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Materials Assembled by Mylon Merriam
BOX2 mA01.1 Collection of photos taken by Mylon Merriam while on expedition, 1948
10X13 cm.
90 black and white photographs, various sizes, various subjects, during the setup of the eclipse viewing camp
Merriam, Mylon
BOX2 mA01.2 Collection of photos taken by Mylon Merriam while on expedition, 1948
25X20 cm.
43 black and white photographs, various sizes, various subjects, during the setup of the eclipse viewing camp
Merriam, Mylon
FOLDER16 mA01.3 Collection of photos taken by Mylon Merriam while on expedition, 1948
29X36 cm.
2 black and white photographs, various sizes, various subjects, during the setup of the eclipse viewing camp
BOX3 mA02 Proposed Plan for Observation of the Solar Eclipse, May 1948, May 1948
Proposal dated 28 November 1947
BOX3 mA03 Travel Orders Memo to the commanding General, Air Transport Command from the Adjudant General, Department of the Army, 19 February 1948, February 19, 1948
2 copies
Goto,S. and Yamasaki, M.
BOX3 mA04 Cinematographic Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of June 19, 1936, May 1937
Reprint from Popular Astronomy, Vol.XLV, No. 5, May 1937
BOX3 mA05 Camera Techician's Record, May 9, 1948
BOX3 mA06 Eclipse Expedition Gazette, Vol.1, No.3, April 23, 1948
BOX3 mA07 Eclipse Expedition Gazette, Five Star Final, April 29, 1948
Johnston, John P.M.
BOX3 mA08 Correspondence from John Johnston to Mr. Merriam and Mr. Rubin, April 1, 1948
Johnston, John P.M.
BOX3 mA09 Correspondence from John Johnston to Mr. Merriam, April 12, 1948
O'Keefe, John A.
BOX3 mA10 Correspondence from John A. O"Keefe to Mr. Merriam, April 2, 1948
BOX3 mA11 National Geographic Society Eclipse Expedition - Packing List, 1948
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mA12 Correspondence from Mylon Merriam to Mother, July 18, 1948
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mA13 Correspondence from Mylon Merriam to Aunt Bessie, July 3, 1948
Caulkins, Charles
BOX3 mA14 Correspondence from Charles Caulkins to Mylon Merriam, April 14, 1948
Includes a newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper. April 3, 1948. Title is "Sun's Eclipse Delays Elections in Korea".
Hoberecht, Earnest
BOX3 mA15 Front page, Nippon Times-Sunday, May 9, 1948, May 9, 1948
Article on front page entitled, "Scientist on Rebun Jima All Set fpr Eclipse Today" by Earnest Hoberecht
Hoberecht, Earnest
BOX3 mA16 Front page, Pacific Stars and Stripes-Monday, May 10, 1948, Japan Edition, May 10, 1948
Article on front page entitled, "Scientists Pleased With Eclipse Observations" by Earnest Hoberecht
Hoberecht, Earnest
BOX3 mA17 Front page, Nippon Times-Monday May 10, 1948, May 10, 1948
Article on front page entitled, "Costly Wclipse Expedition at Rebun Jima is Success" by Earnest Hoberecht
Johnston, John P. M.
BOX3 mA18 Correspondence from John Johnston to Mylon Merriam, July 28, 1948
JPMJ
BOX3 mA19 Correspindence from "JPMJ" to Mrs. Booth-January 18, 1949, January 18, 1949
Carbon copy sent to Mylon Merriam
The National Geographic Society
BOX3 mA20 Certificate of Membership in the National Geographic Society for Mylon Merriam, January 1, 1949
Miyadi, Masai
BOX3 mA21 On the Radio Time Signals for the Eclipse, May 9, 1948., May 9, 1948
Astronomer of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka near Tokyo
Signal Corps, U. S. Army
BOX3 mA22 Diagram of the Solar Eclipse of May 8-9, 1948-
Section XXIII, Fig.1. Photostat, Signal Corps, U. S. Army
Army Map Service
FOLDER17 mA23.1 Hokkaido 1:50,000 Rebun-Jima, First Edition-AMS 2, Sheet 6383 - III, 1945
50 X 57 cm.
Army Map Service
FOLDER17 mA23.2 Japan Road Map 1:1,000,000 Central Japan-Type A-AMS 1, Sheet 2, 1945
110 X 71 cm.
Army Map Service
FOLDER17 mA23.3 Northern Japan 1:250,000 Sheets 21, 22, 27, 28, 1944
100 X 73 cm.
Parts of four sheets glued together
Army Map Service
FOLDER17 mA23.4 Japan Road Map 1:1,000,000 Northern Japan-Type A - AMS 1, Sheet 1, 1945
90 X 70 cm.
Army Map Service
BOX3 mB1 News Bulletin-Subject: AMS Employee awarded Secretary of the Army's Research andStudy Fellowship, 1956
Orth, Franklin L.
