John W. Murphey records 1919-1972 (bulk 1920-1950)

John W. Murphey records

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John W. Murphey records

MS 603


Collection Summary
Creator:	John W. Murphey Building Company
Creator:	John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company
Creator:	Catalina Foothills Estates
Creator:	Murphey Investment Company
Collection Name:	John W. Murphey records
Inclusive Dates:	1919-1972
Bulk Dates:	(bulk 1920-1950)
Physical Description:	49 linear feet
Abstract:	The John W. Murphey records contains business documents from home construction and property management businesses owned or co-owned and operated by John W. Murphey.
Collection Number:	MS 603
Language:	Materials are in English . and Spanish
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Historical Note

Along with Leo B. Keith and Helen Geyer Murphey, his wife, John W. Murphey owned and operated a number of commercial ventures in Southern Arizona beginning in the 1920s. In 1928 the John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company was incorporated and hired Josias Joesler as an architect. Fourteen years later, in 1942, the company was re-organized as the Murphey and Keith partnership, at which time Josias Joesler sold his shares of the defunct Murphey-Keith company. Into the 1950s, these companies constructed homes, performed renovations, sold property, and leased houses in the Tucson area. Large projects include whites-only housing developments such as Catalina Foothills Estates and Broadway Village, commercial spaces at Broadway Village and St. Phillips Plaza, the Hacienda del Sol hotel, and the El Conquistador hotel. After Joesler’s death in 1956, Murphey began working with architects Blanton and Cole.

Projects such as the Catalina Foothills Estates were occasionally branched off into separate corporations. The Murpheys continued to manage the Catalina Foothills Estates well into the 1970s.

The Murphey Investment Company was a separate venture which managed the personal assets of the extended Murphey family, including the lawyer for John and Helen Murphey’s other businesses, Bob Murphey.

Scope and Content Note

The John W. Murphey records demonstrate the day-to-day operation of Murphey’s many business ventures. The records contain construction job files, leases and mortgages, promotional and advertising materials, flooring and paint samples and schematics, correspondence, and financial ledgers. Most of the materials pertain to individual construction or renovation jobs between 1926 and 1957, or document the establishment of Catalina Foothills Estates.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into 6 series

Series I: Job files and specifications, 1921-1957
Series II: Operational records, 1919-1978
Series III: Financial documents, 1924-1978
Subseries 1: General financial documents, 1926-1978
Subseries 2: Taxes and assessments, 1924-1968
Series IV: Housing developments and property management records, 1928-1954
Subseries 1: Leases, deeds, and mortgages, 1928-1942
Subseries 2: Planned communities, 1928-1954
Series V: Promotional materials, undated
Series VI: Murphey Investment Company records, 1932-1944

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Related Material

MS 0568. John W. Murphey papers. Arizona Historical Society.

PC 269. Helen Murphey Photograph album. Arizona Historical Society.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Joesler, Josias.

Keith, Leo B.

Murphey, Helen Geyer.

Murphey, John W.

Corporate Name(s)

Catalina Foothills Estates.

John W. Murphey Building Company.

John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company.

Murphey Investment Company.

Geographic Name(s)

Catalina Foothills (Ariz.).

Subject(s)

Construction projects.

Planned communities.

Administrative Information

Custodial History

These records were previously part of the Arizona Architectural Archives and were transferred to Special Collections in 2011.

Credit Line

John W. Murphey records (MS 603). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Processing History

The John W. Murphey records were processed by Dani Stuchel in October of 2017.

Some processing was undertaken at the Arizona Architectural Archives– the numbered job files and bound ledgers were organized together. 4 linear feet of unarranged materials were used to create Series 2, 4, 6 and parts of series 3 in 2017.

Container List


Job files and specifications 1921–1957
	Scope and Contents
	This series contains job files and project specifications for construction work undertaken by Murphey's companies. Some files may contain correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

