Title: Eleanor M. Bumgardner papers Creator: Bumgardner, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Margaret) Dates: 1919-1967 Extent: 8 linear feet, 9 oversize volumes Abstract:
Personal secretary to Frank Murphy. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed miscellanea concerning the life and career of Frank Murphy; also scrapbooks, and photographs.
Call number: 85842 Aa 2; AC Language: The material is in English Repository: Bentley Historical Library
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Finding aid created by Michigan Historical Collections staff
Access and Use
Acquisition Information:
The collection was donated by Eleanor Bumgardner (donor no. 3418). Additional materials were received from Eugene Gressman (donor no. 1088).
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The collection is open to research.
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Preferred Citation:
[item], folder, box, Eleanor M. Bumgardner papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Biography
Eleanor M. "Lady" Bumgardner, a Detroit native, worked as private secretary for Frank Murphy from 1933 until his death in 1949. She was thus associated with Murphy while he held the position of governor-general and high commissioner of the Philippines, governor of Michigan, U.S. attorney general, and Supreme Court justice. After Murphy's death, Bumgardner remained with the Supreme Court as an executive secretary until her retirement in 1961. In 1966, she married Frank S. Wright.
During her residence in Washington, Bumgardner was active in social activities in the city. She has been the legal guardian of a number of wards from various countries. Bumgardner was an avid doll collector and a close friend of Jeanne Dixon.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The Bumgardner papers consist of two major series. The first is made up of Frank Murphy papers, including correspondence prior to July 1949, speeches of Murphy, and clippings and biographical materials. The second series pertains primarily to Bumgardner's activities and includes correspondence after July 1949, a topical file of clippings maintained by Bumgardner, miscellaneous books, clippings, and scrapbooks. There are also several files of photographs, portraits and informal photos, of Frank Murphy and Eleanor Bumgardner.
Subject Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1929-1938.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1939-1945.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Bumgardner, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Margaret)
Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949.
United States. Supreme Court.
Bumgardner, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Margaret)
Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1901-1910.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1911-1920.
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971.
Bowers, Claude Gernade, 1879-1958.
Brown, Prentiss M. (Prentiss Marsh), 1889-1973.
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938.
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Ford, Henry, 1917-1987.
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967.
Gressman, Eugene, 1917-2010.
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974.
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.
Murphy, George, 1897-1961.
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-
Osborn, Stellanova, 1894-1988.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950.
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946.
Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965.
Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988.
Davies, Joseph Edward.
Dempsey, Jack, 1895-1983.
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976.
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955.
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969.
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
Mayer, Louis B. (Louis Burt), 1885-1957.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
Stone, Irving, 1903-1989 -- Clarence Darrow for the defense.
Contents List
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Container / Location
Title
Frank Murphy papers [series]
Correspondence [subseries]
Box 1
Undated
Box 1
1908, 1930-June 1945
(31 folders)
Box 2
July 1945-July 13-1949
(19 folders)
Miscellaneous [subseries]
Box 2
Supreme Court memos and notes undated
Box 2
Bibliographies of Frank Murphy's speeches 1933-1934, 1949
Speeches
Box 2
Undated, 1922-1932
Box 2
1933-1935
Box 2
1937-1939
Box 2
1940-1944
Box 2
1945-1948
Box 2
Biographical material
(4 folders)
Papers concerning Murphy's career
Box 2
1917-1930
Box 2
Mayor of Detroit
Box 2
Philippines
(folder 1 of 5)
Box 3
Philippines
(folders 2-5)
Box 3
Governor of Michigan
(2 folders)
Box 3
Attorney General
Box 3
Supreme Court
(2 folders)
Box 3
Papers concerning Murphy and religion. undated, 1937-1943
Box 3
Papers concerning Murphy's death 1949
Box 3
"Frank Murphy as Government Administrator" by Edward Kemp
