Bill Merrigan Collection
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
- Merrigan, Bill, Mr. (William Joseph) (Collector, Person)
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.
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.
- Air Asia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Air Asia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- CAT/Air America Archives Subject Source: Local sources
- CNRRA Air Transport Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- CNRRA Air Transport Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil Air Transport Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Convair 880 (Jet transport) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Taipei (Taiwan) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Merrigan, Bill, Mr. (William Joseph) (Donor, Person)
- 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
3020 Waterview Pkwy
SP2
Suite 11.206
Richardson Texas 75080 US
972-883-2570
LIBSPCO@utdallas.edu.