""Dr. Edward Murphy came to New Harmony as an orphan during the Owen Community days. Eventually he grew prosperous and developed a keen interest in the Workingmen's Institute. During his several trips to Europe he brought back gallery copies of famous masterpieces which he presented to the Institute. Since he and his wife, Celeste Sophia Johnson, were childless, they decided to use their considerable fortune to help build a fine new library and museum. In their wills they left an endowment to support the activities of the Workingmen's Institute, from which also developed Murphy Auditorium (https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/10250/14211_1).