1695-1902
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Merriman family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
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.
Abstract
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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Mason Fernald, Daniel Merriman, Roger Merriman, and Mrs. Ethan E. H. Sims, Nov. 1971.
Restrictions on Access
The Merriman family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
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.
Summary Description of the Collection
Cataloged and uncataloged undated letters
Papers, 1695-1892
Papers, 1893-1913
Papers, 1914-1924
Papers, 1925-1934
Papers, 1935-1940
Papers, 1941-Aug. 1945
Papers, Sep. 1945-1951
Papers, 1952-1969
Roger B. Merriman writings and lectures
Balliol College correspondence, 1897-1902
Roger B. Merriman, household inventory, n.d.
Roger B. Merriman, Spanish bibliography, n.d.
Travel notebook, n.d.
Recipe book, n.d.
Address book, n.d.
Annals of Stonehurst (diary), Vol. I, 1868 (begun 1889)-1901
Annals of Stonehurst (diary), Vol. II, 1902-1924
Visitors' book, Stonehurst, 1898-1932
Roger B. Merriman, German class notes, 1900-1901
Roger B. Merriman, class notes on the History of the Ancient Church, 1900-1901
Hemlocks, visitors' book (scrapbook), 1910-1928
Roger B. Merriman, diary, 1915
Capt. Roger B. Merriman, ordnance notes, 1918
Roger B. Merriman diary, 9 Sep.-12 Oct. 1918
Roger B. Merriman, Philip II, Balliol College, 1926
Scrapbook, July 1914-Jan. 1915
Scrapbook, Jan.-Apr. 1915
Scrapbook (Paris), Feb.-Apr. 1915
Scrapbook, Apr.-Nov. 1915
Scrapbook, Nov. 1915-1917
Scrapbook, 1917
Printed materials
Printed materials
Oversize materials (diplomas, awards, patents, drawings, etc.)
Materials Removed from the Collection
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.
Preferred Citation
Merriman family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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.