Box	Folder
1	1	Job 1, 202 South Park 1934
1	2	Job 2, Catalina Foothills, John and Rhea Dun 1934–1937
1	3	Job 3, Catalina Foothills, Charles Y. Freeman and Ruth Shields 1935–1936
1	4	Job 4, Catalina Foothills, Justin A. Rollman 1935–1937
1	5	Job 5, South Park Avenue Garage Building 1935–1942
1	6	Job 6, Office buildings for government (Loose-Wiles building) 302 South Park Avenue 1935
1	7	Job 8, Catalina Foothills Estates, F.M. Metcalf 1923–1941
1	8	Job 9, Catalina Foothills Estates, Dr. and Mrs. Q.L. Drennan and Mary Moser 1936–1950
1	9	Job 10, Catalina Foothills Estates, George C. Craig and Olive M. Craig 1936–1956
1	10	Job 11, Catalina Foothills Estates, John D. and Rhea W. Dun 1936–1937
1	11	Job 12, Catalina Foothills Estates, Dr. and Mrs. A.F. Fuller, 1936
1	12	Job 13, Catalina Foothills Estates, Mrs. Vera L. Beaton 1936–1937
1	13	Job 14, Trust Office 1936
1	14	Job 15, J. Noah H. Slee and Margaret S. Slee, 8.04 acres 1936–1938
1	15	Job 16, Helen Z. Ryland 1936–1941
1	16	Old building accounts, Jobs 1-15 undated
1	17	Unidentified jobs 1921
1	18	Jobs 17, 19, 21 1921–1922
1	19	Job 23 1922
1	20	Job 24 1922–1928
1	21	Job 25, East 7th Street, Mrs. Annie E. Flatly 1922
1	22	Job 26, 1436 E. 5th St., J.A. Wood 1922
1	23	Job 27, Rincon Mountains, Herbert Morrison 1922
1	24	Job 28, Lot 11 Block 3 Brooklyn Heights, John W. Murphey 1922
1	25	Job 29, Lot 10 Block 3 Brooklyn Heights, John W. Murphey 1922
1	26	Job 30, Duplex, F.E.A. Kimball 1922
1	27	Job 31, Remodeling, F.E.A. Kimball 1922
1	28	Job 32, 1211 E. 5th St., John W. Murphey 1922–1923
1	29	Jobs 34 and 35, 7th Street 1922
1	30	Job 35 1923–1943
1	31	Job 36, S.E. Corner 4th St. and 10th Ave., H.M. David 1922
1	32	Jobs 37 and 38, Lot 18 and Lot 19 Block 7 Rincon Mountains 1923
1	33	Jobs 39 and 40, Lot 1 Block 27 1923
1	34	Job 41, 11 2nd Ave., Anderson 1923
1	35	Job 42, 3rd and Maple, Dr. Turnage 1923
1	36	Job 43, 6th and Drachman, Carl Young 1923
1	37	Job 44, Corner of 5th and 2nd St., Mrs. Dunn 1923
1	38	Job 45, 1227 East Lowell Avenue, Fern M. Johnson 1923–1932
1	39	Job 50, 1248 East Fifth St., Lillian J. Marney 1923–1930
1	40	Evans School 1923
1	41	Jobs 45-52 1923–1933
1	42	Job 53, E. 7th St. Vine and Cherry, Esteban Ramos 1923
1	43	Job 54, Philip Drachman 1924
1	44	Job 55 1924
Box	Folder
2	1	Job 58, Lot 4 and 7 Block 56 University Heights 1924–1941
2	2	Job 59, 1004 East 13th St., Sam Glass 1924
2	3	Lot 60, 1034 East 13th St., Swindell 1924
2	4	Job 61, Lots 27 and 29 block 16, Drakes 1924
2	5	Unknown job 1924
2	6	Jobs 65 and 66, Lots 7 and 8 block 22 Sp. Heights 1924
2	7	Jobs 63 and 64, East 5th St., John W. Murphey 1924
2	8	Job 67, Posito Court North 6th Avenue, Mrs. Gussie Dick 1924–1940
2	9	Job 69, 225 E. First St., Edith R. Muller 1924
2	10	Job 70, 116 North Center Ave., Drakes 1924–1928
2	11	Job 71, 122 North Mountain Ave., Paul T. and Golda E. Wright 1931
2	12	Job 73 1924–1928
2	13	2124 E. Helen 1925
2	14	835 N. Warren 1925
2	15	Job 76 1925
2	16	Unknown job
2	17	Job 77, 1041 N. Park Ave., Sigma Chi Fraternity 1925–1926
2	18	Job 78, 1127-1131 Lowell Ave., John W. Murphey 1925–1934
2	19	Job 79, 1004 E. 12th St., John W. Murphey 1927–1929
2	20	Jobs 79 and 80, 1002 and 1010 E. 12th St. 1925–1927
2	21	Job 81, 1647 E. 4th St., F. A. Knipe 1925
2	22	Job 82, 2248 E. Speedway, John W. Murphey 1924–1926
2	23	Job 84, 2204 E. Speedway, John W. Murphey 1925–1930
2	24	Job 85, 2327 E. Speedway, Cornelia S. Keasbey 1925–1926
2	25	Job 86 1925
2	26	Job 87, 1604 E. 4th St. 1926
2	27	Job 88 1926
2	28	Job 89, 2339 E. Speedway, Cornelia S. Keasbey 1926
2	29	Jobs 90 and 91, Lots 34, 35, 36 Rincon Mountains 1926
2	30	Job 92 1926
2	31	Job 93, W.C. Puelle 1926
2	32	Job 94, 2304 E. Helen St., Roy H. George 1926–1932
2	33	Job 95, 2316 E. Helen 1926
2	34	Job 96, Dr. and Mrs. Mets 1926–1932
2	35	Job 97, Cowpersivant 1926
2	36	Job 98, 2301 E. Speedway, Cornelia S. Keasbey 1926
2	37	Job 99, 1926
2	38	Job 100, Lulu V. Williams 1926
2	39	Job 101, 1025 N. Park Ave., John W. Murphey 1926
2	40	Job 102, 1047 E. Speedway, John W. Murphey 1926
2	41	Job 103, 628 N. Warren Ave., Louise S. Martin 1926–1929
2	42	Job 104, 622 N. Warren Ave., Chas. E. and Irene A. Knapp 1932
2	43	Job 105, 1149 N. Norton Ave., Dr. C. E. Ide 1926–1932
2	44	Job 106, 1141 N. Norton Ave., John J. Conner, Sr. 1926
2	45	Job 107, A.S. Floyd and Sarah May Floyd
2	46	Job 109, W.H. Weeks 1927
2	47	Job 110, Helen F. Bobcock, 528 North Martin Avenue
2	48	Job 111 and 112, Denver P. Karr, 12 East Speedway
2	49	Job 113, Langers Seed and Floral Company
2	50	Jobs 114-118, Highland Park Company
2	51	Jobs 119, M.L. Handley
2	52	Job 120, 411 E. Third St., John W. Murphey Building Company 1936–1943
2	53	Job 121, 1116 N. Stone Ave., George T. Meehan 1926–1927
2	54	Job 122, 1139 N. Stone Ave., Dr. C. Emerson Du Vall 1926–1928
2	55	Job 123, 1136 N. Stone Ave., Dr. Frank C. Balderrey 1926–1928
2	56	Job 124, 1203 N. Stone Ave., W.H. Land 1926–1927
2	57	Job 125, 1217 N. Stone Ave., Jose Canales 1927
2	58	Job 126, 1835 E. Seventh St., G.J. Upham 1927
2	59	Job 128, 1843 E. Adams St., Donna Costello 1927–1953
2	60	Job 129, 1815 E. Drachman St., Victor R. Hoffman and John W. Murphey 1925–1938
2	61	Job 130, 1830 E. Drachman St., William H. Dickinson 1927–1928
2	62	Job 131, 1826 E. Adams St., Dr. E. L. Hallinan 1927–1928
2	63	Job 132, Rock Wall, Dr. Samuel H. Watson 1927
2	64	Job 133, 1845 E. Mabel St., Hazle M. Sponageu 1923–1937
Box	Folder
3	1	Job 134, 2205 E. Speedway, Ruth Ross (Louis H. Ross) 1921–1928
3	2	Job 135, 1015 E. Speedway, Henry Leeker 1927
3	3	Job 136, 1031 E. Speedway, Frank F. Nelson 1927
3	4	Job 137, 1002 E. 15th St. and 215 S. Park Ave., Sam Glass 1927–1928
3	5	Job 138, 1020-1032 E. Helen St., Edward and Stella V. Moore 1927
3	6	Job 139, 2033 E. Third St., Clarence B. Maloney 1927
3	7	Job 140, 428 E. 9th St., Mrs. Chas. Loebs and Edgar H. Mattons 1927–1935
3	8	Job 141, 1420 E. Edison St., Mrs. Stella May Swan 1927
3	9	Job 142, 1622 E.4th St., Glendon G. Sykes and Anna M. Sykes 1927
