Albert Alexander Murphree Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 051

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Included in the collection are lecture materials for courses on "World Drama," "European Drama," and "Dryden and Pope" (dated 1938, 1952, and 1972), letters pertaining to graduate-level curriculum revision (dated 1954), and several chapters from Murphree's unfinished manuscript about the author/playwright John Dryden and his dramatic technique.

Dates

Creation: 1934-1974

Creator

Murphree, Albert Alexander, 1908-1985. (Person)

Access

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Biographical/Historical Note

Albert Alexander Murphree, known to friends and colleagues as "Waddy", was the son of University of Florida President A. A. Murphree. He served on the faculty of the Department of English for over four decades. Murphree graduated from Florida in 1929 with an A. B. As a Rhodes scholar, he continued his studies at Oxford University where, in 1933, he received the degree of M.A. Oxon. The following year Murphree returned to Florida as a member of the English faculty with the rank of Instructor. He was responsible for lower-division courses in rhetoric and composition. Soon afterwards, he enrolled at John Hopkins to pursue additional graduate work. He returned, again, to the University of Florida in 1941, this time as an associate professor. He taught upper-division classes that focused on the themes and theatrical devices common to European drama.

Extent

0.4 Linear feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Lecture materials on world and European drama, letters pertaining to graduate-level curriculum revision, and chapters from Murphree's unfinished manuscript about John Dryden.