University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
The University of Montana--Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-2053
http://www.lib.umt.edu/asc
library.archives@umontana.edu
Mss 487
Merriam,
H. G. (Harold Guy), 1883-1980
H. G. Merriam Papers
1890-1980
17.25 linear feet and 2 oversize
boxes
H. G. Merriam was a University of
Montana professor who played a crucial role in the development of Montana and
Northwest literature. This collection contains personal and professional
correspondence as well as working copies from Merriam's writing and editing
endeavors. Significant subject categories include Merriam's service during
World War I; long involvement with the Rhodes Scholarship program; teaching and
administrative activities at the University of Montana--Missoula; founding,
editing, and leadership contributions to the
Frontier and Midland journal of regional literature; and
activities to help create and guide the Montana Institute of the
Arts.
Materials are in
English
Biographical Note
Harold Guy Merriam was born September 6, 1883, at Westminster,
Massachusetts. He was graduated from Denver (Colorado) High School in June
1902, and entered the University of Wyoming where he majored in science and the
classics. He received his BA from Wyoming in 1905. In 1904 he was chosen to be
a member of the first group of Rhodes Scholars. He attended Lincoln College,
Oxford University, where he was enrolled in the honors school in English
language and literature. He was awarded a BA from Oxford in 1907 and an MA in
1912.
Merriam taught at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, from
1908 to 1910. In the fall of 1910, he enrolled at Harvard University as an
Austin Fellow. Merriam left Harvard, where he studied drama, after the fall
term to teach a Beloit College in Wisconsin, where he remained until 1913. He
then taught at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, until 1919. During World War
I, Merriam took a leave of absence from his teaching career and went with the
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to France, where he taught English to
French officers. After the Armistice he was transferred to London, where he
assisted American officers and enlisted men in entering British
universities.
The University of Montana hired him in 1919 to teach English and to
chair the English department. Merriam introduced creative writing into the
curriculum. To encourage his students to write, he began editing their works
and publishing them in a new magazine, the
Frontier. This later merged with the
Midland, published in Iowa City, IA, to form
Frontier and Midland. This well-respected regional
literary magazine encouraged students and writers not only from Montana, but
from throughout the Pacific Northwest. The publication featured the early
efforts of regional writers A.B. Guthrie, Dorothy M. Johnson, Helen Addison
Howard, Grace Stone Coates, and others. Publication of the journal continued
until 1939.
Merriam began a series of writer's conferences in Montana in the
summer of 1930. These short conferences offered creative writers the
opportunity to work with such nationally known writers as Struthers Burt, Mary
Austin, Frank Ernest Hill, and others. The conferences continued through the
summer of 1934, were suspended until 1948 and continued through the summer of
1960. Following the formation of the Montana Academy of Sciences in 1940,
Merriam formulated the idea for the Montana Institute of the Arts, which was
founded in 1948. He served as its first president and in 1957 became the editor
of the
Montana Institute of the Arts Quarterly, a position he
filled until 1964.
From 1907 to 1919, the University of Montana had no Rhodes Scholars.
Merriam became very active in the program; with his encouragement, sixteen
University of Montana students went to Oxford between 1919 and 1970. He was an
enthusiastic supporter of the program and served many years on its regional and
local committees. In 1933, in addition to his duties as chairman of the English
department, Merriam was appointed chairman of the Division of Humanities, a new
concept in University administration. He continued carrying the two assignments
until his retirement in 1954. In December 1935, Merriam was appointed state
supervisor of the Federal Writers' Project. His efforts culminated in the
publication of
Montana, A State Guide Book in 1939. He also took leave
from the University of Montana in 1939 to teach at the University of Oregon in
Eugene, and earned his PhD in English from Columbia University.
Merriam was instrumental in the recognition of the importance and
accomplishments of American and Northwest writers. Prior to his work and that
of others, literary studies in the United States were largely confined to
British authors; an individual with a college degree in English would usually
have studied no American authors. In recognition of his accomplishments, the
University of Wyoming awarded him an LLD in 1962, citing his record as "Rhodes
Scholar, professor of literature, founder and editor of magazines for new
writers in the Northwest, anthropologist of regional writing, pioneer in the
discovery of the cultural potentialities of his region." In 1963, an honorary
LLD followed from the University of Montana Missoula. In 1978, he was honored
at the 75th dinner celebration of the Rhodes Scholars in New York.
He married Doris W. Foote in 1915. They had two children, Alan and
Alison. Doris Merriam died in 1970, and he married Frances Dummer Logan in
1974. H. G. Merriam died in Missoula, Montana, in March 1980.
This collection contains materials reflecting the diverse interests
and activities of H. G. Merriam. Collection materials are predominantly
personal and professional correspondence as well as working copies from
Merriam's writing and editing endeavors. Significant subject categories include
Merriam's service during World War I; long involvement with the Rhodes Scholars
program; teaching and administrative activities at the university in Missoula;
founding, editing, and leadership contributions to the
Frontier and Midland journal; and activities to help
create and guide the Montana Institute of the Arts.
Merriam was one of the seminal figures in fostering the literary
traditions of Montana as well as the Northern Rocky Mountain region. Materials
in this collection provide significant insights into the personal and
professional relationships among literary and performance artists, academic
leaders, politicians, and art patrons throughout the 20th Century, a period of
tremendous cultural change regarding the mass distribution of popular culture
materials and the western states' transition from cultural depository into a
nationally recognized resource for arts and literature.
Materials in the Rhodes Scholars series lend first-hand insights into
the infancy of the program and long-term efforts to retain a collegial approach
in selecting new participants. The University of Montana series reveals the
inner-workings of an institution transformed by the demographic, political, and
cultural changes that occurred in the United States during the 20th Century. A
particularly significant portion of this series documents activities
surrounding Merriam's dismissal from the university in 1939, one of many
academic freedom controversies that occurred around this time. The
Frontier and Midland is recognized as the first regularly
published literary anthology for Montana and the Northern Rocky Mountain
region. Materials in the series record Merriam's commitment to establishing and
promoting standards for folklore collection, editing, source acknowledgement,
and publication. The series includes numerous sequences of correspondence
between Merriam and many of the most influential figures in Montana and Western
literature. The Montana Institute of the Arts series documents the founding and
development of a significant grassroots arts and humanities program in the
state. The Writings and Writings of Others series provide insights into
Merriam's multi-faceted literary projects as well as his influence on
contemporaries. The Photograph series includes a wealth of materials
documenting the activities, gatherings, and publications of the Montana
Institute of the Arts and other aspects of Merriam's career.
The collection is divided into twelve series:
Series I: Personal, 0.25 linear feet and partial oversize box,
1890-1980
Series II: General Correspondence, 1.25 linear feet, 1905-1980
Series III: World War I Service, 4 folders, 1918-1919
Series IV: Rhodes Scholars, 7 folders, 1904-1979
Series V: University of Montana, 1.5 linear feet and partial oversize
box, 1919-1979
Series VI: Frontier and Midland, 5.0 linear feet, 1921-1973
Series VII: Montana Institute of the Arts, 2.25 linear feet,
1941-1980
Series VIII: Writings, 5.5 linear feet, 1902-1980
Series IX: Writings of Others, 13 folders, 1926-1970
Series X: Awards and Honors, 0.25 linear feet, 1920-1975
Series XI: Scrapbooks and Photo Albums, one oversize box, circa
1900-1939
Series XII: Photographs, 2.25 linear feet, 1914-1975
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and
The University of Montana-Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of
Montana. Copyright to Merriam's materials is held jointly by Alison Merriam
Payne, Ginny Merriam, Paige Merriam, and Cynthia Adams.
[Name of document or photograph number], H. G. Merriam Papers,
Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The
University of Montana-Missoula.
Most of Merriam's collection remained in his possession until his
death in 1980, though he seems to have given some initial part to the archives
in 1979 and before. Other materials were acquired by non-family members and
were donated to the archives after Merriam's death. Details of how these
materials were acquired and housed were not recorded upon donation to the
archives.
H. G. Merriam gave some portions of his papers in 1979 and before. The
bulk of the collection was a gift of Alison Merriam Payne as trustee of his
estate in 1980. The Margaret Ronan manuscript, edited by H. G. Merriam, was
donated by Arthur Deschamps through the Friends of the Mansfield Library in
1980. Richard Ormsbee also donated a single letter in 1980.
Materials in this collection were originally processed in several
distinct segments and a shelf list was created with the collection number UM
15. In 2003 all materials were integrated into one collection, extensively
reorganized, and re-described. Several new series were created to aid content
identification and research. Photographs found in document folders throughout
the collection were physically removed to the photograph series for
preservation purposes. In all such instances, a photograph number and location
identification sheet was inserted into the original folder as a cross-reference
for researchers.
