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Alvin E. Miller, Sr. Papers, 1977-2016

Collection Overview

Title: Alvin E. Miller, Sr. Papers, 1977-2016

Predominant Dates:1977-1980

Extent: 1.32 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 08/20/2021

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains the personal scrapbook of Alvin Miller highlighting his football career at Eastern Kentucky University between 1977 and 1981. While he attended Eastern, he played in two NCAA championship games, 1979 and 1980. Eastern won the championship in 1979, and Miller was selected as the Most Valuable Player (MVP). Also included are samples of Miller's poetry, loose photographs from his days at Eastern, and his MVP coat from the 1979 championship game.

Administrative Information

Accruals: 9-30-2021 accrual: MPV coat, letter sweater, correspondence, EKU football ticket.

Acquisition Source: Miller, Alvin

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Barcode: 312340139923519
Folder 1: EKU FootballAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Colonel's Football Awards Banquet Program, 22 Jan 1980Add to your cart.
Item 2: EKU Football Photographs, 1979-1980Add to your cart.
Includes several photos from the 1979 football season and one of Alvin Miller at the Football Banquet.
Item 3: EKU vs. SEMO Game Day Program, 2009Add to your cart.
Item 4: Roy Kidd Letter, 7 Apr 1999Add to your cart.
Coach Kidd tells Miller how proud he is of him.
Item 5: EKU vs. Jacksonville State Homecoming Game Ticket, 2016Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Poems, News Clippings and Photograph, 1986, 2011Add to your cart.
Includes a 1986 news clipping featuring Alvin Miller, poems he wrote submitted for a class assignment, and a photograph of Vice President Joe Biden speaking at Fort Campbell, KY.
Item 1: EKU Football Scrapbook, 1979-1980Add to your cart.
Includes photographs, news clippings, ephemera, correspondence and more about the 1979 NCAA Championship as well as the 1980 season. Some photographs show team members on trips outside of football practice and games.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Barcode: 31234013923675
Item 1: EKU Football Letter Sweater, 1977Add to your cart.
Received this sweater his freshman year.
Item 2: NCAA Championship MVP Coat, 1979Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Miller was selected as the MVP for the championship game and the coat has that patch, plus his name embroidered inside the pocket.
Folder OS 1Add to your cart.
Barcode: 31234013923527
Item 1: Black Dispatch, Apr, 1979Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Laminated copy with three poems by Alvin Miller inside.
Item 2: Albert "Happy" Chandler Letter, 12 Apr 1988Add to your cart.