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Collection on Albert W. Miller
MS 088  
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  • 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.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    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