UUS_3_2_3.xml Guide to the Milton Rees Merrill papers 1933-1971 Merrill, (Milton R.) papers 1933-1971 Finding aid/Register created by Robert Parson Utah State University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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USU_3.2/3 Merrill, Milton R., 1901-1971 Milton Rees Merrill papers 1933-1971 23 boxes 11.5 linear feet The professional papers of Dr. Milton R. Merrill. Material in English Biographical Note

Born at Richmond, Utah, April 3, 1901, Milton Rees Merrill began his career at USU in 1927 in the Office of Publicity and Public Relations. A USU alumnus (1925), Dr. Merrill also held the master’s degree (1932) and the Ph.D. (1951) from Columbia University. He married Bessie Austin in 1926. They were the parents of two sons, Richard and Stephen.

Dr. Merrill served in a number of positions at USU, including director of Extension, dean of Summer School, department head for History and Political Science, dean of the School of Business and Social Science and lastly, as USU’s first vice president during the 1960s.

A gifted teacher and mentor, students privileged to have had him as an instructor remember him fondly, characterizing him as having “a colorful classroom appearance, a scintillating sense of humor, a lucid informal manner of lecturing, [with] a complete mastery of his subject.” The Department of Political Science, which he helped nurture throughout his lifetime, still maintains an endowed chair in his honor.

A devoted bibliophile, USU’s Board of Trustees named the campus library for him, following his death on November 23, 1971. When the new library opened in 2005, Milton R. Merrill’s name still adorned the building, shared with that of USU’s twelfth president, Stanford O. Cazier, who Dr. Merrill had hired and mentored as a young history professor in 1964.

The bulk of the collection falls between the years 1944 and 1968.

Arranged alphabetically.

Some files have restricted access because of state and federal privacy laws. Not available through interlibrary loan.

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Milton Rees Merrill papers must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Initial Citation: Milton Rees Merrill papers USU_3.2/3,. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:UUS_3.2/3, USUSCA.

Dr. Merrill’s wife, Bessie, likely donated his papers to the library in 1975.

Processed in November of 2018.

