James L. Murphy

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Faculty EmeritusAppointed: 2005
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Mailing Address

3030 Sawyer Drive
Grove City, Ohio 43123
United States

Contact Information

murphy.11@osu.edu

Qualifications

M.L.S., Case Western Reserve University, Library Science, 1976.
M.S., Case Western Reserve University, Geology, 1971.
M.A., Ohio University, English, 1966.
B.A., Ohio University, English, 1965.
B.S., Ohio University, Geology, 1964.

Expertise and Research Interests

Librarianship: Cataloging and Science Reference. Cataloging of Western language book non-book material, including audiovisual material as well as both paper and electronic theses at a major Midwestern state university. Previous cataloging experience in monographs and serials, with working knowledgeof a variety of Western European languages. Extensive cataloging of both electronic serials and e-books. Research interests include the impact of digitization on the retention of printed materials and archival records and the cataloging of digital art and realia.

Archaeology: Has completed several hundred Cultural Resources Management reports for project areas throughout Ohio. Special areas of interest include faunal analysis and identification of lithic materials utilized in prehistory. Expertise in historic archaeology includes 19th and 20th C. U.S. ceramics and historic clay tobacco pipes.

Geology: Chief interest has been the study of late Paleozoic invertebrates and vertebrates; also, stratigraphy of the upper Paleozoic in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia; the geologic occurrence of chert and other lithic materials utilized during the prehistory of this region.

Other Expertise

History: Ohio history, especially transportation, mineral industries, and communal groups, specifically Ohio canals, clay and coal industries, and the Jacob Beilhart "Spirit Fruit" commune.

Genealogy: Ohio genealogy. Has published numerous Ohio genealogical records, particularly covering the Hocking, Jackson, and Vinton Co. area.

American Literature: Ohio authors, particularly William Dean Howells and James Purdy.

Future Research

Current research includes: completion of a thorough bibliography of Ohio archaeology, to incorporate Morgan and Rodabaugh (1948) and Murphy (1977); ongoing study of lithic resources in Ohio and adjacent states; history of the Richard Morgan dismissal case; a study of Zanesville area novelty potteries, including archaeological findings; historic clay tobacco pipe studies; Ohio stoneware.

Industrial Relevance

CRM work is of relevance to any industries which require Phase I-III archaeological study prior to construction or alteration of existing sites.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

American History, Archaeology, Archival Program, Cataloging and Classification, Ceramic Materials, Geology, Library Science, Paleontology, USA, Midwest.

Additional Terms:

Archaeology, Ceramics History and Identification, Geology, Librarianship, Ohio History, Paleontology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Basic, None, None)

Memberships

American Art Pottery Association
American Ceramics Society
American Library Association
Archaeological Society of Ohio
Archaeological Society of Virginia
Ohio Academy of History
Ohio Academy of Science
Ohio Archaeological Council
Register of Professional Archaeologists
West Virginia Archaeological Society

Honors and Awards

2001, Converse Award, Society for Ohio Archaeology, Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology, Midwest

Previous Positions

1998-2005, Head, Ohio State University, Technical Services, Western Languages, Non-book and Theses
1994-1998, Head, Ohio State University, University Libraries, Technical Service, Serials Cataloging Section
1989-1993, Head, Ohio State University, University Libraries, Cataloging, Monograph Cataloging Section
1983-1988, Science Cataloger, Ohio State University, University Libraries, Cataloging
1982-1983, Catalog Librarian, Ohio Historical Society, Archives-Library
1977, Consultant, Independent Cultural Resources Management
1977-1981, Reference Librarian, Ohio Historical Society, Archives-Library
1974-1976, Archaeological Consultant, Bob Evans Farms
1974-1975, Geological Consultant, Woodward Gardner Associates, North Perry Nuclear Power Plant Project
1973-1975, Curator, Case Western Reserve University, Geology, Collections
1966-1970, Research Associate, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Publications

