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.
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
Newspaper clippings, 1964, 1965