Seven books donated by the Merriam estate were separated from this
collection during 2003 reprocessing. Considering the age and unusual context of
these publications, all seven were incorporated into the Mansfield Library
Special Collections materials. The separated books are:
Specimens of Pre-Shakspearean Drama, Volumes I and II
(John M. Manly, Ginn & Company, 1897),
Beowulf (A.J. Wyatt, editor, Cambridge University Press,
1901),
The Works of Edmund Spenser (R. Morris, editor, MacMillen
& Company Limited, 1904),
The Literature of the Rocky Mountain West, 1803-1903 (Jay
L. Davidson and Prudence Bostwick, editors, Caxton Printers Ltd., 1939_Review
Copy),
The Northern Plains in a World of Change (Carl F.
Kraenzel, Watson Thomson, and Glenn H. Craig, Gregory-Cartwright Ltd., 1942),
Medieval English Prose (Roger S. Loomis and Rudolph
Willard, editors, Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc., 1948),
The American University: How It Runs, Where It Is Going
(Jacques Barzun, Harper & Row Publishers, 1968).
The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming holds 0.25
cubic feet of correspondence that Merriam sent home to his family from France,
1918-1919, and portions of Merriam's diaries during his residence at Oxford
University.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
College professors--Montana--Missoula
American
fiction--Montana
American
fiction--Northwest, Pacific
Arts--Montana
American
literature--Montana
Creative
writing--Periodicals
Creative writing (Higher
education)--Montana--Missoula
Literature
publishing--Montana
Rhodes
scholarships
World War, 1914-1918--War
work--Young Men's Christian associations
Montana Institute of the
Arts
University of Montana
(Missoula, Mont.). Dept. of English
University of
Montana--Missoula--Faculty
University of
Wyoming--Alumni and alumnae.
Frontier and midland
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Montana
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Arts
and Humanities
Colleges and Universities
Literature
Series I
Personal
1890-1980
0.25 linear feet and partial
oversize box
This series includes an assortment of material reflecting H.G.
Merriam's early experiences, family activities, and personal interests.
Biographical materials include a first grade report card from 1890, an early
letter of recommendation written by Merriam's high school principal, draft
resumes, testimonials, and a eulogy. Also included is an undated caricature of
H. G. Merriam that was likely produced for a yearbook section. Clippings from
various periods of Merriam's life lend insight into his professional activities
and personal interests as well as his attention to family and friends. A small
selection of financial and legal documents detail matters ranging from
Merriam's personal book holdings to his charitable gifts, from family budgets
to his first wife's final will and testament. This series also contains an
undated proposal to construct a public mall at the intersection of Higgins and
Broadway avenues in Missoula, Montana, including an architectural drawing
drafted by Merriam.
1/1
Biographical
1890-1980
1/2
"The Contretemps," University of
Wyoming Yearbook
1904
1/3
Clippings, Merriam Lectures
1908-1936
1/4
Caricature of Merriam
undated
1/5
Merriam Family Budget
1931
and 1938
1/6
Certificate, Appointment as
Madison County Deputy Sheriff
1950
1/7
Clippings, Alan P. Merriam
1961-1963
1/8
Gifts to the University of
Wyoming
1962-1980
1/9
Gifts to Libraries, Various
Universities
1962-1971
1/10
Gifts to Museums and Historical
Institutions
1976-1979
1/11
Personal Book Inventories
1964
and undated
1/12
Clippings, Students and
Colleagues
1972-1976 and undated
1/13
Ethel Merriam Will
1974
1/14
Contacts at Other Universities
undated
40OS/1
Architectural Drawing, Proposal
to City of Missoula
undated
1/15
Historical and Architectural
Interests
1926-1971 and undated
40OS/2
Property Survey Certificate
1977
Series II
General Correspondence
1905-1980
1.25 linear feet
This series contains an array of correspondence, both incoming and
out-going. During 2003 reprocessing items of correspondence directly regarding
subjects in other series were relocated to those series. Items include incoming
correspondence written in French, advice on job searches, job offers,
acceptance to graduate study programs, and organization of various writers'
conferences. Prominent correspondents include federal elected officials, state
political leaders, university presidents, nationally and regionally renowned
authors, scientists, and significant figures in literary criticism. Among these
correspondents are U.S. Senators Joseph Dixon, Mike Mansfield, James Murray,
Thomas Walsh, and Burton Wheeler of Montana as well as university presidents C.
Valentine Boyer of the University of Oregon, Dexter Keezer of Reed College,
Ernest Holland of Washington State University, and James Morrill from the
University of Minnesota. Correspondents also include literary figures Struthers
Burt, Grace Stone Coates, Bernard DeVoto, Frank Hill, Joseph Kinsey Howard,
Dorothy Johnson, Frank Bird Linderman, John Lomax, Norman MacLean, Archibald
MacLeish, Ogden Nash, Theodore Spencer, Mildred Walker, and Robert Penn Warren
as well as scientists Albert Einstein and Edwin Hubble.
General correspondence after 1954 is predominantly editorial
exchanges between Merriam and budding authors. Most of these authors were
Montana citizens seeking first-time publication of articles, short stories, or
historical novels; however, these materials also include a few authors from
other western states. Merriam's extensive correspondence with Lucia Mirrielees
provides significant insight into their friendship and how Merriam helped to
nurture her career as a writer and teacher at the University of Iowa's Bread
Loaf School, Stanford University, and the University of Montana. Materials
regarding
Montana, The Magazine of Western History include
several extended exchanges that provide interesting insights into the
management and mission of a fledgling regional historical literature magazine.
Some of these topics include a political imbroglio surrounding Senator Richard
Neuberger's service on the Regional Board of Editors, organizational debates
regarding the role of various advisory boards in editorial decision-making, and
controversies generated by Michael Kennedy during his tenure as Editor.
Materials are arranged chronologically, with separate folders for
individuals with especially extensive correspondence.
2/1
General Correspondence
1905-1912
2/2
General Correspondence
1913-1917
2/3
General Correspondence
1918-1922
2/4
General Correspondence
1925-1930
2/5
General Correspondence
1931-1935
2/6
General Correspondence
1936-1937
2/7
General Correspondence
1938
2/8
General Correspondence
1939
2/9
General Correspondence
1940
2/10
General Correspondence
1941-1942
2/11
General Correspondence
1943-1945
2/12
General Correspondence
1946-1949
2/13
General Correspondence
1950-1951
2/14
General Correspondence
1952-1953
2/15
General Correspondence
1954-1956
2/16
General Correspondence
1957-1959
2/17
General Correspondence
1960
3/1
General Correspondence
1961
3/2
General Correspondence
1962-1965
3/3
General Correspondence
1966-1970
3/4
General Correspondence
1971-1973
3/5
General Correspondence
1974-1976
3/6
General Correspondence
1977-1979
3/7
General Correspondence
undated
3/8
Family Correspondence
undated
3/9
Browne, Maurice
1924-1949
3/10
Carnegie Foundation for
Advancement of Teaching
1923-1924
3/11
Gray, Gordon
1960-1966
3/12
Linderman, Frank B.
1919-1938
3/13
Mirrielees, Lucia
1925-1931
3/14
Mirrielees, Lucia and Edith
1932-1957
4/1
Montana, The Magazine of Western
History
1955-1978
4/2
Northern Montana College
1962-1963 and undated
4/3
Readings for the Blind, Montana
State Library
1975-1976
4/4
Reed College
1913-1971
4/5
Riasanovsky, Antonia
1940-1954
4/6
Robinson, Lennox
1924-1962 and undated
4/7
Streit, Clarence, Nobel
Nomination Correspondence and Support Materials
1980
Series III
World War I Service
1918-1919
4 folders
The materials in this series document Merriam's service during WWI
as an English instructor for French officers. The series includes several
documents detailing Merriam's involvement with the Canadian wing of the Young
Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the organization that facilitated Merriam's
wartime service.
