Guide to the Henry Miller Papers, 1880, 1909-1917, 1964-1965 (bulk 1909-1915)

Processed by Hülya Reshad; machine-readable finding aid created by James Lake
Sanoian Special Collections Library
California State University, Fresno
5200 North Barton Avenue M/S ML 34
Fresno, California 93740-8014
Phone: (559) 278-2595
Fax: (559) 278-6952
Email: specialc@listserv.csufresno.edu
URL: http://www.lib.csufresno.edu/SubjectResources/SpecialCollections
© 1998
California State University, Fresno. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Henry Miller Papers, 1880, 1909-1917, 1964-1965 (bulk 1909-1915)

Sanoian Special Collections Library



Henry Madden Library

Fresno, California

Contact Information:

  • Sanoian Special Collections Library
  • California State University, Fresno
  • 5200 North Barton Avenue M/S ML 34
  • Fresno, California 93740-8014
  • Phone: (559) 278-2595
  • Fax: (559) 278-6952
  • Email: specialc@listserv.csufresno.edu
  • URL: http://www.lib.csufresno.edu/SubjectResources/SpecialCollections
Processed by:
Hülya Reshad
Date Completed:
1998
Encoded by:
James Lake
© 1998 California State University, Fresno. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Henry Miller Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1880, 1909-1917, 1964-1965
Date (bulk): (bulk 1909-1915)
Creator: Miller, Henry, 1827-1916
Extent: 3 linear inches
Repository: Henry Madden Library (California State University, Fresno).

Sanoian Special Collections Library.
Fresno, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Acquisition

The papers were donated by Irene Josephine (Turner) Olson in 1958.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been transferred to California State University, Fresno.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry Miller Papers, Sanoian Special Collections Library, California State University, Fresno.

Biography

Henry Miller was born Heinrich Alfred Kreiser in Brackenheim, Germany in 1827. At the age of eighteen, he left Germany and after a few years of working in England, had saved enough for his fare to the United States. In 1850, he changed his name and moved from New York to San Francisco. Miller soon found employment at a butcher's shop and within a few years he had his own business. In 1857 Miller and Charles W. Lux formed Miller & Lux, a cattle ranch company which was dominant in the wholesale and packaged meat business in California for seventy-five years. Even after the death of Lux, Miller managed to expand the business until his own death in 1916. Miller's family managed to keep the company going after his death until it finally folded in 1964.

Scope and Content

The Henry Miller papers measure 5 linear inches and date from 1880, 1909 to 1917, 1964 to 1965. The papers consist predominantly of photocopied letters from Miller to the Superintendent of the New Columbia Division of Miller & Lux properties, Patrick Henry Turner. The letters contain directives on the management of Miller & Lux. There are also two newspaper clippings: one announces the decision of the Miller & Lux directors to end the firm in 1964 and includes details about Miller's heirs and what section of the firm each will receive; the second gives detailed information about both the personal and professional life of Henry Miller.

Related Collections

  • Title: Henry Miller letters on microfilm
    Identifier/Call Number: (micro WC30)


    Letters to Patrick Henry Turner, February 2 to December 16, 1915, concerning management of the Miller & Lux ranches. 221 items on 1 microfilm reel. Lent by Irene Josephine (Turner) Olson via Raymund F. Wood for microfilming by Fresno State College.
  • There is also a copy of the court transcripts for Charles Lux, et al. vs. James B. Haggin, et al. in a case involving water rights that was taken to the Supreme Court of California (in Special Collections: wdwrd TC824 C2 L9 1882, vols. 1-5).

Box Box 1

Check, 1880

 

Letters

 

1909

 

1910

 

1911

 

1912

 

1913

 

1914

 

1915

 

1916-1917

 

Envelopes, 1910-1912

 

Newspaper clippings, 1964, 1965