Gerrit Smith Miller papers, 1878-1937.
Collection Number: 3700
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Gerrit Smith Miller papers, 1878-1937.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3700
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.
Creator:
Miller, Gerrit Smith, 1845-1937.
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Gerrit Miller Smith papers, #3700. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Miller, Gerrit Smith, Jr.
Miller, Anne Gates.
Miller, Basil Dixwell.
Miller, June.
DeYough, William.
Field, Bertha F.W.
Lewis, Daisy.
Lewis, Alfred G.
Watson, Edward B.
Watson, Lorna.
Lovett, James D\'Wolf, 1844-1935.
Lovett, Alice.
Brooks, Hattie Lovett.
Owen, Esther B.
Owen, Arria D.
Smith, Jacob G. (Affiliation: (Cornell University Class of 1903)..)
White, Edith Hamilton.
Baldwin, Charles H.
Decker, Frank N.
Prescott, M.S.
Van Wagenen, Jared, 1871-1960.
Wicks, Stanton D.
Piney Woods School
Livingstone College and Industrial School for Colored Young Men and Women
Tuskegee Institute
George Junior Republic
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Subjects:
Cattle breeders.
Holstein-Friesian cattle.
Animal culture.
Cattle -- Breeding.
Education.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence, Sept. 9, 1927 - Dec. 31, 1927 , A-F
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1927, 1927 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence, Sept. 9, 1927 - Dec. 31, 1927 , G-M
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1927, 1927 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence, Sept. 9, 1927 - Dec. 31, 1927 , N-T
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1927, 1927 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence, Sept. 9, 1927 - Dec. 31, 1927 , U-Z
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1927, 1927 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence, Oct. 16, 1931 - Mar. 4, 1932 , A-D
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1931, 1932 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence, Oct. 16, 1931 - Mar. 4, 1932 , E-J
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1931, 1932 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence, Oct. 16, 1931 - Mar. 4, 1932 , K-R
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1931, 1932 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence, Oct. 16, 1931 - Mar. 4, 1932 , S-Z
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1931, 1932 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence, Jan. 1, 1933 - June 10, 1933 , A-D
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1933, 1933 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence, Jan. 1, 1933 - June 10, 1933 , E-J
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1933, 1933 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence, Jan. 1, 1933 - June 10, 1933 , K-M
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1933, 1933 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence, Jan. 1, 1933 - June 10, 1933 , N-T
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1933, 1933 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence, Jan. 1, 1933 - June 10, 1933 , U-Z
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1933, 1933 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence, June 10, 1933 - Feb. 27, 1934 , A-C
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1933, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence, June 10, 1933 - Feb. 27, 1934 , D-H
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1933, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence, June 10, 1933 - Feb. 27, 1934 , I-L
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1933, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence, June 10, 1933 - Feb. 27, 1934 , M-O
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1933, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence, June 10, 1933 - Feb. 27, 1934 , P-T
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1933, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence, June 10, 1933 - Feb. 27, 1934 , U-Z
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1933, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence, Feb. 28, 1934 - Sept. 4, 1934 , A-E
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1934, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence, Feb. 28, 1934 - Sept. 4, 1934 , F-J
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1934, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence, Feb. 28, 1934 - Sept. 4, 1934 , K-L
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1934, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence, Feb. 28, 1934 - Sept. 4, 1934 , M-O
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1934, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence, Feb. 28, 1934 - Sept. 4, 1934 , P-Z
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1934, 1934 |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence, Sept. 1934 - Feb. 1935 , A-F
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1934, 1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence, Sept. 1934 - Feb. 1935 , G-L
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1934, 1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence, Sept. 1934 - Feb. 1935 , M-O
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1934, 1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence, Sept. 1934 - Feb. 1935 , P-Z
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1934, 1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence, Feb. 13, 1935 - Aug. 5, 1935 , A-F
|
1935, 1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence, Feb. 13, 1935 - Aug. 5, 1935 , G-L
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1935, 1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence, Feb. 13, 1935 - Aug. 5, 1935 , M-O
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1935, 1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence, Feb. 13, 1935 - Aug. 5, 1935 , P-Z
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1935, 1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence, 1935 -1936 , A-I
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1935, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence, 1935 -1936 , J-Z
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1935, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence, 1935 -1936 , Misc.