5/1
Booklet for teachers of French
Soldiers
1918
5/2
Clippings and memorabilia
1918-1919
5/3
Correspondence
1918-1919
5/4
Military documents
1918-1919
Series IV
Rhodes Scholars
1904-1979
7 folders
This series includes records from Merriam's participation in the
first group of Rhodes Scholars as well as his lifelong commitment to the
program as a solicitor, trustee, and selection committee member.
Materials are arranged chronologically.
5/5
Correspondence
1904-1913
5/6
Personal Notes
ca.
1904-1913
5/7
Oxford Exams
1905-1907
5/8
Clippings
1907-1978
5/9
Committee Documents
1935-1969 and undated
5/10
Correspondence
1950-1979
5/11
75th Anniversary Celebration of
Rhodes Scholarship Program
1978
Series V
University of Montana
1919-1979
1.5 linear feet and partial
oversize box
This series documents Merrriam's long service to the university in
Missoula as a professor and administrator. Much of the series consists of
correspondence with university chancellors, administration, fellow professors
and instructors, colleagues at other universities, students, and professional
contract staff. Of particular note, the series includes an extensive sequence
of correspondence and documents detailing the rationale employed to dismiss
Merriam from his teaching position in 1939 as well as the campus and statewide
response to the Board of Regents actions.
This series includes a large file of correspondence regarding
Merriam's retirement from the University of Montana in 1954. Most of the
correspondents are former students expressing appreciation and admiration for
his years of service and quality instruction. Notable correspondents include
D'Arcy McNickle, Weldon Niva, Arthur Sanderson. S. Rae Logan, and Leslie
Fiedler. The series also includes documents regarding Merriam's activities to
create memorial funds to benefit university students and preserve the memory of
his teaching colleagues. Lucia Mirrielees Memorial Fund Correspondence includes
a memorial written about Edith Mirrielees, Lucia's sister. This document is
retained in this folder as a reflection of Dr. Merriam's placement with such
materials. Materials are arranged by subject, then chronologically.
6/1
Personnel and Administrative
Documents
1924-1971
6/2
Official Correspondence,
Chancellor Edward Elliot
1919-1921 and undated
6/3
Official Correspondence,
University President Edward Sisson
1920-1921
6/4
Official Correspondence,
University President C.H. Clapp
1921-1926
6/5
Lectures at Summer Sessions
1922-1924
6/6
Concern for the University -
correspondence and proposals
1921-1950
6/7
Official Correspondence,
Chancellor Melvin Brannon
1923-1932
6/8
Correspondence, University
President Candidates
1935
6/9
Official Correspondence,
University President George Simmons
1935-1937
6/10
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1936
6/11
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1937
6/12
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1938
6/13
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Clippings
1939-1941
6/14
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1939-01 - 1939-08
7/1
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1939-09
7/2
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1939-10
7/3
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1939-11
7/4
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1939-12
7/5
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1940-01 - 1940-03
7/6
Dismissal from University of
Montana, Correspondence and Documents
1940-04 - 1940-12
7/7
Official Correspondence,
University President George Simmons
1938-1941
7/8
Course Materials
1938-1953 and undated
7/9
Correspondence, Search for
university positions
1939-1940
7/10
Montana Study Documents and
Rockefeller Foundation Grant
1935-1944
7/11
Montana Study Documents and
Rockefeller Foundation Grant
1945
7/12
Official Correspondence,
University President Ernest Melby
1942-1946
8/1
Curriculum Committee, Documents
and Correspondence
1943-1945 and 1961
8/2
Official Correspondence,
University President James McCain
1942-1946
8/3
Correspondence, University
president candidates
1941, 1945, 1958
8/4
"History of the Classroom
Building"
1950
40OS/3
Architectural Drawings, Campus
buildings (drawn by Merriam)
undated
8/5
Divisional Reorganization of
University Departments
1950-1953
8/6
Correspondence, Search for
university positions
1953-1956
8/7
Correspondence, Retirement
1954
8/8
Lucia Mirrielees Memorial Fund,
Correspondence
1957-1962
8/9
Lucia Mirrielees Memorial,
Administrative Papers
1957-1973
8/10
Friends of the University Library
1960-1977
8/11
Clippings, President Harry
Newburn Resignation
1963
8/12
University of Montana Press
Committee Documents
1973-1974
8/13
Edmund Freeman Memorial Fund,
Correspondence
1977-1979
8/14
Edmund Freeman Memorial Fund,
Administrative Papers
1977-1979
Series VI
Frontier and Midland
1921-1973
5.0 linear feet
The materials in this series include correspondence, draft article
and short story manuscripts, and publication materials from the
Frontier and Midland journal. The
Frontier and Midland is recognized as the first
regularly published literary anthology for Montana and the Northern Rocky
Mountain region. Materials in the series record Merriam's commitment to
establishing and promoting standards for folklore collection, editing, source
acknowledgement, and publication. The series includes numerous submissions and
sequences of correspondence between Merriam and Montana and Western authors,
including Struthers Burt, Grace Stone Coates, Vardis Fisher, Helen Addison
Howard, Dorothy Johnson, Frank Bird Linderman, Bob Marshall, Ezra Pound, and
Paul Tracy.
9/1
General Contributors, A-B
1928-1938
9/2
General Contributors, C-D
1928-1949
9/3
General Contributors, E-G
1928-1938
9/4
General Contributors, H-J
1928-1947
9/5
General Contributors, K-L
1923-1942
9/6
General Contributors, M-N
1927-1945
9/7
General Contributors, O-R
1928-1938
9/8
General Contributors, S
1928-1939
9/9
General Contributors, T-Z
1928-1941
9/10
General Contributors, Montana
Writers
1927-1947
10/1
General Contributors, Anderson,
Paul
1936-1938
10/2
General Contributors, Appel,
Benjamin
1939
10/3
General Contributors, Bair, Tom
1934-1939
10/4
General Contributors, Barrows,
John R.
1930-1935
10/5
General Contributors, Beebe,
Beatrice B. in regard to Joaquin Miller material
1931-1932
10/6
General Contributors, Bolles,
Jason
1927-1944
10/7
General Contributors, Bright,
Verne
1928-1937
10/8
General Contributors, Campbell,
W.S.
1930-1945
10/9
General Contributors, Chittock,
Dr. V.L.O.
1930-1948
10/10
General Contributors, Burt,
Struthers
1931-1936
10/11
General Contributors, Coates,
Grace Stone
1927-1929
10/12
General Contributors, Coates,
Grace Stone
1930-1934
10/13
General Contributors, Coates,
Grace Stone
1935-1947
11/1
General Contributors, Corning,
Howard
1928-1939, 1969
11/2
General Contributors, Davis, H.L.
1927-1938
11/3
General Contributors, Driggs, Hal
1932-1948
11/4
General Contributors, Eldridge,
Paul
1934-1937, 1940-1943
11/5
General Contributors, Elmendorf,
Mrs. M.J.
1929-1936
11/6
General Contributors, Ernest,
Mrs. Alice Henson
1929-1938
11/7
General Contributors, Fisher,
Vardis
1931-1936
11/8
General Contributors, Fitzgerald,
Bob
1928-1930
11/9
General Contributors, Fuller,
Mrs. E. Romig
1928-1933
11/10
General Contributors, Garcia,
Andrew
1930
11/11
General Contributors, Gearhart,
Edna
1928-1929
11/12
General Contributors, Godchaux,
Elma
1932-1938
11/13
General Contributors,
Goodpasture, Frank G.
1930-1937
11/14
General Contributors, Grisson,
Irene Welch
1928-1931
11/15
General Contributors, Hansen, Joe
1934-1936
11/16
General Contributors, Hare, John
1928
11/17
General Contributors, Hartley,
Ronald English
1928-1939
11/18
General Contributors, Hartwick,
Mrs. Mary Robert
1928-1941
11/19
General Contributors, Haste,
Gwendolen
1928-1933
11/20
General Contributors, Haycox,
Ernest
1932
11/21
General Contributors, Hilton,
Charles
1927-1934
12/1
General Contributors, Hogan,
Steve
1927-1931
12/2
General Contributors, Holbrook,
Stewart
1936-1951
12/3
General Contributors, Hulbert,
Archer B.
1928-1933
12/4
General Contributors, Huse, Harry
G.
1928-1931
12/5
General Contributors, James, Will
1928-1931
12/6
General Contributors, Johnson,
Dorothy M.
1927-1950
12/7
General Contributors, Jones, Nard
1930-1948
12/8
General Contributors, Kidd, W.E.
