Esther Nicolene Mertins

Background

Mertins, Esther Nicolene was born on April 16, 1904 in Missouri Valley, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Niels and Anna Pedersen.

Education

AB, Des Moines (Iowa) University, 1925. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1938. Postgraduate, Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1941.

Career

Registrar, Ginling College, Nanking, China, 1926-1927; secretary to president, Grand Island (Nebraska) College, 1927-1928; assistant secretary, Young Women’s Christian Association Iowa State College, Ames, 1928-1929; instructor social science, University of Redlands (California), 1935-1942; registrar, University of Redlands (California), 1929-1969; consultant, University of Redlands (California), 1969-1975. Foreign student advisory U. Redlands, 1950-1969, registrar emeritus, 1969.

Achievements

• Esther Nicolene Mertins has been listed as a noteworthy university educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Intervals of Robert Frost: A Critical Bibliography by Louis and Esther Mertins, with an Introduction by Fulmer Mood

    (A critical bibliography of Robert Frost's publications ba...)

  • The Intervals of Robert Frost a Critical Biography.
  • The Intervals of Robert Frost a Critical Biography.
  • The First Baptist Church of Redlands, California, 1887-1987: The history of a church family

Membership

Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, Redlands, 1947-1953, 58-63, 83-86, president, 1950-1953, 61-63, secretary, 1983. Board directors Redlands Community Chest, 1951-1954, vice president, 1954. Secretary Redlands Fourth of July committee, 1976.

Member Sister City Committee, Redlands and Hino, Japan, 1963-1978. President Friends of A.K. Smiley Public Library., Redlands, 1975-1979, 80-83. Member American Association of University Women (treasurer local chapter 1947-1948, corporation representative University Redlands 1967, fellowship gift 1971, honorary life member 1987), American Association of University Professors (president area chapter 1946-1947), Pacific Coast Association College Registrars (treasurer 1947-1948, chairman convention 1948), American Association Collegiate Registrars (conference news committee 1960), Zonta International (president Redlands chapter 1969-1970, 74-75, international member committee 1970, Woman of Achievement 1978).

Connections

Married Albin Richard Erickson, August 11, 1928 (deceased 1931). Married Louis Mertins, May 12, 1939 (deceased 1973).

Father:

Niels Pedersen

Mother:

Anna Pedersen

Spouse:

Albin Richard Erickson

Spouse:

Louis Mertins