COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes extensive correspondence with his friends and family members, including his sons and daughters-in-law: Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr. and Anne Gates Miller; Basil Dixwell Miller and June Miller; William DeYough and Bertha F.W. Field; Alfred G. and Daisy Lewis; Edward B. and Lorna Watson; James D'Wolf and Alice Lovett; Hattie Lovett Brooks; Esther B. Owen; Arria D. Owen; Jacob G. Smith (Cornell University Class of 1903); Edith Hamilton White; and many others, which documents his family and social life, as well as his active support of the Piney Woods Country Life School, Livingstone College and Industrial School for Colored Young Men and Women, Tuskegee Institute, and the George Junior Republic. Also, correspondence with Charles H. Baldwin, Frank N. Decker, M.S. Prescott, Jared Van Wagenen, Stanton D. Wicks, and others which documents his varied business interests, mainly his pioneering role in the development of the Holstein Breed of cattle in America and his active participation in the Holstein-Friesian Association of America; and financial records, including receipts and statements relating to household expenses, taxes, investments and charitable contributions, journals recording daily expenses and income, account books showing expenditures for wood and wages, and a ledger giving information on Miller's income.
Dates
- 1878-1937.
Creator
- Miller, Gerrit Smith, 1845-1937. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Gerrit Smith Miller was a cattle breeder who developed the Holstein-Friesian cattle breeding industry in the United States. He was a member of the New York State Legislature in 1880, and held several other positions as a public official.
Extent
4 cubic feet. (4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Gerrit Smith Miller was a cattle breeder who developed the Holstein-Friesian cattle breeding industry in the United States. He was a member of the New York State Legislature in 1880, and held several other positions as a public official. Collection includes extensive correspondence with his friends and family members.
Physical Description
Correspondence and financial records.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- S. Kayfetz
- Date completed:
- May 1998
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, March 2003
- Animal culture.
- Baldwin, Charles H.
- Brooks, Hattie Lovett.
- Cattle -- Breeding.
- Cattle breeders.
- DeYough, William.
- Decker, Frank N.
- Education.
- Field, Bertha F.W.
- George Junior Republic
- Holstein-Friesian Association of America
- Holstein-Friesian cattle.
- Lewis, Alfred G.
- Lewis, Daisy.
- Livingstone College and Industrial School for Colored Young Men and Women
- Lovett, Alice.
- Lovett, James D\'Wolf, 1844-1935.
- Miller, Anne Gates.
- Miller, Basil Dixwell.
- Miller, Gerrit Smith, Jr.
- Miller, June.
- Owen, Arria D.
- Owen, Esther B.
- Piney Woods School
- Prescott, M.S.
- Smith, Jacob G. (Affiliation: (Cornell University Class of 1903)..)
- Tuskegee Institute
- Van Wagenen, Jared, 1871-1960.
- Watson, Edward B.
- Watson, Lorna.
- White, Edith Hamilton.
- Wicks, Stanton D.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by S. Kayfetz
- Date
- March 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu