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In 2011, a new 63,000sqft HCLS Miller Branch & Historical Center replaces the adjacent 22,000sqft facility next to it. In 2013, Howard County Library System was named 2013 Library of the Year by Gale and Library Journal. [10] In July 2014, the HCLS Savage Branch & STEM Education Center completed a $6.1 million renovation.
In 1981, with the help of the Big Sur Land Trust, White formally organized "The Henry Miller Memorial Library". [1] White was director of the institution until he died in 1989. The Big Sur Land Trust managed the library until October 1998, when the non-profit The Henry Miller Memorial Library Inc. was created to sustain the library. [2] [3]
The main population center of Columbia/Ellicott City is regularly ranked in Money magazine's Top 10 "Best Places to Live". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau , Howard County ranks fourth in the nation for educational attainment, with an estimated 63.6% of residents 25 and over holding a bachelor's degree or higher.
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. [3] Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 75,947 at the 2020 census, [4] making it the most populous unincorporated county seat in the country.
In 1959, Miller donated the land to Howard County for the county's first library. The present library was named the Charles E. Miller Branch in his honor. [9] In 1966, Ellicott City farm owner, Senator Clark proposed an independent parkland commission for Howard County. Miller opposed the legislation, starting a referendum against the measure. [10]
Ellicott's Mills Historic District is a national historic district at Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is on the east bank of the Patapsco River , opposite Ellicott City . This historic district designation relates to the industrial operations of the Ellicott family from the 1770s through the mid-19th century.
The book is dedicated to Miller's friend Emil White, who established the Henry Miller Memorial Library in his old cabin in Big Sur. [8] [9] The first two main parts of the book are portraits of Big Sur, with descriptions of its inhabitants, including writers, mystics, and two of Miller's children, Tony and Val.
On 14 May 1943, former Howard County Commissioner Charles E. Miller purchased the farm and farmed it until 1980. The Miller Land Company was established in 1964 to develop the land. The property was subdivided into 300 acres, several small plots, a plot donated to the library, and a 50-acre section that he planned to donate for a hospital.