Guide to the James Douglas Merritt Papers,
1930-2002.

Collection Number: 7744

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Brenda Marston
Date completed:
January 2007
EAD encoding:
Michael Luther, January 2007

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
James Douglas Merritt papers, 1930-2002.
Collection Number:
7744
Creator:
James Douglas Merritt
Quantity:
12.0 cubic feet
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Personal journals, correspondence, and other personal papers.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Born Sept. 13, 1934, in Lebanon, N.H., he earned a doctorate in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1964 and served as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh and then at Brooklyn College, where he became a full professor. He retired in 1995. Merritt and his partner, John Payne Hawker, bought a home in Provincetown, Mass. around 1970, where he spent most summers and made frequent trips in the winter. He died Dec. 23, 2004.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal journals, correspondence, and other personal papers.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Merritt, James Douglas.

Subjects:
Gays' writings.
Gays--Social life and customs.

Places:
Provincetown (Mass.)--Social life and customs.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
James Douglas Merritt papers, #7744. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.