MS 9
Leroy S. Miller (1914-1982)
Papers, 1959-1970, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

 

Descriptive summary

creator:

Miller, Leroy S. (1914-1982)

title:

Papers

dates:

1959-1970, n.d.

extent:

5.25 linear feet (12 document boxes and 1 half document box)

collection number:

MS 9 

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Leroy S. Miller Papers, MS 9, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical Note 

Leroy Miller, the son of L.F. and Inez Stitt Miller, was born on November 28, 1914, and raised on a farm near Clarinda.  For thirteen years--after his graduation from Clarinda High School in 1932--he operated a farm, and then became involved as a farm implement dealer in Shenandoah.  Although continuing to farm on a part-time basis, Mr. Miller also participated in numerous community activities.  In 1966 Miller became the operator of the Delmonico Hotel in Shenandoah.  

Mr. Miller began his first term as the Page County representative to the Iowa State Legislature in 1962.  Since then, he has served as a representative for a total of eight years.  During that time, he has been placed on numerous committees and sub-committees.  Among the most important were the Transportation Committee, the Roads and Highways Committee, and the Sub-Committee on Appropriations for Social Services.  On each of these committees Miller served as chairman.  

  Collection Description

 

Although he was elected to the State House in 1962, the Leroy S. Miller papers include very little material relating to his first two-year term.  The bulk of his papers, however, include correspondence, research material, newspaper clippings, and weekly news releases concerning Miller's last six years in the legislature.  The correspondence, arranged topically rather than chronologically, serves as a source for Representative Miller's views on the issues.  In part, the research materials are compilations of data, legislative bills and general information.  The newspaper clippings include material sent by his colleagues, his constituents, or saved by his staff.  Miller’s weekly news releases are summarizations of his views printed in his constituents' newspapers concerning the State Legislature, the legislative issues of the week, and his stands on those issues.  

 

Organization


The collection is arranged in 3 series: 

Series 1, Correspondence and research material (1959-1970, n.d.)
Series 2, Newspaper clippings (1961-1970)
Series 3, Weekly newspaper releases (1962-1970)

 

Description of series

 

 

 

Series 1

Correspondence and research material

dates

extent:

4.93 linear feet (1 half document box and 11 document boxes

1959-1970, n.d.

description:

Subject files containing:  campaign materials, minutes, news clippings, personal correspondence, professional correspondence, photographs (1  b/w 5x7 and 1  b/w 8x10), publications, reports, and speeches.

Container list  

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Abortion

1970

1

2

Agriculture

1963-1970, n.d.

1

3

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

1965-1970

1

4

Assessors

1968

1

5

Banks

1963

1

6

Conservation and Recreation

1961-1970, n.d.

1

7

Education (Includes Colleges and Secondary Schools) (1 of 4)

1965-1970, n.d.

1

8

Education (Includes Colleges and Secondary Schools) (2 of 4)

1961-1970, n.d.

1

9

Education (Includes Colleges and Secondary Schools) (3 of 4)

1962-1970, n.d.

2

1

Education (Includes Colleges and Secondary Schools) (4 of 4)

1968

2

2

Environmental Problems (1 of 2)

1969-1970

2

3

Environmental Problems (2 of 2)

1968-1970

2

4

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (1 of 9)

1966-1969

2

5

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (2 of 9)

1965-1970, n.d.

2

6

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (3 of 9)

1965-1970

3

1

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (4 of 9)

1969-1970, n.d.

3

2

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (5 of 9)

1966-1970

3

3

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (6 of 9)

1969

3

4

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (7 of 9)

1969

3

5

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (8 of 9)

1969, n.d.

3

6

Highway Commission (SEE ALSO Reciprocity, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (9 of 9)

1969, n.d.

3

7

Labor

1965-1970

4

1

Legislative Council (1 of 8)

1963-1968

4

2

Legislative Council (2 of 8)

1969, n.d.

4

3

Legislative Council (3 of 8)

1969, n.d.

