
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.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
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
Nettie Smith with Mae Yates, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
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.
Subject
African American women, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women and men sit on a bench eating at a reception.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Women and men sit on a bench eating at a reception.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Samuel C. Usher with Josephine D. Murphy, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
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.
Subject
African American women, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs