Edwin and Terry Murray papers, 1914-2019, bulk 1960s-1970s

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Summary

Abstract:
The Edwin and Terry Murray Papers include a range of materials related to the comic book collecting, comic conventions, and science fiction fandom of Edwin L. and Terry A. Murray.
Extent:
4.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11959

Background

Scope and content:

The Edwin and Terry Murray Papers include a range of materials related to the comic book collecting, comic conventions, and science fiction fandom of Edwin L. and Terry A. Murray. Included are photos documenting over fifty comic conventions that the Murray brothers organized at their home in Durham, North Carolina. Also included is correspondence related to their comic book and science fiction collecting activities, as well as newspaper clippings about their extensive comic book collections. The collection includes published and unpublished writing by the Murray Brothers, as well as collectible comic strips and science fiction ephemera. It also includes mock-ups and production materials for two fanzines, Vertigo and Trefoil, published by Edwin.

Biographical / historical:

Edwin L. and Terry A. Murray, brothers living in Durham, N.C., are longtime collectors of comic books, comic strips, science fiction, and other pulp culture ephemera. Edwin was born on January 12, 1950, and Terry was born on June 11, 1953. Edwin published his own fanzines, Vertigo and Trefoil, from the late 1960s through the mid 1980s. He graduated from Duke University in 1972. Edwin was at the center of comics fandom in the 1960s and 1970s. Terry, a science fiction expert, is the author of Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995 (McFarland, 1999).

Acquisition information:
The Edwin and Terry Murray papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Elliot Mamet, January 2022

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0079, 2019-0144, 2019-0175

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into the following series: Comic Conventions and Events; Collecting Materials; Role-Playing Games; Personal Materials; Writing and Publications.

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[Identification of item], Edwin and Terry Murray papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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