RALPH PALMER MERRITT

Death Valley 49'ers, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1964 first edition Inland Printing / Death Valley '49ers (Death Valley, California), 6 x 9 inches tall stapled paperbound pamphlet in green printed covers, 12 pp. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce biography. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~SP40~ An historical monograph issued for the 1964 Death Valley 49er Encampment, relating the life of Ralph Palmer Merritt (1883-1963), who served as president and managing director of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers from 1923-28, project director for US War Relocation Authority at Manzanar War Relocation Center, from 1942-1946 and University of California Regent, from 1923-30. As a director of the Death Valley '49ers, he helped spearhead the effort to create the museum in Death Valley.