This collection includes some of his plans and sketches for inventions such as the shoe tree, wire shoehorn, Merriman Windjammer, spacecraft toilet, roll dispenser, belt tester, lubricated bushing, Merriman valves, lug tester, and window hook test equipment.The collection also contains correspondence between the inventor and his patent attorneys, Beaman and Beaman, Merriman's New Ideas, a Merriman family history, rather lengthy memoirs entitled "The Early Years in Kent County and West Whetland" (39 pages), newspaper clippings pertaining to his work, family photos, two autograph albums, journals and notebooks such as "Notes on Gas", based upon 2nd Lieutenant Merriman's World War I experience, and photographs.