  • . (2007) Indian Mound Wannabes: The Shoaf "Mounds," Franklin County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 57 (1), 32-35
  • . (2007) More About "The Elusive G": A Biographical Note on Edwin Conway Griffith, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 23 (4), 27-28
  • . (2007) Mann-handling History: George Washington, Gnadenhutten and Genocide, Ohio Archaeologist, 57 (2), 39-43
  • . (2007) CRM: Candid Remarks by Murphy, Ohio Archaeologist, 57 (2), 27-30
  • . (2006) J. B. Owens Illustrated Catalogue, Roseville Legend (1,3)
  • . (2006) Giles Samuel Booth Hempstead: a Bio-bibliographic Note on a Pioneer Portsmouth Archaeologist, Ohio Archaeologist, 56 (1), 26-27, Winter 2006
  • James L. Murphy, Brian DaRe, Gary Davenport, Paul Keringer (2006) An Unrecorded Petroglyph Site in Belmont County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 56 (4), 4-17
  • . (2006) "Crab Orchard Chert": A Geological Misnomer, Ohio Archaeologist, 56 (4), 39-42
  • . (2006) Dalyrymple's D & D Pottery, Roseville Legend, Summer, 2006, 1,6
  • . (2004) Archaeological Potential of Standing Stones in Eastern Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 54 (3), 18-21, Summer, 2004
  • Faith-based Archaeology: Barbara Mann, Archaeologists, and the Mounds (Review), Ohio Archaeologist, 54(2), 31-33, 2004
  • Pottery, Politics, Art: George Ohr and the Brothers Kirkpatrick by Richard D. Mohr (Review), American Art Pottery Association Journal, 19(4), 14-15, July 2003
  • 'Shy Anne' or Sly Anne?, Roseville Legend, 5(2), 1, 6, Spring 2003
  • Link It or Lump It: Basic Access Strategies for Digital Art Representation, Journal of Library Administration, 39(2/3), 139-160, 2003
  • James L. Murphy, Art Pottery Archaeology: Potential and Constraints, Ohio State University Libraries Professorial Lecture, available at: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/183, October 2002
  • An Early J. W. McCoy Coffee Boiler, Roseville Legend, 4(1), 1, Winter 2002
  • Zanesville Stoneware Company Closes After 115 years, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 18(6), 12-16, 2002
  • Pawpaws, Persimmons, and 'Possums: On the Natural Distribution of Pawpaws in the Northeast, North American Archaeologist, 22(2), 95-117, July 2001
  • Roseville's Progressive Pottery, Roseville Legend, 3(3), 1, 3, Summer 2001
  • Two Unrecorded Publications by Warren King Moorehead, Ohio Archaeologist, 51(3), 14-15, Summer 2001
  • Deterioration of the Written Rock Polissoir, Clear Creek, Fairfield County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 51(3), 20-21, Summer 2001
  • History, Sanford's Guide to The RobinsonRansbottom Pottery Co, [143-144], 2001
  • Zanesville Swirlware Mystery, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 16(4), 6-7, 2000
  • Brush Pottery Fire, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 16(2), 23-25, 2000
  • (and J. L. Morton), Rare Earth Analysis of Cherts of the Tri-State Area (Midwest), U.S.A, Archaeometry 2000: Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Archaeometry, 306, 2000
  • A Nineteenth Century Redware Pipe Possibly Manufactured at Lancaster, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 49(2), 28, 1999
  • Art Pottery Archaeology: The Enduring Enigma of Peters and Reed, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 16(6), 8-14, 1999
  • J.W. McCoy Pottery/Brush Pottery Building Destroyed by Fire, Roseville Legend, 1(4), 1-3, 1999
  • The Roseville Pottery Company: Turn of the Century Plant Views, Roseville Legend, 1(1), 1-2, Winter 1999
  • Comments on a Response to Stothers, Prufer and Murphy (1997), North American Archaeologist, 19(3), 193-195, 1998
