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Bill Merrigan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CA067-13

Scope and Content

The collection arrived in good condition and was initially processed with only a container list as description. Due to a change of the content management system, further description proved to be necessary.

Dates

  • 1946 - 1972
  • Majority of material found within 1962 - 1972

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection is in English.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection are open for research.

Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Biographical Sketch

William Joseph Merrigan was employed as Assitant to Secretary stationed in Taipei by Air America and several of its affiliated companies on June 11, 1962 until his resignation on December 13, 1974.

Sources

Source
"Bill Merrigan Collection", Finding Aid, History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet ((One manuscript box).)

Abstract

Bill Merrigan was employed by Air America and several of its affiliated companies.

Series Description

This collection contains material from CNRRA Air Transport in 1946, Southern Air Transport, CAT/Air America and Air Asia. It is arranged in chronological order with material from the Department of the Air Force treated separately.

Provenance Statement

The Bill Merrigan Collection were donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Bill Merrigan.

Additional Sources

Additional information can be found in the History of Aviation Archives in the following collections:

CAT/Air America Archives.

Image ID

It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.

Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, series, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.

Record Group Code

1 = CAT/Air American Archives

2 = Doolittle Archives

3 = Lighter than Air Archives

4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

5 = History of Aviation Archives

6 = University Archives

7 = HAC Stacks

8 = WPRL Stacks

9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection

10 = Belsterling Collection

11 = Closed Stacks

12 = Unidentified

13 = Chance Vought Archives

14 = Twirly Birds Archives

Image Format Code

P = Photograph/Postcard

S = Slide

N = Negative

T = Positive Transparency

B = Black and White

C = Color

Example: 4BIM-1-1-PC1

4 = CAT/Air American Archives

BIM = Bill Merrigan Collection

= Series Number

1 = Box Number

1 = Folder Number

P = Photograph/Postcard

C = Color

1 = Image Number

Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.

Title
Guide to the Bill Merrigan Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Thomas Allen, PhD, CA. 2018-06-04.
Date
2018-06-04
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English (eng)
Edition statement
First revision by Thomas Allen, PhD, CA. 2018-06-04. Second revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2021-01-06.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. Repository

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