Oral history interview with Merrill James Robinson, 2006 March 2

File — Carton: 1, Folder: 61

Identifier: MSS 9148 File 61

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Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Merrill James Robinson, conducted by Don E. Norton on March 2, 2006. Includes index and transcript.

Dates

Creation: 2006 March 2

Creator

Robinson, Merrill James (interviewee, Person)
Norton, Don Evan, 1902-1983 (interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

Merrill James "Lot" Robinson was born on July 6, 1926, in American Fork, Utah. He joined the Navy after graduating high school in 1944 and traveled around the South Pacific during his service. After returning home, he married Vivian Meirkoffer and had a child. They separated a few years later and he moved to Oregon to work in the timber business. He married a woman named Eveline, who had two children, and they had three more children together. They moved to Grand Junction, Colorado to take care of her parents. He passed away on February 20, 2013.