3	10	Job 143, 2310 E. 6th St., J.C. Eddie 1927
3	11	Job 144, 1832 E. Adams St., Robert W. Geyer 1927–1933
3	12	Job 145, 110 S. Scott St., Watson & Clyne 1927–1930
3	13	Job 146, 1304 N. 7th Ave., Roy & Juanita Laos 1927
3	14	Job 147, West of St. Mary's Hospital, George R. Anklam 1927
3	15	Job 148, 1710 E. 2nd St., Vincent P. and Irene Hengesbach 1927–1928
3	16	Job 149, 2 Paseo Redondo, Dr. Samuel H. Watson 1927
3	17	Job 150, 210 S. Park Ave., Cement Products Company (Paul Doty) 1927
3	18	Job 151, 220 E. Speedway, Dr. Meade Clyde 1927–1929
3	19	Job 152, 2310 E. Helen St., Roy George 1927–1928
3	20	Job 153, 1721 E. Mabel St., Faye W. Percy 1927–1928
3	21	Job 154, 2207-2209 E. 5th St., Charles J. Rice and Glen H. Caroll 1927–1928
3	22	Job 155, 1804 E. Drachman St., C.M. Kirby 1928
3	23	Job 156, 1810 E. Drachman St., Stanley Williamson 1927–1928
3	24	Job 157, 901 E. Speedway, M. Sohn 1927
3	25	Job 158, 1507 E. 10th St., Antonio Alvarez 1927
3	26	Job 159, 2015 E. Hawthorne, R.F. Dail undated
3	27	Job 160, 701 S. 5th Ave., M. Alvarez 1927–1928
3	28	Job 161, 2203 E. 5th St., Josephine Young 1928
3	29	Job 162, 1207 E. Speedway, Miss Frances Perry undated
3	30	Job 163, W.E. Murphey Sr. 1921–1927
3	31	Job 164, 2211 E. Speedway, Henry and Irene Leeker 1927–1928
3	32	Job 165, 1321 N. Tyndall Ave., M.G. Barton 1927–1928
3	33	Job 166, Hepsey Marie Conner, a widow 1927–1930
3	34	Job 167, 621 N. 6th Ave., Mrs. Elvia R. Odam 1927–1928
3	35	Job 168, 1805 E. Adams St., John W. Murphey and Grover C. Linn 1928
3	36	Job 169, 530 N. Wilson Ave., M. Irene Ackerman 1928
3	37	Job 170, 534 N. Wilson Ave., Merton Martenson 1928
3	38	Job 171, 416-418 N. 4th Ave., Miss Anna Henry 1927–1933
3	39	Job 172, 378 N. Main St., Leo Goldschmidt 1927
3	40	Job 173, 2234 E. Helen St., John W. Murphey and Agnes Bruns 1928
3	41	Job 174, 2322 E. Helen St., John W. Murphey and Clarence E. Utzman 1928
3	42	Job 175, 2328 E. Helen St., John W. Murphey and Alice E. Arnold 1928
3	43	Job 176 1955–1956
3	44	Job 177, 1836 E. Drachman St., Prof. B.S. Butler 1928
3	45	Job 178, 2302 E. 3rd St., William C. and Blanche B. Genthe 1927–1929
3	46	Job 179, 632 N. Euclid Ave., Henry B. Johnson et. al. 1928
3	47	Job 180, 1812 E. Drachman St., P.E. Leatherman 1928–1930
Box	Folder
4	1	Job 181, 1134 N. Wilson Ave., Le Roy George and Mrs. Rose L. Swinney 1928–1940
4	2	Job 182, N. Stone Ave., Clyne & Murphey 1928–1939
4	3	Job 183, 1340 E. 12th St., Leo A. Kilcullen & Ila Kilcullen 1931–1932
4	4	Job 184, 1336 E. 12th St., Ethel C. and R.F. Schaefer 1928–1931
4	5	Job 185, 140 E. 17th St., Fernando Jr. and Mercedes Laos 1928
4	6	Job 186, 224 N. Highland Ave., Philip J. Martin Jr. 1928
4	7	Job 187, 325 S. Park Ave., Philip J. Martin Jr. 1928
4	8	Job 188, Thatcher, H.C. Tanner 1928
4	9	Job 189, 1820 E. Drachman St., Lois J. Kronholm 1928
4	10	Job 190, 1821 E. Lee St., Millard F and Frances Dixon 1928–1930
4	11	Job 191, 843E. 3rd St., Arizona Alpha Association 1928
4	12	Job 192, Cement work for Sam Glass 1927
4	13	Job 193, 1903 E. Lee St., Clarence W. Bailey 1928
4	14	Job 194, 1838 E. Lee St., Desert Sanatorium of Southern Arizona 1928
4	15	Job 195, El Conquistador Hotel, landscaping and planting 1928–1929
4	16	Job 196, E. 6th St., John C. Haynes 1928
4	17	Job 197, 148 E. 17th St., G.E. Angulo 1928
4	18	Job 198, 139 S. Scott St., R.G. Brady 1928
4	19	Job 199, 1248 E. Speedway, S.A. Elrod 1928–1929
4	20	Job 200, 601-605 S. Park and 941-943 E. 5th St., Hyman Morrison and Mrs. Anna Witten 1928–1932
4	21	Job 201, 1242 E. Speedway, Julien Picard 1928
4	22	Job 202, 1059 N. Mountain Ave., Mrs. Kathryn Collman 1929
4	23	Job 203, 1065 N. Mountain Ave., Mrs. Mary M. Campbell 1928
4	24	Job 204, 1815 E. Mabel St., Berna Rudovic and Max Pinner 1930–1931
4	25	Job 205, 1841 E. Lee St., Daniel J. Gercke, Bishop Catholic Church 1928–1930
4	26	Job 206, El Conquistador Hotel Cottages 1928
4	27	Job 210, 638 E. 3rd St., Mrs. E.T. Knox 1928–1943
4	28	Job 211, 2231 E. Speedway, Cornelia S. Keasbey 1928
4	29	Job 212, 2223 E. Speedway, Cornelia S. Keasbey 1928–1929
4	30	Job 213, 2003 E. 4th St., Mr. Fred J. Steward 1928–1929
4	31	Job 214, 1822 E. 12th St., Lawrence L. Moore 1928
4	32	Job 215, 1816 E. 12th St., Lawrence L. Moore 1928
4	33	Job 216, 1842 E. Elm St., Dr. Vinton A. Brown 1928–1935
4	34	Job 217, 616-618-620-622 N. 4th Ave., Mrs. Harriet M. Morgan 1929–1946
4	35	Job 218, 1832 E. Lee St., Donald P. and Hazel J. Wittkopp 1928–1931
Box	Folder
5	1	Job 219, 1640 N. Campbell Ave., Dr. William G. Schultz 1928–1929
5	2	Job 220, 16 S. Santa Rita Ave., Mr. Fred Gladden 1928–1929
5	3	Job 221, 2433 E. 3rd St., Andrew C. Larsen 1935
5	4	Job 222, 1841 E. Drachman St., Dr. Hollie L. Trimble 1928–1932
5	5	Job 223, 1842 E. Adams St., Mary S. Underwood 1929
5	6	Job 224, E. Hawthorne St., Laura Chesney 1930
5	7	Job 225, In country, west of St. Mary's, George Anklim 1928
5	8	Job 226, 333-335-337-339 N. 4th Ave., Jose A. Romo 1928–1932
5	9	Job 227, 2416 E. Helen St., Ellen R. Parshall (a widow) 1928–1930
5	10	Job 228, 2422 E. Helen St., William G. and Hope Sisson Hall 1928–1929
5	11	Job 229, 2428 E. Helen St., Anna Chesak 1928–1929
5	12	Job 230, 1830 E. Adams St., Charles H. Sporleder 1929
5	13	Job 231, 1071 N. Mountain Ave., John W. Murphey Building Company 1929–1930
5	14	Job 232, 1811 E. Adams St., Robert W. and Billie Knox Geyer 1928–1929
5	15	Job 233, 1130 N. Norton Ave., Chas C. and Dorothy R. Gates 1932–1943
5	16	Job 234, 1131 N. Tucson Blvd., C.V. Fowler and Lorraine C. Fowler 1928–1929
5	17	Job 235, 1137 N. Tucson Blvd., Harry Jewett 1929
5	18	Job 236, 1136 N. Norton Ave., Stanley and Adele Samuelson 1929
5	19	Job 237, 1031 N. Mountain Ave., Louis H. and Rose S. Hofmeister 1929
5	20	Job 238, 1025 N. Mountain Ave., Sydney B. and Gail R. Brown 1929
5	21	Job 239, 1017 N. Mountain Ave., Harry A. Rollins 1929
5	22	Job 240, 1822 E. Lee St., Robert C and Lulu Blanche Galbraith 1929
5	23	Job 241, 2621 E. 3rd Ave., John R. and Flora P. Tieman 1929
