Miller-Heller House records, 1935-1999
Collection Number: 15-4-1886
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Miller-Heller House records, 1935-1999
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
15-4-1886
Abstract:
Research files of Elizabeth Hancock Sillin include "A Master Plan for the Miller-Heller
House, 122 Eddy St., Ithaca, New York"; poem about William Henry Miller, 1906; letter
about 1849 Chickering piano, 1944; "Life of John West Jackson," 1943; and letters
to graduate students about history of Heller House. Also, correspondence and notes
from or about Lillian Purvis Heller, 1940-1977. Also includes a stained glass fragment,
videocassettes, slides, an audiocassette, photographs, and assorted papers.
Creator:
Heller House (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
William Henry Miller was an architect in Ithaca, New York.
Research files of Elizabeth Hancock Sillin include "A Master Plan for the Miller-Heller
House, 122 Eddy St., Ithaca, New York"; poem about William Henry Miller, 1906; letter
about 1849 Chickering piano, 1944; "Life of John West Jackson," 1943; and letters
to graduate students about history of Heller House. Also, correspondence and notes
from or about Lillian Purvis Heller, 1940-1977. Also includes a stained glass fragment,
videocassettes, slides, an audiocassette, photographs, and assorted papers.
See also: William Henry Miller miscellany, #2811
See also: William Henry Miller papers, #1856
See also: Miller-Heller House folder in Cornell University buildings and landmarks
files, 47-10-4032.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Heller House (Ithaca, N.Y.). Records, #15-4-1886. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922.
Sillin, Elizabeth Hancock.
Heller, Lillian Purvis.
Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Dwellings.
Subjects:
Architecture -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Heller House Materials
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1935-1999 | ||||
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Arranged chronologically.
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| Box 2 |
Stained glass piece
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Undated | |||
| Box 1 |
Fabric piece
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Undated | |||
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Troy Heller House photographs
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Undated | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Heller House tour tape notes
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Undated | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence about Lillian Heller and Heller House
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1935-1938, 1947, 1957, 1960-1964, | ||
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
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| Box 1 |
Life of John West Jackson
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1943 | |||
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Scope and Contents
REMOVED now part of World War II servicemen alumni files, #41-2-822. Bound volume
titled Life of John West Jackson 1917-1942 by his mother Isabel Morrison West Jackson
at 14 Cooper Parkway Pittsfield Massachusetts has been removed and added to Jackson's
deceased alumni folder.
Jackson was a member of the Cornell University Class of 1942 and was commissioned
as a pilot. He was killed in an automobile accident July 15, 1942. The volume includes
some documentation of him spending time at Heller House. The volume, written to Isabel's
grandchildren, John's children, documents John's life and tells family history. It
includes family photos and also photos of flying a glider and Jackson with a plane.
There is mention of his time at Cornell and riding a motorcycle. Also some poetry
including a hand written copy of High Flight by John G. Magee Jr..
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Chickering piano letter
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1944-07-25 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Copies of correspondence from or about Lillian Heller
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1947, 1957, 1960-1964, 1977, 1979, 1985 | ||
| Box 1 |
Heller House slides
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1951-1952 | |||
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Lillian Heller correspondence
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1955-1957 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Early Heller House information inquiry
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1977-02-1977-04 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Heller House Project Questionnaire
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1979-1980 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Copy of Lillian Heller's address book
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1980-07-11 | ||
| Box 1 |
Heller House slides
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1988 | |||
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Assorted photographs
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1988-11, 1991-06 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Heller House caretaker photographs
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1990-1991 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Miller reception materials
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1991-05 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Anders Zorn etching transfer to Johnson museum
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1992-06-1992-07 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Heller House financial information
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1999 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Photograph and slide notes
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Date Unknown | ||
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Assorted photographs
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Date Unknown | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
House brochure, stationary, maps of Miller houses
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1985-1990 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Property tags
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Guestbooks
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1988-2022 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Three books showing guests of the house.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ceramic tile
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Scope and Contents
Framed tile depicting image of the monastery in Sergiyev Posad, Russia. Given as a
gift to the house by former guest Anatoly Krasnykh with letter.
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Albert Edward Millikan Clocktower etching
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Scope and Contents
Framed
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| Box 1 |
Cornell pennant
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Manuscript presentation of Edith Wharton verse
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1988 | |||
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Scope and Contents
Large format manuscript reproducing the text of a verse from inside a copy of the
volume Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton that was presented to William
Henry Miller by H. A. E. July 1906. This manuscript was framed and on display in the
entry of the Miller-Heller house.The manuscript was likely created by Andrea Sylvia
Kutsko.
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| Box 3 |
Guest book
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1957-1987 | |||
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Media
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1938-1998 | ||||
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Arranged chronologically.
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| Box 1 | V-10681 |
Architecture Heller House
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Undated | ||
| Box 1 | V-10682 |
Heller House
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Undated | ||
| Box 1 | V-10683 |
Ed and Ginny Miller wedding
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Undated | ||
| Box 1 | TR-17116 |
Mayo E. Roe on Heller House
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1938-1942 | ||
| Box 1 | TR-17115 |
Make a Difference Day
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1997-10-25 | ||
| Box 1 | V-10684 |
Informal lecture/demonstration of pipe organ at Miller Heller House
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1998-05-14 | ||