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Janice Merrill-Oldham
Janice Elaine Merrill-Oldham (May 10, 1947 – October 5, 2011) was an American preservation librarian who was a preeminent figure in the field of library binding and conservation. She served as Malloy-Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian and director of the Weissman Preservation Center at the Harvard Library from 1995 to 2010. She founded and led the University of Connecticut Libraries' Preservation Department from 1983 to 1995. Early life and education Merrill-Oldham was born Janice "Jan" Merrill in Milford, Connecticut, on May 10, 1947. Her parents were Alice Cecarelli Merrill and James Hersey Merrill. She had one sibling, James Wallace Merrill. She was raised in Milford and spent summers with her grandparents in East Sumner, Maine. She graduated from Jonathan Law High School in 1965 and earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Connecticut in 1969. She began her career as a student employee in the Homer D. Babbidge Library. While employed in the Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Milford, Connecticut
Milford is a coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, between New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven and Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport. The population was 50,558 at the 2020 United States Census. The city includes the Village (Connecticut), village of Devon, Connecticut, Devon and the borough (Connecticut), borough of Woodmont, Connecticut, Woodmont. Milford is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, South Central Connecticut Planning Region. History Early history When the English first encountered the territory, the Paugusset (an Algonquian peoples, Algonquian-speaking tribe) predominated. English colonists affiliated with the contemporary New Haven Colony purchased land which today comprises Milford, Orange, Connecticut, Orange, and West Haven, Connecticut, West Haven on February 1, 1639, from Ansantawae, chief of the local Paugusset. They knew the area as ''Wepawaug,'' named for Wepawaug River, the small river which runs t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
