Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lucas (Grace Alta Merritt) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1892-1972
Collection number: Mss157
Creator:
Extent: 3.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lucas (Grace Alta Merritt) Papers, Mss157, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Merritt family
personal name
Lucas family
personal name
Rosser family
personal name
Merritt, Mary J. Rosser
personal name
Merritt, Lawrence G.
personal name
Lucas, Grace Alta Merritt (1885-1977)
personal name
Lucas, Julius Robert
subject
Women printers -Correspondence
subject
Helena (Mont.) -History -Sources
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Salt Lake City (Utah) -History -Sources
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Printers -California -Stockton
Biography
Grace Alta Merritt Lucas (1885-1977) was the granddaughter of Sarah Griffiths and
Benjamin Rosser, Welsh immigrants who settled in Iowa. The Rossers had five children one
of whom, Mary, was Alta Merritt Lucas' mother. Mary Rosser married Lawrence G. Merritt
(1884) and, at twenty-six, Alta Merritt married Julius Robert Lucas in Indianapolis. The
Lucases lived in Helena, Montana for most of their married life, later moving to Salt
Lake City, where they were divorced in 1921. Mrs. Lucas then settled in Stockton,
California where she and her ex-husband were part owners of the Muldowney & Lucas
printing Company. From 1930 she worked as a printer for a Stockton newspaper until
retiring in 1976.
Scope and Content
The Grace Alta Merritt Lucas Collection consists chiefly of personal correspondence and
family photographs. The collection also contains legal documents and correspondence with
attorneys in Helena, Montana regarding the Lucas's property there.
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