Mother's Day at the University of Idaho video

Collection

Identifier: MG 5886

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one silent, black and white home video 11 minutes and 9 seconds long, sent to Special Collections and Archives as a digital file. It relates primarily to the Murphy family. Charles W. Murphy, Jr., graduated from the University of Idaho in 1941. He joined the Army and was killed during the Battle of Kwajalein in the Pacific Theater in 1944. Frank Murphy, his younger brother, also attended the University of Idaho and served in the Army during World War II.

The following is a donor-provided list of scenes in the video with timestamps:

0:00 Fraternity cleanup

0:23 Baseball

1:30 Mothers Day or graduation?

3:00 Murphy family photo - Irene Murphy second from right (mother of Charles Murphy)

3:49 buildings on campus

4:42 Charles W Murphy Jr - ROTC - class of 1941

5:00 airplane crash wreckage - 5/10/40 at 3rd and Asbury

5:50 driving Lewiston grade (parents lived in Nampa)

7:02 1941 graduation (Charles Murphy on right)

7:40 Charles W Murphy Jr - ROTC graduation

7:58 family (Charles W Murphy Jr, Charles W Murphy Sr, Frank Murphy)

8:04 Charles W Murphy Jr, Billie Kunter (future wife), Frank Murphy

8:20 Driving Lewiston grade

8:58 Fraternity? - cleaning windows, etc

9:45 Someone's wedding?

10:25 view of Moscow from a height

10:40 misc scenes on campus

Scenes may also depict the May Fete on the University of Idaho campus.

Dates

Creation: 1939-1941

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1.47 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

11-minute silent video of events on and around the University of Idaho campus, roughly 1939-1941. Scenes include a baseball game, an event that may be a Mother's Day celebration or graduation, the University of Idaho campus, a plane crash at 3rd and Asbury in downtown Moscow, driving down the old Lewiston grade, and views of Moscow.