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Sterling M. McMurrin photograph collection, 1940s-1970s

Overview of the Collection

Title
Sterling M. McMurrin photograph collection
Dates
1940s-1970s (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box
Collection Number
P0433
Summary
The Sterling M. McMurrin photograph collection contains images documenting Sterling M. McMurrin's participation in various public functions such as receptions, luncheons, speeches, and awards ceremonies.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The Photographs of Dr. Sterling Moss McMurrin show his broad interests such as education, philosophy, government positions, and daily life. The collection includes several military photographs of Dr. McMurrin with Air Force pilots in fighter jets, luncheons with military personnel at Fort Douglas, and pictures aboard the USS Princeton Aircraft Carrier. Also included are pictures of the formal reception at NEA to welcome the new U.S. Commissioner of Education, The American-Japanese Cultural Exchange, and several photographs picturing Dr. Sterling McMurrin with former United States President John F. Kennedy.

Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin is a nationally recognized educator, administrator, and philosopher. He was a Professor of Philosophy and History at the University of Utah in 1948; Academic Vice President, 1960-1961; Provost, 1965-1966; and Dean of Graduate School, University of Utah, 1966-1979. Dr. McMurrin also held many National positions as well, including United States Commissioner of Education, 1961-1962; and Chairman of the Commission on Instructional Technology, 1968-1970. He also was a member of State of Utah Coordinating Council of Higher Education, 1968.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Sterling M. McMurrin in 1992.

Processing Note

Processed by Drew Ross and Michael Rawson in 1992.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Sterling Moss McMurrin audio-visual collection (A0003).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Sterling M. McMurrin papers (MS 0032).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous

    • Description: Military

      • Photograph number 1: Dr. Sterling McMurrin with Air Force Pilot.
      • Photograph number 2: Fort Douglas Golf Club Luncheon, May 23, 1956.
      • Photograph number 3: Army ROTC Awards Ceremony.
      • Photograph number 4: Dr. McMurrin with military officers.
      • Photograph number 5: Army ROTC Awards Ceremony.
      • Photograph number 6-9: U.S.S. Princeton, San Diego, 1960.
      • Photograph number 10: Army and Air Force combined ROTC review, Stillwell Field, Fort Douglas, Utah.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Dignitaries

      • Photograph number 1-4: Education Conference, Santiago, Chile, March, 1962.
      • Photograph number 5-9: Teacher of the Year, 1961, Miss Helen Adams, Kindergarten teacher from Cumberland, Wisconsin.
      • Photograph number 10: Dr. McMurrin, voice of America, African Div., William Carr (NEA), Abraham Ribicoff.
      • Photograph number 11-12: University of Utah Commencement-June 5, 1961.
      • Photograph number 13-14: Riverside Church, New York-Columbia Teachers College, Graduation-1961.
      • Photograph number 15: Congressman David S. King, Senator Frank E. Moss, Commissioner of Education Sterling M.McMurrin, Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Congressman M. Blaine Peterson-August,1961.
      • Photograph number 16: National College of Education in Washington, D.C. 1961, McMurrin gave a speech.
      • Photograph number 17-19: Attending a Meeting of Consultants on Vocational Education at the office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, in Washington D.C., on November 9, 1961. Pictured left to right-Dr. Benjamin C. Willis, William Cohen, and Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin. Also in Photographs 18-19 Congressman John E. Fogarty.
      • Photograph number 20: Middle States Conference, November, 1961, Atlantic City.
      • Photograph number 21: Abraham Ribicoff.
      • Photograph number 22: Lawrance G. Dertterik.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Formal Reception at NEA to welcome new U.S. Commissioner of Education

      • Photograph number 1: Chicago, February 15, 1962-Pictured Left to Right-Lindley Stiles, Dr. J.W. Mancken, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin, Dr. J. Ralph Rockley, Edward C. Pomeroy.
      • Photograph number 2: Unidentified.
      • Photograph number 3: Mobank.
      • Photograph number 4: Unidentified.
      • Photograph number 5-14: Formal Reception at NEA to welcome new U.S. Commissioner of Education, March 21, 1961.
      • Photograph number 15-16: EDUCARE Members.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: American-Japanese Cultural Interchange

      • Photograph number 1-3: American and Japanese Delegates at International Conference on American-Japanese Cultural Interchange on step of foreign office, Tokyo.
      • Photograph number 4: Opening Session of Conference in foreign office.
      • Photograph number 5-7: Sterling M. McMurrin, Abraham A. Ribicoff, and Dr. Jose Mora at the signing of the contract enabling the O.A.S. to conduct a study for the office of Education in inter-American higher education problems-April 13, 1961.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Personal Portraits

      • Photograph number 1: Dr. and Mrs. Sterling M. McMurrin-Hotel Utah, 1961.
      • Photograph number 2-3: Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: JFK

      • Photograph number 1: Unidentified.
      • Photograph number 2: President John F. Kennedy, William G. Carr,Secretary of the National Education Association, and Sterling M. McMurrin, Commissioner of Education-Presidents Office, April, 1962.
      • Photograph number 3-6: Inauguration of Thomas Henry 13th President of George Washington University-President John F. Kennedy giving speech.
      • Photograph number 7: Sterling McMurrin accepts new school manual from General Luther Terry.
      • Photograph number 8-13: Dedication of Foreign Office Building.

      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Atrficial Kidney

      • Photograph number 1: "At one of the many stops of a tour down the Colorado River, Teresa Peterson poses for a picture while she dialyzes with the portable Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK). Dialysis patients enjoyed the cool summer days in the fresh outdoors and evenings spent under starry skies. The freedom of a vacation away from the confinement of a hospital setting or dialysis unit would be nearly impossible without the use of the portable WAK."

      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: People

      • Photograph number 1: Richard Hazelett 1972
      • Photograph number 2: Unidentified
      • Photograph number 3: Mina Rees

      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Views

      • Photograph number 1: Park City
      • Photograph number 2: Rock Shelter, Fort Hill
      • Photograph number 3-4: Fort Hill

      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: John F. Kennedy

      • Photograph number 1-5: John F. Kennedy, digital only

      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Portraits

      • Photograph number 1-15 Portraits

      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Mesa Seminary, Montpelier, Idaho

      • Photograph number 1-10: Mesa Seminary, Montpelier, Idaho

      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Idaho

      • Photograph number 1-10: Idaho Trek

      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Utah

      • Photograph number 1-22: Utah Trek

      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Greece

      • Photograph number 1-4: Greece

      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: correspondence

      • Photograph number 1-5: Correspondence

      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: woman

      • Photograph number 1: Unidentified woman

      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Friends and Family

      • Photograph number 1-26: various friends and family

      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: General

      • Photograph number 1-11: General

      Container: Box 1, Folder 19
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous
    • Description: Postcards

      • Photograph number 1-16: Postcards

      Container: Box 1, Folder 20
      Location: Personal, government involvement and miscellaneous

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Subject Terms

  • McMurrin, Sterling M.--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints--1940-1979
  • Portrait photographs
  • Publicity photographs

Finding aid prepared by Drew Ross and Michael Rawson.
1992

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