 Colleges and Universities Utah Cache Valley Logan <!-- ***IF NECESSARY*** TAKEN FROM FIELD 630 OF MARC RECORD --> Papers 1933-1971 1 1 A, general 1968-1971 1 2 Accounting 1966-1967 1 3 Agricultural Economics 1967 1 4 Agricultural Education 1966 1 5 American Political Science Association 1952-1953 1 6 Applications for Emploment 1956-1957 1 7 Art 1967 1 8 B, general 1967-1971 1 9 Beard's Seminar on International Law 1933-1938 2 1 Branch Agricultural College 1950-1952 2 2 Broadbent, Dee A. 1971 2 3 Burtenshaw, Claude 1967-1971 2 4 Business Administration 1967-1968 2 5 Business Education 1966-1968 2 6 C, general 1968-1971 2 7 Chase, Daryl 1955-1967 2 8 Civil Engineering 1967 2 9 College of Agriculture 1966-1967 2 10 College of Business and Social Science 1955-1968 2 11 College of Education 1964-1965 3 1 College of Engineering 1966-1967 3 2 College of Family Life 1967 3 3 Coordinating Council 1965 3 4 Culmsee, Carlton 1968 3 5 D, general 1970 3 6 Dairy Science 1967 3 7 Dixon, H.A. 1954 3 8 E, general 1964-1970 3 9 Economics Department 1964-1968 3 10 Evaluations 1968-1971 4 1 F, general 1968-1971 4 2 Faculty 1967-1968 4 3 Faculty Research Lecture 1956 4 4 Family and Child Development 1966-1968 4 5 Food and Nutrition 1968 4 6 Food Science and Industries 1967 4 7 G, general 1970 4 8 Goals 1966 4 9 H, general 1968 4 10 History Department 1966-1968 4 11 Homemaking Education 1966 4 12 Household Economics and Management 1966 4 13 I, general 1968 4 14 Inauguration symposium , Madsen 1950 4 15 Industrial and Technical Education 1966-1967 4 16 Instructional Media and Library Science 1965-1966 4 17 J, general 1968 4 18 K, general 1968 4 19 L, general 1968 5 1 Latin American Affairs 1967 5 2 Liberal Studies 1968 5 3 Low Scholarship Students 1950-1954 5 4 M, general 1968 5 5 Madsen, Louis L. 1952-1953 5 6 Management Institute 1952-1953 5 7 Mechanical Engineering 1966-1968 5 8 Merrill Family Association 1949-1951 6 1 Merrill Family Association 1951-1953 6 2 Moss, Frank, Senator 1968 6 3 N, general 1968 6 4 Northwest reports 1968 6 5 P, general 1968 6 6 Pass-Fail 1968 6 7 Peterson, D.F. 1968 6 8 Peterson, E.G. 1953 6 9 Plant Science 1967 6 10 Political Science 1967-1968 6 11 Political Theory of Pluralist Democracy 1966 6 12 R, general 1968 6 13 Rampton, Calvin, Gov. 1968 6 14 Recommendations 1949-1953 6 15 Recommendations 1954-1955 6 16 Recommendations for appointment 1968 7 1 Recommendations for schools and scholarships 1951-1954 7 2 Registration statistics 1954 7 3 Republican National Convention Delegates 1952 7 4 Rotary Club Program Committee 1952-1953 8 1 S, general 1970 8 2 School Board 1954 8 3 School of Business and Social Sciences 1954 8 4 School of Commerce faculty 1953 8 5 School of Commerce faculty 1954 8 6 School of Graduate Studies 1968 8 7 Senate Executive Committee 1965 8 8 Sciology 1954 8 9 Soils and Meteorology 1967 8 10 Stenquist, Lee 1967 8 11 Summer Quarter 1967 8 12 Space 1967 8 13 Student Emploment 1967 9 1 Syllabi 1967 9 2 T, general 1971 9 3 Teaching loads 1968 9 4 Television 1967 9 5 University Research, Wynn Thorne 1965 9 6 USAC faculty 1950 9 7 Vocational programs 1964-1967 9 8 W, general 1971 9 9 Western Political Science Association 1951-1955 10 1 A thru Adney 1944-1945 10 2 Board of Trustees 1944-1945 10 3 Buzzer 1944-1945 10 4 Carlisle thru Clyde 1944-1945 10 5 Cooley, Hazen, BAC 1944-1945 10 6 C, general 1944-1945 10 7 Department budgets 1944-1945 10 8 D thru H, general 1944-1945 10 9 I thru O, general 1944-1945 10 10 Harris, Franklin S. 1944-1945 10 11 Johnson thru Merrill 1944-1945 10 12 Oberhansley thru Owens 1944-1945 11 1 Parker thru Pocock 1944-1945 11 2 Peterson, E.G. 1944-1945 11 3 P thru R, general 1944-1945 11 4 Romney, E.L., Dick 1944-1945 11 5 State of Utah, Finance Division, budgets 1944-1945 11 6 State of Utah, Finance Division, authorizations 1944-1945 11 7 State of Utah, Finance Division 1944-1945 11 8 State of Utah, Fish and Game thru Student body 1944-1945 11 9 S thru Z, general 1944-1945 11 10 Walker, R.H. 1944-1945 11 11 Questionaires to and from other institutions 1944-1945 12 1 A thru Adney 1945-1946 12 2 Buzzer 1945-1946 12 3 Cooley, Hazen, BAC 1945-1946 12 4 Clyde, George D. 1945-1946 12 5 Correspondence, Trustees 1945-1946 12 6 C thru I, general 1945-1946 12 7 Harris, Franklin S. 1945-1946 12 8 Johnson, E.A 1945-1946 12 9 J thru O, general 1945-1946 12 10 Legislative material 1945-1946 12 11 Maw thru Merrill 1945-1946 12 12 Oberhansley thru Owens 1945-1946 13 1 Peterson, E.G. 1945-1946 13 2 P thru R, general 1945-1946 13 3 Romney, E.L., Dick 1945-1946 13 4 State