1928-1936
12/9
General Contributors, Kizer, Ben
and M. Ashley
1927-1930
12/10
General Contributors, Knight,
Chatfield
1930-1932
12/11
General Contributors, Krantz,
David E.
1935-1936
12/12
General Contributors, Lake,
Richard
1935-1963
12/13
General Contributors, Leeper,
Robert D.
1929-1932
12/14
General Contributors, Lister,
Queene B.
1928-1932, 1937
12/15
General Contributors, Loux,
Martha D. (material on Abraham Lincoln)
1929-1930
12/16
General Contributors, MacLeod,
Norman
1928-1929, 1936
12/17
General Contributors, Maring,
Helen
1929-1932, 1938
12/18
General Contributors, McWilliams,
Carey
1930-1963
13/1
General Contributors, Marshall,
Jim
1928-1946
13/2
General Contributors, Marshall,
Robert
1929-1934, 1937
13/3
General Contributors, Mathews,
Courtland
1928-1943
13/4
General Contributors, Merrill,
Arthur T.
1928-1936
13/5
General Contributors, Olson, Ted
1927-1936
13/6
General Contributors, Pendray, G.
Edward
1929-1930
13/7
General Contributors, Post, Mary
1929-1932
13/8
General Contributors, Pratt, L.L
1929-1935
13/9
General Contributors, Redington,
J.W.
1931-1933
13/10
General Contributors, Robinson,
Mrs. C.D.
1920-1930
13/11
General Contributors, Rorty,
James
1929-1932
13/12
General Contributors, Rushfelt,
Elise
1928-1942
13/13
General Contributors, Sarett, Lew
1925-1938
13/14
General Contributors, Smith, Bess
Foster
1927-1931
13/15
General Contributors, Spencer,
Lillian White
1927-1932
13/16
General Contributors, Stevens,
James
1927-1948
13/17
General Contributors, Stewart,
George R.
1932-1935
13/18
General Contributors, Sweetman,
Luke
1928-1934, 1940-1946
14/1
General Contributors, Terrell,
John Upton
1929-1936
14/2
General Contributors, Thomas,
E.H.
1928-1931
14/3
General Contributors, Tracy, Paul
E.
1928-1939, 1963
14/4
General Contributors, Tucker, Pat
J.
1921-1930
14/5
General Contributors, Vontuer,
Mrs. May
1928-1932, 1941-1942, 1946
1970
14/6
General Contributors, Wetjen,
Richard
1928-1938
14/7
General Contributors, Wickes,
Mrs. T.A.
1930-1932
14/8
General Contributors, Worthen,
Clifton B.
1928-1931
14/9
General Contributors
undated
14/10
General Correspondence, A-C
1928-1962
14/11
General Correspondence, D-G
1920-1958
14/12
General Correspondence, H-M
1927-1939
14/13
General Correspondence, N-Z
1923-1945
15/1
General Correspondence, Botkin,
B.A. and Folk-Say magazine
1929-1937
15/2
General Correspondence, Branch,
E. Douglas
1936-1962
15/3
General Correspondence, Clark,
Archie, Great Falls Tribune
1937-1943
15/4
General Correspondence, Cox,
Sidney, in regard to finances and other University affairs
1925-1926
15/5
General Correspondence, Cox,
Sidney, in regard to his resignation
1926
15/6
General Correspondence,
Frederick, John T., in regard to merging
The Frontier and
The Midland
1928-1938
15/7
General Correspondence, Hebard,
Dr. Grace Raymond, University of Wyoming
1927-1932
15/8
General Correspondence, Howard,
Helen Addison
1939-1944
15/9
General Correspondence,
Linderman, Frank B.
1927-1930
15/10
General Correspondence,
Linderman, Frank B.
1931-1939, 1942, 1952
15/11
General Correspondence, Peterson,
Martin
1928-1931, 1938-1939
15/12
General Correspondence, Pound,
Ezra
1931-1934
15/13
General Correspondence, Sedgwick,
Ellery, Atlantic Monthly
1928-1930, 1947
15/14
General Correspondence, Wagner,
Har, in regard to Joaquin Miller material
1932
15/15
General Correspondence, Whicker,
H., UM English professor and
Frontier editor
1934-1939
16/1
General Correspondence,
Historical Maps
1929-1934
16/2
General Correspondence,
Historical Maps
1927-1929
16/3
General Correspondence,
Historical Material
1929-1933
16/4
General Correspondence, Sale of
back issues
1928, 1952-1971
16/5
General Correspondence, Sale of
back issues with regard to The Frontier and Midland Award
1948-1979
16/6
General Correspondence, Requests
and grants to reprint
1928-1941
16/7
General Correspondence, Requests
and grants to reprint
1942-1957
16/8
General Correspondence, Requests
and grants to reprint
1958-1972, 1975, 1977
17/1
Advertising
1934
17/2
Bonds
1924-1950
17/3
Books, possible from
Frontier material
1966
and undated
17/4
Clippings
1921-1930
17/5
Clippings
1932-1938
17/6
Clippings
undated
17/7
Contributions and Circulation,
statistics
up
to August 1931
17/8
Doubleday, Doran, and Co.
regarding magazine name and books
1924-1950
17/9
Editors of other magazines
1924-1928
17/10
Editors of other magazines
1929-1930
17/11
Editors of other magazines
1931-1934
17/12
Fort Missoula Records
1935, 1947
17/13
Folklore
1930-1933
17/14
Gipson, J.H., Caxton Printers
1930-1942
17/15
Glick, Carl, The Masquers and
finances
1925-1926
17/16
Knopf, Alfred A., Borzoi Books
Inc. Publisher
1930-1948
17/17
League of Western Writers, list
of
17/18
Linderman, Frank B. issue
spring 1938-1939
18/1
Macmillan Co., Publishers
1936-1942
18/2
Magazine exchanges
undated
18/3
Mailing, 2nd class
1928-1933
18/4
Mailing Lists, Universities and
Colleges
1931-1932
18/5
Merriam's notes on The Frontier,
history
1930-1965
18/6
N.Y. Public Library microfilming
1964, 1973
18/7
O'Brien, E.J., Editor, 'Best
Short Stories'
1927-1935
18/8
O'Henry Collection of Stories
1929-1937
18/9
Pacific Spectator
1946
18/10
Periodical Information
1928
18/11
Prairie Schooner
1929-1934
18/12
Publishers
1930-1947
18/13
Ratings, O'Brien and O'Henry
1928-1939
18/14
Reestablishing
The Frontier
1938-1947
18/15
Reprinting (Johnson Reprint Co.
and Kraus Reprint Co.)
1966-1967, 1970-1973
18/16
Sample Literature to subscribers
1927-1936
18/17
Short Stories
undated
18/18
Stationery and Publicity
1920-1943
18/19
Suspension of
The Frontier
1938-1942
18/20
Title use:
The Frontier and
The Midland by other magazines
1934-1944
18/21
Trademark Application
1924-1949
File box/19
Notecards, Subscriptions and
Contributors to
Frontier and Midland
Series VII
Montana Institute of the Arts
1941-1980
2.25 linear feet
This series includes materials generated and collected by Merriam
during his tenure with the Montana Institute of the Arts. Series documents
detail efforts to establish and expand the organization as a grassroots arts
and humanities program in the state. The Montana Institute of the Arts helped
create avenues for fostering and promoting artistic expression by Montanans who
often lacked access to the established outlets.
Materials are arranged by subject, then chronologically.
20/1
General Correspondence
1948-1976
20/2
General Correspondence
1977-1980
20/3
General Correspondence, Early
Letters
1941, 1947-1950
20/4
General Correspondence,
Pre-organizational
1941-1949
20/5
General Correspondence,
Organizational
1947-1948
20/6
General Correspondence,
Organization
1957-1976
20/7
General Correspondence, Merriam's
first year of presidency
1948-March, 1949
20/8
General Correspondence, Merriam's
first year of presidency
March 16, 1949-August 1949
20/9
General Correspondence,
Presidents and Secretaries
1955-1966, 1971
21/1
General Correspondence, Finch,
Robert
1947-1953
21/2
General Correspondence, Grieder,
Paul A.
