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Michigan-born lawyer, judge, politician and diplomat, served as Detroit Recorder's Court Judge, Mayor of Detroit, Governor General of the Philippines, Governor of Michigan, U. S. Attorney General and U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Papers include extensive correspondence, subject files, Supreme court case files, scrapbooks, photographs, newsreels and audio recordings, and other material.

The Frank Murphy Collection documents in detail the life and career of one of Michigan's most distinguished public servants. Through correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, visual materials, and other documentation, the collection traces Murphy's life from his years as Detroit judge, later Mayor, to his service in the Philippines, his tenure as governor, his stint as U.S. Attorney General, and culminating in his final years as U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

The Frank Murphy Collection consists of eight series: Correspondence, Other Papers, Supreme Court Case Files, Speech File, Speech Material, Miscellaneous, Visual Material, and Newsclippings/Scrapbooks.

Formerly the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial reports, manuscripts of temperance plays, quiz book contest materials, and photographs.

The records of the Ohio Council on Alcohol Problems have been arranged into the following series: Correspondence; Miscellaneous printed material, press releases, etc.; Financial and other materials; Newspaper clippings; Dramatic productions; Quiz Contest; Chronological files; Miscellaneous; and Photographs.