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Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Preferred Citation

Restrictions on Use

Subject Terms

Container List [ + ]

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Guide to the Charles A. Merrill Papers

Prepared by Prepared by David Evans, Student Assistant and Kristen Turner, Associate Archivist

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey

10/17/2008


Overview of Records

Record Creator: Merrill, Charles A.
Title: Charles A. Merrill Papers
Dates: 1856- 1896
Abstract: Charles A. Merrill was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister whose ministry was in the New England area. Included in these papers are diaries, pastoral records and some correspondence.
Resource ID: gcah.ms.2342



Biographical Note

Charles A. Merrill (1826- 1896) was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister. He graduated from the Theological Institute in Concord, New Hampshire in 1855. Later that year he joined the Providence ( later New England Southern) Conference and served churches in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. In 1867 he was transferred to the New England Conference and pastored churches in Springfield ( 1867- 1868), Ipswich (1869-1870), Rockport (1871-1873), Woburn (1874- 1875), Holyoke (1876-1877), Easthampton (1878), Monson (1879-1881), Winchendon (1882-1884), Oakdale (1885), Tapleyville (1886- 1887), and Maynard (1888-1890). He resigned from active work in 1890 due to health reasons.

Merrill married twice. His first wife, Sarah A. Foster, died in 1852. They had one child, Charles F. In 1855 he married M. Sophia Truesdell. They had three children, Elmer T., Clifton S., and Effie A.


Scope Note

This collection contains the papers of Charles A. Merrill. Included are five diaries dated 1856-1860. These contains short entries about daily life. There are also six pastor's record books dated 1861-1896. The years 1874- 1877 and 1881-1885 are missing. Scriptures used for sermons, financial notations, and membership information are listed in these books.

Additional information in this collection includes two letters. One is dated October 1895 and is from Henry C. Doughty, a nephew of Merrill's. The other letter is undated and impartial. There is a folder of biographical information on Merrill, mostly relating to his death. There are two church related items. One is a list of stewards in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Millville, Massachusetts. The other is a subscription list for the Rockport Church. Finally, a color map of Springfield, Massachusetts is included.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

All materials have been arranged chronologically when possible. Undated materials are placed in the front of each folder.


Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder,Charles A. Merrill Papers, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.


Restrictions on Use

Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.


Subject Terms

Subject Geographic
Massachusetts.
Genre
Maps.
Correspondence
Clippings
Journals
Diaries
Occupations
Minister.


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1306-4-7: 1 Diary, 1856 1856
1306-4-7: 2 Diary, 1857 1857
1306-4-7: 3 Diary, 1858 1858
1306-4-7: 4 Diary, 1859 1859
1306-4-7: 5 Diary, 1860 1860
1306-4-7: 6 Pastor's Record Book, 1861-1864 1861-1864
1306-4-7: 7 Pastor's Record Book, 1863-1869 1863-1869
1306-4-7: 8 Pastor's Record Book, 1869-1873 1869-1873
1306-4-7: 9 Pastor's Record Book, 1877-1880 1877-1880
1306-4-7: 10 Pastor's Record Book, 1885-1889 1885-1889
1306-4-7: 11 Pastor's Record Book, 1890-1896 1890-1896
1306-4-7: 12 Correspondence, 1895 1895
1306-4-7: 13 Biographical Information 1856-1896
1306-4-7: 14 Church Lists 1856-1896
1306-4-7: 15 Map of Springfield 1856-1896