1907 - 1910 ORIGINAL GROUP OF THREE [3] BIRD WATCHING DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT OF RIPON COLLEGE

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On offer is an interesting, original group of three [3] 1907 through 1910 birding journals handwritten by Edna Huntington Merrell the daughter of Edward Huntington Merrell (1835 - 1910) who was a reverend but also the President of Ripon College in Ripon Wisconsin between 1876 - 1891. He was married to Ada Clark Merrell. All of his children also went to Ripon College including Ada his daughter. Edna did her bird watching around the state of Wisconsin and also on campus. There are also many names of other birders when they would go in groups. All told there are 280 handwritten pages but her entries stop abruptly in March of 1910 the month her father died. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, EDNA HUNTINGTON MERRELL, EDWARD HUNTINGTON MERRELL, RIPON, BIRDING, BIRDERS, BIRD WATCHING, WISCONSIN, RIPON COLLEGE, WOMEN'S STUDIES, GENDER STUDIES, AMERICANA, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel, Show more