Merritt, Ralph Palmer, 1883-1963

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Merritt was born on Feb. 26, 1883 in Rio Vista, CA; BS, UC Berkeley, 1907; president and managing director, Sun Maid Raisin Growers, 1923-28; project director for US War Relocation Authority (WRA) at Manzanar War Relocation Center, CA, Nov. 1942-Mar. 1946; UC Regent, 1923-30; died on Apr. 3, 1963 in Los Angeles, CA.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1940-1950. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39812836

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Merritt was born on February 26, 1883 in Rio Vista, California; BS, University of California at Berkeley, 1907; president and managing director, Sun Maid Raisin Growers, 1923-28; project director for US War Relocation Authority (WRA) at Manzanar War Relocation Center, California, November 1942-March 1946; UC Regent, 1923-30; died on April 3, 1963 in Los Angeles, California.

From the guide to the Ralph Palmer Merritt Papers, ca. 1940-1950, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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referencedIn Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Merritt, Ralph Palmer, 1883-1963. Ralph P. Merritt telegram : to Hoover Republican Club, San Francisco, Calif : typescript, 1920 June 11. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Manzanar War Relocation Center Records, 1942-1946 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
creatorOf Ralph Palmer Merritt Papers, ca. 1940-1950 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
creatorOf Burdette, Clara Bradley, 1855-1954. Papers of Clara Bradley Burdette, 1843-1954. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Carden, Georgiana Caroline. Georgiana Caroline Carden papers, 1920-1946. California Digital Library
creatorOf Manzanar War Relocation Center Records, 1942-1946 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
referencedIn Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing] Bancroft Library
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associatedWith Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office corporateBody
associatedWith Burdette, Clara Bradley, 1855-1954. person
associatedWith Camp Hahn. corporateBody
associatedWith Camp Hahn. corporateBody
associatedWith Carden, Georgiana Caroline. person
associatedWith Death Valley All Souls Memorial Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. person
associatedWith Hoover Republican Club of California. corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945. person
associatedWith Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943. person
associatedWith Manzanar War Relocation Center. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California (System). Regents corporateBody
associatedWith Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927. person
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Birth 1883

Death 1963

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