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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Group portrait of J. Murphy with Mrs. Yate and others.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
J. Murphy with Mrs. Yate and Others, circa 1960
Date Created
1960
Description
Group portrait of J. Murphy with Mrs. Yate and others.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women
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
Josephine D. Murphy stands at a podium.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Josephine D. Murphy, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
Josephine D. Murphy stands at a podium.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
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
Jewel Simon with Jessie Murphy Wartman, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
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.
Subject
African American women, Events and programs, Portraits and people
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
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
Grace Towns Hamilton, Eleanor Towns & unidentified woman, circa 1960
Date Created
1957/1963
Description
Grace Towns Hamilton signs a book with Eleanor Towns, and an unidentified woman. Written on recto: Grace Towns Hamilton, Mrs George Towns.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women
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
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
Women sit in a living room around a breakfast table. Written on verso: Alumni Breakfast, June 1954.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Alumni Breakfast, June 1954
Date Created
1954-06
Description
Women sit in a living room around a breakfast table. Written on verso: Alumni Breakfast, June 1954.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women stand around a tea table.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Women stand around a tea table.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Women stand around a punch table at a reception.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Women stand around a punch table at a reception.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
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
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Women and a man sit on a bench drinking from tea cups at a reception.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
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.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Dr. William Boud with Josephine Murphy, Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Hill, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
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.
Subject
African American women, African American men, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Langston Hughes, with J. Alston, Gladys Alston, and Somersett, 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Langston Hughes, with J. Alston, Gladys Alston, and Somersett seated in a living room. Written on recto: J. Alston, Gladys Alston, Langston Hughes, Somersett.
Subject
African American poets, African American authors, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Carrie Herndon Conley stand beside a table. Written on verso: Atl. Univ. Alumni Assoc., Mrs. Carrie (Herndon) Conley, right of her, seated, Jewel Simon.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Carrie Herndon Conley at Atlanta Univ. Dinner, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Carrie Herndon Conley stand beside a table. Written on verso: Atl. Univ. Alumni Assoc., Mrs. Carrie (Herndon) Conley, right of her, seated, Jewel Simon.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Portrait of Josephine D. Murphy.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Josephine D. Murphy, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
Portrait of Josephine D. Murphy.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American women
Collection
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
A group pf women and girls at a reception.
Josephine Dibble Murphy Collection, Photographs
Atlanta University Alumni House Receptions, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1953
Description
A group pf women and girls at a reception.
Subject
African American universities and colleges, Events and programs, Portraits and people, African American women
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, 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
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