Inventory of the Loye Miller Typescripts
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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Creator:
Miller, Loye, 1874-1970
Title: Loye Miller Typescripts
Date (inclusive): circa 1920-1950
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Abstract: Loye Miller (1874-1970) served as Professor of Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. The collection contains
photocopies of eleven typescripts by Miller, several of which describe his naturalist expeditions.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: MC124
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
Loye Holmes Miller was born in Minden, Louisiana on October 18, 1874. He received an M.S. in Zoology from the University of
California, Berkeley in 1903. In 1904 he became an instructor in Biology at the Los Angeles Normal School, later the University
of California at Los Angeles. He remained on the faculty until his retirement as Professor of Biology in 1943. Miller passed
away on April 6, 1970.
Scope and Content
The collection contains photocopies of eleven typescripts by Miller, several of which describe his naturalist expeditions.
The typescripts are arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Miller, Loye, 1874-1970--Archives
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archives
Naturalists--United States--Biography
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employee Michelle
Xie.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Loye Miller Typescripts, MC124, Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Box MC124
1936 Cruise to Panama Feb. - Apl. via U.S. Transport "Vega" and Hydrographic Ship "Nokomia"
undated
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Expedition to El Salvador
undated
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Fording the Sierras
undated
Scope and Content Note
Written as a chapter in
Lifelong Boyhood: Recollections of a Naturalist Afield (1950) but was deleted by editors. It was later published in part in the
Sierra Club Bulletin (1956).
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In Search of the California Condor
undated
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Maritime Birds 1935-1941 San Diego Area to Santa Barbara Off Baja, California, 350 miles South to Cape San Lucus.
undated
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Mexican Trip - Feb. 1946
undated
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An Oceanographis Cruise Into the Gulf of California
undated
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Random Notes on Coastwise Fauna Southern California
undated
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Recollections of an Early Oceanographic Cruise on U.S.S. "Albatross" 1904
undated
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San Nicolas Id. Expedition
undated
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Santa Cruz Id. - 1922
undated