1946-1950
21/3
General Correspondence,
Stevenson, Branson, Christmas Cards
1948, 1968-1979
21/4
General Correspondence, MIA Book,
General MIA information
1976
21/5
General Correspondence, MIA Book,
List of Articles and Organization
1975-1977
21/6
General Correspondence, MIA Book,
Permission to use articles
1975-1977
21/7
General Correspondence, MIA Book,
Requests to select articles
1975-1976
21/8
General Correspondence, MIA Book,
Finances and Publication
1975-1977
21/9
General Correspondence, MIA Book,
Finalizing
1976-1977
21/10
General Correspondence,
Publishing Projects
Quarterly
1949-1956, 1961-1964
21/11
General Correspondence, Poetry
Contests and Booklets
1956, 1961-1966, 1980
21/12
General Correspondence, First
Poetry Book,
Seed in the Soil, MIA Poets
1966-1968, 1973
21/13
General Correspondence, Second
Poetry Book
1973
22/1
General Correspondence,
Headquarters and Buildings
1962, 1965, 1977
22/2
General Correspondence, Rental of
Pictures, Reader's Alley Art Gallery
1963
22/3
General Correspondence,
Restructuring MIA
1965-1966, 1976-1977
22/4
General Correspondence, Sale of
MIA craft projects
1950
22/5
General Correspondence, Short
Story project
1957-1958
22/6
General Correspondence, Writers,
Joseph Kinsey Howard, Fox, and Place
1948-1951
22/7
General Correspondence, Young
Montana Artist Show
1964-1965
22/8
Branch Directors' Meetings
1951-1952
22/9
Communication Information for
officers, etc.
1971-1976
22/10
Constitution and By Laws
1948-1968
22/11
Disassociated Documents
1948-1977
22/12
Expanding Montana Historical
Society
1949
22/13
Festival Features
1976
22/14
Festival Programs
1950-1953
22/15
Foundation
1957, 1961-1966
22/16
Foundation, History
1961
22/17
Foundation, Incorporation
1949-1950
22/18
Foundation
1967-1969, 1972, 1976
22/19
History Group
1949
22/20
Little Festival
1962, 1972-1973
22/21
Membership and Affiliations
1949, 1965-1968
22/22
Membership Certificates
1949
22/23
Membership Lists
1948-1970
23/1
MIA Book, extras
1975
or 1976
23/2
MIA Book, cutout
1973-1976
23/3
MIA Leadership Workshop
September 1979
23/4
Minutes, Board
1962-1963, 1969-1976, 1979
23/5
Minutes of Directors
1948-1957
23/6
Montana Arts Council
1963-1975
23/7
Newsletters
1963-1966, 1975-1979
23/8
Permanent Collection
1955-1970
23/9
Poetry Contest, Mary B. Clapp
Memorial
1966-May 1968
23/10
Poetry Contest, Mary B. Clapp
Memorial
1968-1968, 1976, 1979
23/11
Poem about Merriam
1973
24/1
Presidential Address to MIA
1950
24/2
Publicity
1948-1962
24/3
Quarterly, Costs and Articles
1948-1964
24/4
Roundup of the Arts, Gallery
Museum Facility
1971-1972
24/5
Speakers for Workshops
1950, 1952
24/6
Treasurer Reports
1949-1977
24/7
Clippings, MIA
1947-1977
24/8
Clippings, Montana Artists
1961-1966
Series VIII
Writings
1902-1980
5.5 linear feet
This series includes correspondence, draft manuscripts,
hand-written notes, and publication materials from the documents Merriam wrote
himself or edited to such an extent they became, in essence, his own work. The
series provides insights into Merriam's multi-faceted literary projects as well
as his influence on contemporaries. The Moxon manuscript and correspondence
materials include correspondence with Moxon's descendents as well as some of
the most notable English literary figures of the mid 19th Century.
Materials are arranged by subject or by title of book-length
publication.
25/1
Apologia for Creative Writing
undated
25/2
Address to the Soc.
Conference-Seattle, Washington
undated
25/3
Clippings about writings of other
authors
undated
25/4
Creative Writing-manuscript for
Writer's Conference
undated
25/5
Essay, Ideas
undated
25/6
Favorite Words
undated
25/7
Memories of My Days at the
University of Wyoming
1902-1904, undated
25/8
Misc. Writings
undated
25/9
Montana History Research
undated
25/10
Montana Writers
undated
25/11
Northwest Theaters-articles
undated
25/12
Research Notes found in the works
of Spencer
undated
25/13
Stories of Pacific Northwest in
Verse
undated
25/14
These Men Have Been in Our
Home-manuscript
undated
25/15
They Worked in the
West-manuscript
undated
25/16
They Worked in the
West-manuscript
undated
25/17
Western Literature-What's it and
Why-manuscript and notes
undated
25/18
Inhibitions, Habits and the
Student's Right of Way-article
1918
25/19
Report on the University of
Montana
1920-1930
25/20
Class Book for Freshman
Composition
1921
26/1
Unsuccessful Articles
1925-1948
26/2
Edward Moxon Manuscript,
correspondence
1925-10 - 1926-06
26/3
Edward Moxon Manuscript,
correspondence
1926-07 - 1938-01
26/4
Edward Moxon, Publisher of Poets,
Reviews and Notices
1939-1940
26/5
Western Regional
Literature-research, notes, and correspondence
1929-1949
26/6
The Idea of a Regional College
Magazine-article
1928-04-11
26/7
Regional Literature-presentation
1929-11-29
26/8
Northwest Writers
1930's
26/9
Unpublished Manuscript for Book,
no title
26/10
Unpublished Manuscript for Book,
no title
26/11
Unpublished Manuscript for Book,
no title
26/12
Northwest Verse: A
Note-manuscript
1930's
27/1
Anthology of Northwest
Verse-correspondences (permission to reprint)
1930
27/2
Anthology of Northwest
Verse-correspondences (permission to reprint)
1931-1932
27/3
Anthology of Northwest
Verse-reviews
1931
27/4
Anthology of Northwest
Verse-reviews in newspapers clippings
1931
27/5
Regionalism-manuscript for
Writer's Conference-U.M.
1931
27/6
Northwest Literature-presentation
to PNLA
1934
27/7
Tamress in Northwest Writers and
Readers-article
1935
27/8
Works Projects Administration
Writers Project-correspondence
1935-1969
27/9
The Liberal Arts-address to the
University of Oregon
1936
27/10
Liberal Arts College in State
Supported University-article
1936-11-03
27/11
Baccalaureate Address-Reed
College
1937
27/12
Address at the Modern Language
Assoc., Contemporary Literature Section
1937
27/13
Literature and the Liberal Arts
College-presentation at the University of Oregon
1939
27/14
Radio Addresses at Oregon State
College
1939-1940
27/15
Radio Addresses at KGVO radio,
Missoula Montana
1943-1944
28/1
In Measureless
Oceans-presentation
1940
28/2
Cosmos Club-Constitution (copy)
1896-1897
28/3
Club Papers-Cosmos Club
1940-1972
28/4
Club Papers-English, Authors, and
MIA
undated
28/5
Materials for American Literary
History-introduction and correspondence
1941-1942
28/6
Ethnic Settlement in
Montana-notes and research
1942
28/7
Ethnic Settlement in
Montana-manuscript and article
1943
28/8
Book Reviews-articles and
manuscripts
1943-1953
28/9
An Experiment in
Education-pamphlet
1945-05
28/10
Writing in High School-article
1945-12
28/11
Northwest Literature in Our
Schools-presentation
1946-11-16
28/12
Folk Materials in Montana
1946
28/13
Regional Cooperation in Higher
Education
1946, 1951, 1965
28/14
Reilly Was Here-article
1947
28/15
Uniting Social Studies and
Language Programs Through Regional Materials-manuscript
1947
28/16
Story collection from Frontier
and Midland for Possible book, (We Are All Human)
1947
28/17
Story collection from Frontier
and Midland for Possible book, (We Are All Human)
1947
29/1
Of So Much Worth-presentation
1947-05-14
29/2
Understanding Great
Men-presentation to Women's Club
1947-10-14
29/3
Who Can Teach Creative Writing
1947-11
29/4
A Note on the Humanities in
Higher Education-correspondence and manuscript
1948
29/5
Does the Northwest Believe in
Itself?-presentation
1948
29/6
Pacific Northwest Conference on
the Arts and Sciences
1948-04
29/7
Commencement Address-Rocky
Mountain College
1949
29/8
Every Graduate an Educated
Person-presentation
1950
29/9
Northwest Literature, What is it
and Why-presentation
1950
29/10
Short Stories manuscript for
Writer's Conference
1952
29/11
Montana Writing-correspondence
1954-1958
29/12
Montana Writing-manuscript
undated
29/13
Cosmos Club Presentation-notes
and articles on architecture
1959
29/14
James R. Thomas
1884-1959, 1959
29/15
Frontier Omnibus
1959
29/16
Frontier Literature Lecture-notes
1960s
29/17
Western Classics -presentation
1960
29/18
Communication in a Space
Age-speech at Northern Montana College
1961
29/19
Reading, Northern-presentation
1962
29/20
Librarians, Books, Readers and
Reading-manuscript
1963
29/21
Missoula County
History-manuscripts (1)
1964
29/22
Missoula County History-research
and notes (2)
1947-1964
29/23
Missoula County History-research,
notes, and correspondence (3)
1964-1968
29/24
Folklore-correspondence and notes
1965-1968
30/1
Ronan-notes and correspondence
1965-1973
30/2
Ronan-manuscript edited by H.G.
