Governor Keith H. Miller Photographs and Papers, 1949-1978 (bulk ca. 1970)

Collection

Identifier: MS 178

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes records and photographs from Keith Miller’s private and public life. The Gov. Keith H. Miller papers contain records related to his gubernatorial campaign in 1970. Thank-you letters in response to campaign donations are in one folder. Financial records such as receipts, bank records and lists of contributions are in another. There are several copies of a newspaper ad and sheet music of a song titled “All Hail to Keith Miller” written by George V. Beck. A personal letter to and photograph of Diane Miller do not seem to be linked to the campaign materials and are included in a separate folder. The collection also includes drafts of Keith Miller’s biography of his father, Arthur Henry Miller.

The collection was originally contained within a file folder labeled “Campaign Funds”. The collection was in no particular order and was rearranged topically.

Dates

1949-1978
Majority of material found in circa 1970

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Neither photocopying nor making the materials available on the Alaska State Library website constitutes permission to publish.

Biographical Note

Keith H. Miller was elected as Secretary of State on 11/8/66 and served in that capacity until 1/29/69 when he succeeded Walter J. Hickel as the Governor of Alaska. Hickel left office due to his appointment by President Richard Nixon to the office of Secretary of the Interior. Miller ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1970 and was unseated by William A. Egan. For further information, see Prudhoe Bay Governor : Alaska's Keith Miller / by Keith Harvey Miller as told to Joseph Edward Maynard (1997).

Extent

6 Volumes (6 boxes) : Photographs and papers Plaques 1 Alaskan Flag (4’x6’)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers in 4 folders were transferred from the Alaska Collection at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library, Anchorage, to the Alaska State Library. Folder 1 Series I in Box 1 was originally folder 4 of this first accession. Folders 1, 2, and 3 became folders 11, 12 and 13 in Series II Box 3. The rest of the collection was purchased by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections. Acc. # 2012-061.

Processing Information

The papers include financial records, campaign literature, contribution and thank you letters and personal documents related to Keith H. Miller’s gubernatorial campaign in 1970, arranged topically. Inventory control is to the folder level. The material has been divided between private life and professional and political activities. A painting was offered to the Alaska State Museum.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Governor Keith H. Miller Photographs and Papers, 1949-1978 (bulk ca. 1970)
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Tahitia Orr and Gladi Kulp, November 1999, January 2000. Revised by: Sara Bornstein, April 2013. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Freya Anderson
Date: 2019 May
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English