Robert L. Miller papers, 1832-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Miller, Robert L., 1950-2011
Title
Robert L. Miller papers
Dates
1832-2008 (inclusive)
Quantity
35 linear feet, (78 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 2064
Summary
The Robert L. Miller papers (1832-2008) contain information regarding Miller's life, as well as collected research regarding the Latter-day Saint Church, science, evolution, and Henry Eyring. The collection contains correspondence, handwritten notes, printed materials, journal entries, bound works, various articles, newspaper clippings, bibliographic materials, etc.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert L. Miller (1950-2011) was a prominent researcher in the Special Collections Department at the Marriott Library of the University of Utah during the years 1983-1993. Miller also helped develop the Utah Science, Engineering and Medical Archives, as well as contribute to the Western Science History Association (1993-1996). Miller was a talented researcher and historian who spent close to twenty years researching Henry Eyring (1901-1981), a lifelong member of the Latter-day Saint church and acclaimed scientist. Other interests of research include science, religion, creation, evolution, as well as other prominent members of scientific and religious communities.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Contained within this collection are Miller's research materials (including bibliographic, research topics, references and contacts, etc.), scientific research (including printed materials and journal articles), religious research (including correspondence and general research), as well as research regarding Henry Eyring (including Eyring's published and unpublished work, personal documents, biographical summaries, interviews, and journals).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Robert L. Miller in 2004 (box 1, folder 1).

Gift of Ryan Miller in 2012 (boxes 1-78).

Processing Note

Processed by Andrew J. Lengyel in 2004.

Addendum (boxes 1-78) processed by Vanessa Barnes in 2017.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I:  Personal materials and researched organizationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
General materials
This folder contains materials that were donated by Robert Miller in 2004. The remaining materials within the collection were donated by his son, Ryan Miller in 2012. This folder contains an essay by Miller, entitled "Brigham Young's Cosmology," a letter written to Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the LDS Church, about organic evolution, and a compilation of awards, honors, and statements concerning Henry Eyring, a prominent scientist and member of the LDS Church.
1984
1 2
Taxtile Research Institute
 1980-1982
1 3
Utah Science Engineering and Medical Archives (USEMA)
 1988-1993; 2001
1 4
USEMA guide to the collections
 1994; 1994
1 5
Income tax return summary
 1999
1 6
Credit Bureau Services, Inc. v. Robert Miller
 2003
1 7
General personal materials
 undated
2 1-2
LDS mission correspondence
 1969-1971
2 3
General correspondence
 1969-2006
3 1
Marilyn: correspondence
Robert Miller's relationship with Marilyn is undetermined.
1972-2000
3 2
Marilyn: correspondence
 2002-2008
3 3
Bruce Peterson: documents
 2002-2008
3 4
Marilyn: general documents
 2004-2008
3 5
Marilyn: correspondence
 undated

II:  Research materialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
Berkeley trip
 1984
4 2
Princeton trip
 1984
4 3
Travel expenses
 1984-1992
4 4
Phoenix trip
 1985
4 5
Wisconsin trip
 1985
4 6
Princeton trip
 1985
4 7
Bell Labs trip
 1986
4 8
Bell Labs trip
 1986
4 9
East coast trip
 1987
4 10
Harvard trip
 1987
5 1
Notes from Henry Eyring's writings
 1980-1983
5 2
Notes from diary
 1985
5 3
Miller staff: Eyring notes
5 4
Notes: meines darkness
5 5
Notes from sources
5 6
Eyring: general copied notes
5 7
General notes
6
Bibliographic material
 2002-2003
Folder
7 1
Tapes
 1983
7 2
Search engines
 2002
7 3
Computer information
7 4
Partial bibliography and references
8 1
People to email or correspond
8 2-56
Research references and contacts, A-F
9 1-33
Research references and contacts, G-J
10 1-69
Research references and contacts, K-R
11 1-43
Research references and contacts, S-Z
12 1-10
Research topics, A-B
13 1-17
Research topics, C-G
14 1-25
Research topics, H-Sc
15 1-9
Research topics, Se-Z
16-23
Research topics: Index Cards
The exact date of Miller's notes, bibliographic, and research materials is undetermined; most likely circa 1983-1993, during which time Miller worked in the Special Collections Department at the Marriott Library of the University of Utah.

