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Professional and Other Activities
The series Professional and Other Activities is the largest in the collection, measuring 13.5 linear feet, and is divided into several subseries: Board Activities, Consulting, Projects, and Other Activities. This series reflects most clearly the high level of creative participation that Galler had in his profession.
Board Activities
The subseries, Board Activities, 1959 to 1993 (1.75 ft.), documents Galler's involvement either as a member of the board of directors or the advisory board of several companies. The longest periods of involvement are reflected in Data Use and Access Laboratories (DUALabs) and National CSS. Documentation of Galler's involvement with DUALabs dates from 1970 to 1985. DUALabs had a nonprofit mission of providing research, training and database development service for users of publicly available statistics, especially census data. Galler's primary correspondent was John C. Beresford, president. Galler was an active promoter of the company and corresponded with Beresford regarding the company's operations. In addition to correspondence, the DUALabs material includes financial information and board minutes. Beresford resigned from DUALabs in 1982 to establish a for-profit company, DUAL-Comm. Galler was a member of the Board of Directors of National CSS, an information services company, from 1975 to 1979. The records include correspondence, press releases, and board minutes.
Consulting
The Consulting subseries documents various consulting activities in which Galler was involved, including acting as an expert witness in legal cases. The work for Booth Newspapers involved designing a computer system for production and business jobs for nine individual newspapers. The project is very well documented through correspondence.