Finding Aid for the Ralph Palmer Merritt Papers LSC.0807
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Title: Ralph Palmer Merritt papers
Creator:
Merritt, Ralph Palmer
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0807
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1940-1950
Abstract: Merritt was born on February 26, 1883 in Rio Vista, California. He received his BS, University of California, Berkeley, 1907.
He was the president and managing director of Sun Maid Raisin Growers from 1923-28 and later became the project director for
United States War Relocation Authority (WRA) at Manzanar War Relocation Center, California, from November 1942-March 1946.
He served as UC Regent from 1923-30. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, pictures, printed materials, and
books related to Camp Hahn and the Death Valley All Souls Memorial Association. Includes materials related to the Manzanar
War Relocation Center and Camp Hahn, California.
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[Identification of item], Ralph Palmer Merritt Papers (Collection 807). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Ralph P. Merritt, 1963.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942334093606533
Merritt was born on February 26, 1883 in Rio Vista, California; BS, University of California at Berkeley, 1907; president
and managing director, Sun Maid Raisin Growers, 1923-28; project director for US War Relocation Authority (WRA) at Manzanar
War Relocation Center, California, November 1942-March 1946; UC Regent, 1923-30; died on April 3, 1963 in Los Angeles, California.
Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, pictures, printed materials, and books related to Camp Hahn and the Death
Valley All Souls Memorial Association. Includes materials related to the Manzanar War Relocation Center and Camp Hahn, California.
- After Me Cometh a Builder [oral history transcript] / Ralph Palmer Merritt, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1956. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
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Title: Manzanar War Relocation Center Records(Collection 122). Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections.
The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Camp Hahn.
Merritt, Ralph Palmer -- Archives
Death Valley All Souls Memorial Association
University of California (System). Regents--Officials and employees -- Archives
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Ralph Palmer Merritt Papers. ca. 1940-1950
Correspondence concerning Camp Hahn and the Death Valley All Souls Memorial Association, established in memory of Monsignor
John J. Crowley, together with miscellaneous correspondence and published material.