Merriam-preface to Chap. VI (1)
1932
30/3
Ronan-Chap. VII to Appendix B (2)
1932
30/4
Way Out West-correspondence
1966-1967
30/5
Way Out West-correspondence
1968-1970
30/6
Way Out West-correspondence
1970's
30/7
Way Out West-publisher's contract
1967
30/8
Way Out West-contents and notes
undated
30/90
Way Out West-book reviews
1970-1971
30/10
Article on Frank Bird
Linderman-correspondence
1962
30/11
Recollections of Charley
Russell-correspondence
1962-1964
30/12
Recollections of Charley
Russell-correspondence with the Linderman family
1962-1964
30/13
Recollections of Charley Russell,
sales and royalty statements
1963-1968
30/14
Recollections of Charley Russell,
reprint correspondence
1979-1980
30/15
Recollections of Charley Russell,
publicity and reviews
1963-1964
31/1
University of Oklahoma Press
1965-1976
31/2
Montana Adventure-correspondence
1964
31/3
Montana Adventure-correspondence
1965
31/4
Montana Adventure-correspondence
1966
31/5
Montana Adventure-correspondence
1967
31/6
Montana Adventure-correspondence
1968-1969
31/7
Montana Adventure-memorandum of
agreement
1965
and 1967
31/8
Montana Adventure-research notes
undated
31/9
Montana Adventure-book reviews
1968-1969
31/10
U.M. History-Introduction
31/11
U.M. History-Craig Years
31/12
U.M. History-Duniway Years
31/13
U.M. History-Craighead Years
31/14
U.M. History-Elliott Years
1915-1917
31/15
U.M. History-Sisson Years
1917-1921
31/16
U.M. History-Clapp Years
1921-1935
32/1
U.M. History-Simmons Years
1936-1940
32/2
UM. History-Melby Years
1943-1944
32/3
U.M. History-McCain Years
1945-1950
32/4
U.M. History-Mc Farland Years (1)
1951-1958
32/5
U.M. History-Mc Farland Years (2)
1951-1958
32/6
U.M. History-Gordon Castle
32/7
U.M. History-Newburn Years
1959-1963
32/8
U.M. History-Johns Years
1963-1966
32/9
U.M. History-Pantzer Years (1)
1966-
32/10
U.M. History-Pantzer Years (2)
1966-
33/1
U.M. History-Interchapters
33/2
U.M. History-Manuscript (1)
33/3
U.M. History-Manuscript (2)
33/4
U.M. History-Research (1)
33/5
U.M. History-Research (2)
33/6
U.M. History-dates
33/7
U.M. History-correspondence and
newspaper clippings
1968-1971
33/8
The University of Montana, A
History-copy of book
1970
34/1
Ho! For the West-correspondence
and notes
1973-1976
34/2
Ho! For the West-research
negatives
undated
34/3
Ho! For the West-book prints
undated
34/4
Ho! For the West-partial
manuscript (unpublished)
undated
34/5
Ho! For the West-partial
manuscript (unpublished)
undated
34/6
Ho! For the West-manuscript
(unpublished)
undated
34/7
Ho! For the West-manuscript
(unpublished)
undated
34/8
Ho! For the West-manuscript
(unpublished)
undated
34/9
Ho! For the West-manuscript
(unpublished)
undated
34/10
Ho! For the West-manuscript
(unpublished)
undated
34/11
Commencement Address-College of
Arts and Sciences-U.M.
1972
34/12
Twenty Best Books of
Montana-information and correspondence
1972-1977
34/13
Twenty Best Books of
Montana-information and correspondence
1972-1977
35/1
Cosmos Club Papers and Notes
1976
35/2
The Long
Friendship-correspondence
1977-1980
35/3
The Long Friendship-copyright
information
1979
35/4
The Long Friendship-copies of
Linderman-Russell letters
1914-1919
35/5
The Long Friendship-manuscripts
undated
35/6
The Golden Valley-research
materials
1977
35/7
The Golden Valley -manuscripts
undated
35/8
The Golden Valley-correspondence
and book reviews
1977-1978
35/9
Difficulties at the University of
Montana-KUFM radio broadcast
1978-04-22
35/10
Article for American
Oxonian-correspondence and manuscript
1978
File box/36
Notecards, Writing Research Notes
Series IX
Writings of Others
1926-1970
13 folders
This series includes correspondence and published materials
gathered by Merriam out of personal interest or submitted to Merriam both as
gifts and as requests for editorial feedback. This series contains extensive
correspondence and a portion of text material regarding
The Galloping Swede, by Hugo Aronson and Lou O.
Brockman. Merriam provided extensive editorial advice on the manuscript through
his correspondence with Brockman and extended assistance in contacting
potential publishers. Merriam's involvement with the manuscript remained
informal throughout the project and received only a note of acknowledgement in
the published volume.
Materials are arranged alphabetically by author.
35/11
Baldwin, Grace Davidson-poem
undated
35/12
Brockman, Lou O.,
The Galloping Swede, Correspondence
1967-1970
35/13
Brockman, Lou O.,
The Galloping Swede, Text Materials
undated
35/14
Fishwick, Marshall, "The Twist:
Brave New Whirl"
1962
35/15
Jones, Jenkin Lloyd, "Who Is
Tampering with the Soul of America"
1961
35/16
King, Walter-article
1962
35/17
Lewis, C. Day-article "Of a Poem"
undated
35/18
McCoy, E.-Bibliography of Negro
Literature
1926-1928, undated
35/19
Moss, Honorable Frank
E.-Congressional Testimony "Letter from the West"
1960
35/20
Saturday Review-issue on
photography in the fine arts
1959-05-16
35/21
Stegner, Wallace "The West Coast:
Region with a View"
1959
35/22
Unknown student-poem
undated
35/23
Venn, George-Critique of Four
Pacific Northwest Novels
undated
Series X
Awards and Honors
1920-1975
0.25 linear feet
This series includes awards and honors received by Merriam during
his long career.
37/1
Degrees from University of
Wyoming and Montana State University
1962-1963
37/2
Correspondence Concerning
Honorary degree from the University of Wyoming
1962
37/3
Correspondence and clippings
concerning honorary degree from Montana State University
1963
37/4
Award Certificates
1920-1973
37/5
Newspaper Clippings-Awards and
Honors
1940-1975
Series XI
Scrapbooks and Photo Albums
circa 1900-1939
1 oversize box
This series includes four bound scrapbooks and photo albums. Most
materials are from the early years of Merriam's life and professional career.
Volumes include numerous loose materials. Researchers are asked to exhibit
particular care in viewing the materials in this series.
40OS
487(XI):1
Scrap Book, University and Rhodes
Scholar Program
ca.
1900 -1913
41OS
487(XI):2
Photo Album, European Trip
1904-1906
41OS
487(XI):3
Lithographs and oversize
certificates
1925-1939
41OS
487(XI):4
Photo Album, Rhodes Scholar
Program, WW I, and Reed College
ca.
1904-1920
Series XII
Photographs
1914-1975
2.25 linear feet
This series includes photographs collected throughout Merriam's
life but the majority of materials document the activities, gatherings, and
publications of the Montana Institute of the Arts. Other photographs can be
located in the photo albums and scrapbooks described in Series XI.
38/1
487(XII):1
H. G. Merriam
ca.
1940
38/2
487(XII):2
H. G. Merriam
ca.
1930
38/3
487(XII):3
H. G. Merriam and Phillip W.
Payne
Dec.
1973
38/4
487(XII):4
H. G. Merriam and Phillip W.
Payne
Dec.
1973
38/5
487(XII):5
H. G. Merriam
ca.
