Name/Title
'Merrill Story' by David W. Ryder, and correspondence about same, 1958Entry/Object ID
1997.684.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.684.1 A, B, C
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1958
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF DARK GREEN-COLORED BUCKRAM. BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION STATES, "MERRILL STORY," IN INCISED GOLD LETTERING. AUTHORED BY DAVID W RYDER.
SIZE: L 10-1/4" X W 7-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: BOOK ENTITLED, "THE MERRILL STORY." A RECORD OF THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHARLES WASHINGTON MERRILL, AND HISTORY OF THE MERRILL COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES. ON PAGE 17, MENTION IS MADE OF MR MERRILL'S GRADUATION FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. PAGE 16 MAKES REFERENCE TO HIS PARENTS, SYLVESTER AND CLARA MERRILL, WHO MOVED TO ALAMEDA FROM SAN FRANCISCO. BOOK WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY DR AND MRS BRUCE R MERRILL IN 1976. COLLECTION ALSO INCLUDES A LETTER FROM THE DONOR, CONCERNING THE GIFT OF THE BOOK AND A RETURN "THANK YOU" LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOC.
ACQUIRED FROM:
DR AND MRS BRUCE R MERRILL
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 29, 1997
