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- Correspondence to Harry L. Hopkins, discussing a building project at the Alabama State Training School for Girls in Jefferson County.
- 1934 February
- In a letter written February 23, 1934, Eva Comer Riding asks Hopkins for more funds from the Civil Works Administration, in order to complete the substantial work that has already been done at the school. Riding, daughter of former Governor Braxton...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Benjamin Meek Miller.
- Miller was the governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Benjamin Meek Miller.
- Miller was the governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Official portrait of Benjamin Meek Miller, thirty-ninth governor of Alabama.
- Miller was governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935. This portrait was painted by Adolpho Dumini in 1935. Due to the low resolution of this digital image, it is not suitable for publication.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Benjamin Meek Miller as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1888 to 1889.
- 1888-1889 circa
- Miller was the governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Governor Benjamin Miller with his office staff.
- 1931 May 18
- Left to right: Governor Miller; John Hill Peach, legal advisor; David Howell Turner, private secretary; Mr. William Franklin Covington, Jr., recording secretary; Louise Matthews; and Kate Thompson.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Correspondence dealing with a Communist activities in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1932 October
- In the first letter Brigadier General J. C. Persons of the Alabama National Guard sends Governor Benjamin Miller an account of recent events in Birmingham, which was submitted by another officer. The second letter contains the report of Second...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. W. H. Jones to Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1934 April 5
- Mrs. Jones, a widow in Frisco City, Alabama, explains that she has been cut off from the relief program and has no other way to support her family. Her sixteen-year-old son has been denied relief work because of his age, and her married children...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Berton Beck to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by W. F. Covington, Governor Miller's recording secretary.
- 1934 April
- Beck, a farmer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, asks for financial assistance. He explains that he has unsuccessfully applied for relief while other people, whose situations are better than his, have received it. In the second letter, Covington says that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between Rachel Wheeler in Selma, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1934 March
- In the first letter, written March 23, 1934, Wheeler explains that she is an African American widow with three children; she asks the governor for financial assistance because she is unable to get work or relief money in Dallas County. In the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. Deller Williams in Brookwood, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934 March
- In the first letter, written March 21, 1934, Mrs. Williams explains that her children have not been able to go to school because she cannot afford shoes and clothes for them. She also mentions that her husband has been arrested. In the second...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Frank Carter in Flomaton, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934 March
- In the first letter, written March 21, 1934, Carter explains that he is a sixty-four-year-old blind African American with no family or means of support. His home was recently sold to pay back taxes, and he asks the governor for advice and financial...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Simon Tricksey, Sr., in Sunflower, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1933 July
- In the first letter, written July 7, 1933, Tricksey explains that he is an African American with a large family to support. He has just lost his job with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and he asks the governor to help him get employment or...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mrs. David Smoot in Vida, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1933 July 13
- In the letter Mrs. Smoot explains that her fourteen-year-old daughter will soon lose her job because of recent legislation addressing child labor: "Monday President Roosevelt's new rule for textile mills becomes effective and while it is a...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from the parade committee for the National Recovery Administration's "Victory Buy Now Celebration" in Flushing, New York, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1933 September 12
- In the letter the Flushing committee invites Alabama to participate in a pageant to be held on September 28. The theme of the parade, which will feature floats from each of the states and territories, will be "Every State--Every Citizen--In Line...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Governor Benjamin Miller to all department heads and state employees in Alabama.
- 1933 October 9
- In the letter Governor Miller announces a "monster parade" to be held on October 19 to support the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act. To encourage state employees to participate in the parade, he has declared a half holiday on that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James Paulk, a student at the school in Malvern, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January 4
- In the letter James explains that his school cannot afford to stay open, and he asks for the governor's assistance: "Wont [sic] you call the Legislature together and tell them how very important it is to us, to them, to the state of [sic] large and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Jake Ward, a seventh grader at the school in Malvern, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January 5
- In the letter Jake explains that his school cannot afford to stay open; he asks the governor to "call the Legislature together and let us have enough money to run the school the full year."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Harry Peterman, a senior at the high school in Slocomb, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January 5
- In the letter Harry explains that his school will close on January 26 if the state does not provide money for it. He asks the governor to convene the legislature to redistribute funding: "The attendance are increasing although education finances...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between J. J. Collins, principal of Kinsaul Junior High School in Newton, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934 January
- In the first letter, written January 5, 1934, Collins asks the governor to do all he can to prevent school closings; he also mentions that he has enclosed letters from his students on the subject. In the second letter, written January 6, 1934,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection