Miller (Jim) Collection, 1891-2007

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Summary

Title:
Jim Miller Collection
Dates:
1891-2007
Creators:
Abstract:
Jim Miller is an author, a native San Diegan, and a graduate of the MFA program at San Diego State University. In addition to his MFA in fiction, Miller has a Ph.D. in American culture studies from Bowling Green State University. Miller teaches English, humanities, and labor studies at San Diego City College. As a young man, Miller was a bouncer, a factory worker, a warehouseman and a laborer in his late father’s home repair business. A proud union member, Jim serves on the executive board of AFT Local 1931 and does political action work. Miller’s novels include “Last Days in Ocean Beach” (SD City Works Press), “Flash” (AK Press, 2010) and “Drift” (University of Oklahoma Press, 2007). He is also co-author of a history of San Diego, “Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See” (with Mike Davis and Kelly Mayhew on The New Press, 2003) and a cultural studies book on working class sports fandom, “Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire” (with Kelly Mayhew on The New Press, 2005). Miller is also the editor of “Sunshine/Noir: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana” (SD City Works Press, 2005) and “Democracy in Education; Education for Democracy: An Oral History of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931” (AFT 1931, 2007). He has published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in a wide range of journals and other publications and has a weekly column in “Words and Deeds.” Source: San Diego Union-Tribune https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/people/jim-miller retrieved 04/21/2024
Extent:
4 boxes, 5.1 cu. ft.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Jim Miller Collection. San Diego Public Library

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is of research materials, notebooks, draft manuscripts, articles, books, and book reviews. It includes artwork, background materials, book reviews, photographs, promotional items, and publication ephemera. There are published books, tee-shirts, thumb drives and issues of related periodicals.

Acquisition information:
James Miller 2024
Processing information:

Denies Rosenblatt May 2024

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by San Diego Public Library staff.
Date Prepared:
1891-2007
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

San Diego Public Library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Diego Public Library's collection must be given by the San Diego Public Library.

Preferred citation:

Jim Miller Collection. San Diego Public Library

Location of this collection:
330 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 238-6668
speccoll@sandiego.gov
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