Theodore (Ted) Reed Merrell III Slides Taken at Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska
SPEC.PA.56.0245
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
0.2 Cubic feet
1965-1966, 1971
Theodore (Ted) Reed Merrell III (1948-2024) was a summer field hand for the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies at the camp at Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska in 1965-1966. The Theodore (Ted) Reed Merrell III Slides Taken at Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska date from 1965-1966 and 1971, and consist of color 35mm slides individually labeled with captions taken by Merrell, Roger Burnard, or Milton Trautman, and include photographs of members of the team, the ship
Nunatak, camps, landscapes, plants, and animals from the area. The slides from 1971 were taken by Merrell, and document a return visit to the places he worked in Glacier Bay during 1965-1966.
(1) 2.5" letter document box
English
Merrell, Theodore Reed, III
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is comprised of six separate sets of slides that are arranged in chronological order based on when the images were taken; some sets were taken at the same time, and these sets are further arranged in alphabetical order by a topical title given to each set by Theodore Merrell.
Within each set of slides, individual slides were numbered and given captions by Merrell, and are arranged in numerical order. The sets arrived with some numbers missing.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. PA.2025.0013: Bruce Merrell, 2024 December
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Theodore (Ted) Reed Merrell III Slides Taken at Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska, SPEC.PA.56.0245, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Contains 35mm color slides.
Access to Materials
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Processing Information
Processed by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2025 June; Finding aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2025 June
Biographical Note
Theodore (Ted) Reed Merrell III (1948-2024) was a summer field hand for the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies at the camp at Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska in 1965-1966. Following his time as a field hand, Merrell joined the United States Army in 1967, where he served as a paratrooper and machine gunner in Vietnam. After he was discharged from the Army, he became a commercial fisherman in Alaska.
Scope and Contents
The Theodore (Ted) Reed Merrell III Slides Taken at Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay, Alaska date from 1965-1966 and 1971, and consist of color 35mm slides individually labeled with captions by Merrell. The slides dating to 1965 and 1966 were taken by Merrell, Roger Burnard, or Milton Trautman, and include photographs of members of the team, the ship
Nunatak, camps, landscapes, plants, and animals from the area. The slides from 1971 were taken by Merrell, and document a return visit to the places he worked in Glacier Bay during 1965-1966. Each folder in the collection represents a labelled set of slides from Merrell.
Burnard, Roger K. (Roger Keith)
Merrell, Theodore Reed, III
Ohio State University. Institute of Polar Studies
Trautman, Milton B. (Milton Bernhard), 1899-1991
Color slides
Glacier Bay (Alaska)--Research
Glaciers--Alaska--20th century
Glaciology--Research--Alaska--20th century
Ichthyologists--Alaska--20th century
Plants--Alaska
Summer employment--Alaska--20th century
Teenage boys--Alaska--20th century
Burnard (Roger), Milton Trautman Glacier Bay
1
1
1965
1: Nunatak
2: Glacier Bay scientists on Nunatak
3: Cameras of Glacier Bay party
4: IPS group leaving Juneau on Nunatak
5: Captain Jim Saunders
