Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles A. Merrill Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1841-1895
Collection Number: Mss 59
Creator:
Merrill, Charles A.
Extent:
.8 linear feet
(2 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts of letters to editors, sermons, financial records, Methodist ministerial and camp meeting flyers
and pamphlets, essays, and poems of Charles A. Merrill, a Methodist minister from Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Charles A. Merrill Papers. Mss 59. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donation by R. W. Knight, ca. 1969.
Biography
No information about the Merrill family is known, aside from the material contained in the collection.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, manuscripts of letters to editors, sermons, financial records, Methodist ministerial and camp meeting flyers
and pamphlets, essays, and poems of Charles A. Merrill, a Methodist minister from Holyoke, Massachusetts. Includes letters
of Merrill's son Elmer T. Merrill to Merrill family members during his stay in Europe during the 1880s. Also includes some
materials regarding the temperance movement. Most items are from Massachusetts, especially the Springfield and Northampton
areas.