M. C. Merrick Papers [World War II]

Archive

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

M. C. Merrick Papers [World War II]

Entry/Object ID

MS.5

Scope and Content

M. C. Merrick Papers MS 5 M. C. Merrick papers [World War II] M. C. Merrick came to Boulder City in 1937 with the Civilian Conservation Corps where he helped build the Red Mountain Trail northwest of Boulder City, among many other projects. The material here includes ephemera Merrick collected in the European Theater during World War II, as well as a promotional brochure for Boulder Dam on which Merrick penciled notes for his family when he was a CCC boy. Correspondence from Merrick and a short oral history of his CCC experiences in Boulder City is deposited at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society at Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas. Merrick is quoted extensively in "Hard Work and Far from Home: The Civilian Conservation Corps at Lake Mead, Nevada," by Dennis McBride [Boulder City, NV: Boulder Images, 1995]. Photographs from his CCC days in Boulder City are housed at the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Support Level

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 box

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1941 - 1945 Early Create Date: 1941 Date(s): 1941 - 1945

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 5 M. C. Merrick Papers [World War II] inventory Box 1 of 1 folder no. 1. "Beginning with Christ" [publication carried by World War II soldiers in their duffel bags] 2. Boulder Dam brochure with notes made when Merrick was enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Boulder City in 1939 3. correspondence [received (June 27 - November 18, 1941)] 4. personal papers [draft card and registration material] 5. German and Italian victory propaganda leaflets dropped by plane over North Africa [rare] 6. "The United States Army Rest Center: Foro D'Italia, Rome, 1944-45" [Rome: Casa Editrice Dalmatia, 1945] * * *

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Basement Archives

Date

February 11, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Merrick, M. C. "Major"

Related Entries

Notes

Civilian Conservation Corps photo collection library, "Hard Work and Far From Home: The Civilian Conservation Corps at Lake Mead, Nevada" subject file, CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

Created By

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Create Date

June 22, 2002

Updated By

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Update Date

September 3, 2025