Collection # P 0514

JOSEPH F. MILLER COLLECTION 1996–2008

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Barbara Quigley 28 August 2012

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street , IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF One-half document case; 3 folders in OVC graphics box; 3 COLLECTION: folders in Flat File storage; 3 framed items in Flat File storage

COLLECTION 1996–2008 DATES:

PROVENANCE: Bequest from the Joseph F. Miller Estate, received 26 April 2012

RESTRICTIONS: None

COPYRIGHT:

REPRODUCTION Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection RIGHTS: must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

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RELATED HOLDINGS:

ACCESSION 2012.0116 NUMBER:

NOTES: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Joseph F. Miller was born 26 February 1951 in a Quebec City orphanage in Canada to a single mother. He and his twin brother Charles were adopted together as infants and raised on a farm in Eaton, Indiana. After his adoptive parents passed away, Joe met his birth mother and biological family in 2001.

Miller became a businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. Through his Joseph F. Miller Foundation, he made contributions to many organizations involved with humanitarian, health, and social causes. Much of his charitable contributions went toward AIDS education and prevention efforts internationally and locally. He was a board member of Indiana Cares, the nation’s second oldest HIV/AIDS education and prevention organization and spent several years as the board chair of the Indiana AIDS Fund. He also served on the board of the Damien Center, Indiana’s largest HIV/AIDS service provider. His generosity to that organization resulted in the Joseph F. Miller Center for Testing and Prevention, which opened in 2006, to enhance the services of the Damien Center.

Miller was a strong supporter of the ACLU of Indiana, serving as a board member beginning in 1996 as well as serving on its foundation board. He made the largest single contribution in the history of ACLU Indiana and was honored with its Robert Risk Award in 2000 and its Founders Day Award in 2003.

Miller was twice named a Sagamore of the Wabash – by both governors Frank O’Bannon and Joe Kernan. In 1995 former Governor Evan Bayh appointed Miller to the Indiana Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport. He was a founding director of the Indiana Stonewall Democrats and active with ’s Rainbow Coalition.

In October 1999 he traveled to Russia with a group including Indiana's First Lady Judy O’Bannon and Indiana business, educational, and other professionals. The 12-day trip was coordinated by People-to-People Ambassador Programs. The itinerary included Moscow, Novgorod, and St. Petersburg.

Miller renovated a historic African American church into a downtown Indianapolis office building where he lived and worked. He served on the boards of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and the Indianapolis Opera Society. He was a trustee of the Indiana Historical Society from 2009 until his death in 2010, serving on committees for marketing and for the Indiana Experience campaign.

Miller died at home on 26 August 2010. A memorial service was held at the Indiana Repertory Theater in Indianapolis on 7 September 2010.

Sources: Ancestry Library Edition. Social Security Death Index. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/category.aspx?cat=34 (Accessed 7 August 2012).

Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery. Online Obituaries for the Indianapolis, IN Area. “Mr. Joseph F. Miller, August 26, 2010.” http://www.crownhill.org/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/802752/obit/Joseph-F-Miller (Accessed 7 August 2012).

“Indiana Delegation Travels to Russia.” http://www.lifenets.org/russia99/ (Accessed 7 August 2012).

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection contains materials from the estate of Joseph F. Miller that pertain to his activities such as work in behalf of people with AIDS, Democratic Party campaigns, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, honoring Rosa Parks, and a People-to-People trip to Russia. The collection was received as 24 framed items, with many of the frames holding several related pieces. Most of the collection has been unframed for ease of storage and access. The contents of each frame have been kept together and listed together below. The AIDS fundraising posters were each in their own frames originally. One of the frames holding items related to Rosa Parks had a packet of related materials attached to the back of the frame. The items from that packet have also been kept together. For reasons of conservation, a few of the frames have been left intact while other pieces have been unframed but with the contents remaining mounted on their original mats.

The collection is arranged into six series: AIDS-related materials; business achievement; Democratic political campaigns; Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Honoring Rosa Parks; and People-to-People trip to Russia. The collection consists of photographs, manuscripts, artifacts, ephemera, and printed materials.

SERIES CONTENTS

Series 1: AIDS-Related Materials

CONTENTS CONTAINER Press release announcing that President Clinton signed Color Photo Box 1, Folder a 5-year extension of the Ryan White CARE Act; 1 transcript of remarks made by President Clinton at the bill signing ceremony for the Ryan White Reauthorization Act (4 pages); color photograph of President Clinton signing the bill with Jeanne White Ginder (mother of Ryan White), [Senator William Frist?], Congressman Henry Waxman, and others (20 May 1996). Removed from one frame.

AIDS fundraising event posters: AIDS Walk Indy OVC Graphics Box 1, (2003); Indiana AIDS Walk & Ride Indianapolis Folder 1 (2005, 2006, 2007).

Series 2: Business Achievement

CONTENTS CONTAINER Certificate of Achievement for American Successful OVC Graphics Box 1, Businessman’s Award presented to Joe Miller. Signed Folder 2 by Phyllis Pond, state representative (4 November 1999).

Series 3: Democratic Political Campaigns

CONTENTS CONTAINER Color poster promoting Frank O’Bannon and Joe OVC Graphics Box 1, Kernan for governor and lieutenant governor of Folder 3 Indiana. [1996 or 2000]

Poster of “President Clinton: the 21st Century Flat File: 22-n Express”; guest pass for East Lansing, Mich. to Michigan City, Ind. for 28 August 1996; Clinton/Gore 96 pin button. All in one mat, removed from frame. Color photo of unidentified, Al Gore, unidentified, Color Photo Box 1, Folder Tipper Gore, and Joe Miller. Photo by Larry S. Glenn 2 of Silver Spring, Maryland (2 September 1996).

