File contains loose manuscript pages of largely handwritten poems, written in pencil or ink variously on writing paper, The Sydney Printing Company letterhead, and foolscap. There are also several typed poems and a page transcribed from Beamish Murdoch's History of Nova Scotia.
File contains a letter of congratulation on Merkel's retirement and another forwarding a request from M.E. Nichols regarding Merkel's contribution to a history of The Canadian Press.
Item is a soft cover student notebook containing poems written by Andrew Merkel between 1909 and 1910, including "The Beatification of Joan of Arc" and "Death of King Edward VII."
File contains letters of acknowledgement and congratulation from W.A. Buchanan, former president and director of the Canadian Press; A.R. Coffin; "Mike," chief accountant at The Canadian Press; Ben Deacon, manager of the Canadian National Railway System Press Bureau; Robert W.A. Dunn, Montreal Daily Star; Harold Fair, Reuters, New York; J.K. Grainger, vice president of Moncton Publishers Limited; G. Hambleton, Canadian Information Service; Clara L.K. Holmes, CPR; Freeman Jenkins, president of the United Mine Workers of America; C. LeCouteur, Sydney Post-Record; L.H. Mulland, Cable and Wireless Limited; "the Parson," Annapolis Royal; Sam Ross, Vancouver's CKWX; Donald R. Smith, managing editor of The Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB; Norma Smith, The Ottawa Journal; Bob Stanson, Archie and Bill Bartlett, Montreal Daily Star; and Walter S. Thompson, director of public relations at Canadian National Railway System.
File also includes three drafts of an address made by Charles Bruce at a dinner held on 11 May 1946 in honour of Andrew Merkel's retirement as Atlantic superintendent of The Canadian Press and a copy of the CP Informative Bulletin, which includes an account of the dinner and tributes to Merkel from editors at Halifax Herald and Halifax Chronicle.
Item is a typed manuscript draft written in conjunction with or as preparation for Merkel's bicentenary anniversary committee's "Founding of Halifax" compilation.
Item is a typed manuscript dedicated to His Worship, The Mayor / and Corporation of the City of Halifax / on the occasion of its Bicentenary Anniversary, 1949. The manuscript includes a poem by Charles Bruce: "Port of Halifax."
File contains two copies of a transcript of General Paton's speech to the Third Army on the eve of the Allied Invasion of France. The source is not provided—Paton's speeches were extemporaneous and there were several versions based on reports at the time.
File contains a notebook probably dating from Merkel's student years at King's College, which features handwritten poems and illustrations or doodles, as well as three inserts of printed poems. There is also a copy of King's College Record, Vol XXVI, No. 224 (Windsor, NS, February 1905). The first page contains "On Joining the Haliburton Club," October 1905.
File contains a 1000 word article written by Andrew Merkel describing Christmas festivities from fifty years earlier and an enclosure letter to "Bib," R.J. Rankin, at The Herald newspaper.
File contains a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel about the history of Christ Church, Karsdale, near Lower Granville, the third oldest Anglican church in Nova Scotia, but originally built by Congregationalists in the 1760s. The file also contains a letter to R.J. Rankin at The Herald newspaper in Halifax.
File contains a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel about the Digby scallop industry as well as am enclosure letter to R.J. Rankin at The Herald newspaper, for which the piece was written.
File contains a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel about the history of schooner racing in Nova Scotia prior to the Bluenose, as well as a letter from Merkel to C.B. Cochrane, editor of King's College Record, offering the article for publication.
Item is 2500 word article by Andrew Merkel recounting the history of the discovery and restoration of the Port Royal Habitation. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.
Item is a partial manuscript written by Andrew Merkel describing how he came to live in Lower Granville after his retirement. The first page is missing and it's unclear whether there are more missing after page number six. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.
Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel describing the history of the Granville Shore's economic decline, its lack of transportation routes and the impact on tourism triggered by reconstructing the Port Royal Habitation. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.
Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel about the significance for tourism of paving the highway from Granville Ferry to Lower Granville. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.
Fonds contains records created and collected by Andrew Merkel, including correspondence with friends and associates such as Charles Bruce, Kenneth Leslie, and Robert Norwood; manuscripts; newspaper clippings; and copies of The Song Fishermens’ Song Sheet and The Order of Good Cheer.
Subseries consists of typewritten manuscripts of 1000 word articles by Andrew Merkel largely regarding events in Granville and the Annapolis Basin. Letters to R.J. Rankin at The Herald that accompany several of the manuscripts suggest that these articles were all submitted to (and published by) the Halifax newspaper.
Series comprises correspondence with friends, colleagues and publishers as well as manuscripts solicited by Merkel from other journalists about their reminiscences of life and work in the Halifax Bureau and/or about aviation for AIR (Atlantic Radio and Aviation).
