Fullerton Merrill Journal
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten journal by a member of the Peary Relief Expedition to Northwestern Greenland on ship Diana, summer of 1899. The first entry is dated Sunday, July 23, 1899. Included also is a small carved animal.
Dates
- Creation: 1899
Creator
- Merrill, Fullerton, 1876-1960 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Fullerton Merrill, son of Isaac H. and Ada F. Merrill, was born Oct. 6, 1876 in Bangor, Maine. In 1899 he joined a Peary Relief Expedition and sailed on the Diana to the Arctic to help resupply Peary's Arctic expedition. He married Grace Gardner in 1907 and around 1912 moved to Ellsworth, Maine. He died in 1960.
Extent
1 folder
Abstract
Handwritten journal by a member of the Peary Relief Expedition to Northwestern Greenland on ship Diana, summer of 1899. The first entry is dated Sunday, July 23, 1899. Included also is a small carved animal.
Subject
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 (Person)
- Diana (Ship) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Fullerton Merrill Journal
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