5	24	Job 242, 344 E. 3rd St., R.E. Gephart The Yale Dairy 1929–1930
5	25	Job 243, 945 N. 5th Ave., J.G. Damskey 1928
5	26	Job 244, 1128 E. 6th St., Arizona Clarence Saunders Stores, Inc. 1929
5	27	Job 246, 35-37-39 N. Park Ave., Arizona Clarence Saunders Stores, Inc. 1929
5	28	Job 247, 1043 N. Mountain Ave., Pi Beta Phi Society 1929–1930
5	29	Job 248, 1134 E. Speedway, Elmer and Jane Oppedal 1929–1930
Box	Folder
6	1	Job 249, 605 E. 9th St., Jerome P. Martin 1929–1933
6	2	Job 250, Sec 16-13-14 Catalina Foothills, John W. Murphey 1930–1945
6	3	Job 251, Catalina Foothills, Leo B. Keith 1929
6	4	Job 252, 336 E. 5th St., Catalina Foothills Estates 1929–1945
6	5	Job 254, Rincon Mountains Vail, Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rukin Jelks 1929–1939
6	6	Job 255, Catalina Foothills, John W. Murphey 1929–1942
6	7	Job 256, El Conquistador Hotel, Tucson, Arizona 1929
6	8	Job 257, 543 N. 4th Ave., Snows Cleaning Works 1929
6	9	Job 258, Robert W. Geyer 1930
6	10	Job 259, Santa Rita Mountains, Charles P. and Caroline T. Beach 1930–1931
6	11	Job 260, Catalina Foothills Estates, Tom Eisiminger 1930–1931
6	12	Job 261, 1327 E. 5th Ave., Henry G. Doe 1929–1930
6	13	Job 262, Josias Th. And Natividad Lorenzo Joesler 1930–1931
6	14	Job 264, Catalina Foothills Estates 1931–1954
6	15	Job 264, Catalina Foothills Estates, water system 1934–1950
6	16	Job 265, Catalina Foothills Estates, W.H. Hillary 1930–1933
6	17	Job 266, Colonia Catalina 1931
6	18	Job 267, 118 E. Broadway, John W. Murphey 1931–1945
6	19	Job 268, 522 N. Fourth Avenue, John W. Murphey 1938–1945
6	20	Job 269, 46 E. Pennington, John W. Murphey 1930
6	21	Job 270, Colonia Solana, John W. Murphey 1930–1941
Box	Folder
7	1	Job 271, Colonia Solana, John W. Murphey 1933
7	2	Job 272, John W. Murphey
7	3	Job 273, Colonia Solana, Country Club Realty Company 1930–1931
7	4	Job 274, Tucson Golf & Country Club swimming pool 1930
7	5	Job 275, Dr. Edward M. Hayden 1930
7	6	Job 276, Samos addition, Arthur J. and Madeline P. Reardon 1930–1934
7	7	Job 277, 1049 E. 11th Ave., John A. and Generosa M. Reams 1930–1932
7	8	Job 278, Catalina Foothills Estates, William T. Briggs 1930
7	9	Job 279, 1129 N. 9th Ave., Maude Debaud 1930
7	10	Job 280, Arizona Desert School 1930
7	11	Job 282, Catalina Foothills Estates, Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Ross 1931–1936
7	12	Job 283, 48 E. 1st St., Grace Van Osdale 1931–1932
7	13	Job 284, 1844 E. Elm St. 1930
7	14	Job 285, 1903 E. 3rd St., Dr. J.B. Van Horn 1930–1931
7	15	Job 286, Catalina Foothills Estates, Donald S. Johnson 1931
7	16	Job 287, Catalina Foothills Estates, Norman E. Gabel 1931–1937
7	17	Job 289, 347 E. Speedway, Gouley N. Burcham 1931
7	18	Job 290, 2045 E. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Oney 1931
7	19	Job 292, Catalina Foothills Estates, Charles C. Ventres, Jr. 1931–1937
7	20	Job 293, Fred and Ada Pierce Winn 1931–1953
7	21	Job 294, 53 W. Congress St., Murphey Investment Company 1931
7	22	Job 295, 1844 E. Elm St. 1931–1932
7	23	Job 300, Clubhouse - Hacienda del Sol School 1932
7	24	Job 302, Norman E. Gabel 1932
7	25	Job 303, Catalina Foothills Estates, Charlotte E. Jordan undated
7	26	Job 304, Robet Tittle McKee (empty folder) undated
7	27	Job 305, Colonia Solana, Baldwin bathroom undated
7	28	Job 306, Western Gas Company, El Paso, Texas undated
7	29	Job 309, Clyne-Watson Building Company 1934
7	30	Job 310, Alex Tapie 1935
7	31	Job 312, Catalina Poultry Acres, Geo. H. Smith 1935–1936
7	32	Job 314, Cotton Compress Warehouse 1935–1947
7	33	Job 315, James A. McGuire 1935
7	34	Job 316, John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company 1935
7	35	Job 318, Catalina Foothills Estates, A.L. Agatin 1935–1936
7	36	Job 320, Catalina Foothills Estates, Mrs. Edith W. Steele 1935–1937
7	37	Job 321, Rev. and Mrs. George W. Ferguson 1930–1937
7	38	Job 325, Catalina Foothills Estates, Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Mansur 1936
7	39	Job 326, Tucson Clinic 1937–1956
7	40	Job 327, Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Channing 1936
Box	Folder
8	1	Job 328, Mexican exhibit, Albert Steinfeld and Company 1936
8	2	Job 329, Shop 1936–1938
8	3	Job 347, Carrie Helen Larue 1937–1950
8	4	Job 348, Nettie McKenney 1937
8	5	Job 349, Marjorie Gould Drexel 1938–1939
8	6	Job 350, William F. Luick 1937–1946
8	7	Job 351, 118 E. Speedway, John W. Murphey 1937
8	8	Job 353, Herbert L. and Edith R. Doak 1937–1938
8	9	Job 355, Louise N. Grace (Joesler correspondence) 1937–1938
8	10	Job 355, Louise N. Grace 1937–1941
8	11	Louise N. Grace 1939–1954
8	12	Job 355, Louise N. Grace 1937–1956
8	13	Job 355, Louise N. Grace, painting only 1937–1957
8	14	Job 358, Haskell Brothers Towel and Linen Supply Company 1937
8	15	Job 359, Addition to Job 13, Vera L. Beaton undated
8	16	Job 360, Reid's Citrus Divison, Hobson Brown 1937
8	17	Job 361, Catalina Foothills Estates, John D. Dun undated
8	18	Job 362, Mr. and Mrs. Millard C. Hardin 1937–1957
8	19	Job 357, Mr. Harold K. Estabrook 1937–1938
8	20	Job 364, Catalina Foothills Estates, David S.B. Chew and Grace B. Brown 1939–1951
8	21	Job 365, Catalina Foothills Estates, William M. Harris and Grace B. Brown 1939–1940
8	22	Job 366, Lot 39 C.F.E. 1940–1941
8	23	Job 367, Louise N. Grace 1939
8	24	Job 368, Louise N. Grace 1938
8	25	Job 369, William A. and Laura Lee 1938
Box	Folder
9	1	Job 370, James and Florence Aspell 1928–1941
9	2	Job 371, 2201 N. Campbell Ave., Dr. Robert Alan Hicks 1938
9	3	Job 372, Louise N. Grace, June 1938 1938–1939
9	4	Job 373, Philip W. Boardman 1939–1940
9	5	Job 375, Winston S. and Ruth Wheeler 1938–1941
9	6	Job 376, 2421 E. 5th St., J.C. and Sophie Padilla 1938–1939
9	7	Job 377, 2521 E. 8th St., Herbert J. and Minnie Gerhardt and George C. Dick 1940–1941
9	8	Job 378, Catalina Foothills Estates, Mr. and Mrs. L. Nelson 1935–1939
9	9	Job 379, R.H. Channing 1938
9	10	Job 380, Louise N. Grace 1938
9	11	Job 381, 1503 E. Helen St., Vernon W. and Anna Coffman 1937–1940
