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The Jason Miller Papers include research, finished digital projects, publications, and media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr, writer Langston Hughes, musician Nina Simone, and Nebraska poet Don Welch. It features audio files, digital files for a comprehensive website, short films, and the full official transcript of MLK’s first ever “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in Rocky Mount, NC nine months before the March on Washington. The collection also includes archival research surrounding MLK’s visit to NC State on July 31, 1966.
Dr. W. Jason Miller is an award-winning English professor at North Carolina State University. Jason Miller completed his undergraduate and MA degrees at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and his PhD at Washington State University. He has won numerous awards over the course of his career including the Alumni Outstanding Research Award, the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award, and the Alumni Outstanding Outreach Award.
He has conducted research on twentieth century American poetry, American literature, literary theory, and pedagogy. Miller's research on Martin Luther King Jr. centers on the rhetorical influences of Langston Hughes on King. During the course of this research, Miller rediscovered an audio recording of a speech King gave at Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount, NC. This speech, given on November 27, 1962, contains the rhetorical origins of King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech given on August 28, 1963 at the March on Washington. Dr. Miller's research on the Rocky Mount speech has garnered particular attention, being featured on the Smithsonian podcast “King’s Speech” as well as on National Public Radio, the New York Daily News, Our State Magazine, and several local news outlets.
Miller has also created digital projects, digital installations, and a short film related to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Miller gathered rarely seen photos, news clippings, and artifacts about King's visit to NC State’s campus on July 31, 1966 including an address King gave at Reynolds Coliseum and a Ku Klux Klan march on Raleigh organized in response to the visit. This research culminated in the exhibit "When MLK and the KKK Met in Raleigh" held at the African American Cultural Center at NC State in January and February 2020.
Dr. Miller has also done extensive research on Nina Simone and Langston Hughes and authored books including Origin of the Dream: Hughes’ Poetry and King’s Rhetoric. He also established the Don Welch archive which contains Welch’s life-like photos, correspondence, and poetry.
The Jason Miller Papers include research, finished digital projects, publications, and media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr, writer Langston Hughes, musician Nina Simone, and poet Don Welch. This collection is comprised of digital files including PDF's, Word docs, Jpeg's, MOV files, and MP4 files. It features audio, files used for a website, short films, and the full official transcript of MLK’s first ever “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in Rocky Mount, NC, nine months before the March on Washington. The collection also includes archival research surrounding MLK’s visit to NC State University on July 31, 1966. Connections between writer Langston Hughes and both MLK and North Carolina’s own singer Nina Simone are also documented here in film and digital projects. The papers include the only archive of materials surrounding Nebraska poet Don Welch and Miller’s online website devoted to his award-winning writing.
This collection is arranged in series: Martin Luther King, Jr., American Poetry, Other Projects, Awards and CVs, and Biographical Files.
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[Identification of item], Jason Miller Papers, MC 00748, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Gift of W. Jason Miller, 2024 February.
Processed by: Katelyn Cuomo 2024 April; Finding aid written by: Katelyn Cuomo, 2024 April; Digital materials processed by Alexander Daniels.
The collection is organized into three principal series:
This series contains photographs, publications, videos, recordings and audio files, speeches, presentations, and magazine articles. These materials reference MLK's Rocky Mount speech, his visit to Raleigh, and comparisons between MLK and Langston Hughes.
Included is one Acrobat PDF 1.5 file.
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Included is one Acrobat PDF 1.4 file.
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Included is one Acrobat PDF 1.6 file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included are 2 JPEG files.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included are 2 Acrobat PDF files and 1 Microsoft Word file.
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Included are 62 Microsoft Word documents, 51 JPEG files, 40 Plain Text files, 66 Acrobat PDF files, 28 PNG files, 20 HTML files, 18 Javascript files, 7 TIFF files, 6 MPEG audio files, 4 Microsoft Publisher files, 4 Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows files, 4 MPEG-4 Media files, 4 GIF files, 4 EXIF files, and 2 ZIP files.
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Files retrieved from Google Drive download.