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1935, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence, June 3, 1936 - Oct. 27, 1936 , A-J
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1936, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence, June 3, 1936 - Oct. 27, 1936 , K-Z
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1936, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence, June 3, 1936 - Oct. 27, 1936 , Misc.
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1936, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence, June 3, 1936 - Oct. 27, 1936 , Misc.
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1936, 1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence, Oct. 27, 1936 - Feb. 5, 1937 , A-F
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1936, 1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence, Oct. 27, 1936 - Feb. 5, 1937 , G-J
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1936, 1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence, Oct. 27, 1936 - Feb. 5, 1937 , K-M
|
1936, 1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence, Oct. 27, 1936 - Feb. 5, 1937 , N-Z
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1936, 1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence, Feb. 5, 1937 - Apr. 19, 1937 , A-L
|
1937, 19, 1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence, Feb. 5, 1937 - Apr. 19, 1937 , M-Z
|
1937, 19, 1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Farm, 1925 -1929 , A-D
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1925, 1929 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Farm, 1925 -1929 , E-L
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1925, 1929 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Farm, 1925 -1929 , M-Z
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1925, 1929 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Fire,
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Fire,
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Fire,
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1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Income tax returns, 1913 -
|
1913, 1927 |
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Income tax returns, 1913 -
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1913, 1927 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Receipts, ca. 1928 -1931 , A-C
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1928, 1931 |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Receipts, ca. 1928 -1931 , D-F
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1928, 1931 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Receipts, ca. 1928 -1931 , G-H
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1928, 1931 |
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Receipts, ca. 1928 -1931 , I-O
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1928, 1931 |
Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Receipts, ca. 1928 -1931 , P-Z
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1928, 1931 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Receipts, ca. 1930 -1932 , A-C
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1930, 1932 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Receipts, ca. 1930 -1932 , D-F
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1930, 1932 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Receipts, ca. 1930 -1932 , G-J
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1930, 1932 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Receipts, ca. 1930 -1932 , K-R
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1930, 1932 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Receipts, ca. 1930 -1932 , S-Z
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1930, 1932 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Receipts, 1932 , A-Z
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1932 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Receipts, 1932 -1936 , A-E
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1932, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Receipts, 1932 -1936 , F-K
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1932, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Receipts, 1932 -1936 , L-M
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1932, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Receipts, 1932 -1936 , N-Z
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1932, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Receipts, 1933 -1936 , A-E
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1933, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Receipts, 1933 -1936 , F-K
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1933, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Receipts, 1933 -1936 , L-M
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1933, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Receipts, 1933 -1936 , N-Z
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1933, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Receipts, 1934 -1936 , A-G
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1934, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Receipts, 1934 -1936 , H-M
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1934, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Receipts, 1934 -1936 , N-S
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1934, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Receipts, 1934 -1936 , T-Z
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1934, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Receipts, 1934 -1936 , Misc.
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1934, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Receipts, 1935 -1936 , A-Z
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1935, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Receipts, 1935 -1936 , Misc.
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1935, 1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Receipts, 1936 -1937 , A-L
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1936, 1937 |
Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Receipts, 1936 -1937 , M-Z
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1936, 1937 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Receipts, 1936 -1937 , A-J
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1936, 1937 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Receipts, 1936 -1937 , K-Z
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1936, 1937 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Receipts, 1936 -1937 , Misc.
|
1936, 1937 |
Box 4 |
42 diaries: 1878-1881, 1883, 1885, 1891-1893, 1895 -1908 , 1910 -1925 , 1927 -1928
(used for daily accounting)
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1878-1881, 1883, 1885, 1891-1893, 1895, 1908, 1910, 1925, 1927, 1928 | |
Account books
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Box 4 |
Wood, ca. 1903 -
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1903, 1904 | |
Box 4 |
Employment, wages, ca. 1916 -
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1916, 1933 | |
Box 4 |
Ledger, ca. 1902 -1927 (stocks, bonds, etc.)
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1902, 1927 |