9	12	Job 382, J. Noah H. Slee 1938–1939
9	13	Job 383, Catalina Foothills Estates, Frank E. Parsons and George R. and Wilma A. Brownell 1939
9	14	Job 384, 2016 E. Lee St., Mary H. Canney 1939
9	15	Job 385, Guest house, Marjorie Gould Drexel 1939
9	16	Job 386, Mrs. Frederick W. Galbraith 1939
9	17	Job 388, Catalina Foothills Estates, Broadway Village, Walter D. and Mary Bell Randall, E.J. Husted 1940–1950
9	18	Job 389, Broadway Village, Grace B. Brown 1934–1941
9	19	Job 390, Catalina Foothills Estates, Grant M. and Bell McGregor 1939–1940
9	20	Job 393, Catalina Foothills Estates, John Phillip Corcoran 1940
9	21	Job 395, 2200 E. 5th St., John H. Uhrig 1937–1939
9	22	Job 394, Sunday school room, St. Philip's in the Hills 1940
9	23	Job 397, Catalina Foothills Estates, John D. and Rhea W. Dun 1939–1956
9	24	Job 398, P.W. Fletcher and Lota K. Fletcher 1940
9	25	Job 399, Catalina Foothills Estates, Betty Jean Bowman 1940–1941
Box	Folder
10	1	Job 400, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. McAdams (1 of 2) 1940–1941
10	2	Job 400, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. McAdams (2 of 2) 1940
10	3	Job 401, Catalina Foothills Estates, Farm 1939–1943
10	4	Job 402, Sam and Ermine Fields 1940–1941
10	5	Job 403, Dr. Meade Clyne 1940
10	6	Job 405, Broadway Village 1940–1941
10	7	Job 406, Broadway Village 1940–1941
10	8	Job 408, Broadway Village, Grace B. Brown 1940
10	9	Job 409, Catalina Foothills Estates, Erskine and June Caldwell 1940–1944
10	10	Job 410, Addition to Grace job 1941
10	11	Job 411, Catalina Foothills Estates, Florence B. Husted 1941–1942
10	12	Job 412, Catalina Foothills Estates, W.H. and Florence G. Thomson 1941–1942
10	13	Job 414, Louise S. and Edgar Rucker, and John W. Joyt 1941
10	14	Job 415, Marylka M. Pattinson and John W. Joynt 1941
10	15	Job 421, The Texaco Company 1941
10	16	Job 422, Bryant Smith 1941
10	17	Job 423, Sam R. Kaufman 1941–1946
10	18	Job 424, Downtown court job 1944
10	19	Job 425, Erskine and Margaret Bourke Caldwell 1942–1943
10	20	Job 426 1941–1944
10	21	Job 427 1941–1946
10	22	Job 428, P.G. McFadden 1941–1942
10	23	Job 431, 650 S. Country Club Rd., Mrs. Lola A. Anold 1941–1944
10	24	Job 432, 636 S. Country Club Rd., Mrs. Mary ellen Courtemanche 1942
10	25	Job 433, 624 S. Country Club Rd. 1941
10	26	Job 434, 614 S. Country Club Rd., Miss Helen Z. Ryland 1941–1942
10	27	Job 435, 608 S. Country Club Rd., Mrs. Lola A. Arnold 1942
10	28	Job 436, S. Country Club 1942
Box	Folder
11	1	Job 438, 85 Sierra Vista Dr. East, Dr. Stuart Sanger 1942
11	2	Job 439, 1210 E. 4th 1942
11	3	Job 440, 1216 E. 4th 1942
11	4	Job 441, 1222 E. 4th 1942
11	5	Job 442, 1822 E. Silver St. 1942
Box
50		Binder for jobs 450-455 1942–1944
50		Chart of account numbers and index of jobs and clients undated
Box
36		Engineer level book 1930
36		Mosaicos Hidraulicos (Mosaic tile catalog) and accompanying correspondence, Antonio Hernandes Genovari 1930
Box	Folder
11	21	Appeal from Decision of Contracting Officer, Douglas Airfield 1944
Box	Folder
52	22	Douglas Airfield, excess allocated materials appeal (1 of 2) 1942–1945
52	23	Douglas Airfield, excess allocated materials appeal (2 of 2) 1942–1945
Box	Folder
11	24	Empire Lighting, Inc. renderings undated
11	25	Rudolf Wendel Inc., lighting fixture advertisements 1952
11	26	M.H. Starkweather specifications for Kramer servants' quarters 1924
11	27	Migel Estate specifications undated
11	28	Remar-Frankovitz specifications undated
11	29	Hummel specifications undated
11	30	Olive Park subdivision specifications (1 of 3) undated
11	31	Olive Park subdivision specifications (2 of 3) undated
11	32	Olive Park subdivision specifications (3 of 3) undated
11	33	Dun specifications 1937
11	34	Broadway Village shops specifications 1939
11	35	Fletcher specifications undated
11	36	McDonald specifications undated
11	37	Rancho Ocatillo specifications undated
11	38	Casa Bonita specifications 1945
11	39	Baker specifications undated
Box	Folder
12	1	Poze specifications undated
12	2	Block 182 renovation specifications 1946
12	3	John G. Raymond specifications 1947
12	4	Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Philadelphia) specifications 1947
12	5	C.H. Thomas specifications 1948
12	6	Utzinger specifications 1948
12	7	Peabody specifications 1948
12	8	McChesney specifications undated
12	9	Oden specifications undated
12	10	Nonini specifications undated
12	11	Arroyo Park Apartments specifications 1949
12	12	Gauvreau specifications undated
12	13	Sigma Alpha Epsiolon specifications undated
12	14	Craven and Hague specifications 1949
12	15	Rasbob specifications 1949
12	16	Bacal specifications 1949
12	17	Arcade Building specifications 1950
12	18	Kline specifications 1950
12	19	Woollen 1950
12	20	Allen specifications 1951
12	21	Hummel specifications 1951
12	22	Governor Ignacio specifications 1950
12	23	Ronstadt specifications 1950
12	24	Hill specifications undated
12	25	Clapp specifications 1950
12	26	Parsons specification 1951
12	27	Manning specifications 1953
12	28	Park Administration Building specifications 1953
12	29	St. Lowell School specifications 1953
Box	Folder
11	6	Library-Museum Building specifications 1953
11	7	Sanger specifications 1953
11	8	Museum building specifications 1953
11	9	Valley National Bank specifications 1954
11	10	Mattox specifications 1955
11	11	American Villa Resubdivision specifications 1953
11	12	Rykker specifications 1957
11	13	Williams Auxilliary Field temporary building specifications 1941
11	14	Fort Huachuca housing and facilities specifications 1942
11	15	El Conquistador specifications undated
11	16	Debaud specifications undated
11	17	Modification Center #2 specifications 1944
11	18	Marana Basic Flying School specifications 1943
Box	Folder
12	30	Miscellaneous, material advertisements undated
Box	Folder
11	20	Area calculation for lots undated
11	19	Tucson regional plan (roster) undated
Box
43		Douglas Airfield civilian war housing 1944