1973
38/6
487(XII):6
H. G. Merriam
ca.
1973
38/7
487(XII):7
H. G. Merriam
ca.
1930
38/8
487(XII):8
H. G. Merriam and others
undated
38/9
487(XII):9
H. G. Merriam and President Harry
Newburn
ca.
1963
38/10
487(XII):10
H. G. Merriam and his wife
Fall
1978
38/11
487(XII):11
UM Summer School Student Body (S.
Rae Logan, back row, 3rd from left-1st summer on staff and W.W. Kemp, 2nd to
right)
ca.
1914
38/12
487(XII):12
R. Fehlberg
undated
38/12
487(XII):13
Verne Dusenberry
undated
38/12
487(XII):14
Merrill G. Burlingame
undated
38/12
487(XII):15
Katherine T. Widmer, Bozeman
undated
38/12
487(XII):16
Katerine Guest, MIA
undated
38/12
487(XII):17
Gretchen Gellison, MIA
undated
38/12
487(XII):18
Mrs. Mackey
undated
38/12
487(XII):19
"B.K." at 87th Birthday
Sept. 22, 1975
38/12
487(XII):20
Ruth Longworth
undated
38/12
487(XII):21
Mrs. Ralph L. Benjamin, Shelby,
Montana
undated
38/13
487(XII):22
Warren Jennison, Jewel Basin
1948
38/13
487(XII):23
Audrey Bruffey, MIA
undated
38/13
487(XII):24
Paul A. Grieder
undated
38/13
487(XII):25
Dr. Alfred W. Humphreys
undated
38/13
487(XII):26
Elizabeth Lochrie, Butte
undated
38/13
487(XII):27
Ray Mattix, MIA
undated
38/13
487(XII):28
Robert Taylor
undated
38/13
487(XII):29
Maxine Blackmer
undated
38/13
487(XII):30
Peggy Sterrett
undated
38/13
487(XII):31
L.O. Brockman
undated
38/14
487(XII):32
Norman Winstine
undated
38/15
487(XII):33
Branson Stevenson
undated
38/16
487(XII):34
Gladies Laubui
undated
38/17
487(XII):35
Mrs. McDernud, Helena Branch
Director
undated
38/18
487(XII):36
Al Lucke
undated
38/19
487(XII):37
Vermaillae Banta
undated
38/19
487(XII):38
Mrs. Mary B. Clapp
undated
38/19
487(XII):39
Mrs. Gordon Montgomery
undated
38/19
487(XII):40
Robert Athearn
undated
38/19
487(XII):41
Robert Athearn
undated
38/19
487(XII):42
Mrs. Logan Ostrenn
undated
38/19
487(XII):43
Mrs. Milly O. Wells
undated
38/19
487(XII):44
Mrs. Henry B. Loventz, Great
Falls Branch Director, MIA
undated
38/20
487(XII):45
Mrs. Maloney
undated
38/20
487(XII):46
Kenneth Burrell
undated
38/20
487(XII):47
Mrs. Burrell
undated
38/20
487(XII):48
Andy Oja
undated
38/20
487(XII):49
Isabel Johnson
undated
38/20
487(XII):50
Mr. Maloney
undated
38/20
487(XII):51
Mrs. Cook
undated
38/20
487(XII):52
McDonald
undated
38/20
487(XII):53
Fred Moss
undated
38/20
487(XII):54
Mrs. R.K. West, Jr.
undated
38/21
487(XII):55
Unidentified
undated
38/21
487(XII):56
Unidentified woman
undated
38/21
487(XII):57
Unidentified woman
undated
38/21
487(XII):58
Unidentified man
undated
38/21
487(XII):59
Unidentified man
undated
38/21
487(XII):60
Unidentified woman
undated
38/21
487(XII):61
Unidentified woman
undated
38/21
487(XII):62
Unidentified man
undated
38/21
487(XII):63
Unidentified, two women
undated
38/22
487(XII):64
Orchestra Group
undated
38/22
487(XII):65
Female vocalist
undated
38/22
487(XII):66
Male pianist
June
1960
38/22
487(XII):67
Lewis, composing music
June
1960
38/22
487(XII):68
Bruce Kirry
June
1962
38/23
487(XII):69
Lewis at pottery wheel
June
1960
38/23
487(XII):70
Man at pottery wheel
undated
38/23
487(XII):71
Man at pottery wheel
undated
38/23
487(XII):72
Man explaining pottery
undated
38/23
487(XII):73
Pottery
undated
38/23
487(XII):74
Pottery
undated
38/24
487(XII):75
People at art exhibit
undated
38/24
487(XII):76
People at art exhibit
undated
38/24
487(XII):77
People at art exhibit
June
1960
38/24
487(XII):78
Man at art exhibit
undated
38/24
487(XII):79
Man teaching art
undated
38/24
487(XII):80
Man teaching art
undated
38/24
487(XII):81
Walt Woodcock, Fine Arts
Chairman, Painting by Orlin Helgoe 138
1959
38/24
487(XII):82
People at art exhibit
undated
38/25
487(XII):83
Man explaining mosaic
undated
38/25
487(XII):84
Man explaining mosaic
undated
38/25
487(XII):85
Man explaining mosaic
undated
38/25
487(XII):86
People at art show
undated
38/25
487(XII):87
People at art show
undated
38/26
487(XII):88
Children at art exhibit
undated
38/27
487(XII):89
Thomas Jermin of Great Falls
undated
38/28
487(XII):90
Branson, printing
undated
38/29
487(XII):91
Women discussing art
undated
38/30
487(XII):92
Kids performing with others
watching from backstage
undated
38/31
487(XII):93
Kids performing as Native
American dancers
undated
38/32
487(XII):94
Women weaving
undated
38/33
487(XII):95
Mr. and Mrs. Maloney, Helena
undated
38/34
487(XII):96
People at conference/show
undated
38/34
487(XII):97
People at conference/show
undated
38/34
487(XII):98
People at conference/show
undated
38/35
487(XII):99
People at conference
undated
38/35
487(XII):100
People at conference
undated
38/35
487(XII):101
People at conference
undated
38/36
487(XII):102
Harold Ruth (right) with
relatives
undated
38/37
487(XII):103
Vistor at exhibit
undated
38/38
487(XII):104
Man and Woman discussing art
undated
38/39
487(XII):105
Art displays
undated
38/39
487(XII):106
Art displays
undated
38/39
487(XII):107
Art displays
undated
38/39
487(XII):108
Art displays
undated
38/39
487(XII):109
Art displays
undated
38/39
487(XII):110
Art displays
undated
38/39
487(XII):111
Art displays
undated
38/40
487(XII):112
Art displays
undated
38/40
487(XII):113
Art displays
undated
38/40
487(XII):114
Art displays
undated
38/40
487(XII):115
Art displays
undated
38/40
487(XII):116
Art displays
undated
38/41
487(XII):117
Pottery
undated
38/42
487(XII):118
Ceramic head box by John Murphy
1968
38/43
487(XII):119
Art display
undated
38/44
487(XII):120
Art display-painting by Morrison
undated
38/45
487(XII):121
Art display
undated
38/46
487(XII):122
Ceramics
undated
38/47
487(XII):123
Art display
undated
38/48
487(XII):124
Art display
undated
38/49
487(XII):125
Art display
undated
38/50
487(XII):126
Art display
undated
38/51
487(XII):127
Paintings
undated
38/52
487(XII):128
Paintings by James Der
undated
38/53
487(XII):129
Paintings by Branson Strenson
undated
38/54
487(XII):130
Painting
undated
38/55
487(XII):131
Drawing of Robert Bears and his
wife
1957
38/56
487(XII):132
House and Car
undated
38/57
487(XII):133
Building
undated
38/58
487(XII):134
The five Presidents including H.
