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Box 6

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Morris Bishop Correspondence, 1962, 1972

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from daughter Anne Miller, Herbert Cahoon of the Pierpont Morgan library and Morris Bishop regarding Anne's interest in witchcraft and desire to become a witch. Also correspondence regarding an amusing anecdote at Alice Cook's retirement involving David Burak and a joke about the Cornell mace.

Dates: 1962; 1972

50th Anniversary Correspondence, 1991

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Robert and Beulah's anniversary. Correspondence include Keith Kennedy, Dale Corson, and war buddy Captain Walter Huckbee.

Dates: 1991

Dean of Faculty, 1967, 1969, 1987

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and clipping regarding his election to the position of Dean of Faculty from Royse Murphy and Rolph Fairchild. Also a thank you note to a Mrs. Burton (a figure from his childhood) from Miller describing his work. Also a note of congratulations on retirement from Marlin Cline.

Dates: 1967; 1969; 1987

Presidential Correspondence, Various

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes letters and photographs from Perkins, Corson, Rhodes. Also a program from the Cornell Centennial Dinner. A photograph of Perkins shaking hands with Tom Jones inscribed "Without Bob Miller's cool head there would be no handshake."

Dates: Various

Family Correspondence, Various

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Letters from Miller's father Dean Merritt Miller and one to his wife.

Dates: Various

Correspondence to wife Beulah "Buty" from Russia, 1973

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Letters and ephemera sent to his wife while he was in Russia

Dates: 1973

Scientific Correspondence, Various

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Letters from colleagues and grad students. Includes letter to Dale Corson on soil physics. Also a floppy disk (FD-340) of soil correspondence

Dates: Various

Edward Ershov Correspondence, 1970s-1980s

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence Miller's trip to Moscow State University and Ershov's visit to Cornell. Includes photographs of Ershov and of Russian trip.

Dates: 1970s-1980s

Edward Miller Correspondence, Various

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Scientific correspondence with Miller's brother Professor Edward E Miller of the University of Wisconsin.

Dates: Various

Scientific work and lectures from Russia trip, 1982

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 17
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Collection includes personal and family materials including an "auto log" travel diary kept by Miller's mother Flora Grace Ernst Miller from the family's 1933-1934 trip to Germany; materials relating to Miller's World War II experiences and the preparation of his book about them titled Descent from Niitaka; a letter to the Committee on the Armed Services regarding his perspectives on gays in the military; correspondence as Dean of the Faculty and later (to 1975); Cornell '69 materials;...
Dates: 1982