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- 1964 (Creation)
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Edmund Morris Miller (1881-1964) C.B.E., M.A., D.Litt. (Melb.) was a librarian in the Public Library of Victoria from 1900 until 1913 when he was appointed Lecturer in Mental and Moral Science in the University of Tasmania. He was made Assoc. Prof. in 1925 and Professor in 1928. From 1933 to 1945 he served as Vice-Chancellor and also was Honorary Librarian from 1919 until 1945.
For more information see http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/morris_miller/index.html
and http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/miller-edmund-morris-7581
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Interested in libraries, Crisp served (1956-77) as chairman of the Tasmanian Library Board, overseeing extensive development of the State’s library administration. He represented Tasmania (1958-82) on, and was chairman (1973-82) of, the Australian Advisory Council for Bibliographical Services. A founding member (1960-71) of the council of the National Library of Australia, he was chairman in 1971. He was president (1964-66) of the Library Association of Australia. In 1963 he visited North America on a Carnegie Corporation of New York travel grant to study specific aspects of law and library administration. The LAA presented him in 1977 with the Redmond Barry award for outstanding service. In 1980-83 he was on the interim council of the (National) Museum of Australia, Canberra. For mor information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crisp-sir-malcolm-peter-12369
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The collection was deposited by Morris Miller on his retirement and augmented by donations from Mrs Miller and others in response to an appeal from the Library in 1967. Photographs donated by Mrs Beth Minchin .
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Correspondence dated 17 March 1964 from Sir M. Peter Crisp.
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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au
When reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”
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Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10999
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HE July 2018