Background
Murphy, Miriam Brinton was born on November 10, 1933 in Salt Lake City. Daughter of Edward Augustus and Julia Irene (Maxfield) Brinton.
Murphy, Miriam Brinton was born on November 10, 1933 in Salt Lake City. Daughter of Edward Augustus and Julia Irene (Maxfield) Brinton.
Bachelor in English, University Utah, 1956.
Public relations assistant, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Salt Lake City, 1956-1958; copywriter trainee, J. Walter Thompson, New York City, 1958-1959; advisory copywriter, Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution, Salt Lake City, 1960-1962; advisory copywriter, Smith's & Emporium, Oakland and San Francisco, 1962-1969; associate editor Utah History Quarterly, editor Beehive History, Utah State History Society, Salt Lake City, since 1970. Member literature advisory panel Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, 1977-1979, 85-89;member speakers bureau Utah Humanities Council, Salt Lake City, 1988-1989. President Wasatch Westerners, Salt Lake City, 1994-1995.
Married William Hunt Murphy, December 31, 1964 (divorced 1970). 1 child, William Augustus.