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Family Collection of Dr. William Lloyd Tevis Miller and Eva Hamlin Miller

Eva Katherine Hamlin Miller (1911-1991) was an artist from Greensboro, North Carolina. She grew up in New York City and studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York; Columbia University, the Graduate School of Fine Art in Florence and the University of Ibadan in Nigeria before moving to North Carolina. She became an art instructor at Bennett College in 1937, and went on to have a long career as an educator in many universities and colleges, as well as the Greensboro city schools. Along with former student and Greensboro Congresswoman, Alma Adams, Miller helped cofound the African American Atelier in 1990. She served as its curator until her death in 1991. The collection includes documentation of Miller's life, material about family members--including her husband Dr. William Lloyd Tevis Miller and her children Lloyd Tevis Miller and Tyron Miller--as well as a collection of obituaries of noteworthy African American residents of Greensboro.

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Graduation of Mrs. Ruth Gore and Eva Hamlin Miller
A graduation photograph of Eva Hamlin Miller and her friend, Mrs. Ruth Gore.
Graduation photo
A photograph of an unidentified individual graduating.
Booker T. Washington I, II and III
Caption on front reads "Booker T. Washington I, II, and III." Caption on reverse reads "Take good care of this -- It's from my scrapbook, and is the only one that I have. Just thought it give you a good laugh."
Graduation of Dr. William Lloyd Tevis Miller from Tougaloo High School
A graduation card invitation to Dr. William Lloyd Tevis Miller's family from Tougaloo High School.
Leigh Whipper autographed celebrity photo
Caption on front reads "To Mrs. [Eva Hamlin] Miller from Leigh Whipper." Captions on reverse read "Leigh Whipper 1. 'Porgy' 2. 'Of Mice and Men' 3. 'Stevedore' 4. 'Set My People Free' 5. 'Mission to Moscow' 6. 'Heart of the West.' Pictures: Of Mice and Men, Virginia, Vanish in a Virginian, Road to Zanzibar, Bahama Passage, Mission to Moscow, Oxbow Incident, The Informer, Bulwalks of Democracy, King of the Zombies, The Shrike, White Cargo, Under Current, Robin Hood of the Pecos, Untamed Fury, and others! Plays: Those Who Walk in Darkness, Over Night, Very Good Eddie, Never No More, 3 Men on a Horse, Of Mice and Men, Volpone, Shrike, Lysistrata, and others. Business Address: 1674 Broadway, Room 401, New York 19, N.Y. Circle 5-4343. Residence: 226 W. 150th St. New York, N.Y. WA 6-7825."
Smiling portrait
A photograph of an unidentified individual. Caption on reverse reads "Photo by A.T. White, Jr. Greensboro, N.C."
Portrait of Dr. William Levi Dawson
Caption on reverse reads "Eva K. Hamlin [Miller] Dr. William [Levi Dawson], composer of 1st black opera. Photo by Polk."
Child portraits of John McLaughlin and William Allen McLaughlin
Caption on first photo reads "John McLaughlin." Caption on second photo reads "William Allen McLaughlin."
Music festival and opening of 8th annual art exhibit
Caption on reverse reads "May 4th, music festival and opening of 8th ann. art exhibit. Florene is with me [Eva Hamlin Miller]."
Caricature of Cab Calloway
A caricature of Cab Calloway probably from one Eva Hamlin Miller's trips to New York. Caption on reverse reads "Cab Calloway Inc., 799 7th Ave. New York."
Portraits from Tuskegee Institute
Portraits of an unidentified individual from the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University).
White Hall, girl's dormitory, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
Caption on front reads "White Hall, Girls' Dormitory, Tuskegee Institute [Tuskegee University], Alabama.".
Lifting the Veil of Ignorance statue
A black and white photo of Lifting the Veil of Ignorance statue at Tuskegee University, a memorial to Booker T. Washington. Caption on front reads "Photographic division P.H. Polk, Instr. Tuskegee Institute, Ala." Caption on reverse reads "And this, fair folks, is the memorial directly next to the church, I will take some snap shots and send 'em just as soon as this 'developer' returns from Chicago."
Founders Day walk
Captions on front read "Dot...Eva Hamlin [Miller], Bill O'Shields, Dr. Jerome Peterson." Caption on reverse reads "Hello Darling - This was taken last year on Founder's Day. 'Dot' (my roommate last year) is next to me and Billie O'Shields is in back of me. He is the College Coach and very nice."
Portraits
Two photos of unidentified individuals.
Picture of Eva Hamlin Miller
Caption on reverse reads "Eva Hamlin Miller, 193?"
Signed portrait of Dr. C. C. Stewart
A signed portrait of the late Dr. C. C. Stewart, caption on front reads "sincerely CC Stewart." Caption on reverse reads "WLT Miller S. Benboow Greensboro N.C. 27401, Dr. Stewart."
Tuskegee University college faculty
Captions on front read "Tuskegee Institute college faculty, Jerkins, Harris Price...Dean William, Eva Hamlin [Miller], Albert Turner, Ruth West...Photographic division, P.H. Polk, Instr. Tuskegee Institute, Ala."
To Eva
Fomer teacher creates costume jewelry
A newspaper article about Eva Hamlin Miller quiting teaching in order to pursue her work on costume jewelry for sorority women.

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