Alumnus Richard Lee Merritt Donates $2 Million to University of Montana’s Mansfield Library

University of Montana alumnus Richard Lee Merritt was fond of books. So fond, in fact, that thousands of them filled his San Francisco home. The retired newspaper librarian visited bookstores wherever his travels took him, from London and Paris to Marseille and Algiers.

As much as he enjoyed collecting, he loved sharing even more. Over a quarter century, Merritt donated more than 1,300 books to UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. They include two rare and special volumes: a 1561 edition of "The Woorkes of Geoffrey Chaucer," edited by John Stow, and an 1866 edition of "The Paradise Lost of John Milton."

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