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  • Contributing Institution: Society of California Pioneers
    Title: Geo A Merrill, Autobiography
    Creator: Merrill, Geo. A
    Creator: Cooke, Robert
    Identifier/Call Number: C058770
    Physical Description: 1 Manuscript folder Typed manuscript with photos and news clipping. Ring bound with covers, 99 pages
    Date (inclusive): 1869 to 1911
    Abstract: The George A Merrill Autobiography is a typed manuscript of 98 pages, including photos and news clippings. It contains 5 sections. 1)Childhood in New England and Crossing the Continent (1873). 2) Youth in San Francisco. 3)Railway mail service in California and attending University of California. 4) Pioneering Industrial Education. 5) "Some Contributions of the Lick and Wilmerding School of San Francisco to the Administration of Vocational and Secondary Education", a Masters Thesis by Robert Locke Cooke (1911 - 49 pp).
    Language of Material: English .

    Scope and Contents

    The George A Merrill Autobiography is a typed manuscript of 98 pages, including photos and news clippings. It contains 5 sections. 1)Childhood in New England and Crossing the Continent (1873). 2) Youth in San Francisco. 3)Railway mail service in California and attending University of California. 4) Pioneering Industrial Education. 5) "Some Contributions of the Lick and Wilmerding School of San Francisco to the Administration of Vocational and Secondary Education", a Masters Thesis by Robert Locke Cooke (1911 - 49 pp).

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection open for research

    Conditions Governing Use

    There are no restrictions on access

    Preferred Citation

    Geo A Merrill Autobiography, The Society of California Pioneers

    Biographical / Historical

    Geo A Merrill Was an eminent California education who helped found and direct 4 combined institution in San Francisco dedication to teaching vocational and technical arts. California School of Mechanical Arts, Wilmerding School of Mechanical Arts, the Lux Technical Institute. The Dey Endowment. He was mayor of Redwood City, President of the Redwood City Harbor Co, the Peninsula Foothill Land Co, and Guaranty Mortgage Co.

    Existence and Location of Originals

    The Society of California Pioneers.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    California, Northern-History-19th century.
    San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History
    mechanical arts education
    Lick Wilmerding Technical Arts and Industrial School
    Vocational Training
    Lick, James, 1796-1876