Color photo of Joe Miller with and two Color Photo Box 1, Folder unidentified people. Photo by Larry S. Glenn of 2 Fulton, Maryland (n.d.).

Invitation to 1997 inaugural parade; invitation to 1997 Color Photo Box 1, Folder presidential inaugural ball; thank-you letter to Joseph 3 Miller from Bill Clinton dated 29 October 1996; 53rd presidential inaugural calendar of public events (January 1997); invitation to 1997 inauguration; color photograph of Bill Clinton’s inauguration (20 January 1997). Removed from one frame.

Fifty-third Presidential Inaugural materials in frame: Flat File: 22-m color photograph of Bill Clinton and Al Gore; printed swearing-in statements; padded and printed book cover; commemorative invitation with cover sheet; calendar of public events (20 January 1997).

2000 Democratic National Convention materials: Flat File: 22-n three suite level passes; four floor passes including a lanyard with pass holder; Holiday Inn City Center Welcome DNC card; Indiana Delegation Reception pass; SBC Communications Hospitality Suite pass; ticket to the Nomination Concert honoring Vice President Al Gore. (14–17 August 2000). All items in frame.

Five color snapshots taken during the 2000 Color Photo Box 1, Folder Democratic National Convention. People shown 4 include: Joe Miller, Indiana Lieutenant Governor Joe Kernan, Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, and others. Removed from one frame.

Poster by artist Roberto Gutierrez for the 2000 Flat File: 22-n Democratic National Convention. Signed “To Joe, Gore-Lieberman 2000 with best wishes, your friend Roberto Gutierrez 8-17-2000.” election materials: decal with “Vote Flat File: 22-m Nov 4th find out where you vote”; “Official Appointment of Democratic Watcher” signed card for J.F. Miller; four Marion County election status report tapes (4 November 2008). All items in frame.

Series 4: Rainbow PUSH Coalition

CONTENTS CONTAINER Rainbow PUSH Coalition event materials: 13 color Color Photo Box 1, Folder snapshots showing Joe Miller, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, 5 Sr., and others; leaflet for a program on 21 April 1999 with Jesse Jackson as speaker; newspaper clipping, “Message of hope burns in the ‘New Mississippi’,” pin button, “Save the Dream / Rainbow PUSH Coalition”; pin, “Rainbow PUSH Coalition / Mississippi.” Items removed from one frame. [Mississippi, 17–24 April, 1999]

Rainbow PUSH Coalition event materials: 6 color Color Photo Box 1, Folder snapshots showing Joe Miller, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, 6 Sr., and others; newspaper clipping, “Jackson marches to beat of voting drive.” Items removed from one frame. [Mississippi, 17–24 April, 1999]

Nine color snapshots showing Joe Miller, Rev. Jesse Color Photo Box 1, Folder L. Jackson, Sr., and others visiting the memorial to 7 murdered civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael H. Schwerner at Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Removed from one frame. [April 1999] Series 5: Honoring Rosa Parks

CONTENTS CONTAINER Invitation to high tea in honor of Rosa Parks to Color Photo Box 1, Folder commemorate the 1999 Congressional Gold Medal of 8 Honor, 14 June 1999, at the National Council of Negro Women in Washington, DC; invitation from Congresswoman Julia Carson to the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring Rosa Parks on 15 June 1999 at the Capitol, Washington, DC; four program pages for the ceremony; three color snapshots showing Rosa Parks, Julia Carson, President Bill Clinton, Senator Tom Daschle, and others. Removed from one frame. [Washington, DC, 14–15 June 1999]

Letter from Rosa L. Parks to Julia Carson (5 March Flat File: 22-n 1999); letter from Julia Carson to Joseph F. Miller (18 June 1999); Time 100: Heroes and Icons of the 20th Century magazine cover and pages 166, 168, and 170 with article on Rosa Parks (14 June 1999). All items in one mat removed from frame.

Contents from packet attached to the back of the frame Color Photo Box 1, Folder mentioned above: 6 color snapshots from the high tea 9 in honor of Rosa Parks given by the National Council of Negro Women in Washington, DC (14 June 1999) showing Rosa Parks, Julia Carson, and others; ticket to the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to honor Rosa Parks in the Capitol Rotunda on 15 June 1999; ticket for the congressional reception following the ceremony; flier announcing Rosa Parks’ visit to Indianapolis on 17 June 1999; 3-page letter to Joe Miller from Julia Carson inviting him to the program to honor Rosa Parks at the Hilbert Theater (19 May 1999); two copies of the program booklet (one missing cover) honoring Rosa Parks at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis on 17 June 1999. News release (2 June 1999) announcing Rosa Parks’ Color Photo Box 1, Folder visit to Indianapolis at the Hilbert Circle Theatre on 17 10 June 1999; two mounted tickets for the event; cover of program for the event; page with portrait of “Rosa Parks Our Hero” on one side and an advertisement from Conseco Services honoring Rosa Parks on the other side. Items removed from one frame.

Series 6: People-to-People Trip to Russia

CONTENTS CONTAINER Mounted ticket for admission to the State Hermitage Color Photo Box 1, Folder Museum in St. Petersburg dated 10 October 1999; 11 mounted form in Russian (possibly a receipt?) dated 10 October 1999; 3 color snapshots of Joe Miller and others [October 1999]; 4 color postcards of St. Petersburg. All removed from one frame.

Eight color snapshots from People to People trip to Color Photo Box 1, Folder Russia. Includes Joe Miller, Indiana First Lady Judy 12 O’Bannon, and others. [1–12 October 1999] All removed from one frame. CATALOGING INFORMATION

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