Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Miller, Rupert G.
- Abstract:
- The papers pertain to Miller's professional career as researcher, professor, and author, with some materials from his days as a student. Includes drafts of papers, lectures and books; research notes and files; conference materials and organizational files; class files; minutes, reports, and other records pertaining to administrative duties at Stanford; and video tapes of his Stanford lectures (1982).
- Extent:
- 37 Linear Feet (68 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rupert G. Miller Papers (SC0742). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers pertain to Miller's professional career as researcher, professor, and author, with some materials from his days as a student. The collection includes class files containing lecture notes, syllabi, exams, and other materials; departmental files containing minutes, memoranda, reports, and other records; grant files, conference papers, research reports, and other professional records; drafts of articles and books, as well as reprints of his journal articles; and videotapes of his lectures from Statistics 116, 1982. The following subject groupings have been identified: Academic Career, Conferences and Organizations, Manuscripts and Reports, Side Projects and Reviews, Reprints, and Audio Visual Materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Rupert Miller taught at Stanford University from 1959 until his death in 1986; he held a joint appointment between the Department of Statistics and the School of Medicine (Division of Biostatistics), where he served as a consultant to researchers on data analysis. He was chair of the statistics department from 1969-1972 and received one of the first dean's awards for superior teaching in 1977.
Miller earned his B.A. in mathematics at Princeton in 1954 and his doctorate in statistics at Stanford in 1958. He taught at Johns Hopkins in 1963-1964, was a Guggenheim fellow in 1972-1973, and served as editor of the Annals of Statistics. His books include Survival Analysis, Simultaneous Statistical Inference, and Beyond ANOVA, Basics of Applied Statistics.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by the estate of Rupert G. Miller in 2003.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rupert G. Miller Papers (SC0742). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022