1695-1902
Offsite Storage Inventory
The Merriman family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least
one business day in advance. Contact the Library at
library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request
materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before
requesting cartons by barcode.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
The papers in this collection created by Roger Merriman contain information
and letters about his students at Harvard University. According to the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), student records are protected for
the lifetime of the student. In order to protect the privacy of students
represented in Merriman's papers, and in accordance with Harvard University's
policy of closing student records for eighty (80) years from the date of
creation, Roger Merriman's correspondence will be restricted for a minimum of
eighty (80) years from the date of creation.
Consult with the reference librarian for more information.
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| Creator: | Merriman family |
| Title: | Merriman family papers |
| Dates: | 1695-1902 |
| Physical Description: | 17 record
cartons |
| Call Number: | OFFSITE STORAGE |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection contains materials relating to
Erastus Brigham Bigelow, an inventor and founder of the Bigelow Carpet Co., his
daughter Helen, and her husband the Rev. Daniel Merriman. Most of the
collection pertains to their son historian Roger Bigelow Merriman, including
his education at Harvard and Oxford universities, service in World War I,
marriage to Dorothea Foote, and his years on the Harvard faculty.
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The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following photograph
related to the Merriman family papers:
Daguerreotype of unidentified woman, ca. 1854-1860. Photo. 1.245.
Gift of Mrs. Mason Fernald, Daniel Merriman, Roger Merriman, and Mrs. Ethan
E. H. Sims, Nov. 1971.
The Merriman family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least
one business day in advance. Contact the Library at
library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request
materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before
requesting cartons by barcode.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
The papers in this collection created by Roger Merriman contain information
and letters about his students at Harvard University. According to the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), student records are protected for
the lifetime of the student. In order to protect the privacy of students
represented in Merriman's papers, and in accordance with Harvard University's
policy of closing student records for eighty (80) years from the date of
creation, Roger Merriman's correspondence will be restricted for a minimum of
eighty (80) years from the date of creation.
Consult with the reference librarian for more information.
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| Carton | Barcode | Contents |
| Carton 1 | SH 14X4 1 | Cataloged and uncataloged undated letters |
| Carton 2 | SH 14X5 2 | Papers,
1695-1892 |
| Carton 3 | SH 14X6 3 | Papers,
1893-1913
See also carton 10, Balliol College correspondence,
1897-1902
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| Carton 4 | SH 14X7 4 | Papers,
1914-1924 |
| Carton 5 | SH 14X8 5 | Papers,
1925-1934 |
| Carton 6 | SH 14X9 6 | Papers,
1935-1940 |
| Carton 7 | SH 14XA 7 | Papers,
1941-August 1945 |
| Carton 8 | SH 14XB 8 | Papers,
September 1945-1951 |
| Carton 9 | SH 14XC 9 | Papers,
1952-1969 |
| Carton 9 | SH 14XC 9 | Roger B. Merriman writings and lectures |
| Carton 10 | SH 14X9 A | Balliol College correspondence,
1897-1902 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman, household inventory, n.d. |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman, Spanish bibliography, n.d. |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Travel notebook, n.d. |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Recipe book, n.d. |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Address book, n.d. |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Annals of Stonehurst (diary), Vol. I,
1868 (begun 1889)-1901 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Annals of Stonehurst (diary), Vol. II,
1902-1924 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Visitors' book, Stonehurst,
1898-1932 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman German class notes,
1900-1901 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman, class notes on the History of the Ancient Church,
1900-1901 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Hemlocks, visitors' book (scrapbook),
1910-1928 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman, diary,
1915 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Capt. Roger B. Merriman, ordnance notes,
1918 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman diary,
9 Sep. - 12 Oct. 1918 |
| Carton 11 | SH 14XE B | Roger B. Merriman, Philip II, Balliol College,
1926 |
| Carton 12 | SH 14XF C | Scrapbook:
July 1914-Jan. 1915 |
| Carton 12 | SH 14XF C | Scrapbook:
Jan.-Apr. 1915 |
| Carton 13 | SH 14XG D | Scrapbook: Paris,
Feb.-Apr. 1915 |
| Carton 13 | SH 14XG D | Scrapbook:
Apr.-Nov. 1915 |
| Carton 14 | SH 14XH E | Scrapbook:
Nov. 1915-1917 |
| Carton 14 | SH 14XH E | Scrapbook:
1917 |
| Carton 15 | SH 14XM J | Printed materials |
| Carton 16 | SH 14XN K | Printed materials |
| OS Carton 17 | SH 14XL I | Oversize materials (diplomas, awards, patents, drawings,
etc.) |
Merriman family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Persons: |
| | Bigelow, Erastus B. (Erastus Brigham),
1814-1879 |
| | Merriman, Daniel, 1838-1912 |
| | Merriman, Dorothea Foote |
| | Merriman, Helen Bigelow, 1844-1933 |
| | Merriman, Roger Bigelow, 1876-1945 |
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| Organizations: |
| | Bigelow Carpet Company |
| | Harvard University -- Faculty |
| | Harvard University -- Students |
| | University of Oxford -- Students |
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| Subjects: |
| | Historians -- Massachusetts |
| | History -- Study and teaching |
| | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives,
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Original drawings and watercolors of birds and scenes from an 1875 European
trip by Helen Bigelow Merriman, and World War I cartoon drawings have been
removed from this collection and are now stored with the MHS graphics
collection.
Photographs from this collection were removed to the MHS Photo Archives.
Some artifacts were removed to the museum collection.
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