Operational records 1919–1978
	Scope and Contents
	This series contains documents pertaining to the non-financial operations of Murphey's companies, including correspondence with Josias Joesler and writing by Leo B. Keith.

Box	Folder
12	31	Correspondence with Murphey and Davis Law Offices 1940–1947
12	32	Writing by Leo B. Keith 1929
12	33	Arizona Corporation Commission fees 1933–1942
12	34	Correspondence with Josias Joesler 1927–1956
12	35	Notarial record 1929–1930
12	36	Loftus water rights 1919
12	37	Arizona Corporation Commission, registrations 1934–1942
12	38	Murphy-Keith Building Company, minutes 1934–1943
12	39	Murphey-Keith Building Company, minutes 1934–1935
Box
24		Miscellaneous records 1930–1967
Box
31		Scrapbook of records related to reorganization of Murphey and Keith businesses 1943
31		Mixed records binder 1943–1946


Financial documents 1924–1978
	Scope and Contents
	This series contains financial documents relating to Murphey's business operations and building projects. Included are oversize ledgers, receipts, workbooks, tax assessments, and financial correspondence.


	General financial documents 1926–1978
Box	Folder
12	40	Balance sheets 1930
12	41	Marana Tel and Tel operating ledger transfer sheets 1943
12	42	Interest and accounts payable by property 1932
12	43	Payment slips 1934–1935
12	44	John W. Murphey Building Company stock certificates 1928–1931
12	45	Coolidge operating ledger transfer sheets 1943
Box	Folder
13	1	Murphey-Keith Building Company, bank books 1940–1943
13	2	Douglas Airfield, Southwestern Sash and Door orders 1942–1943
13	3	Davis Monthan general ledger transfer sheets 1943
13	4	University Realty Company, stock certificates 1928–1930
13	5	Murphy-Keith Building company, stock certificates 1934–1941
Box
16		El Paso Valley checks and payroll ledger 1947–1959
Box
18		Old corporation account numbers, journals, invoices, and bank statements 1931–1942
Box
19		Cash received - Southern Arizona Bank & Trust, El Paso National Bank, Valley National Bank 1933–1959
Box
20		John W. Murphey general ledger 1936–1959
Box
21		Catalina Foothills Estates Parnership general ledger 1942–1968
Box
22		John W. Murphey payroll checks 1960–1969
Box
23		John W. Murphey transfer information book 1943–1959
Box
26		John W. Murphey accounts payable 1943–1955
Box
25		Catalina Foothills Estates transfer 1947–1956
Box
27		John W. Murphey transfer ledger 1956
Box
28		John W. Murphey general ledger 1946–1970
Box
29		John W. Murphey transfer general ledger 1936–1959
Box
30		Catalina Foothills Estates transfer accounts receiveable, M-Z 1947–1964
Box
33		John W. Murphey, inactive closed checks 1958–1960
Box
32		Catalina Foothills Estates records of original entry 1960–1965
Box
35		Real estate notes receivable and notes payable 1931–1935
Box
38		John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith worksheets 1936
Box
37		Catalina Foothills Estates transfer ledger 1931–1935
37		Personal records ledger, John W. Murphey 1936–1942
Box
36		Hacienda del Sol ledger 1939–1945
Box
39		Transfer personal records, John W. Murphey 1931–1938
39		Accounts receivable, payable, and trial balances 1937–1942
Box
41		Catalina Foothills Estates, mortgage loans transfer 1926–1939
Box
40		Catalina Foothills Estates transfer, original entries 1962–1972
Box
42		Catalina Foothills Estates general ledger 1947–1958
Box
43		Catalina Foothills Estates transfer 1950–1964
Box
45		John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company, general ledger 1936–1944
Box
44		Catalina Foothills Estates, records of original entry 1959–1963
Box
46		Catalina Foothills Estates transfer, accounts receivable A-L 1947–1962
Box
47		John W. Murphey transfer 1956
Box
48		John W. and Helen G. Murphy ledger 1944–1951
48		John W. and Helen G. Murphy ledger 1952–1955
Box
49		Past years ledger 1955–1968
Box
51		Unidentified ledger (looseleaf)
51		John W. Murphey worksheets in binder 1959
51		John W. Murphey worksheets in binder 1960
51		Trial balances and worksheets in binder 1957–1960
51		Catalina Foothills Estates worksheets in binder 1958–1978
Box
58		Catalina Foothills Estates genderal ledger undated

