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Frank Ivan Merchant papers

Frank Ivan Merchant papers

Archives Record Series:  14/04/10

Frank Ivan Merchant,  (1855-1951).  Papers, (1851-1978).

Biography
Frank Ivan Merchant was born in New York City in1855.  He received his bachelor's degree from Shurtleff College in 1880 and his master's degree and doctorate from the University of Berlin.  He taught at the University of South Dakota from 1890 through 1903, and then studied for a year in Rome.  He joined the faculty of what is now the University of Northern Iowa in 1907 as a member of the Latin faculty.  He served as the head of the variously named language departments from 1909 until his retirement from active service in 1934.  He died in 1951.  He willed his estate to the University of Northern Iowa to fund scholarships for alumni of that school to pursue graduate education.

Papers
This collection was apparently transferred to the University Archives by the Merchant Trust Committee following Professor Merchant's death in 1951.  The collection includes journals kept by Professor Merchant's mother, Candace Downs Merchant; Merchant family biographical information; family photographs; addresses by Professor Merchant; and business and legal documentation associated with the administration of the Merchant estate. 

The journals kept by Candace Downs Merchant during her time with her family in Europe are particularly interesting.


Container Inventory

Box 1

  • Candace Downs Merchant journals:  July 2, 1887-April 28, 1889; May 2, 1889-August 19, 1889; August 25, 1889-July 10, 1899 (with gaps); October 23, 1903-August 2, 1904; October 16, 1907-April 19, 1910; May 11, 1910-May 26, 1915
  • Candace Downs Merchant journals transcriptions:  August 17, 1887-September 23, 1889; October 23, 1903-August 2, 1904

 

Box 2

  • Biographical and genealogical information
  • Last will and testament of Frank Ivan Merchant
  • Merchant family obituaries
  • Merchant family photographs
  • Frank Ivan Merchant estate documents and correspondence
  • Merchant trust documents and correspondence
  • Merchant library--lists of books from Frank Ivan Merchant's library
  • Historical review of the Merchant Scholarship:  research paper by Mari L. Carmichael, 1978

 

Box 3

  • De Ciceronis Partitionibus Oratoriis Commentatio, Berlin, July 5, 1890--doctoral dissertaion of Frank Ivan Merchant
  • Publications and addresses of Frank Ivan Merchant
  • Dissertations in the Merchant library
  • Correspondence regarding translations
  • Account book kept by Albert Merchant, father of Frank Ivan Merchant
  • Shurtleff College publications
  • Iowa State Teachers College personnel form for Frank ivan Merchant
  • Iowa State Teachers College administrative correspondence
  • Notebook given to Frank Ivan Merchant in appreciation for his work on the Codification Committee, 1923

 

Box 4

  • Mementoes and unidentified images

 

Box 5

  • Mementoes and unidentified images

Collection arranged and inventory developed by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson; last updated February 4, 2011.
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