Fogler Library: Finding Guide to the Lucius Merrill Papers

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Special Collections: Guide to the Lucius Merrill Papers

Summary Information:

Collection Title: Lucius Merrill Papers
Date of Collection: 1891-1974
Box Numbers: Boxes 2483 - 2484
Quantity: 2 ft.

Administrative Information:

Provenance: Gift of Merrill Family, 1997.
Access Restrictions: No restrictions
Preferred Citation: Lucius Merrill Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Copyright: Contact department for copyright information

For Additional Information:
Special Collections Department
University of Maine
5729 Fogler Library
Orono, Maine 04469-5729
(207) 581 1686

Biographical Information:

Dr. Lucius Merrill was born in 1857 in Orono, Maine. He attended the University of Maine and graduated in the class of 1883. From 1885-1887 he worked as Assistant Curator, Department of Lithology and Physical Geography at the U.S. National Museum. He joined the University of Maine Experiment Station in 1887 as an analytical chemist and was associated with the Station throughout his career. In 1888 Lucius Merrill was appointed Instructor of Biological Chemistry and later Agricultural Chemistry. Towards the end of his career he was a professor of Geology and Economic Geology. In 1908, he was awarded a Doctorate of Science from the University of Maine. In 1929, Dr. Merrill was appointed State Geologist. He retired Emeritus from the University of Maine in 1931, and died in 1935. He was brother to George Perkins Merrill.

Edward Osgood Merrill was born in 1916 and graduated in 1938 from the University of Maine in Chemistry. He was a professor of Biochemistry at the Agricultural Experiment Station until his retirement in 1979. He died in 1987.

Contents:

The collection contains both academic and family papers of Lucius H. Merrill and of his son Edward O. Merrill and and Edward's son, Alan Merrill. These include lecture notes, research notes, letters, correspondence, diaries and journals.

Arrangement:

Arranged by genre, with Edward O. Merrill and Alan Merrill papers at the end.

Finding Aid:

Box 2483

Box 2483 f1	Diary (Lucius Merrill), 1891-1892.
Box 2483 f2	Diary (Lucius Merrill), 1891-1892.
Box 2483 f3	Personal Journal - no date.
Box 2483 f4	Personal Journal - no date.
Box 2483 f5	Memorandum books (2) - contain some diary entries- 1920’s.
Box 2483 f6	Correspondence - no date.
Box 2483 f7	Correspondence, 1890’s - 1909.
Box 2483 f8	Correspondence, 1909-1910.
Box 2483 f9	Correspondence, 1910-1919. Empty Envelopes Only. Folder 1 of 6.
Box 2483 f10	Correspondence, 1910-1919. Empty Envelopes Only. Folder 2 of 6.
Box 2483 f11	Correspondence, 1920-1932. Empty Envelopes Only. Folder 3 of 6.
Box 2483 f12	Correspondence, 1920-1932. Empty Envelopes Only. Folder 4 of 6.
Box 2483 f13	Correspondence, 1920-1932. Empty Envelopes Only. Folder 5 of 6.
Box 2483 f14	Correspondence, 1920-1932. Mostly Empty Envelopes. Folder 6 of 6.
Box 2483 f15	Marriage Announcement - Lucius H. Merrill & Lydia Buffum - 1893.
Box 2483 f16	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f17	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f18	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f19	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f20	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f21	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f22	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.
Box 2483 f23	Teaching - Lecture and Research. 1920’s - 1930’s.

Box 2484

Box 2484 f1	Botanical Samples
Box 2484 f2	The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma, vol. 22, no. 7, April, 1932.
Box 2484 f3	Publication no. 666, 71st Congress - Appropriations to the Department of the Interior - Feb. 14, 1931.
Box 2484 f4	New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin no. 358 - February 1913.
Box 2484 f5	McGraw Hill Books on Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering - circa 1920’s.
Box 2484 f6	Nuts As Foods in Foreign Countries (France, Italy, Syria and Korea) - 1898.
Box 2484 f7	Maine Masque - Treasurer’s Notes - 1912.
Box 2484 f8	Poetry
Box 2484 f9	The Little Lost Princess, A Pantomime in One Act - no date.
Box 2484 f10	“List of Books in Our Library” - Merrill Home Library - no date.
Box 2484 f11	Bernard Holliday, Bookseller - Old and Rare Books on Science, Natural History Medicine.... - Advertising Pamphlet - 1932.
Box 2484 f12	Jones Cove Shell-Heap - 1929; The Diving Rod - 1917.
Box 2484 f13	Maine Agricultural Experiment Station - Official Inspections - 1937, 1940.
Box 2484 f14	Farm and Home Week Program - March, 1931.
Box 2484 f15	The Nation’s Library - circa early 1900’s.
Box 2484 f16	Are You Driving Down Cadillac Mountain? - no date.
Box 2484 f17	Newspaper Clippings.
Box 2484 f18	Business Reply Cards.
Box 2484 f19	Business Reply Cards.
Box 2484 f20	Business Reply Cards.
Box 2484 f21	Receipts
Box 2484 f22	Receipts
Box 2484 f23	Family Memorabilia
Box 2484 f24	Covers and Misc.
Box 2484 f25	Edward O. Merrill - Grade School Workbooks and School Papers.
Box 2484 f26	Edward O. Merrill - Paedagogus of Lambda Chi Alpha, 1934.
Box 2484 f27	Alan Merrill - Personal Letters, 1969-1974.
Box 2484 f28	Alan Merrill - Personal Letters, 1969-1974.
Box 2484 f29	Alan Merrill - Personal Letters, 1969-1974.
Box 2484 f30	Alan Merrill - Personal Letters, 1969-1974.
Box 2484 f31	Alan Merrill - High School - Newspaper Clippings.
Box 2484 f32	Alan Merrill - College Years - The University of Maine.
Box 2484 f33	Alan Merrill - College Years - The University of Maine.
Box 2484 f34	Alan Merrill - Photos - early 1970’s.
Box 2484 f35	Alan Merrill - Metal Sculpture - Invoice Sheets.
Box 2484 f36	Alan Merrill - Metal Sculpture - Invoice Sheets.

Finding Aids for selected manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department at Fogler Library are accessible online in URSUS, in a browsable Guide to Manuscript Collections. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.

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Special Collections Staff: spc@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 01/16/2013

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