BOX3 mB2 Correspondence from Franklin Orth, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, to Mylon Merriam-Subject: Orders, March 19, 1957
Brucker, W.M.
BOX3 mB3 From W. M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army - Army Fellowship Winners Meet the President-Subject: Orders, March 18, 1957
Dept. of the Army
BOX3 mB4 Civilian Personnel News Letter-"Army Fellowship Winners Meet the President, November-December 1956
Picture and article
BOX3 mB5 International Cartography Course, 1957
Discussed are the object of the course, instruction, eligibility, and number of participants
BOX3 mB6 Report of Fellowship Activities, Secretary of the Army's Reserch and Study Fellowship, March 20, 1957- April7,1958
Original Personal File Copy and photocopy included. Attached to the original are Photos of the AMS Map Exhibits
BOX3 mB7 Secretary of the Army's Research and Study Fellowships; Review of Post-Fellowship Activities, March 20, 1957- April 3, 1962
Attached - Correspondence from S. Carlisle Botts to Mr. Mylon Merriam-April 3, 1962
BOX3 mB8 Memorandum and Record - Secretary of the Army's Fellowship Report Outline fromMylon Merriam to unknown., April 14, 1958
BOX3 mB9 Landeskarte 2 and 3 Color Shaded Relief
The material in this folder refers to the "SARS Fellowship Report, Exhibit 3." It includes aerial photos, some relief map drawings, map clippings with color tests, notes and diagrams of grey scales and color scales.
BOX3 mC01 Handwritten List: "Works by Mylon Merriam that I have (TRY) 1984"., 1984
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC02 The Terrain Model and the Topographic Map
Presented at the 1962 St. Louis ACSM-ASP Meeting; 4 copies
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC03 The Conversion of Aerial Photography to Symbolised Maps, 1965
From "The Cartigraphic Journal": Journal of the British Cartographic Society; Published copy and type copy
Merriam, Mylon and St. Clair, John
BOX3 mC04 The Use of Photography to Achieve Basic Principes of Map Design, June 1960
Reprinted from Photogrammetric Engineering
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC05 A Film Technique for Artist [n.p.], 1936
Also included a "Certificate of Copyright Registration" from the Library of Congress November 11, 1936. Hand written notes also were included in an envelope.
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC06 Bench Camera, September 1952
Reprint from International Archives of Photogrammetry Proceedings of 7th International Congress of Photogrammetry. 2 copies
Army Map Service
BOX3 mC07 Bench Camera Photography and Possible Cartographic Applications, November 1956
[Probably created from work done by Merriam]
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC08 A New Photo Method for Measuring Three Dimensional Objects, 1956
Reprinted from Photographic Engineering. Vol.7, No. 2 1956; This paper was given at the "Symposium on the Influence of the Map User on Map Design", at Queen's University , Kingston, Canada September 1970.
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC09 Eye Noise and Map Design, 1970
From Monograph No. 2:"Map Design and the Map User,Toronto;B.V. Dept. of Geography, York University 1971
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC10 Point Focus Photography 100 ft. 16 mm film, June 2, 1939
"Certificate of Copyright Registration" from the Library of Congress. Another copy was sent on October 7, 1939
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC11 Correspondence: From Mylon Merriam to Walt Disney, June 22, 1938
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC12 The Terrain Model and the Topographic Map, 1962
Paper prepared for the Relief Portrayal Panel, ASP-ACSM Conference, St. Louis, MO. September 14, 1962
Merriam, Mylon
BOX3 mC13 Cube on Parabola, January 31, 1938
Certificate of Copyright from the Library of Congress concerning a Motion Picture "Cube on Parabola"
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