4

4

Legislative Council (4 of 8)

1967-1968, n.d.

4

5

Legislative Council (5 of 8)

1965-1967

4

6

Legislative Council (6 of 8)

1969

5

1

Legislative Council (7 of 8)

1969

5

2

Legislative Council (8 of 8)

1969, n.d.

5

3

Legislative Reform (1 of 3)

1964-1968

5

4

Legislative Reform (2 of 3)

1968-1969

5

5

Legislative Reform (3 of 3)

1964-1969

6

1

Liquor Control

1968

6

2

Lobbyists

1969, n.d.

6

3

Miscellaneous (1 of 2)

1963-1970, n.d.

6

4

Miscellaneous (2 of 2)

1959-1970, n.d.

7

1

Personal Correspondence (2 photographs 1 5x7  b/w and 1 8x10  b/w)

1965-1970, n.d.

7

2

Police, Crime, and Delinquency

1962-1970, n.d.

7

3

Politics (Includes Campaign Material) (1 of 3)

1966-1970, n.d.

7

4

Politics (Includes Campaign Material) (2 of 3)

1962-1970, n.d.

7

5

Politics (Includes Campaign Material) (3 of 3)

1963-1964, n.d.

7

6

Poverty

1960-1966

8

1

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (1 of 8)

1968

8

2

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (2 of 8)

1967-1968

8

3

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (3 of 8)

1967

8

4

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (4 of 8)

1968, n.d.

8

5

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (5 of 8)

1962-1967

8

6

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (6 of 8)

1967-1970

9

1

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (7 of 8)

1966-1969

9

2

Reciprocity (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Roads and Highways, and Transportation) (8 of 8)

1967-1969

9

3

Roads and Highways (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Transportation) (1 of 2)

1963-1969

9

4

Roads and Highways (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Transportation) (2 of 2)

1965-1969, n.d.

9

5

Sex Education

1968-1969, n.d.

9

6

Social Welfare (SEE ALSO Health) (1 of 3)

1966-1970

10

1

Social Welfare (SEE ALSO Health) (2 of 3)

1966-1970

10

2

Social Welfare (SEE ALSO Health) (3 of 3)

1966-1969

10

3

Speeches

1964-1967, n.d.

10

4

State officials and employees

1969-1970, n.d.

10

5

Taxes (1 of 6)

1963-1970

10

6

Taxes (2 of 6)

1959-1969

10

7

Taxes (3 of 6)

1958-1969, n.d.

11

1

Taxes (4 of 6)

1961-1970

11

2

Taxes (5 of 6)

1962-1967

11

3

Taxes (6 of 6)

1965-1969

11

4

Transportation (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Roads and Highways) (1 of 6)

1963-1970

11

5

Transportation (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Roads and Highways) (2 of 6)

1963-1970

12

1

Transportation (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Roads and Highways) (3 of 6)

1968-1970

12

2

Transportation (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Roads and Highways) (4 of 6)

1966-1969

12

3

Transportation (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Roads and Highways) (5 of 6)

1964-1969

12

4

Transportation (SEE ALSO Highway Commission, Reciprocity, and Roads and Highways) (6 of 6)

1966-1970

12

5

World Food Exposition (1 of 2)

1965-1968

12

6

World Food Exposition (2 of 2)

1965-1968

13

1

Iowa State Fair and World Food Exposition Study Committee: Report to the Sixty-Second General Assembly

1967

  

Series 2

Newspaper clippings

dates

extent:

1 folder (0.10 linear feet)

1961-1970

description:

Legislative and personal concerns

 

 

Container list

 

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

13

2

Legislative and personal concerns

1961-1970

 

Series 3

Weekly newspaper releases

dates

extent:

2 folders (0.32 linear feet)

1963-1970

description:

Legislative concerns

 

   

Container list

 

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

13

3

Legislative concerns

1963-1970

13

4

Legislative concerns

1963-1970

 

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Revised: 10 December 2002.