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The Life and Times of Daniel Murray
Daniel Murray was undoubtedly the outstanding Irish Catholic archbishop of the nineteenth century. He was a man of elegance and charm, ready to listen to others and to find good in them. To the redoubtable Bishop Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin, the archbishop was ‘an angel of a man’.His concern for the education of the poor led to the founding of the Irish Sisters of Charity and the invitation to Dublin of the Sisters of Mercy and the Irish Christian Brothers. His interest in the education of the middle class was manifested in the foundation of the Sisters of Loreto and in his support for the schools of the Jesuits and the Vincentians. A man of great pastoral energy, he built numerous chu...
Daniel Murray Papers
Includes correspondence (1911-1917); biographical notes on some of the persons Murray intended to include in his Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Colored Race Throughout the World (never completed); and clippings, programs, invitations, photographs, and other papers; together with correspondence (1908-1937) and legal papers (1899-1937) of Murray's wife, Anna Murray. Also includes detailed biographical notes on Benjamin Banneker (free African American astronomer from Baltimore, Md.), Charles E.M. Brooks, and Alexander Hamilton; published letters to the editor from Murray concerning the school policies of Roscoe C. Bruce, assistant superintendent of schools in Washington, D.C.; and U.S. Senate and local investigative reports on Bruce. Mrs. Murray's correspondence, in particular, reflects the Murray's participation in Washington, D.C.'s social and civic life. Other persons represented include Frank Baird.
