Correspondence, memoranda, reports, dispatches, speeches and writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Allied diplomacy during World War II (especially preparatory to the invasion of French North Africa), wartime and postwar diplomatic conferences, administration of occupied Germany, postwar American foreign relations, and international business enterprises. Murphy was American diplomat; presidential envoy to French North Africa, 1940-1942; political adviser to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, 1942-1944; political adviser, Office of Military Government for Germany, 1944-1949; assistant secretary, deputy undersecretary, and undersecretary of state, 1953-1959.