ELWIN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

WEBSTER MERRIFIELD PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #146 (addition)

DATES: 1909, 1915-1916

SIZE: 3 folders

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Webster Merrifield Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Robert F. Nuessle, Bismarck, North Dakota, on January 15, 1981 (Acc. #81-727).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTION:William L. Nuessle Papers, OGL#44

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Webster Merrifield Papers dates from 1909-1916. Included is the text of remarks delivered by Merrifield at the memorial service for Professor John Macnie on November 2, 1909. Also included are three letters from Merrifield to the William Nuessle family of Bismarck. William L. Nuessle graduated from UND in 1899, and maintained a strong friendship with Merrifield. The correspondence includes one letter dated January 15, 1915, from Merrifield to William Nuessle, Jr.; one letter dated December 13, 1915, to William Nuessle, Sr.; and one letter dated January 15, 1916, to Robert and William Nuessle, Jr. This final letter was written only one week before Merrifield died on January 22, 1916.

Three newspaper clippings reporting Merrifield’s death, the program from the UND memorial service for Merrifield, and “Webster Merrifield: An Appreciation” from the March 1917 University of North Dakota Departmental Bulletins, is also included.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 2
Folder

7. “In Memoriam, Professor John Macnie,” delivered by Merrifield, November 2, 1909
8. Correspondence: January 15, 1915 - January 15, 1916
9. Newspaper clippings: 1916

10. Program from the UND memorial service for Merrifield, February 12, 1916; “Webster Merrifield: An Appreciation,” University of North Dakota Departmental Bulletins, March 1917

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