Gerrit Smith Miller papers, 1878-1937.

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Gerrit Smith Miller papers, 1878-1937.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64071843

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.

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Livingstone College and Industrial School for Colored Young Men and Women.

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Lovett, Alice.

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Tuskegee Institute

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Miller, Gerrit Smith, jr.

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George Junior Republic.

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Brooks, Hattie Lovett.

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Miller, June D.

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Wicks, Stanton D.

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Lewis, Alfred, 1961-

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Holstein-Friesian Association of America

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Watson, Edward B

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Photographer. From the description of Photographs, 1927-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451730 ...

Prescott, M.S.

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Van Wagenen, Jared, 1871-1960

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Decker, Frank Norton, 1882-1969

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lawyer in Syracuse, N.Y., owner of Three Rivers Farm, author on agricultural topics From the guide to the Frank N. Decker Manuscript, 1967, (University of Illinois Archives) Frank Norton Decker was an American dairyman, stockbreeder, farmer, attorney, and author. Decker lived and worked in Syracuse, New York, and was the author of several books and articles on farming and cattle breeding, including Kriemhild herd: A chapter in Holstein history (1923), Thendara-at-Three River...

Miller, Gerrit Smith, 1845-1937.

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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. From the description of Gerrit Smith Miller papers, 1878-1937. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64071843 From the guide to the Gerrit Smith Miller papers, 1878-1937., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell Uni...

Miller, Basil Dixwell.

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Lewis, Daisy.

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Smith, Jacob Getlar, 1898-1958

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Watercolor painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Jacob Getlar Smith papers, 1919-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132819 ...

White, Edith Hamilton.

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DeYough, William.

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Watson, Lorna Kahilipuaokalani Iaukea, -1972

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Miller, Anne Gates.

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Owen, Arria D.

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Piney Woods School

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Baldwin, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1902-

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Owen, Esther B.

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Field, Bertha F.W.

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Lovett, James D'Wolf, 1844-1935

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