George Byron Merrick Papers, 1838-1934

Contents List

Container Title
Wis Mss FK
Series: General Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1-5
1862-1901
Box   2
Folder   1-9
1902-1913
Box   3
Folder   1-4
1914-1934
Box   4
Folder   1
Letterbook, 1894-1897
Series: Subject Files
1st Congregational Church, Clerk's correspondence and reports
Box   4
Folder   2-4
1838-1899
Box   5
Folder   1
1900-1905
30th Wisconsin Infantry Association
Box   5
Folder   2
Correspondence
Box   5
Folder   3
Address lists
Box   5
Folder   4
Note books
Box   5
Folder   5
Bartlett, William W., article regarding Chippewa Valley, circa 1914
Box   5
Folder   6
Calling cards
Box   5
Folder   7
“Candling a Reef,” by Merrick
Civil War correspondence
Box   5
Folder   8
Governor
Box   5
Folder   9
Army of the Potomac general
Box   5
Folder   10-11
1st, 5th Army Corps general orders
Box   6
Folder   1
7th Wisconsin Light Artillery
Box   6
Folder   2
2nd, 3rd, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry
Box   6
Folder   3-5
1st-3rd Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   6-7
5th-6th Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   8
9th Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   9
18th-19th Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   10
22nd-23rd Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   11-13
25th-30th Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   14
33rd Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   15
35th-37th Wisconsin Infantry
Box   6
Folder   16
Miscellany
Box   6
Folder   17
Diary, 1871
Box   7
Folder   1-3
Genealogical research and data, 1893-1907
Box   7
Folder   4
Hoboken cottage insurance
Box   7
Folder   5A
Masonic tribute
Box   7
Folder   5B
Merrick, Laban, Receipts from Niles, Michigan, 1845-1852
Box   7
Folder   6
Nye, Bill, interview, 1924
Box   7
Folder   7
Painter, Frank, autobiography, 1916
Box   7
Folder   8
Rosebud Mission stock certificate, 1886
Scrapbooks
Box   8
Folder   1A
Madison letters for River Falls Journal, 1883-1889, and miscellaneous articles
Box   8
Folder   1B
Primarily Civil War articles by others
Box   8
Folder   2A
GAR
Box   8
Folder   2B
Primarily GAR and Merrick family
Box   29
Merrick and “Old Times,” 1909-1926
Twain, Mark
Box   8
Folder   3
“Question of the Ages,” circa 1911
Box   8
Folder   4
Scrapbook
Series: Steamboat Research and Writing Files
Advertising scrapbooks in unidentified account books
Box   27
Folder   1
“S.B.” (indexed)
Box   27
Folder   2
“Darrah” (indexed)
Box   9
Folder   1
Bill, Fred, “Steamboating on the Red River of the North,”
Bills of lading, 1850s
Box   9
Folder   2
A.G. Mason
Box   9
Folder   3
Admiral
Box   9
Folder   4
Alhambra
Box   9
Folder   5
Argo
Box   9
Folder   6
Asia
Box   9
Folder   7
Audubon
Box   9
Folder   8
Ben Campbell
Box   9
Folder   9
Black Hawk
Box   9
Folder   10
Clarion
Box   9
Folder   11
Conewago
Box   9
Folder   12
Cora
Box   9
Folder   13
Dan Convers
Box   9
Folder   14
Dan Hillman
Box   9
Folder   15
Diamond Jo
Box   9
Folder   16
Dubuque
Box   10
Folder   1
Editor
Box   10
Folder   2
Enterprise
Box   10
Folder   3
Excel
Box   10
Folder   4
Excelsior
Box   10
Folder   5
Falls City / Minnesota Belle
Box   10
Folder   6
Franklins (Dr., Lady, No. 2)
Box   11
Folder   1
Fred Lorenz
Box   11
Folder   2
Galena
Box   11
Folder   3
(New) Georgetown
Box   11
Folder   4
Greek Slave
Box   11
Folder   5
G.W. Sparhawk
Box   11
Folder   6
Hamburg
Box   11
Folder   7
Henrietta
Box   11
Folder   8
Julia Dear
Box   11
Folder   9
Kate Cassel
Box   11
Folder   10
Laclede
Box   11
Folder   11
Luella
Box   11
Folder   12
Mary (Highland)
Box   11
Folder   13
Montello
Box   11
Folder   14
New St. Paul
Box   11
Folder   15
Nominee
Box   12
Folder   1
Oakland
Box   12
Folder   2
Queen of the Yellow Banks
Box   12
Folder   3
Regulator
Box   12
Folder   4
Royal Arch
Box   12
Folder   5
Shayenne City
Box   12
Folder   6
Silas Wright
Box   12
Folder   7
Fanny Harris
Box   12
Folder   8
War Eagle
Box   12
Folder   9
West Newton
Box   12
Folder   10
Wyalusing, 1850-1855
Box   12
Folder   11-15
Miscellaneous steamboats, A-W
Box   12
Folder   16
Undecipherable names
Box   13
Folder   1-6
Correspondence, 1911-1918
Box   13
Folder   7
Diamond Jo Line history and Joseph Reynolds article
Box   13
Folder   8
Fragments
Box   13
Folder   9
“Genesis of Steam Navigation on Western Rivers,” by Merrick and Tibbals, undated
Index cards
Boats
Box   20
A-Fa
Box   21
Fi-Li
Box   22
Lo-Se
Box   23
Folder   1
Si-W
Officers
Box   23
Folder   2
A-Ce
Box   24
Ch-H
Box   25
I-Ri
Box   26
Ro-Y
Lists
Box   13
Folder   10
“Upper Mississippi, 1823-1862”
Box   13
Folder   11
Miscellaneous lists
Box   14
Folder   1-2
Memoranda, Indexed
Box   14
Folder   3
“Names of the Mississippi” note books
Old Times on the Upper Mississippi River
Box   14
Folder   4-5
Draft
Box   14
Folder   6
Manuscript cuts
Box   14
Folder   7
Correspondence with publishers, 1908-1912
Box   14
Folder   8
Reviews, 1909
Scrapbooks
Box   14
Folder   9
Alma
Box   28
General
Box   15
Folder   1-2
Alton (Indexed)
Box   15
Folder   3-6
John W. Darrah lists
Box   15
Folder   7
Diamond Jo Line
Box   15
Folder   8
Galena
Box   16
Folder   1
Galena
Box   16
Folder   2
J.S. fire
Box   16
Folder   3-4
Knapp, Henry E.
Box   16
Folder   5-6
Mississippi River
Prescott and Hudson (Indexed)
Box   16
Folder   7
Part A
Box   17
Folder   1
Part B
Box   17
Folder   2-3
St. Paul (Indexed)
Box   17
Folder   4-5
Van Sant
Box   17
Folder   6-7
Winona (Indexed)
“Steamboats and Steamboat Men” (column from Saturday Evening Post, Burlington, Iowa)
Box   17
Folder   8
Newspaper subscription advertisement
Box   18
Folder   1-4
Scrapbooks of printed columns, Vol. II-IX
Note: The Historical Society Library has cataloged a microfilm copy of these columns at call number P92-5337.
Box   18
Folder   5
Chapter fragments
Manuscript pages and correspondence fragments
Box   18
Folder   6-9
One sided draft pages
Box   19
Folder   1-4
Double-sided draft pages in which second side was reused for unrelated writings
PH 566
Series: Photographs