Finding Aid to the Harry E. "Two Guns" Miller Collection MS.603
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 22
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Harry E. "Two Guns" Miller Collection
Creator:
Miller, Harry E. (Harry Edgar)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.603
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(4 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1947-1951
Abstract: Harry Miller (1879-1952), also known as "Indian" or "Two Guns" is most famously remembered for being the namesake of the ghost
town, Two Guns, located on Interstate 40 east of Flagstaff, Arizona. Miller was an amateur archaeologist and believed that
he had discovered the "real" route of Coronado and the Seven Cities of Cibola in the Lupton area. He died in 1952. This collection
consists of bulletins and publications Miller sent to Southwest Museum director F. W. Hodge in the late 1940s, articles collected
by Library staff about Miller, and copies of his
Songs of the Navajo Sea. Materials are dated 1947-1951.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: 1
This collection consists of bulletins and publications Miller sent to Southwest Museum director F. W. Hodge in the late 1940s,
articles collected by Library staff about Miller, and copies of his
Songs of the Navajo Sea.
Harry E. "Two Guns" Miller Collection, 1947-1951, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.603; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 22, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Deposited into the Library by F. W. Hodge, beginning in 1947 September.
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Harry E. (Two Guns) Miller collection, MS-49. The Museum of Northern Arizona, Harold S. Colton Memorial Library.
Harry Miller, also known as "Indian" or "Two Guns" is most famously remembered for being the namesake of the ghost town, Two
Guns, located on Interstate 40 east of Flagstaff, Arizona. Miller ran a trading store and zoo at this location during the
period around 1925. Around 1940, Miller left Arizona for Lupton, New Mexico, where he became an amateur archaeologist. Miller
believed that he had discovered the "real" route of Coronado and the Seven Cities of Cibola in the Lupton area.
He was also an editor and author, having edited
The Mocassin magazine in the 1920s, authored
Philosophy of Universality in 1929, and self-published a series of poetry books,
Songs of the Navajo Sea, between 1946 and 1951. He was born in 1871 and died in 1952.
Source: Harry E. (Two Guns) Miller Collection at The Museum of Northern Arizona, Harold S. Colton Memorial Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Songs of the Navajo SeaPublications
Clippings
Poetry
Bulletins from Miller
No. 6 – February 14, 1947
No. 14 – March 18, 1947
No. 15 – March 18, 1947
No. 34 – July 7, 1947
No. 66 – April 19, 1948
No. 67 – April 19, 1948
No. 83 – June 8, 1948
No. 88 – June 19, 1948
No. 89 – June 19, 1948
New system:
No. 1 – March 2, 1949
No. 2 – March 3, 1949
No. 3 – March 4, 1949
No. 4 – March 2, 1949
No. 6 – April 27, 1949
No. 7 – April 29, 1949
Letter to Miller from Department of the Interior July 2, 1948
Circular letter no. 19 – January 21, 1948
Articles about Miller
- "Two Guns" Miller has found "true" El Morro 17 Miles West of Here' Gallup Independent January 10, 1947
- "Documentary Evicence of Old Spanish Journals Adds Strength to 'Indian; Miller's Claim that Lupton is Cibola" Holbrook Tribune-News November 8, 1946
- "Indian Scientist Tells M.I.A. of a Visit to Utopia" Holbrook Tribune-News November 8, 1946