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 J. Alfred Miller Collection

M2005.12.1-3


"Blue Ridge Parkway. Site of Groundbreaking. Grandfather Mountain, October 22, 1968." [mill0010],
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville.

Title  J. Alfred Miller Collection
Creator J. Alfred Miller [?]
Subject
Keyword :		 J. Alfred Miller ; urban renewal ; city redevelopment ; Blue Ridge Parkway ; Asheville ; guidebooks ; Asheville Redevelopment Commission ; travel and tourism ; Civic Planning Committee, Asheville ; Asheville Civic Center ; Greater Asheville Council ; urban renewal ;
Subject
LCSH :		 Community development, Urban -- United States
Urban renewal -- United States 
Urban policy -- United States 
Housing -- United States
Housing policy -- United States
Housing -- Law and legislation -- United States
City planning and redevelopment law -- United States
Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)
Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.) -- Guidebooks
National parks and reserves -- Virginia -- Guidebooks
National parks and reserves -- North Carolina -- Guidebooks
Trails -- North Carolina -- Guidebooks
Trails -- Virginia -- Guidebooks
Virginia -- Guidebooks
North Carolina -- Guidebooks
Description A collection of letters, promotions, meeting minutes, photographs, and newspaper articles relating to the redevelopment of Asheville from the late 1950's to the mid-1970's and the promotion of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a tourist destination.  Includes the minutes of the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville, correspondence between members, and promotional materials relating to the Civic Redevelopment throughout the nation.  Also includes information from the Civic Planning Committee on the planning and construction of the Asheville Civic Center and the city expansion.  Promotion pamphlets for the Blue Ridge Parkway from 1950 through 1976 are present along with many letters and meeting minutes regarding their creation and printing.  Some photographs of the members of the Blue Ridge Parkway Association are there as well as a promotional folder including pictures from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Southern Highlands Research Center
Date 2005-8-24
Type Collection ; Text, newspaper, photographic
Format 3 13 x 16 x 10" size boxes , 27 books
Identifier  http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/miller_alfred/default_amiller.htm
Source  M2005.12.1-3
Language English
Relation Carolina Mountain Club ; Asheville Model Cities Records, Special Collections, UNC Asheville ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Records (HACA),Special Collections, UNC Asheville   ;
Temporal Coverage 1959-1976; 
Spatial Coverage USA, Asheville, Blue Ridge Parkway
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  
Donor Donor number 
Acquisition  Unknown. Cataloged from backlog.
Citation J. Alfred Miller Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Processed by UNCA Special Collections Staff  2005-8-24 LM
Biography

J. Alfred Miller was the president of Miller Printing Company.  His father had founded the company, and in 1930 Miller took over. 

During his time as president of the Miller Printing Company Alfred was heavily involved in civic activities.  He was director of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Asheville Redevelopment Commission, and from 1958 to 1963 he was on the board of Trustees for Asheville-Biltmore College and received the Chancellor’s Medallion in 1990.  Miller was also active in the Blue Ridge Parkway Association, Northwestern Bank, Greater Asheville Council, First Presbyterian Church Board of Deacons, Country Club of Asheville, Printing Industries of the Carolinas, American Business Club, and was on the Board of Trustees at Montreat College, becoming a Trustee Emeritus in 1995. 

In 1971 Miller resigned from his presidency of Miller Printing, and it later was sold to become Daniels Graphics.  On November 29, 2003 J. Alfred Miller died and left a scholarship trust arrangement to be split between the institution of UNC Asheville and Montreat for the students from Buncombe, Henderson, or Madison Counties.

 

