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Transcripts of oral interviews conducted by University of Michigan history professor Sidney Fine in cooperation with the Michigan Historical Collections with individuals on the subject of the life and times of Michigan governor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Frank Murphy; and sound recordings of the interviews.

The transcripts of the interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee. The collection also includes the tapes of some of the interviews.

Clerk of the Detroit (Michigan) Recorders Court and director of the state department of corrections during the gubernatorial administration of Frank Murphy. Reports and other papers concerning the Michigan state penal system; and material on the Sweet Murder Trial of 1925 and the career of Frank Murphy.

The collection contains reports and other papers concerning the Michigan state penal system. There is also material collected on the Ossian Sweet Murder Trial of 1925 and the career of Frank Murphy.