Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Charles A. Merrill Papers,
- Dates:
- ca. 1841-1895
- Creators:
- Merrill, Charles A.
- 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.
- Extent:
- .8 linear feet (2 document boxes)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
Charles A. Merrill Papers. Mss 59. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
-
No information about the Merrill family is known, aside from the material contained in the collection.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation by R. W. Knight, ca. 1969.
- Physical location:
- Del Sur
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 27 September 2002 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062