Box Folder Item Description
1 1-10   Minutes of the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1960-1969
  11   Resolutions of the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1958-1968
  12   Communication between the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1960-1970
  13   Agenda of the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Asheville 1960-1963
  14   Miscellaneous about the Redevelopment Commission 
  15   Members and Charter of the Greater Asheville Council 1968-1969
  16   Minutes of the Greater Asheville Council 1961-1969
  17   Agenda of the Greater Asheville Council 1959, 1969, 1971
  18   Letters of the Greater Asheville Council 1966-1976
  19   Personal letters of the Greater Asheville Council 1966-1969
  20   Handwritten notes, Greater Asheville Council
  21   Letters to and from Senator Biggs regarding the proposed mixed beverage law 1969
  22   Reports concerning the Greater Asheville Council
  23   Newspaper articles concerning the Greater Asheville Council
  24   Controversy over right-of-way on Rankin Ave. 1965
  25   Various materials concerning Asheville city expansion:  promotions, reports, and personal letters
  26   Promotions and letters concerning the national Workable Plan
  27   Letters, promotions, and reports concerning the national organization Urban Renewal
  28   Letters and reports concerning property rights affected by annexation
  29   Laws, codes, and letters about city redevelopment and growth
  30   Promotions for the Civic Planning Committee:  Civic Convention Center and Library
  31   Chamber of Commerce proposals
  32   Chamber of Commerce membership 1959-1969
  33   Resolutions made by the Chamber of Commerce, Civic Arts Council 1966
  34   Civic Planning Committee personal communications 1957-1972
  35   Minutes to the meetings of various groups
  36   Questionnaires for various Chamber of Commerce events
  37-38   Newspaper clippings about Urban Renewal 1950-1970
  39   Handwritten notes by various people
  40   Reports on Urban Renewal and land acquisitions
  41   Miscellaneous papers related to urban renewal
  42   Unrelated Miscellaneous
2      
  1-28   Blue Ridge Parkway Pamphlets 1950-1973, 1975-1976, 1979-1980
  29   Various pamphlets (Kentucky, Colorado, San Francisco)
  30   Various Blue Ridge Parkway pamphlets
  31   North Carolina and Virginia pamphlets
  32   North Carolina and Tennessee pamphlets
  33   Asheville pamphlets
  34   Southern Highlands pamphlet 1954
  35   Letters and announcements regarding pamphlets
  36   Invitation and schedule of celebration of completed Blue Ridge Parkway 1968
3      
  1   National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) promotions and letters
  2   Public meetings regarding redevelopment
  3   Protests against city redevelopment
  4   Certificate of recording officer
  5   Central Asheville Association papers
  6   Citizen's Advisory Committee papers
  7   Presentation on Asheville Redevelopment
  8   Housing papers
  9   Financial papers for various groups
  10   Buncombe County advertising and annual report
  11   City advertisements for redevelopment  (Asheville, Hendersonville)
  12   Advertisements for urban redevelopment videos
  13   Promotions about Kalamazoo, Michigan's redevelopment
  14   Promotions about Knoxville, Tennessee's redevelopment
  15   Papers regarding economic change
  16   Letters regarding urban renewal
  17   Blue Ridge Parkway Association bulletins and notices 1957-1968
  18   Mile Post 1966-1978
  19   Minutes of Blue Ridge Parkway Association meetings 1951-1972
  20   Blue Ridge Parkway Association membership 1959-1972
  21   Promotional package for the Blue Ridge Parkway Association
  22   Blue Ridge Parkway Association by-laws 1951-1975
  23   Blue Ridge Parkway Association finances 1965-1972
  24   Blue Ridge Parkway Association treasure's report 1958-1970
  25   Blue Ridge Parkway Association resolutions
  26   Blue Ridge Parkway Association correspondence 1951-1971
  27   Blue Ridge Parkway Association notifications 1961-1980
  28-43   Blue Ridge Parkway Association correspondence about the promotional folder 1950-1960, 1962--1964, 1966-1967
  44   Correspondence regarding the Blue Ridge Parkway's search for transparencies and pictures for pamphlets
  45   Blue Ridge Parkway Association reports and articles
  46   Maps and advertisements for the Blue Ridge Parkway
  47   Newspaper articles regarding the Blue Ridge Parkway
4 Photographs
  1 mil000-0019 PHOTOGRAPHS
4 Misc. material
  2   Miscellaneous
  3   Travel Survey reports
  4   Duplicates of other papers
4 Publications
    1 Annual Report 1976-77 Transportation Programs in the Asheville Urban Area
    2 Improvement of Valley St. Along Existing and New Alignments from Polar St. to Southside Ave. in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C.
    3 Hearing on Civic Redevelopment Project, Tuesday, July 10th, 1962
    4 Administrative Policy 1958
    5 Administrative Policy 1968
    6 The Image of Asheville 1968
    7 Report of  the Real Property Survey (Asheville, North Carolina) 1939-1940
    8 A Program for Renewal:  Neighborhood Analysis Study  1966
    9 Consultation Report 1960
    10 Private Financing Considerations in Urban Renewal:  a report of the proceedings of the sixth annual NAHRO conference on urban renewal  1961
    11 The Economic Performance of North Carolina  1968
    12 Asheville, North Carolina City Characteristics  1964
    13 Summary of the Urban Renewal Program (Incorporating changes resulting form the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965)  1965
    14 A Review of Selected Municipal and Metropolitan Functions:  City of Asheville, North Carolina  1970
    15 Application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Grant to Plan a Comprehensive Model Cities Program  1968
    16 Asheville, North Carolina City Characteristics  1968-69
    17 How to Organize and Sell a Profitable Real Estate Condominium 
    18 Urban Renewal:  Bonanza of the Real Estate Business
    19 Asheville City Plan 2010 (3 copies)
    20 The Other Asheville
    21 Summary of Housing in California  1965
    22 1973-1974 Industrial Directory for Asheville and Buncombe County
    23 Impact of the Urban Crisis on Community Services by Arthur H. Kruse (Community Fund of Chicago)
    24 Civic Redevelopment Project, City of Asheville, N.C. R-13  - Part Two.
    25 Planning and Coordinating Organizations Serving Buncombe County. Report by : Buncombe County Planning Council, 6060 City Building, Asheville, N.C.  11-21-69.
    26 Full Options: Guidelines in Black an White for Action Toward Social Change. Remarks of Alvin E. Echols, Executive Director, North City Congress, Philadelphia, PA.
    27 United Community Funds and Councils of America. Correspondence, flyers, agenda items, reports.
    28 Excerpts from Day Care Workshop sponsored by The Children's Welfare League and The Buncombe county Planning Council, February 17 and 18, 1965 at Fellowship Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville, NC.  Speaker, Miss Judith Cauman, Day Care Consultant, Health and Welfare Council, Philadelphia, PA.
    29 Community Action for Social Redevelopment in Asheville and Buncombe County. Complete Transcripts of Nine Monthly Workshop Sessions Sponsored by the Juvenile Planning Council of Asheville and Buncombe County.  May 1961 through January 1962.  with evaluation of the course by Dr. Ralph Patrick, Associate Professor (Anthropology), Department of Epidemiology), School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 
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REFERENCE

 

 A Population and Economic Analysis of the Asheville Metropolitan Area and the Western North Carolina Region That it Serves.  The preparation of this report was financially aided through a federal grant from the urban renewal administration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, under the Urban Planning Assistance Program authorized by Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended.  May 1966. 
       
  Other
      Two (2) Knoxville, TN posters on urban redevelopment
      Blue Ridge Parkway Association plaque