G. Merriam
undated
38/59
487(XII):135
H. G. Merriam and others at MIA
function
undated
38/60
487(XII):136
H. G. Merriam and group
undated
38/61
487(XII):137
H. G. Merriam and Harriette
Cashman, Bozeman, Montana
1952
38/62
487(XII):138
H. G. Merriam and others
June
1960
38/63
487(XII):139
Group at Picnic
undated
38/64
487(XII):140
People talking
undated
38/65
487(XII):141
People talking
undated
38/66
487(XII):142
Group at picnic
undated
38/67
487(XII):143
Group at picnic
undated
38/68
487(XII):144
Group at picnic
undated
38/69
487(XII):145
Group at picnic
undated
38/70
487(XII):146
Group at picnic
undated
38/71
487(XII):147
Women at picnic
undated
38/72
487(XII):148
At picnic Ken Ralston, Larry
Gill, Isabelle Johnson
undated
38/73
487(XII):149
At picnic, Bill Stockton
undated
38/74
487(XII):150
Laubui and LaDonna getting
autograph
undated
39/1
487(XII):151
Shope and one of his horses
undated
39/2
487(XII):152
Woman speaking
undated
39/3
487(XII):153
Group at conference
undated
39/4
487(XII):154
Man speaking
undated
39/5
487(XII):155
Man speaking
undated
39/6
487(XII):156
People at conference
undated
39/7
487(XII):157
Man and woman at function
undated
39/8
487(XII):158
People talking
undated
39/9
487(XII):159
Group at conference
1960, June
39/10
487(XII):160
People talking
1960, June
39/11
487(XII):161
People eating
1960, June
39/12
487(XII):162
Unidentified man
1960, June
39/13
487(XII):163
People talking
1960, June
39/14
487(XII):164
Branson Sterenson and woman
(probably wife) from Great Falls
undated
39/15
487(XII):165
Man talking
undated
39/16
487(XII):166
Men with car
undated
39/17
487(XII):167
Mac Lewis and Ben Pursley,
Billings branch-exhibit chairman
1958, December
39/18
487(XII):168
Group of people
undated
39/19
487(XII):169
Women at craft sale
undated
39/20
487(XII):170
Women at craft sale
undated
39/21
487(XII):171
People talking
undated
39/22
487(XII):172
Group of people
undated
39/23
487(XII):173
Photo by Bob Fehlberg
undated
39/24
487(XII):174
Spider Web photo by Ernest
Bruffey
undated
39/25
487(XII):175
Two men standing outside of a
building
undated
39/26
487(XII):176
Burn
undated
39/27
487(XII):177
People among mountains
undated
39/28
487(XII):178
"North of the Milk" by Ernest
Bruffey
undated
39/29
487(XII):179
Unidentified European city from
WWI
undated
39/30
487(XII):180
MIA festival
1950
39/31
487(XII):181
MIA festival
1950
39/32
487(XII):182
MIA festival
1950
39/33
487(XII):183
MIA festival
1950
39/34
487(XII):184
MIA festival
1950
39/35
487(XII):185
MIA festival
1950
39/36
487(XII):186
MIA festival
1950
39/37
487(XII):187
MIA festival, Pottery wheel
1950
39/38
487(XII):188
Billings Arts Association
Christmas showing student Union-EMCE campus
1957, December
39/39
487(XII):189
Billings Arts Association
Christmas Showing
1957, December
39/40
487(XII):190
Billings Arts Association
Christmas showing
1957, December
39/41
487(XII):191
Billings Arts Association
Christmas showing
1957, December
39/42
487(XII):192
Pottery in foreground is
stoneware, wheel through and created by Lyndon Pomeroy (and letter from Lyndon
Pomeroy with descriptions of 192-200)
39/43
487(XII):193
Figure group, potter figure, bowl
and covered jar by Mae Louis bottles in back by Kay Smith of Butte,
unidentified women
undated
39/44
487(XII):194
Bob Hendrickson demonstrating gem
faceting
undated
39/45
487(XII):195
Bob Morrison demonstrating the
process of lithography
undated
39/46
487(XII):196
Hal Dietemann and Ted Waddell
demonstrating to Baby Morrtgomen and others the process of centrifugal casting
undated
39/47
487(XII):197
Ethel Ann Edwards of Lewiston
among craft exhibit
undated
39/48
487(XII):198
Ethel Ann Edwards of Lewiston,
examining Mae Lewis's sculpture foreground shapes by Kay Smith, Butte
undated
39/49
487(XII):199
Festival director and his sister,
Mrs. Al Leidie of Billings, looking over Mai Lewis's "The Frontier Family"
undated
39/50
487(XII):200
Group of Billings people
examining pottery exhibit
undated
39/51
487(XII):201
Frolie in Black and white by
Manker
undated
39/52
487(XII):202
August by Leia Anfie
undated
39/53
487(XII):203
Picture of Joseph Kinsey Howard
undated
39/54
487(XII):204
Studio of Charlie Russell during
his professional painting days
undated
39/55
487(XII):205
C.M. Russell gallery, Great Falls
undated
39/56
487(XII):206
Map of little festival showings
(Montana)
1954-1955, 1957-1958
39/57
487(XII):207
Wearings at the 7th annual
festival
1955
39/58
487(XII):208
Charcoal drawing by James M.
Haughey
1958
39/59
487(XII):209
Exhibits in the 1960 festival
undated
39/60
487(XII):210
Horse drawing by Gilberta Manker
1961
39/61
487(XII):211
Metal Buffalo sculpture by Lyndon
Pomeroy
undated
39/62
487(XII):212
Drawings by James E. Dew
1963
39/63
487(XII):213
Peter Voulkos throwing a pot
1964
39/64
487(XII):214
Exhibits at the 1966 festival
1966
39/65
487(XII):215
Paintings Combine XXIX by Charles
Daugherty
1968
39/66
487(XII):216
Painting working herd by J.K.
Ralston
1969
39/67
487(XII):217
Gallery Talk by Raymond Campeau,
1972 festival
1972
39/68
487(XII):218
Silk screens from her African
Series by Jessie Wilber
1972
39/69
487(XII):219
Painting The Pit by Raymond
Cambeau
1972
39/70
487(XII):220
Magazine cover by Jessie Wilber
1974
39/71
487(XII):221
Sculpture Edmonton Trader by Jack
Weaver
1975
39/72
487(XII):222
Marketplace at 1975 festival,
Virginia and E.H. Loeffler
39/73
487(XII):223
Blown glass by David Cornell
1976
39/74
487(XII):224
Magazine cover by Lyndon Pomeroy
Fall
1953
39/75
487(XII):225
The Taxation of mines in Montana by Louis Levine,
Ph. D. Book Cover
undated
39/76
487(XII):226
The Frontier A magazine of the Northwest, cover
1933
March
39/77
487(XII):227
University of Montana--Missoula
Campus
(ca.
1900)
39/78
487(XII):228
Unidentified man
undated
39/79
487(XII):229
Edward C. Elliot, Chancellor of
the Montana University System from 1916 thru 1922
undated
39/80
487(XII):230
Lewis Orvis Evans
undated
39/81
487(XII):231
Man in front of building
undated
39/82
487(XII):232
Empty room with sunlight shining
through window
undated
39/83
487(XII):233
H. G. Merriam
1930
39/84
487(XII):234
H. G. Merriam
1939
39/85
487(XII):235
H. G. Merriam and group
1952
39/86
487(XII):236
H. G. Merriam and group
1954
39/87
487(XII):237
H. G. Merriam and Dr. Harold Urey
undated
39/88
487(XII):238
H. G. Merriam and another before
ceremony
1979
39/89
487(XII):239
H. G. Merriam-multiple shots,
contact negatives
undated
39/90
487(XII):240
Museum of the Plains Indian,
Frank Bird Linderman exhibit
1962
39/91
487(XII):241
Museum of the Plains Indian,
Norman Linderman Waller
1962
39/92
487(XII):242
Mrs. E. Douglas Branch
1942
39/93
487(XII):243
H.L. Davis, Portal, AZ
1930
39/94
487(XII):244
Mary Ronan
undated
39/95
487(XII):245
Paul W. Anderson and friends of
Merriam ("Herron" on far left)
1939
39/96
487(XII):246
Clare Aven Thomson, South Seas
with turtle
undated
39/96
487(XII):247
Care Aven Thomson, South Seas
with sail fish
undated
39/97
487(XII):248
Badger Clarke
undated
39/98
487(XII):249
Man at pottery
wheel (negative)
undated
39/99
487(XII):250
Portrait
(negatives)
undated
Negs. box
487(XII):172
Group of people
undated
Negs. box
487(XII):234
H. G. Merriam, New York
1939
Negs. box
487(XII):239
H. G. Merriam
1973
Negs. box
487(XII):239
H. G. Merriam
1973
Negs. box
487(XII):243
Farm house
undated
Negs. box
487(XII):244
Unidentified man
undated
Negs. box
487(XII):245
Visitors at art exhibit
undated
Negs. box
487(XII):246
H. G. Merriam
undated