George Murphy, MD Papers

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Identifier: US-NNCORMA-RGPPM-050

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Scope and Contents

The papers are organized into four series: General Correspondence (1950-1985), Cross Foundation (1959-1986), Research Files (1939-1976) and Reprints (1943-1973).

Dates

1943 - 1986

Conditions Governing Access

Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), internal policies requiring protection and confidential handling of PHI (protected health information), FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), or other institutional polices regarding internal or confidential records, and may require additional permissions prior to access. Some records in this collection are restricted and require additional permissions prior to access. View the container inventory for more information and visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding access to historical materials containing restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials from this collection cannot be reproduced outside the guidelines of United States Fair Use (17 U.S.C., Section 107) without the advance permission of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine or the copyright holder. In the event that anything from the collection become a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is required.

Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and internal policies which require protection and confidential handling of all protected health information (PHI). Materials containing PHI, personally identifiable information (PII), and/or student information (protected under FERPA) have been restricted and require additional permissions prior to reproduction and use.

Please visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding reproduction and use.

Biographical / Historical

George Murphy was born in 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended the University of Kansas and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins University and later served on a navy hospital ship as a Laboratory officer. In 1947, he was hired as an Assistant Physician at the Rockefeller Institute. He joined the Cornell University Medical College staff in 1954 as Associate Professor of Pathology. In 1968 he was promoted to Professor of Pathology at Cornell and he rose to the rank of Attending Pathologist at New York Hospital.

He was known for his research in rheumatic fever and immunologic injury in cardiovascular disease. He also researched streptococcal biology, immunofluorescence microscopy, complement chemistry and experimental animals models of disease. He was hold in high regard by his students who worked with him in his laboratory.

Later in life, he and his wife, Annette Cross, worked to save the buildings of an asphalt plant on York Avenue and 90th Street. The factory was made into the George and Annette Murphy Arts and Sports Complex in 1984. He died on July 15, 1987 of cancer.

Extent

1.67 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

An unknown donor gave the records to the Medical Center Archives in September 1987.

Processing Information

This collection was processed and finding aid was written by Elizabeth Shepard in 2002. Minor modifications to the finding aid were made during migration to ArchivesSpace in 2024.