Miller, J. Gormly Additional Papers, 1936-1937
Collection Number: /4177
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
J. Gormly Miller Additional Papers, 1936-1937
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
/4177
Creator:
Miller, J. Gormly
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
J. Gormly Miller (1975-1979) - J. Gormly Miller received a Bachelor of Arts degree
from University of Rochester in 1936 and a bachelor's degree in Library Service from
Columbia University in 1938. He worked at the Rochester Public Library from 1938 to
1942, and served in the United States Army during World War II.
In 1946, Miller came to Cornell University as a librarian in the newly established
School of Industrial and Labor Relations. From 1949 until his retirement in 1977,
he served on the faculty of the ILR School as an associate professor and then a full
professor, teaching courses in research methods. He held numerous consulting and special
assignments, including advising the Department of Labor Relations at the University
of Chile in Santiago on library development plans in 1961, and advising the U.S. Department
of Labor on expanding library resources. From 1962 to 1970, he served as Assistant
Director of personnel and budget for libraries. In 1970, he left for Geneva, Switzerland
to become deputy chief of the Central Library and Documentation Branch of the United
Nations' International Labor Agency.
Miller returned to Cornell in 1975 to assume the position of Director of the Cornell
University Libraries. Under his administration, the library's total collection grew
to more than four million volumes. Miller strengthened library rules and regulations
to fight theft and vandalism. Space continued to be a problem, and the first off-site
storage facility was built in 1979.
During Miller's stay at Cornell University, he actively participated in local government.
He was an Ithaca alderman from 1959 to 1963 and again in 1968, when he was chairman
of the Ithaca City Charter Revision Commission and co-chairman of the Common Council's
Finance Committee. He retired from his post as University Librarian in 1979, but returned
to serve as Acting Librarian in 1985.
J. G. Miller papers, also including:
3 tapes of oral interviews done by J.G. Miller reminiscing about the war years (World
War II).
A notebook with minutes of the Cake and Ale society.
A plastic binder including the constitution and bylaws of the Cake and Ale society.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
J. Gormly Miller Additional Papers #/4177. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Miller, J. Gormly
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Cakes and Ale Club
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1936-1937 |
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Scope and Contents
June 1936-1937
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Constitution of the Cakes and Ale Club
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1936-1937 |