This is the project website for "King's First Dream." The NC State University Libraries captured this website once on May 2, 2024, using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.5 PDF file and 1 Microsoft Word file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.5 PDF file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included is 1 MPEG audio file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.5 PDF file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Microsoft Word Document file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 JPEG file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.7 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included is 1 PNG file.
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Included are 3 JPEG files.
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Included are 9 MPEG-4 Media files, 9 JPEG files, 5 Quicktime files, 5 MPEG Audio foles, 5 Acrobat PDF files, and 1 EXIF file.
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Included is 1 Microsoft Word file.
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Included are 755 JPEG files, 270 TIFF files, 119 Acrobat PDF files, 79 Plain Text files, 76 Microsoft Word files, 26 PNG files, 26 CSS files, 12 MPEG-4 Media files, 11 HTML files, 10 MPEG audio files, 6 GIF files, 2 EXIF files, 1 Quicktime file, and 1 WAV file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDf file.
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Included is 1 Microsoft Word file and 2 Acrobat PDF files.
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Included are 2 Acrobat PDF 1.7 - PDF files.
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Included are 3 JPEG files.
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Included are 2 JPEG files.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.3 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.7 PDF file.
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Included are 2 MPEG-4 Media files.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.6 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.6 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.5 PDF file.
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Included is 1 Microsoft Word file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
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Included is 1 ZIP file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Microsoft Word file.
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Included is 1 Acrobat 1.7 PDF file.
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Included are 3 EXIF files and 2 Microsoft Word documents.
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This series contains publications, photos, magazine articles, journal articles, and audio files. The series is made up of three sub-series: Don Welch, Langston Hughes, Laynie Browne, and Other Poetry Materials.
Included are 2 Acrobat PDF files and 1 ZIP file.
This file contains materials from poet Don Welch.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The NC State University Libraries has captured this website in October 2024. Included are 5 YAML files, 2 Plain Text Files, 2 GZIP format file, 1 Zip Format file, and 1 Log File.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
This file contains materials about Langston Hughes. Much of Jason Miller's scholarship is about Langston Hughes and his poetry.
Included are 16 Acrobat PDF files, 3 JPEG files, 2 Microsoft Word files, 1 PNG file, 1 MPEG Audio file, and 1 EXIF file.
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This file contains Browne's books "A Forest on Many Stems" and "A Poet's Novel."
Included are 4 Acrobat PDF files.
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This file contains materials from a variety of poets including Sylvia Plath, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, and Ted Kooser. This file includes poetry books and teaching materials.
Included are 7 Acrobat PDF files, 1 EXIF file, and 1 unknown file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Files retrieved via Google Drive download.
This series contains publications such as journals and magazine articles including one article about Hannah Crafts Walter, miscellaneous photos from Miller's various research projects, book reviews, and poems written by Jason Miller. It also contains videos and some audio files about various topics including Nina Simone.
Included are 4 JPEG files.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included are 2 JPEG files.
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Included is 1 MPEG-4 Media file, 1 JPEG file, 1 XML file, and 1 Acrobat PDF.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included are 16 JPEGs, 8 PNG files, and 1 Acrobat PDF file.
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Included are 14 PDFs and 1 Microsoft Word document.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included are 2 JPEG files.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included are 9 JPEGs and 1 Acrobat PDF.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.7 PDF.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Included is 1 Acrobat 1.4 PDF file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The NC State University Libraries has captured this website in October 2024. Included are 5 YAML files, 4 GZIP Format files, 2 Plain Text Files, 1 ZIP Format file, and 1 Log File.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
This package contains lists of Jason Miller's completed digital projects, Jason Miller's CVs, and awards earned by Dr. Miller throughout his career.
Included are 4 Microsoft Word files, 4 JPEG files, and 2 Acrobat PDF files.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
This file contains biographical files including completed digital projects and descriptions of Jason Miller's work and career and an overview and introduction to the Jason Miller Papers collection.
Included are 11 EXIF files, 3 Microsoft Word files, 2 Acrobat PDF files, and 1 JPEG file.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
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[Identification of item], Jason Miller Papers, MC 00748, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.