Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Biographical Sketch
Collection Summary
Collection Title: William Augustus Merrill Papers,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1887-1925]
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 1017
Creator:
Merrill, William Augustus, 1860-1930
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box, 1 carton and 1 portfolio
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts and reprints of articles, notes, translations and
annotated texts, relating mainly to the publication of his work as professor of Latin, University of
California.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and Latin
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Augustus Merrill papers, BANC MSS C-B 1017, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
This collection, transferred from Archives in March 1966, contains mainly correspondence relating to the
publication and critical acclaim of his works, reviews of his works; annotated texts, translations and
notes, including a few Sanskrit translations, and some articles written by others.
A key to arrangement and partial list of correspondents follows.
Biographical Sketch
William Augustus Merrill, professor of classics at the University of California, was born at Newburyport,
Massachusetts, on September 14, 1860. He studied at Amherst, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in
1880 and his Master's in 1884. He continued his studies at Ohio University where he won his doctorate in
1893 and began his teaching career. He later taught at Miami University and at Indiana University,
coming to the University of California in 1894. He edited
Lucretius and other text books,
and contributed numerous articles to philological journals.