of Utah, Engineering Department 1945-1946 13 5 State of Utah, Fish and Game thru Student body 1945-1946 13 6 S thru Z, general 1945-1946 13 7 Walker, R.H. thru Questionaires 1945-1946 14 1 A thru Adney 1946 14 2 Alcohol thru awards 1946 14 3 Board of Trustees 1946 14 4 Board of Trustees 1946 14 5 B thru Buzzer 1946 14 6 Calendar thru Christiansen 1946 14 7 Cooley, Hazen, BAC 1946 14 8 C, general 1946 14 9 Driggs, H. Wayne, Branch AC 1946 14 10 D thru G, general 1946 14 11 Goodwin, Wm. J. 1946 14 12 Harris, Franklin S. 1946 14 13 H thru Mc 1946 14 14 Jeppson thru Johnson 1946 15 1 Maw thru Merrill 1946 15 2 M thru R 1946 15 3 Owens, W.W. 1946 15 4 Pocock thru Romney 1946 15 5 State of Utah, general 1946 15 6 State of Utah, Finance Department 1946 15 7 State of Utah, Fish and Game 1946 15 8 S thru Z, general 1946 15 9 Service reports 1946 15 10 Turner, Lewis 1946 15 11 Wadsworth, Harold 1946 15 12 Walker, R.H. 1946 15 13 Wanlass, W.L. 1946 16 1 Amphitheatre thru Appointment letters 1955-1956 16 2 Agricultural Science Building 1955-1956 16 3 Appropriations thru Athletics 1955-1956 16 4 Athletic Council Minutes (removed to 4.5:35) 1955-1956 16 5 Audio visual aids 1955-1956 16 6 B thru Board of Trustees 1955-1956 16 7 Board of Trustees 1955-1956 16 8 Bookstore 1955-1956 16 9 Biennial report 1955-1956 16 10 Blaser thru Botany 1955-1956 17 1 Broadbent, Dee A. 1955-1956 17 2 Building requirements thru Burgoyne 1955-1956 17 3 Burrows thru Buzzer 1955-1956 17 4 C, general 1955-1956 17 5 Callister thru Campus Service Station 1955-1956 17 6 Car, John C. 1955-1956 17 7 Chemistry Lab 1955-1956 17 8 Christiansen, J.E. 1955-1956 17 9 College of Southern Utah 1955-1956 18 1 Commission of Finance 1955-1956 18 0 Contributions to USAC 1955-1956 18 2 Culmsee, Carlton 1955-1956 18 3 D thru Dairy 1955-1956 18 4 Department of Health, Education and Welfare 1955-1956 18 5 Director of Internal Revenue 1955-1956 18 6 Dormitory revenue bonds 1955-1956 18 7 Erickson, Sylvan 1955-1956 18 8 Experiment Station thru Extension 1955-1956 18 9 Eyre, Dean 1955-1956 18 10 Fish and Game Commission 1955-1956 18 11 Foreeign students 1955-1956 18 12 Frischknecht, Carl 1955-1956 18 13 Fine Arts 1955-1956 19 1 G thru I, general 1955-1956 19 2 Higher Education 1955-1956 19 3 Himes, Elvert 1955-1956 19 4 Home and Family Living, School of 1955-1956 19 5 Insurance 1955-1956 19 6 Housing 1955-1956 19 7 Inventory 1955-1956 19 8 M thru S 1955-1956 19 9 Military Science 1955-1956 19 10 Merrill thru Noble 1955-1956 19 11 Plant Industry Department thru Poultry Department 1955-1956 19 12 President's Office thru Research 1955-1956 19 13 Record disposal 1955-1956 19 14 State Building Board 1955-1956 19 15 Scholarships 1955-1956 19 16 Surplus Property 1955-1956 19 17 Social Security thri State Auditor 1955-1956 19 18 Stenquist, Lee 1955-1956 19 19 T thru V 1955-1956 20 1 Training School, Edith Bowen 1955-1956 20 2 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association 1955-1956 20 3 Thorne, D.W. 1955-1956 20 4 Turner, Lewis 1955-1956 20 5 Wadsworth, Harold 1955-1956 20 6 Universities and Colleges 1955-1956 20 7 Utah State Retirement System 1955-1956 20 8 Veteran's Administration thru Veterinary Sciences 1955-1956 20 9 W thru Z 1955-1956 20 10 Western Utilization Research Branch (ARS) 1955-1956 20 11 Walker, R.H. 1955-1956 20 12 Williams, J. Stewart 1955-1956 20 13 Wildlife Sciences 1955-1956 21 1 Board of Trustees 1965-1966 21 2 Commencement 1965 21 3 Commencement 1965 21 4 Commencement 1965 21 5 Commencement 1966 21 6 Commencement 1966 21 7 Commencement 1966 21 8 Commencement 1966 21 9 Commencement 1966 21 10 Commencement 1966 21 11 Commencement 1966 21 12 U, general 1965-1966 21 13 United Nations thru United School Fund 1965-1966 21 14 U.S. Congress 1965-1966 21 15 U.S. Government 1965-1966 21 16 University of Americas thru University Press 1965-1966 21 17 University of Utah 1965-1966 21 18 U.S. Department of Heath, Education and Welfare 1965-1966 22 1 Academic Affairs Committee 1967-1969 22 2 Academic Due Process 1967-1969 22 3 Accreditation 1967-1969 22 4 American Association of School Administrators thru Budget 1967-1969 22 5 Class folder, Political Science 101 1967-1969 22 6 Courses taught by Graduate Students 1967-1969 22 7 Instructional data 1967-1969 22 8 Personal correspondence 1967-1969 22 9 Ratings on staff 1967-1969 22 10 Senate, Faculty 1967-1969 23 1 School of Graduate Studies 1967-1969 23 0 Small class size 1967-1969 23 2 Staff 1967-1969 23 3 Tenure and Promotion 1967-1969 23 4 Tenure and Promotion 1967-1969 23 5 Waivers 1967-1969