COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Business papers of Miller include correspondence; briefs, printed case reports, and other legal papers; mimeographed and printed copies of speeches and articles by Miller and others; statistics, bulletins, press releases, newspaper clippings, and much other printed material; and miscellaneous papers. The papers pertain to accounting, finances, taxation on cooperatives, anti-trust laws, contracts, cost of milk production, economic conditions, marketing agreements, milk strikes, national defense, national political platforms and conventions, rural credit, tariffs, uniform milk ordinances, nitrates (Muscle Shoals, Alabama), Danish cooperatives; farm legislation, including the McFadden Rural Credit Bill, McNary Haugen Bill, and milk bonding legislation and other matters. Correspondents include Howard E. Babcock, E.M. Bailey, Ezra Taft Banson, Senator John J. Blaine, Homer L. Brinkley, Edward R. Eastman, D.N. Geyer, L.E. Griffing, Charles W. Holman, A.M. Loomis, H.C. McKenzie, C.O. Moser, William I. Myers, Frank A. Pearson, T.W. Phillips, Stanley Reed, Quentin Reynolds, Edward A. Rumely, Fred H. Sexauer, A.F. Spooner, W.A. Stocking, Jr., F.H. Thompson, Edward J. Tracy, Charles H. Tuck, Edward F. Vincent, and George F. Warren.
Papers also pertain to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Amercian Agriculturist, American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers, American Institute of Cooperation, Bank for Cooperatives (1935-41), Bureau of Raw Materials, Committee for the Nation, Co-operative Digest, Farm Credit Administration, Farmers Milk Producers Association, Federal Farm Board, Federal Tariff Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission, Grange League Federation University, National Cooperative Council (1933-35), National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (1922-28, 1930-34, 1940-46), National Council of Cooperative Associations, National Council of Farmers Cooperatives (1941-42), National Dairy Union, New York State College of Agriculture, New England Agricultural Conference, Southern Tariff Association, Temple of Agriculture, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Conference Board, U.S. Dairy Association, World Dairy Conference, and many other organizations.
Dates
- 1915-1946.
Creator
- Miller, John D. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Agriculturist, lawyer.
Judge John D. Miller served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Dairymen's League.
Extent
28 cubic feet. (28 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Business papers, copies of speeches and articles, and other miscellaneous papers of Miller.
Physical Description
Correspondence, briefs, printed case reports, speeches, articles, bulletins, press releases, newspaper clippings.
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:
- J. Hamistar
- Date completed:
- 1958
- EAD encoding:
- Ann HubertMarch 2004
- Agricultural credit -- New York (State)
- Agricultural law and legislation -- New York (State)
- Agriculture and politics.
- Agriculture, Cooperative.
- American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
- American Institute of Cooperation
- American agriculturist.
- Antitrust law.
- Babcock, H. E. (Howard Edward), 1889-1950.
- Bailey, E. M.
- Bank for Cooperatives
- Banks and banking, Cooperative.
- Benson, Ezra Taft.
- Blaine, John James, 1875-1934.
- Brinkley, Homer Lee, 1898-
- Bureau of Raw Materials
- Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
- Co-operative digest.
- Committee for the Nation
- Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange
- Cooperative societies -- Denmark.
- Dairy laws -- New York (State)
- Dairying -- Economic aspects.
- Dairying, Cooperative -- New York (State)
- Dairymen\'s League Cooperative Association
- Eastman, E. R. (Edward Roe), 1885-1970.
- Farmers Milk Producers Association
- Geyer, Don N.
- Griffing, L. E.
- Holman, Charles W. (Charles William), 1886-1971.
- International Dairy Conference
- Lawyers -- United States.
- Loomis, A. M.
- McKenzie, H. C.
- Milk -- Cooperative marketing.
- Moser, Christopher Otto, 1885-1935.
- Myers, William Irving, 1891-1976.
- National Coopertive Milk Producers Federation
- National Council of Cooperative Associations
- National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- National Dairy Union
- New England Agricultural Conference
- New York State College of Agriculture
- Nitrate industry -- Alabama -- Muscle Schoals.
- Pearson, Frank A. (Frank Ashmore), 1887-
- Phillips, Thomas Wharton, 1874-
- Politics, Practical -- New York (State)
- Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980.
- Reynolds, Quentin James, 1902-1965.
- Rumely, Edward (Edward Aloysius), 1882-
- Sexauer, Fred Henry, 1891-
- Southern Tariff Association
- Spooner, A. F.
- Stocking, William Alonzo, 1872-1926.
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States.
- Tariff -- Law and legislation.
- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)
- Temple of Agriculture
- Thompson, F. H.
- Tracy, Edward J.
- Tuck, Charles Henry, 1881-1958.
- United States -- Economic policy.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
- United States Dairy Association
- United States International Trade Commission
- United States Tariff Commission
- United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
- United States. Armed Forces -- : Appropriations and expenditures.
- United States. Farm Credit Administration
- United States. Federal Farm Board
- United States. Federal Reserve Board
- Vincent, Edward F.
- Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by J. Hamistar
- Date
- March 2004
- 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