  • A Sad Tale Told by a Stoneware Jug, Ohio Historical Decorative Arts Association Newsletter, 7(1), 3, 1998
  • Ford Ceramic Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 14(2), 12-14, 1997
  • Ohio National Guard Activities at the Newark Works, Ohio Archaeologist, 47(1), 4-7, 1997
  • Weller Kappa Gamma Owl Bookend Found, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, 12(11), 9, November 1996
  • Two Older 'New' Old Maps of the Newark Earthworks, Ohio Archaeologist, 45(2), 4-7, 1996
  • The Ira F. Mansfield Trade Axe Collection, Ohio Archaeologist, 46(3), 16-17, 1996
  • Quaker Valley PotteryÂ’s Rebecca at the Well Teapot, Ohio Historical Decorative Arts Association Newsletter, 5(1), 3, 1996
  • Comments on the Composition of Catlinite and Ohio Pipestone, Ohio Archaeologist, 46(1), 10-11, 1996
  • Mineralogy of a 'Chlorite' Pick Bannerstone from North Carolina, Ohoi Archaeologist, 45(3), 19, 1995
  • Another Perspective on Point Pleasant Pottery Pipes, Ohio Archaeologist, 45(1), 31-34, 1995
  • Unique Yellowware Pitcher Discovered, Ohio Historical Decorative Arts Association Newsletter, 4(2), 2, 1995
  • A Note on the Rushville Runestone, Ohio Archaeologist, 43(3), 16-17, 1993
  • The Jackman Tarburner Rock, Columbiana County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 43(3), 24, 1993
  • PruferÂ’s Pearls: Plagiarism in Ohio Contract Archaeology, Ohio Archaeologist, 39(4), 38-39, 1989
  • Steatite Bowl Sherds from Southern and Eastern Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 39(4), 16-17, 1989
  • A Bibliography of Ohio Contract Archaeology: 1946-1985, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 1987
  • A Worked Sandhill Crane Beak and Mandible from the Richards Site, Muskingum County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 37(1), 6-7, 1987
  • A Large Bifacial Blade of Fresh-water Chert from Harrison County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 37(1), 13, 1987
  • Some Thoughts on Willliam Dean Howells at 150, Ohioana Quarterly, 30(4), 141-142, 1987
  • (and James F. Morton), Muskingum Bluebirds: A Preliminary Checklist of Nineteenth Century Potters and Potteries in Muskingum County, Ohio, Proceedings of the Symposium on Ohio Valley Urban and Historic Archaeology, 4, 103-111, 1986
  • A Banded Slate Tubular Bannerstone from Belmont County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 36(3), 23, 1986
  • The PoetÂ’s Friend? A Jab at the Youthful William Dean Howells, Ohioana Quarterly, 29(3), 92-95, 1986
  • Willard H. Davis: Nineteenth Century Archaeologist of the Lower Muskingum Valley, Muskingum Annals, 2, 59-76, 1986
  • Dr. John Poage Campbell: Pioneer Archaeologist of the Western States, ESAF Bulletin, 45, 28, 1986
  • Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Tom Peterson Site (33CT390), Clermont County, Ohio, Proceedings of the Symposium on Ohio Valley Urban and Historic Archaeology, 3, 61-71, 1985
  • (and James F. Morton), Dodson 'Village': A Flint Ridge Habitation Site, Ohio Archaeologist, 34(3), 24-26, 1985
  • (and Jeff Carskadden), A Late Prehistoric Analog for 'Cuspidiform' Petroglyphs, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 55(4), 1-3, 1985
  • (and David L. Dyer and Dale A. Walker), Prehistoric Elk Remains from Cranberry Prairie, Mercer County, Ohio, Ohio Journal of Science, 85, 112-115, 1985
  • Hamilton County's Spearhead Mound (33-Ha-24), Ohio Archaeologist, 34(1), 25-27, 1984
  • A Remarkable Cougar Effigy Gorget from Clinton County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 34(1), 25-27, 1984
  • Dodson 'Village': A Flint Ridge Habitation Site, Ohio Archaeologist, 34(3), 23-26, 1984
