Mss C 1812 Erroll W. Miller Photograph Collection, 1909-1969 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2010 Finding aid encodedin EAD by Melissa Ferguson using oXygen 9.3, 2010. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 1812 Miller, Erroll W. Inventory of The Erroll W. Miller Photograph Collection, 1909-1969 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 envelope) The collection contains photographs of Erroll W. Miller, his sister, Ruth Miller (Skinner) Hill, his mother, Hannah Mathison Miller, his father, William H. Miller, and photographs of family and friends in Idaho and Utah. Stacks, basement Topics: Miller, Erroll W. Hill, Ruth Miller. Miller, Hanna Mathison Miller, William H. Miller, Rowena Mathison Miller family Organists--Utah--Salt Lake City. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Music. Form or Genre: black and white and color photographs Biographical Note

Erroll W. Miller was born June 20, 1909 in Salt Lake City to William H. and Hannah Mathison Miller (Skinner). In Soda Springs, Idaho, he is known as Erroll Skinner. He married Rowena Johnson, December 21, 1934. Miller was a graduate of the Julliard School of Music, Mann School of Music, both in New York City. He was the past dean of the American Guild of Organists, Utah Chapter. In 1940 he became the organist in the First Church of Christ Scientist Miller was an assistant conductor of the Queens Symphony Orchestra, Liahona Male Chorus, Brooklyn, New York. Miller also was the organist for the Salt Lake Philharmonic Choir, Norwegian Chorus, Broadway Presbyterian Church, Temple B'Nai Ecohan. He performed weekly radio organ recitals in New York City. He later was the musical director of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, St. Ann's Catholic Church, both in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs of Erroll W. Miller, his sister, Ruth Miller (Skinner) Hill, his mother, Hannah Mathison Miller, his father, William H. Miller, and photographs of family and friends in Idaho and Utah.

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

The Erroll W. Miller Photograph Collection, 1909-1969, Mss C 1812, Utah State Historical Society., Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Catherine J. Walther.

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The Erroll W. Miller Photograph Collection, 1909-1969, is physical property of the Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

 Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 2008. Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 2008. Finding aid edited by Melissa Ferguson, 2010. Collection cataloged by Michele Elnicky, 2009. Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Melissa Ferguson, 2010. Container list box folder Contents 1 1-10 Hill, Ruth Miller (Skinner) 1 11-24 Miller, Erroll W. 1 25 Miller, Erroll W. - Florence 1 26-28 Miller, Rowena Mathison 1 28 Miller, William H. 1 29 Miller Family (Erroll and Ruth as babies) 1 30-34 Miller Family 2 1-10 Miller Family 2 11 Miller Family (tintype) 2 12 Miller Family - Bodin/Peterson 2 13 Miller Family - Larsen 2 14 Miller Family - Olsen 2 15-20 Skinner, Hannah Mathison 2 21 Men 2 22 Women 2 23 Children 2 24 Couples 2 25 Groups 3 1 Groups 3 2 Groups - Choir 3 3 Groups - School 3 4-9 Family and friends 3 10 Locations 3 11 Miscellaneous manuscript materials: Coal Oil Johnny pamphlet; high school diploma, Caribou County, Idaho; newspaper clippings Envelope 1 1 Hill, Ruth Miller (color) Envelope 1 2 Miller, Erroll W. (color) Envelope 1 3 Miller, Erroll W. and J. Reuben Clark (color) Envelope 1 4-5 Miller Family (color) Envelope 1 6 Northwest trip, 1968 (color)