WTVN5Merkel.xml Paul J. Merkel Papers Inventory Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections

2003,2024
300 W Hawthorne Rd Spokane, WA 99251 Business Number: 509-777-4481 archives@whitworth.edu http://libguides.whitworth.edu/archives
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-01. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections Faculty Biographies – Paul J. Merkel N.5.Merkel 0.5 cubic feet 1960s-2002 1990s This collection contains various records from former Whitworth baseball coach, Paul J. Merkel. These records include personal and corporate correspondence, publications, and other records from Merkel's time during and after his coaching career at Whitworth University. English .

Paul J. Merkel (June 14, 1922 – August 24, 2002) lived nearly all of his life in and around the Spokane, Washington area. To Whitworth College he was "Mr. Baseball." Merkel returned from military service to Whitworth as a graduate assistant coach from 1946 to 1948. In 1956 he became head baseball coach, a position he held until 1971. His greatest coaching achievement came in 1960 when his baseball team won the N. A. I. A. National Championship. Merkel also served as athletic director from 1958-1972 and assisted with football from 1972 through 1987. He was the recipient of numerous coaching honors and awards. Upon his retirement in 1989 Whitworth College dedicated its baseball field as Merkel Field.

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Publications, newspaper clippings, correspondence, scrapbook, genealogy, and awards.

[Item]. Faculty Biographies: Paul J. Merkel N-5, Archives, Whitworth University (Spokane, WA).

 Whitworth College Paul J. Merkel Baseball Coach Introduction and Inventory 1 Newspaper Clippings 1960s-1990s 2 Personal Correspondence Various Dates 3 Publications 4 United States Baseball Federation Service Award Jan. 1990 5 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 1970-1996 6 Professional Crisis and Aftermath 1971-1991 7 Evaluation of Classroom Performance by Students 8 Testimonial Letters 1995 9 Corbin Community Center Activities 1991-1996 10 Kiwanis Ways and Means Committee 1997 11 Kiwanis Lend-a-Crib Committee 1996-1998 12 Heritage Luncheon and 50-Year Reunion May 14, 1994 13 Scrapbook 14 "Speech Making" (Quotations) 15 Memorial Service and Obituary 2002 16