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| Title | Mercer, Dr. Samuel. Dr. Samuel Mercer papers |
| Author of Finding Aid | Flaherty, Sara M.
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| Subject | Mercer, Samuel A. B. (Samuel Alfred Browne), b. 1880
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| Scope and Content of Fonds | This file consists of two documents, both relating to Dr. Samuel A. B. Mercer, a Newfoundland born professor of Semantic Languages and Egyptology. The first is a letter written by Mercer to a family friend named Mary. The letter is very general, containing little insight on the writer or the recipient. The second document is Mercer's obituary dated January 13, 1969 from an unknown newspaper source, detailing his career as an Egyptologist and listing several of the honours bestowed on him for his work in that field. |
| Date of Finding Aid | 2000 |
| Extent of Fonds | 2 pages of text |
| Creator of Content | Mercer, Samuel A. B. (Samuel Alfred Browne), b. 1880
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| Date of Content | 1949-04-04; 1969-01-13 |
| Resource Type | Finding Aid |
| Type | Text |
| Format | Text/XML |
| Identifier | MF-348 |
| Language | eng |
| Provenance | Found in 1990 in a copy of Dr. Mercer's autobiography entitled A Brief Autobiography acquired by the Centre for Newfoundland Studies book collection. |
| Collection | Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids (EAD) |
| Sponsor | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Division |
| Restrictions | There are no restrictions on access. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 120.xml |
