Paul Miller Curatorial Files Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2007-051
Scope and Contents
Collection contains the curator’s notes and information pertaining to the Paul Miller Papers: including rights/permissions and how the collection was inventoried and organized; various documents pertaining to digitization projects related to the collection; and library promotion of the collection.
Dates
- 1982 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Oklahoma State University Archives will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to Oklahoma State University Libraries, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Copyright for material published by Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University is held by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.
Further information about copyright policy can be obtained by contacting Oklahoma State University Archives by email at libscua@okstate.edu or by phone at 405-744-6311.
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Biographical Sketch
This is an artificial collection created from the individual/s that processed and worked with the Paul Miller Papers, collection 1982-002.
From traditional American roots Paul Miller rose to a position of international influence in both the Gannett Corporation and Associated Press. His world-wide acquaintances, newspaper knowledge, and communication skills were acknowledged by many newspapermen in 1957 when he became president of the Gannett Corporation, and again in 1963 when he was also elected president of Associated Press. His decades of leadership have provided a legacy in the realms of journalism that will endure for generations.
Born in 1906 to a Baptist minister's family in Diamond, Missouri, Mr. Miller's own experiences in the newspaper world began in communities in Oklahoma. While still in high school, he worked for the Pawhuska Daily Journal as a reporter and even served briefly as city editor. During college, he worked for the Daily Oklahoman as well as on student newspapers at the University of Oklahoma and at Oklahoma A & M College, from which he graduated in 1931 after haven taken a year out to be publisher and reporter for yet another newspaper, the Okemah Daily Leader.
Miller's first job with Associated Press began in 1932, the same year in which he met and married Louise Johnson. During their first eleven years of marriage, they moved ten times as the enterprising newspaperman worked for a variety of AP bureaus in Ohio, Missouri, Utah, Pennsylvania, and New York. Then in 1942 Miller became chief of the Washington bureau, where for five years he guided national political coverage for Associated Press and headed the AP staff who reported the 1945 United Nations Organization conference in San Francisco.
Frank Gannett persuaded the adept bureau chief to make another move and join his corporation in 1947. Ten years later Miller was elected president of Gannett Co. Under his leadership this major media group carried out a vigorous expansion program and placed its stock on the public market.
As president and chief executive officer of the Gannett Corporation from 1957 to 1978, and as president and chairman of Associated Press from 1963 to 1977, Paul Miller traveled widely, reporting both on current events and on political, social, and cultural aspects of the countries visited. He met with presidents and other world leaders and served as the national spokesman on journalistic affairs. In the latter activity, he encouraged journalism to grow and keep up with changes in society as well as with developing technologies and to preserve its integrity. Throughout his years as a newspaperman, Miller maintained that "Our actions must be determined not by mere compliance with state or federal law, not by public attitudes, but on the basis of doing the right thing."
Extent
2.5 Linear feet (1 record storage box and three document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into four series.
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog or contact the Oklahoma State University Archives Reference staff.
Processing Information
Processed by Kate L. Blalack, August-September 2007.
- Associated Press.
- Berlin (Germany) -- History -- Blockade, 1948-1949.
- Gannett Company.
- Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957.
- Journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Journalistic ethics -- United States.
- Journalists -- United States -- 20th century.
- Miller, Paul, 1906-1991.
- Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Publishers and publishing -- United States.
- Title
- Paul Miller Curatorial Files Collection Collection Number 2007-051
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kate L. Blalack
- Date
- August-September 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository
Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu