John Perry Miller papers, 1938-1992 (inclusive), 1961-1969 (bulk).

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John Perry Miller papers, 1938-1992 (inclusive), 1961-1969 (bulk).

The papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and writings which document John Perry Miller's career as an economist and academic administrator. The majority of these materials relate to his tenure as dean of the Yale Graduate School during the period 1961-1969.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8020581

Yale University Library

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Yale University. Graduate School

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The Yale Graduate School is one of the twelve schools comprising Yale University, and is the only one which awards the Ph.D. The Graduate School (called the Department of Philosophy and the Arts until 1892) was established in 1847 by an act of the Yale Corporation. In 1861, the Graduate School awarded the first Ph.D. degrees. For nine years following, Yale remained the only American university to award the Ph.D. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was formally established in 1892 with the a...

Miller, John Perry, 1911-1997

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John Perry Miller, economist and academic administrator, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1911. The son of Fred and Hilda Wagner Miller, he was educated at Harvard University, receiving his B.A. in 1932, M.A. in 1934, and Ph.D. in 1937. He joined the Yale faculty as visiting lecturer in Economics in 1939, after teaching briefly at Harvard and Princeton. Miller was appointed professor of economics in 1950, and later served as director of Social Sciences from 1959 to 1961. He was name...