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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78032706
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of John C. Merriam, paleontologist, educator, and author, were given to the Library of Congress by Malcolm L. Merriam, Charles W. Merriam, and Lawrence C. Merriam in 1951.
The papers of John C. Merriam were arranged and described in 1951. The finding aid was revised in 2012 by Maria Farmer.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of John C. Merriam is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of John C. Merriam are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, John C. Merriam Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of John Campbell Merriam (1869-1945) span the years 1899-1938. The collection consists of correspondence, articles, memoranda, notes, reports, speeches, drawings, maps, photographs, memorabilia, and other manuscript and printed materials. The papers are organized into nine series: General Correspondence , Miscellaneous California Correspondence , Carnegie Institution of Washington , Trips , National Academy of Sciences , National Parks , National Research Council , Inter-American Congress on Education , and Miscellany .
Topics of importance concern Merriam's work as chairman of the National Research Council, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Also included are materials reflecting his interest in forestry and national parks.
Correspondents include James Bertram, Henry Bryant Bigelow, Howard Walter Blakeslee, William DuBois Brookings, Ovid Butler, Ralph W. Chaney, Bruce L. Clark, Newton Bishop Drury, Charles W. Eliot (1899-1993), George Ellery Hale, Ansel F. Hall, Herbert Hoover, Edgar Billings Howard, Raymond M. Hughes, Vernon L. King, Frederick P. Keppel, Waldo Gifford Leland, Frank Rattray Lillie, Harold Glenn Moulton, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Earl L. Packard, Stewart Paton, Raymond Pearl, Elihu Root, L. S. Rowe, Chester Stock, William Charles White, Edwin Bidwell Wilson, F. E. Wright, Robert Sterling Yard, and Robert Mearns Yerkes.
The collection is arranged in nine series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78032706
Letters received and sent and attached and related memoranda, notes, reports, clippings and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically name of person or subject. A set of additions is filed alphabetically at the end of the series.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received mainly during Merriam's association with the institution and a miscellany file including expense accounts, reports, and other material.
Correspondence is arranged chronologically and miscellany is unarranged.
Letters sent, itineraries, and memorabilia.
Arranged chronologically.
A correspondence file of letters sent and received with related memoranda, reports, and miscellaneous material, and a membership file of nominations and biographical material.
Arranged alphabetically within both files by name of person or subject.
Letters sent and received, memoranda, maps, photographs, and printed matter relating to the organization and administration of national park.
Arranged alphabetically by name of park, with a separate set of pamphlets and publications filed at the end of the series.
Letters sent and received with related memoranda, notes, reports, clippings and miscellaneous material relating e to the research council. Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, or subject.
Letters sent and received with agendas and related matter.
No arrangement.
Manuscripts and published articles by Merriam described as “Publications 500 and 501"; a file of lectures, speeches and articles; and maps, photographs, drawings, and printed matter.
Organized by type of material.