	Taxes and assessments 1924–1968
Box	Folder
13	6	Assessments 1940–1952
13	7	Assessments 1935–1939
13	8	Assessments (1 of 2) 1926–1934
13	9	Assessments (2 of 2) 1926–1934
13	10	Pima County taxes 1931
13	11	Santa Cruz County taxes 1930–1935
13	12	Pima County taxes 1932
13	13	Tax receipts 1924
13	14	Tax receipts 1925
13	15	Tax receipts 1926
13	16	Tax receipts 1927
13	17	Tax receipts 1928
13	18	Tax receipts 1929
13	19	Tax receipts 1930
13	20	Tax receipts 1931
13	21	Tax receipts 1932
13	22	Tax receipts 1933
13	23	Tax receipts 1934
13	24	Tax receipts 1935
13	25	Tax receipts 1936
13	26	Taxes, receipts, and notices, first half 1936
13	27	Taxes, receipts, and notices, second half 1936
13	28	Tax receipts and worksheets 1937
13	29	Tax clean-up 1937
Box	Folder
14	1	Worksheets and notices, first half 1937
14	2	Taxes, first half 1938
14	3	Taxes, second half 1938
14	4	Taxes first half 1939
14	5	Taxes second half 1939
14	5	Pima County taxes first half 1940
14	6	Taxes 1940
14	7	Taxes, notices, receipts 1941
14	8	Taxes, first half 1942
14	9	Taxes 1943
14	10	Taxes 1946
14	11	Taxes, correspondence, worksheets 1947
14	12	John W. Murphey Building Company income tax returns 1928–1935
14	13	Final tax receipts 1932–1935
14	14	John W. Murphey Building Company capital-stock tax returns 1933–1943
14	15	John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company capital stock tax returns 1934–1942
14	16	Taxes 1944–1945
14	17	Tax receipts, notices, correspondence 1945–1946
Box
17		Income tax and accounts payable and receivable ledger for John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company 1927–1943
Box
51		John W. Murphey personal taxes and donations 1958
51		Taxes binder 1961–1968


