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TABLE OF CONTENTSLiterary Productions 1918-1948, undated |
Greaver Lewis Miller papers, Inclusive: 1918-1959, undated, Bulk: 1917-1920, 1955-1959
Biography/ProfileGreaver Lewis Miller was born in Yowell, Texas, on 1897 July 2. The son of A.P. Miller, Greaver worked in the automotive industry before enlisting in the Army’s Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps at the age of 20. His term of enlistment lasted five years. Miller’s dream of becoming a pilot required extensive study. He graduated from the U.S. School of Military Aeronautics at the University of Texas-Austin on 1918 July 13. From there, Miller moved to Rich Field in Waco, Texas, where he excelled at putting the newly-learned theories into practice. Upon passing his pilot examinations, Miller was commissioned as a “Reserve Military Aviator” on 1918 December 13. He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on 1919 February 15. Not much is known about the remainder of Miller’s life. Miller was a member of the Masons at Cooper Lodge #707 in Cooper, Texas. Along with learning how to fly, Miller was trained in aerial photography. Several landscape shots can be found within his collection. He occasionally collected materials concerning the Rich Field Veterans Association and their reunion dinners that were held across the United States. Greaver died on 1968 November 3. His son, Jerry, donated his father’s materials to The Texas Collection in 2011. Rich Field, the site where Miller received his training, was built near Waco, Texas, in the fall of 1917. The base was named after First Lieutenant Perry C. Rich, a member of the Philippine Scouts who had been killed in a flying exercise at Manila Bay in 1912. By 1919 January 1, the instructors of Rich Field had trained 399 graduates, including Greaver Miller. After World War I was over, enlistment in the military declined. The military base was closed in the summer of 1921 and the airfield was converted to civilian use. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThe Greaver Lewis Miller papers ranges in its chronology from 1918 to 1959. There are two different time periods that the collection focuses on: Miller’s term of enlistment from 1918 to the early 1920s and the mid to late 1950s in which the Rich Field Veterans Association was organizing reunion dinners for pilots like Miller who had been trained at the air base in Waco, Texas. Most of the collection consists of literary productions and photographic materials. Literary materials includes certificates of promotion, a pilot’s book, identification cards, other documents relating to Miller’s time in the reserves. Photographic materials have been divided by subject matter: planes, people, buildings, reunion dinners, etc. Series III contains maps of Rich Field as well as the greater Waco area. There are also two interesting artifacts included within the collection: a pair of leather shin guards and Miller’s pilot wings. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsAll requests for copying of materials must be submitted to The Texas Collection in writing. Please use the Request Form for Copying Materials sheet. Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator (s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Use/Re-use RestrictionsThe collection is open for research. Physical DescriptionGeneral condition: Good. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationGreaver Lewis Miller papers, Accession #3804, Box #, Folder #, The Texas Collection, Baylor University. Acquisition InformationAccession No. 3804. Acquired 2011-11-14 Processing InformationDescribed by Thomas DeShong. Released on 2012-06-22. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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