Frank B. Miller Collections
Collection Number: /4331
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Frank B. Miller Collections,
1953-1996
Collection Number:
/4331
Creator:
Miller, Frank B.;
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Research and lecture notes for ILR courses taught by
Professor Miller, as well as research files on Corning Glass Works. Also includes
correspondence and book drafts.
Language:
Collection material in English
Frank B. Miller joined the ILR School faculty in 1954 as an assistant professor after
completing his Ph.D. there and undergraduate studies in psychology at Reed College.
He became associate professor in 1960 and professor in 1966. During his 31 years as
a faculty member, Miller taught courses on a range of subjects, including complex
organizations; small groups in industrial organizations; and applied human
relations. He also designed the first course on women in the workplace at the ILR
School and co-taught it with colleague Alice Cook, a world-renowned expert on issues
faced by working women. In addition, Miller chaired the organizational behavior
department for several years (1967-69) and served two terms as director of the
school's Office of Resident Instruction (1962-67). As a visiting professor at the
University of Istanbul in 1960-61, Miller gave lectures that were translated into
Turkish and became a textbook for personnel studies courses there. He also
contributed chapters to books on industrial sociology and worker incentives and was
a fellow of the American Sociological Society and the Society of Applied
Anthropology. Although he attained emeritus status in 1985, Miller continued
teaching part time at Cornell and Bernard Baruch College in New York City for
another 10 years.
Consists of notes and other material for ILR courses taught by Professor Miller,
mostly on women in the workforce and human relations in employment. There are also
correspondence, research notes, questionaires, and article drafts on the Corning
Glass Works in Corning, New York. For Professor Miller's book, Historical Sources of Personnel Work, an Annotated Bibliography of Developments
to 1923, there are research notes and drafts. Also included are minutes
and other material from the Balance of State Manpower Council, and a draft of what
he calls "The Coffee Table Book", The ILR School at
Fifty. Lastly, there are several humorous poems by him and others.
Names:
Miller, Frank B. (Frank Barton), 1921-2006.
Corning Glass Works
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives
New York State School of Industrial and Labor
Relations
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents).
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Frank B. Miller Collections #/4331. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1970-1984 | |
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3 linear feet. ILR lecture notes, files from the Balance of State Manpower
Council, correspondence, and book drafts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1953-1962 | |
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2.5 linear feet. Research on Corning Glass Works done with William Foote
Whyte.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1993-1996 | |
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1 file folder. Humorous poems by Frank Miller and others.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
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4 linear feet. ILR lecture notes, draft of Miller's book on the history of
personnel, notes and drafts of the book ILR at
50.
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