Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Biographical Note
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection on Albert W. Miller
Date (inclusive): 1888-1957, undated
Date (bulk): 1950-1954
Collection Number: MS 088
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The Collection on Albert W. Miller contains materials that document the professional work of Albert W. Miller. The collection
primarily consists of photographs, press clippings, and other material regarding the Albert W. Miller Manufacturing Company
and the Magnolia Automobile Company that were owned and operated by Albert W. Miller in Riverside, California during the early
twentieth century. Additionally, this collection also contains postcards, press clippings, and other material on cities in
Southern California and vintage automobiles.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Collection on Albert W. Miller (MS 088). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Initial processing completed by Mary Jones, Head of Secured Collections, 2008. Final processing completed by Eric Milenkiewicz,
Assistant Archivist, 2010.
Biographical Note
Albert W. Miller, a resident of Riverside, California, was a wood worker, car manufacturer, and owner of the Albert W. Miller
Manufacturing Company. He was the inventor of the
Miller Lock Mortiser, a machine used to cut openings in doors for mortise locks. Miller also established and owned the Magnolia Automobile Company
in Riverside, California along with friend Watt L. Morland. This venture was short lived as the first automobile produced,
the
Magnolia, failed to work and the company went defunct.
Collection Scope and Contents
The Collection on Albert W. Miller contains materials that document the professional work of Albert W. Miller. The collection
primarily consists of photographs, press clippings, and other material regarding the Albert W. Miller Manufacturing Company
and the Magnolia Automobile Company that were owned and operated by Albert W. Miller in Riverside, California during the early
twentieth century. Additionally, this collection also contains postcards, press clippings, and other material on cities in
Southern California and vintage automobiles.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series as follows:
- Series 1. Albert W. Miller family papers, 1919-1957, undated
- Series 2. Albert W. Miller Manufacturing Company, 1888-1903, undated
- Series 3. Magnolia Automobile Company, 1902-1954
- Series 4. Southern California, 1903-1953, undated
- Series 5. Vintage automobiles, 1903-1956, undated
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Albert W. Miller Manufacturing Company
Magnolia Automobile Company
Miller, Albert W.
Antique and classic cars
Riverside (Calif.)
Genres and Forms of Materials
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs
Postcards