Pusey, Merlo J. (Merlo John), 1902-1985

Person

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Dates

Existence: 1902 - 1985

biographical statement

Citation:

His The Supreme court crisis ... 1937

His Builders of the kingdom, George A. Smith, John Henry Smith, George Albert Smith, 1981: t.p. (Merlo J. Pusey)

WWWA: v. 9 1985-1989 (Pusey, Merlo; writer; b. Woodruff, Utah, Feb. 3, 1902; d. Nov. 22, 1985)

OCLC search, Oct. 4, 2011: (hdg.: Pusey, Merlo John, 1902-; Pusey, Merlo J.; Pusey, Merlo John; usage: Merlo J. Pusey)

Wikipedia, September 4, 2012: Merlo J. Pusey (born in Woodruff, Utah, 1902; won the Bankroft and Pulitzer prizes for his biography of Charles Evans Hughes; wrote The Supreme Court Crisis, Big Government: Can we Control it?, Charles Evans Hughes, and many other books)

Dialogue, Spring 1977: p. 71 (attended the Latter-day Saint University; worked on the Gold and Blue student newspaper; worked for the Deseret News) p. 72 (attended the University of Utah; married Dorthy Richards; moved to Washington, D.C. and started to work for the Washington Post as an editorial writer) p. 73 (worked part-time witht he Senate Finance Committee) p. 79 (promoted to Associate editor of the Washington post in 1946)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Merlo J. Pusey papers on Charles Evan Hughes, 1875-1974

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1532 Series 3

Scope and Contents

Contains material related to Pusey's award winning biography of Justice Charles Evan Hughes, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Included are Charles Evan Hughes' writings, research concerning Hughes, book drafts, manuscripts, and book reviews. Materials date from between 1875 and 1974.

Dates: 1875-1974

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1532, Merlo J. Pusey papers

Merlo J. Pusey papers on The Supreme Court Crisis, 1935-1940

Series — Box 5: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232476264]

Identifier: MSS 1532 Series 2

Scope and Contents

Includes research, notes, annotated drafts, and articles concerning The Supreme Court Crisis, Pusey's book on Franklin D. Roosevelt's court-packing controversy. Materials date from around 1935 to 1940.

Dates: 1935-1940