  • Faunal and Plant Remains from Three Late Woodland Sites in Muskingum County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 34(4), 20-21, 1984
  • Some Early Ohio Shawnee Indian Enumerations, Ohio Genealogical Society Report, 24, 229-233, 1984
  • 1850 Monroe County, Ohio, Mortality Schedules, Ohio Records and Pioneer Families, 25(3), 123-129, 1984
  • A Ceramic Tobacco Pipe Mold from Coshocton County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 33(1), 17, 1983
  • The Seeley Mastodon: A Paleo-Indian Kill?, Ohio Archaeologist, 33(3), 12-13, 1983
  • Hocking County Cemeteries, THE OGS Report, 23(2), 73-74, 1983
  • Piketon's Graded Way Was Graded Away, Ohio Historical Society Echoes, 19(9), 1, 4, September 1980
  • The Ohio Diamond Mine -- Paleontological Treasure Trove, Ohio Historical Society Echoes, 19(2), 4-5, February 1980
  • Alexander McCleanÂ’s Journal of the 1786 Survey of the Western Boundary of Pennsylvania. Vol. 2, Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, 73(4), 321-343, 1980
  • (and James F. Morton), A Closer Look at an Effigy Pipe from near Trinway, Muskingum County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 19(2), 20, 1979
  • Stratigraphic Significance of a Dunkleosteus Plate from the Upper Riceville Shale, Ohio Journal of Science, 79, 233-235, 1979
  • Lloyd C. Douglas' First Novel, Echoes, 17(12), 3, 6, December 1978
  • Plowing Yields Archaeological Cache, Echoes, 17(7), 3, July 1978
  • Shaker Reed Stem Tobacco Pipes, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 48(1-2), 48-52, 1978
  • A Bibliography of Ohio Archaeology, University Press International, 1977
  • (and Irene Stehli), Age and Provenience of Adena Bone Combs, Ohio Archaeologist, 27(3), 9-13, 1977
  • Authorship of Squier and Davis' Map of the Marietta Earthworks: A Belated Correction, Ohio Archaeologist, 27(3), 20-22, 1977
  • Destruction of the Granville Hilltop Fort, Licking County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 27(3), 26-27, 1977
  • Egyptians in Ohio?, Ohio Archaeologist, 27(4), 12-13, 1977
  • The Aboriginal Use of Fresh-water Monongahela Chert in Ohio and West Virginia, Ohio Archaeologist, 26(2), 23-26, 1976
  • The Excavation of the Bob Evans Mound, Gallia County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 26(2), 30-31, 1976
  • Reed Stem Tobacco Pipes from the Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, Northeast Historical Archaeology, 5(1-2), 12-27, 1976
  • Molluscan Remains from the Philo II Site, Muskingum County, Ohio, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 46(3), 7-13, 1976
  • Mills Along the Little Beaver: A History of Grist Mills and Other Waterpowered Industries Along Little Beaver Creek, East Liverpool Historical Society, 1975
  • An Archeological History of the Hocking Valley, Ohio University Press, 1975
  • Shark Tooth Caches in Wayne County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 25(4), 26-27, 1975
  • Nineteenth Century Reed-stem Tobacco Pipes from the Mogadore, Ohio, Dump, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 44(4), 52-60, 1974
  • Provenience of Seven Reed Stem Pipes from Fort Union, New Mexico, The Kiva, 39(3-4), 247-251, 1974
  • A Large Tillite Erratic, Originally Described by J.E. Hyde, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio Journal of Science, 73(3), 180-185, May 1973
  • The Radiocarbon Date from the Lyman Earthworks: A Correction and Discussion, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 42(4), 26-28, 1973
  • Five Vessels from the McFate Site, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 43(2), 51-57, 1973
