Keith Merrill papers 1915-1985 1940-1945

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Keith Merrill papers 1915-1985 1940-1945

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1480

The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, cables, and printed material concerning economic warfare assembled by Keith Merrill when he served with the Board of Economic Warfare during World War II. Merrill intended to write a history of economic warfare, with emphasis on the violation of neutrality by the Swedes, and drafts of his manuscript are included in the papers.

1.25 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351410

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Merrill, Keith, 1887-

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Keith Merrill was born on April 2, 1887 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Yale University in 1911 and in 1914 he received a LL.B. from Harvard University. Merrill served in the United States Foreign Service from 1917 until 1937. He was in the U.S. Naval Reserve and served as assistant to Captain W. D. Puleston, Navy liaison officer to the Board of Economic Warfare, from 1942 to 1946. He married Mary Katherine Ayer on May 7, 1917; they had three children: Keith, Jr., Rosem...