Alice Merriam, a librarian and dedicated genealogist, died on June 19, 2013. After a childhood spent on a dairy farm in Maine, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Simmons College and then began work as a librarian at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. It was while working at Clark University that Alice Merriam met her late husband, George Merriam (also elected to AAS in 2003), and after marrying in 1943 they settled in Sterling, Mass. Throughout the years she worked at the Lancaster (Mass.) Public Library, the Portland (Maine) Public Library, and the Providence (R.I.) Public Library, always eager to share her love of reading. She and her husband were longtime users and faithful supporters of AAS, she undertaking serious research into her family genealogy while her husband studied early American railroads.
Worcester, MA
United States