  • The Aboriginal Use of Petrified Wood in Southeastern Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 23(3), 29-30, 1973
  • Cerion from An Archaeological Site in Northern Ohio, The Nautilus, 87(1), 28, January 1973
  • The Noble Limestone Member (Conemaugh Group, Pennsylvanian): New Occurrences in Noble and Guernsey Counties, Ohio, Ohio Journal of Science, 73(1), 42-46, January 1973
  • Cerion from the Eiden Site, Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 22(4), 11, 1972
  • A New Geological Map of the Flint Ridge Area, Ohio Archaeologist, 22(4), 15, 1972
  • An Unusual Effigy Pipe from Coshocton County, Ohio Archaeologist, 22(4), 23, 1972
  • A St. Charles Notched Point in Hopewellian Context, The Redskin, 7(2), 45-47, 1972
  • A New Geological Map of the Flint Ridge Area, Ohio Archaeologist, 22(4), 15, 1972
  • A Lower Devonian (Oriskany) Brachiopod Retaining Color Markings, Ohio Journal of Science, 72(5), 296-299, 1972
  • The Eber Hyde Molluscan Collection, Sterkiana, 48, 1-3, 1972
  • Echinocaris punctata (Hall) from the Hamilton Group, Thedford, Ontario, Ohio Journal of Science, 72(3), 155-157, 1972
  • Notes on the South Park Ceramics, Ohio Archaeologist, 22(2), 31-35, 1972
  • Molluscan Remains from the Eiden Site, The Eiden Site: Terminal Late Woodland on the South-central Lake Erie Shore, by D.H. McKenzie et al., 1972
  • Eryopsid Remains from the Conemaugh Group, Braxton County, West Virginia, Southeastern Geology, 13(4), 265-273, December 1971
  • Maize from an Adena Mound in Athens County, Ohio, Science, 171, 897-898, 1971
  • Molluscan Remains from Four Archaeological Sites in Northeastern Ohio, Sterkiana, 43, 21-25, 1971
  • Whittlesey Ceramic Types, Ohio Archaeologist, 21(1), 298-303, 1971
  • The Lyman Site (33-La-2), Lake County, Ohio, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 41(3), 12-25, 1971
  • (and John E. Blank), The Plum Run Flint Quarries, Ohio Archaeologist, 20(2), 198-200, 219, 1970
  • Coiled Nautiloid Cephalopods from the Brush Creek Limestone (Conemaugh) of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, Journal of Paleontology, 44(2), 195-205, 1970
  • Euproops from the 'Uffington Shale' of Columbiana County, Ohio, Annals of Carnegie Museum, 41(10), 281-286, 1970
  • The Molluscan Fauna, Blain Village and the Fort Ancient Tradition, ed. by O.H. Prufer and O.C. Shane III, 207-218, 1970
  • A Note on Tar Burner Rocks, Ohio Archaeologist, 19(4), 115-117, 1969
  • Indian History Sacrifices to Progress, The Explorer, 10(1), 18-20, Spring 1968
  • The Hobson Site: A Fort Ancient Component near Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio, Kirtlandia, No. 4, 14 p., 1968
  • Colonel Charles Whittlesey and ClevelandÂ’s Forgotten Hilltop Forts, The Explorer, 10(4), 26-29, 1968
  • R.P. Stevens' Pelecypod Species from the Brush Creek Shale Member, Journal of Paleontology, 41(6), 1493-1504, 1967
  • A New Marine Member in the Conemaugh Group of Ohio, Kirtlandia, 1, 1967
  • (and Orrin C. Shane III), A Survey of the Hocking Valley, Ohio, Studies in Ohio Archaeology, ed. by O.H. Prufer and D.H. McKenzie, 229-256, 1967
  • The Pennsylvanian Nautiloid Kionoceras ungeri (Sturgeon & Miller), Journal of Paleontology, 40(6), 1388-1390, November 1966
  • (and Larry Picking), Archaeology of The Plains Area, Athens County, Ohio, Ohio Archaeologist, 16(2), 48-57, 1966
  • The Pennsylvanian Pelecypod Genus Paleoneilo Hall & Whitfield, Journal of Paleontology, 40(4), 867-871, 1966
  • A Pennsylvanian Pelecypod Retaining Color Markings, Journal of Paleontology, 30(2), 280-281, 1965

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