Housing developments and property management 1928–1954
	Scope and Contents
	This series contains documents, reference materials, and legal instruments pertaining to commercial and residential properties built and managed by Murphey's companies. Included are drafts of housing restrictions and copies of government policy bulletins.


	Leases, deeds, and mortgages 1928–1942
Box	Folder
14	18	Leases and morgtages 1929–1933
Box
34		Mortgage loan record, John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company 1928–1941
34		Real estate notes and mortgages, John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company 1936–1942
Box
35		John W. Murphey and Leo B. Keith Building Company real estate transfers 1935–1941

	Planned communities 1928–1954
Box	Folder
14	19	Subdivision restrictions 1947–1950
14	20	National Recovery Administration 1933–1934
14	21	Real Estate and Insurance Policy 1933
14	22	Real Estate Board of Tucson, Vacancy Surveys 1928–1942
14	23	Brokerage and construction code 1934
14	24	National Housing Act and Code of Fair Competition 1934
14	25	Report on Reduction of State Expenditures 1933
14	26	Catalina Foothills School, Federal Emergency Administration Application 1938–1939
Box	Folder
15	1	Catalina Foothills School, Works Progress Administration Application 1937–1939
15	2	Catalina Foothills Estates, minutes 1930–1943
15	3	Catalina Foothills Estates worksheets 1936
15	4	Hacienda del Sol, Financial Statements 1929–1933
15	5	Hacienda del Sol, Financial Statements 1934–1937
15	6	Hacienda del Sol, mortgages, leases, and deeds 1945–1954
15	7	Hacienda del Sol School Association trial balance, meeting minutes 1938
Box
36		Catalina Foothills Estates, real estate notes and mortgages 1932–1941


Promotional materials undated
	Scope and Contents
	This series contains materials pertaining to the promotion of Murphey's businesses and properties. Included are proofs of brochures and zinc linoprint and copper intaglio plates.

Box	Folder
15	8	Promotional materials undated
Box
53		Intaglio and lead cut blocks undated
Box
54		Intaglio and lead cut blocks undated
Box
55		Intaglio and lead cut blocks undated
Box
56		Intaglio and lead cut blocks undated
Box
57		Intaglio and lead cut blocks undated


Murphey Investment Company 1932–1944
	Scope and Contents
	This series contains records from the Murphey Investment Company, a private venture between John W. Murphey and his family members.

Box	Folder
15	9	Murphey Investment company correspondence 1937–1940
15	10	Murphey investment company 1932–1944