III:  Collected research regarding Henry EyringReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
A: Personal materials related to Eyring
Box Folder
24 1
Journal of Henry Eyring
 1877-1896
24 2
Eyring's patriarchal blessing
 1944
24 3
The Chemistry Department by Edward M. Eyring
 1946-2000
24 4
Collected research on Eyring's family members
 1957; 1997-2005
24 5
Biographical summaries
 1958-2006
24 6
University Archives Records - Henry Eyring
 1976
24 7
Henry Eyring: in memoriam
 1981-1987; 2000
24 8
Steven Heath's writings
 1984
24 9
Register of the papers of Henry Eyring
 1988
24 10
Professional geneology
 2000-2006
24 11
Finding aids, inventories, and registers
 2001-2006
B: Interviews
Box Folder
25 1
A Dialogue with Henry Eyring
 1973
25 2
Interview with Professor and Mrs. Henry Eyring
 1976
25 3
Interview with Henry Eyring: LDS Polygamy Oral History Project
 1980
25 4
Henry Eyring Oral History Project: interviews
25 5
Interview with Sterling McCurrin
 1983
25 6
Interview with Melvin A. Cook
 1984
25 7
Interview with K.J. Laidler
 1984
25 8
Interview with Steven Heath
 1985
26 1
Interview with Dr. James C. Fletcher
 1985
C: Collected research
Box
27
Research regarding awards
 1933-2006
28
Research regarding Eyring's collegues and associates
Folder
29 1
Mexico
 1879; 1887-1900
29 2
Collected research
 1933-1960
29 3
Legal documents and related materials
 1934-1971
29 4
Collected research
 1961-1967
29 5
Copied photographs
 1963-1985
29 6
Organizational involvement
 1963-1978
29 7
Collected research
 1968-1975
29 8
Chemical Dynamics: papers in honor of Henry Eyring
 1971
29 9
Collected research
 1976-1989
29 10
Eyring Research Institute
 1983
29 11
Collected research
 undated
D: Correspondence
Box Folder
30 1-6
Correspondence
 1936-1982
30 7-9
Greeting cards
E: Work
Box Folder
31 1
Bibligraphies, publications, and related materials
 1976-2005
31 2
List of publications of Henry Eyring
32
Published work
 1927-1974
Folder
33 1
Religion work
 1953-1986
33 2-3
Unpublished work
 1949-1979
33 4-5
Published work
 1975-1982
33 6
Unpublished work
 undated
33 7
Published work
 undated
F: Bound work
Box Folder
34 1
High Polymers
1943
34 2
Bioluminescence
1948
34 3
The Stability of Detonation
1949
34 4
An Examination into the Origin, Possible Synthesis, and Physical Properties of Diamonds
1952
34 5
General Theory of Stress Relaxation I: Absolute Rate Theory of Relaxation and II: Stress Relaxation in Isobutylenes
1952
34 6
Studies of Phyotosynthetic Process: The Mechanism of Electron Exchange Reacions in Solution
1953
34 7
Review of Programme Plenary Lectures
1953
34 8
A Generalized Theory of Plasticity Involving the Virial Theorem
1954
34 9
Kinetic Evidence of Phase Structure
1956
34 10
Catalytic Studies on Evaporated Metal Surfaces
1956
34 11
Strain Electrometry and Corrosion, I, General Consideration on Interfacial Electrical Transients
1957
34 12
Statistical Dynamics
1957
34 13
Investigation of Fundamental Reactions
1959
34 14
The Centennial Review of Arts and Science
1959
34 15
Strain Electometry of Platinum Which has Acted as Cathode in Aqueous Solution
1959
34 16
The Electrochemical Theory of Smelting and Related Reactions
1959
35 1
Studies to Determine the Mechanism of Production and Removal of Electrons in Frames
1960
35 2
Ions in Flames
1960
35 3
Recrystalization and Sintering of Oxides progress report
 1960-1961
35 4
Surface Chemistry Phenomena progress reports
 1960-1961
35 5
Optical Rotation
1961
35 6
Theoretical Studies on Liquid Coolants status reports
 1961-1962
35 7
Studies to Determine the Mechanism of Production and Removal of Electrons in Flames
1961
35 8
Investigation of Fundamental Chemical Reactions Status Report
 1961-1962
35 9
Matter Under Ultra-High Pressures and Temperatures Progress Reports
 1961-1964
35 10
Investigation of Fundemental Chemical Reactions Status Report
 1961-1962
35 11
Marcaptan Inhibition of the Depolarization of a Smooth Platinum Cathode Technical Report
 1963
35 12
The Electrochemistry of a Two-Dimensional Hydrogen Gas Technical Report
 1963
36 1
Derivations and Applications of the Equations of Adsorption Kinetics and Isotherms Technical Report
 1963
36 2
Surface Chemistry Phenomena Tecnical Progress Report
 1964-1965
36 3
Properties of Matter Under High Pressures and Temperatures Progress Reports
 1965-1966
36 4-6
Reaction Kinetics, the Theory of Liquids and Optical Rotation Progress Report
 1965-1967
36 7
Molecular Luminescence, Excitation and Ionization by Beam Impact and Non-Stoichiometric Compounds Technical Report
 1967-1969
36 8
Henry Eyring Speakers' Series, Tuscon Institute of Religion
1971; 1973
36 9
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry Volume 26
 1975
36 10
Science Philosophy Religion Symposium VII
1979
36 11
Astracts of Formal Lectures and Contributed Papers
1980
G: Collected research referencing Eyring's scientific studies
Box
37-47
Collected research
 1942-2005

