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Guide to the Leslie A Miller Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: H70-140

Scope and Content

Two scrapbooks and loose scrapbook pages pertaining to U.S. presidents, political issues, Governor Miller, and cowboy themes. Newspaper clippings comprise the bulk of the scrapbook materials, including Governor Miller’s memoirs.

Dates

  • circa 1918-1960

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Biographical / Historical

Leslie Andrew Miller was born in Junction City, Kansas on January 29, 1886. His parents moved to Denver and then Laramie, Wyoming, where he attended the public schools. He worked for the Union Pacific and CB and Q railroads, Cheyenne Daily Leader, a Casper oil company, the State Land Office, the Fuel Administration Division and the Internal Revenue Service. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served July 1918 to January 1919. In the 1920s he engaged in the distribution of oil products and became president of the Aero Oil Company and later the Chief Oil Company. Miller was active in the Democratic Party. He served in the state legislature in 1911, 1923, 1927, 1929 and 1944. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1930 but was elected governor in 1932 to finish the last two years of Governor Emerson's term. He was re-elected in 1934 but defeated in 1938. During the 1940s, he served on the Democratic National Committee from 1940, the War Production Board, and the Hoover Commission's Task Force on Natural Resources. In 1909 he married Margaret Morgan in Laramie. They had two children (Katherine and John). Hunt died on September 29, 1970 in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Extent

1 cubic foot

Abstract

Two scrapbooks and loose scrapbook pages pertaining to U.S. presidents, political issues, Governor Miller, and cowboy themes. Newspaper clippings comprise the bulk of the scrapbook materials, including Governor Miller’s memoirs.

Arrangement

None

Acquisition Information

Donated in 1970.

Processing Information

Processed by Curtis Greubel. Finding aid last updated in 2013. Finding encoded in 2022.

Title
Guide to the Leslie A Miller Collection, circa 1918-1960
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Curtis Greubel
Date
© 2022
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository

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