6: Nyman (Bob)
7: Nunatak
8: Nunatak
9: Nunatak at BARCO
10: First day in Glacier Bay
11: Thick ice going in
12: Laminated berg
13: Frickie (Don), Doctor Good, Roger Burnard, Doctor Ugolini, Doctor Delong
14: Camp 2 June
15: Camp 2 July
16: IPS group at Camp 2
17: Mount Adams and Mount Case
18: Muir Inlet
19: Camp 2 area
20: Casement Glacier
21: Roger and Ted casement outwash
22: Ted looking at Casement
23: Camp 1
24: C-1 camp
25: Camp 1
26: Mount Wright foot hills
27: Mount Wright from C-1
28: Mount Wright
29: Muir Inlet from Mount Wright
30: Bergs in inlet
31: IPS group near Forest Creek
32: Fiberglass and klapper boat
33: Wood boat
34: Goat Camp 1
35: Goat at Camp 1
36: Goat Camp 1
37: Riggs Glacier
39: Camp 3 from Nunatak
40: Nunatak cove
41: Camp 3
42: Ted and Cross at Goose Cove
43: Blue berg
44: Muir Glacier
46: Ted near Adams Inlet
47: Dryas
48: Fireweed June
49: Fireweed July
50: Burnard
51: Black lily
52: Burnard June
53: Burnard July
54: Sea lungwort
55: Pyrola
56: Burnard June
57: Willow pharmigan
58: Rock pharmigan
59: Young gull (Herring or gl. wing)
60: Short-billed gull
61: Pelagic cormorant young
62: Baby Jaeger
63: Varied thrush (young)
64: Ted and "flapper" goose, Adams Inlet
65: Doctor Trautman making baby jaegar skin
66: Dolly Varden trout, 18 inches
67: Bear, goose, and people tracks
68: Ted-Forest Creek
69: Forest Creek
70: Doctors Trautman and Preston
71: Ted and Doctor Preston at Forest Creek
72: Ted and Fio playing "firebug"
73: Entire IPS group minus Doctor Trautman at Camp 2
74: Doctor Richard P. Goldthwait
75: Doctor Milton B. Trautman
76: Doctor Dwight M. DeLong
77: Doctor Fiorenzo Ugolini
78: Doctor Gene Good
79: Doctor Henry Decker
80: Frickie (Don)
81: Goldthwait (Tom)
82: Burnard (Roger)
83: Our last big berg, the day we left
84: Sunset C-2
Trautman (Milton)
1
2
1965
1: Camp 1: Ted, Fio, Roger
2: Nunatak
3: Lake on Adams Island
4: Camp 3 and Nunatak
5: Large iceberg at Camp 2
6: Muir Inlet from Red Mountain
Nunatak in Juneau
1
3
1965 June
2: Ted and Nunatak
3: Nunatak in Juno (sic) Boat Harbor
5: Doctor DeLong on Nunatak
6: Doctor Goode on Nunatak
7: Glacier Bay scientists
8: Nunatak
9: Nunatak
10: Nunatak
12: Nunatak
13: Nunatak
15: Nunatak
17: Nunatak
Burnard (Roger)
1
4
1965 June 10-July 29
1: Apartment and garage BARCO
4: Laminated berg
5: Herring gull on berg
6: Semi-plover nest
7: Semipalmated plover
8: Cotton grass
9: 7000 year old tree stump
10: Mount Adams-Case-Wright
11: Spotted sandpiper nest
12: Pine sap
13: Lupine
14: Fog C1
15: Low clouds C1
16: Anemone
17: Fox sparrow nest
18: Inside C1 tent
19: Fio, Doctor T., and Ted at C1
20: Ted and Fio at C1
21: Spotted sandpiper
22: Savannah sparrow
23: Burnard July
24: Burnard
25: Mountain goats
26: Red-throated loon nest
27: Scaup nest
Glacier Bay, Endicott
1
5
1966
1: Adams Inlet camp
2: Adams Inlet camp
3: Adams Inlet camp
4: Crossing river at Adams Inlet
5: Marble (?) Glacier, Adams Inlet
6: Marble Glacier view of Adams Inlet
7: River, Adams Inlet
8: Near Endicot Gap-10000 year old tree
9: Lefler and Merrell
10: Lefler and Merrell sliding down embankment
11: "Lurch" Lefler
12: Lefler on Casement
14: McKenzie on glacier (Casement)
15: Big Canyon
16: Goat skeleton, Endicott Gap
18: Lefler amazed at Adams Inlet starfish
19: Endicott trail
20: Iceworms from Casement Glacier
21: Baby gulls (1 day and 10 minutes) and egg
Glacier Bay
1
6
1971 September
1: Muir Inlet - Xmas card
2: Muir Inlet
3: Muir Inlet
4: Ole Wick's Wannigan Goose Cove, Glacier Bay
5: Wicks'-Goose Cove
6: The Wicks-Goose Cove
7: Looking out from Goose Cove
8: National Park Service Wannigan Goose Cove
9: National Park Service Camp Goose Cove
10: Muir Inlet
11: Institute of Polar Studies Camp-Adam Inlet
12: Adams Inlet
13: Adams Inlet
14: Lefler Island
15: Casement Glacier, Muir Inlet