Seattle, WA 98195

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 6314 (Accession No. 6314-001) Boylan, Merle N. Merle N. Boylan papers 1950-2017 1 vertical file Collection materials are in English. Collection of the former director of University of Washington Libraries

Merle Boylan served as the director of the University of Washington Libraries from 1976 to 1988. Born in 1925 in Youngstown, Ohio to Merle and Alma Boylan, Merle Nelson Boylan obtained his Master’s Degree in Library Science at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1956. His positions included a tenure at the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore and at the NASA Ames Research Center. He then changed professional directions and served in positions as director of three major academic research libraries: the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; the University of Texas, Austin; and the University of Washington, Seattle. He died in 2017.

Source: obituary

University of Massachusetts Amherst library newsletter announcing his resignation, UW correspondence offering him the Director of Libraries position, birth and death certificates, and degrees relating to Merle Boylan, former director of the UW Libraries.

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Donated by Linda Gould in 2017.

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Merle N. Boylan photograph album (PH2020-004)

UW Libraries Office of the Director Records (UW Resource No. 09019)

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Boylan, Merle N.,--Archives University of Washington. Libraries--Employees Business correspondence Degrees (Academic) Birth certificates Death certifiates Colleges and Universities Seattle Washington (State)