ARCHIVE of ADA CLARK MERRELL, b.1856 d.1934, of RIPON, WISCONSIN (Wife of EDWARD H. MERRELL, second President of Ripon College). COMPILED AND HANDWRITTEN by ADA CLARK MERRELL, circa 1920s - 1950s.

Large, personal, in-depth archive on the genealogy of the Merrill, Clark and Related Families.

Includes 100s of handwritten pages, stuffed scrapbooks, notebooks, letters, etc. An incredibly comprehensive work that must have taken many years to compile and write. The papers and items have been separated into folders, most with an identifying post-it note on the front, likely by a relative or close friend. One post-it note reads; "Genealogy Papers as Found Together in A.C. Merrell's Trunk".

Includes:

Notebook filled with 148 pages of handwritten genealogy on the Clark and related families;

a folder with 25 manuscript pages;

a folder with letters and 25 pages of genealogy information;

a folder with about 54 manuscript pages plus genealogy charts and a Daughters of the American Revolution application;

a folder with 14 letters, 23 manuscript genealogy pages, some programs, and George C. Merrill biographical information;

packet of 20 or so manuscript genealogy papers and documents "found loose in Ada Merrell's Trunk";

more loose papers "found in AC Merrell's trunk" related to the Clark family, and to a Merrell Family Reunion;

a hardcover binder with a post-it title on the front cover that reads: "Ada Clark Merrell's genealogy research - 45 pages mostly handwritten, photos and postcards, DAR documents";

a hardcover binder with a label that reads: "Ada Clark Merrell's genealogy research and some writings, 149 pages plus other items mostly handwritten, a few typed, some clippings".

CONDITION: Lots of flaking to the edges of the old manila folders and some of the more fragile papers, but, with few exceptions, the manuscript pages, letters, documents, etc. are fully legible and in fairly good condition, with expected folds, edgewear, some stains, etc.

PLUS a FIRST EDITION COPY of ADA CLARK MERRELL'S book "LIFE AND POEMS OF CLARISSA TUCKER TRACY". Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1908. Hardcovers, 150 pages. Illustrated. GOOD condition, the title page is pulling from its binding (though still holding well) and there is a small chip to the top edge, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

A TREASURE TROVE OF GENEALOGY researched and written by ADA CLARK MERRILL of the NOTED RIPON, WISCONSIN, MERRELL FAMILY.

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