J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
David E. Miller papers
Miller, David E.
ACCN 0891
7.75 linear feet
10 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 tube, and 3 microfilm reels
1831-1981
The David E. Miller papers (1831-1981) contain such things as correspondence, history course papers and detailed lessons, his journal from his years as an LDS missionary in Germany (1930-1931), Golden Spike Centennial (1969) materials, newspaper clippings, book reviews, various publications, maps, and research and a manuscript for his work on Peter Skene Ogden.
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Dr. David Eugene Miller (1909-1978) was a historian specializing in the history of Utah, trans-Mississippi West, fur trade and major western trails, as well as general American history. Miller was a history professor at the University of Utah, the director of the Western History Center, and a historian for Nauvoo Restoration Inc. His is also the author of several works, such as
Hole in the Rock: An Epic in the Colonization of the Great American West.
The David E. Miller papers (1831-1981) contain such things as correspondence, history course papers and detailed lessons, his journal from his years as an LDS missionary in Germany (1930-1931), Golden Spike Centennial (1969) materials, newspaper clippings, book reviews, various publications, maps, and research and a manuscript for his work on Peter Skene Ogden.
Digitized reports from the papers.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-7 (7 linear feet) and reels 1-2 were donated in May 2005.
Boxes 8-9 (0.75 linear feet) and reel 3 were donated in April 2005.
Boxes 10-11 (1 linear feet) were donated in October 2006.
Processed by Jennifer Sessions in 2005 and 2006.
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Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1187).
Ogden, Peter Skene, 1790-1854
Miller, David E.--Archives
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Discovery and exploration--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Railroads--West (U.S.)--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Railroads
Overland Journeys to the Western United States
Speeches
Memorabilia
Correspondence
Correspondence, Golden Spike Centennial, and General Materials
Correspondence
1944-1979
1
1-2
Henery W. Miller Colorado River Expedition
1954-1966
1
3
LDS Church - and Blacks; Lowry Nelson Letters
1947
1
4
History Course Papers
1970
1
5
German Missionary Journal
1930-1931
1
6
Golden Spike Centennial Speaches
1969
1
7
John Wesley Powell, Golden Spike Centennial Speeches
1969
1
8
The Golden Spike
1
9
Ogden Standard-Examiner, Golden Spike Centennial Edition
1969
1
10
Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission
1969
1
11
Golden Spike Centennial Brochures
1969
1
12
Golden Spike Centennial Memorobilia
1969
1
13
Golden Spike Centennial Miscellaneous
1969
1
14
Golden Spike Promotionary Pictures
1969
1
15
Miscellaneous
1
16
Utah History Lessons
2
Books
Westward Migration of the Mormons
1963
3
1
Nauvoo: The City of Joseph
1972
3
2
General Materials
"Along the Old Trail"
1910
4
1
"Great Salt Lake: Past and Present"
1949
4
2
Western History, Syllabus and Class Notes
1944
4
3
Utah Westerners Excursion
1977
4
4
Book Reviews
1944-1976
4
5
David E. Miller Publications
1973
4
6
Newspaper Clippings
1959-1981
4
7
Short Publications
1954-1975
4
8
Flyers
1958-1979
4
9
Peter Skene Ogden Papers
Peter Skene Ogden Papers
1961
5
1
Ogden Research Correspondence
1960-1970
5
2
Ogden Notes and Papers
1831-1972
5
3
Papers from 1831 are transcripts.
Ogden Manuscript
5
4-5
General Materials
Overland Migrations West of the Mississippi River
1959
6
Maps
7
Book and Pacific Historical Review
1963-1975
8
1
Brigham Young Annual Message Investigation
1963
8
2
Carthage Conspiracy Papers
1975-1976
8
3
Crocker First National Bank Greeting Card
8
4
"Dominguez-Escalante Trail Bicentennial Interpretive Master Plan and Final Report"
1976
8
5
"Route of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition"
1976
8
6
Fluctuations of Great Salt Lake
1850-1960
8
7
Golden Spike Gentennial Memorabilia
8
8
Life and Times of the Central Pacific Railroad
1969
8
9
Maps
1897-1958
8
10
Rock Record Emigrant Inscriptions
1950-1952
8
11
City of Rocks Photographs, Correspondence and Maps
8
12
"Salt Lake Cutoff"
8
13
"Scouting Expedition against Marauding Navajo Indians" Transcript
1869
8
14
"Trapper War on Weber River"
8
16
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Publications
1959-1960
8
17
Western Humanities Review Publications
1949-1964
8
18
Publications
B. H. Roberts Case
9
1
California in Third Dimension
1959
9
2
Dialogue: Journal of Mormon Thought
1966
9
3
Discovery of Glen Canyon
1958
9
4
Donner Road through Great Salt Lake Desert
1958
9
5
"From Fort Leavenworth to Great Salt Lake"
1849-1850
9
6
Great Salt Lake: An Historical Sketch
9
7
Great Salt Lake National Park In Utah
1960
9
8
Historians Corner
1974
9
9
Historic Glen Canyon
1960
9
10
Impeachments in U.S. History
1956
9
11
Introduction to a Mormon Bibliography
1978
9
12
Jornal of Campaigns by Utah Militia Against Navajo
1869
9
13
Journal Covering Peter Skene Ogden's Expedition
1954
9
14
Local Archives in Study of Local History
1958
9
15
Longhorns Come to Utah
1962
9
16
Maritime Fur Trade Rivalry
9
17
The Mormons Pennsylvania Historical Society Discourse
1850
9
18
Negro Slavery and Mormon Doctrine
1967
9
19
Ogden's Explorations in Great Salt Lake Region
1954
9
20
Recent American Past v. Historians' Dilemma
1966
9
21
San Juan Mission Call
1958
9
22
David E. Miller Miscellaneous Papers
1959-1973
9
23
Miscellaneous Papers
1949-1969
9
24
General Materials and Maps
Crossing of the Fathers and Ute Ford
1776-1958
10
1
The Oregon Trail Brochure
1974
10
2
Correspondence
1959-1961
10
3
Maps
10
4
Maps
10
5
Flat Box of Maps
1974
11
Microfilm
Joseph Smith Last Day Book
1842-1844
1
First Wagon Train to Cross Utah
1841
2
Mason Brayman, Hancock County Illinois
1845
3
Oversize
Maps
12