IV:  Collected research regarding the LDS churchReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
48
The Book of Abraham research
 1968-2003
49-56
General LDS collected research
 1832-2008

V:  Collected research regarding ScienceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
57-58
Cold fusion research
 1970-2004
59-60
General scientific collected research
 1895-2006
Folder
60 5
A Partition Function for Solid Krypton and The Significant Structure of a Monatomic Crystal, Partition Function, and Sublimation...
60 6
Scientific fraud/scandals
 1977-1985

VI:  Collected research regarding science and religionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
61
General research
 1960-2006
Folder
62 1
Deseret professorship
 1892-1947
62 2
Eyring-L collected materials
 1997-2001
62 3-4
Meridian printed articles
 2002-2005
63-64
Collected research regarding evolution
 1872-2006
Folder
65 1-2
Collected research regarding evolution
 Undated
65 3
Creation/evolution bibliography and directory

VII:  Collected research regarding individualsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
66
Hugh Nibley: work, correspondence and collected research
 1951-2002
67
Melvin A. Cook: work, correspondence and collected research
 1940-2002

VIII:  Printed materialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
68 1
Pioneer Town-Pima Centennial History
1879
68 2
Register of the Papers of Henry Eyring
1901-1981
68 3
Mining Engineer's Handbook Vol. I and II
1918
68 4
Handbook of Mineralogy, Blowpipe Analysis, and Geometrical Crystallography
1918
69 1
The Desert - University of Arizona
1920
69 2
American Chemical Society - A Short History
1923-1968
69 3
Ebulliometry: The Physical Chemistry of Distillation
1937
69 4
The Mormon Colonies in Mexico
1938
69 5
In Honor of Gilbert Newton Lewis on His 70th Birthday
1945
69 6
Rheology Bulletin
1946
69 7
Some Factors in the Growth of Crystals
1952
69 8
Princeton University Commencement
1956
69 9
Thermal Conductivity of Liquids
1961
70 1
Scientific Creativity-It's Recognition and Development
1963
70 2-3
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Part 1-2
1969-1970
70 4
Congratulatory Letters to Henry Eyring
1971
70 5
Autobiography of Camila Eyring Kimball
1975
71 1
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
1976
71 2
Centennial American Chemical Society
1976
71 3
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
1977
71 4
Henry Eyring Mormon Scientist
1980
72 1
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
1983
72 2
Henry Eyring Mormon Scientist and The Utah Years
1984
72 3
Henry Eyring ASC Search
1984
72 4
Encyclia
1984
72 5
Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life
1992-1996; 2000
73 1
Chemistry - Principles and Reactions
1997
73 2
Chemical and Engineering News
1984
73 3
Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers
2000
73 4
To the Edge of the Light
74 1-17
BYU Studies reprints
 1960-1996
75 1-4
The Robert A. Welch Foundation Annual Reports
 1956-1970
76 1-3
The Robert A. Welch Foundation Annual Reports
 1974-1981
76 4-6
The Robert A. Welch Foundation Research Bulletins
 1957-1981

IV:  Collected materials regarding UtahReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
77 1
The Utah Magazine copies
 1869
77 2
History of the non-resident degree program
 1873-1910
77 3
University of Utah general materials
 1953-2006
77 4
Henry Eyring's University of Utah class records
 1957-1958; 1961-1965
77 5
The University of Utah bulletin of the graduate school
 1968-1969
77 6
History of the Radiation Center LDS Hospital
 1969-1987
77 7-8
University of Utah Graduate study in chemistry
 1981-1982; 1985-1986
77 9
Utah Technology Report
 2001

V:  General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
78 1
Brochures, pamphlets, programs
 circa 1949-1980; circa 2000-2006
78 2
Newspaper clippings
 1978-2006
78 3
Receipts
 1991-2006

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Evolution--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches

Personal Names

  • Eyring, Henry, 1901-1981--Archives
  • Miller, Robert L., 1950-2011--Archives
  • Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence

Finding aid created by Andrew J. Lengyel and Vanessa Barnes.
2004 (last modified: 2017 and 2020)

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