Miller, Ivor
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Ivor L. Miller Collection of West African and Cuban Musical Recordings
Collection
Identifier: MA.00362
Abstract
Musical recordings of Cuban and West African music in various musical styles including highlife and rural 'traditional' or 'cultural' music. Recordings are primarily in the format of 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm vinyl discs.
Dates:
1953-1995
Ivor L. Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00166
Abstract
Papers documenting the research materials and scholarly work of Dr. Ivor L. Miller in cultural studies of the African Diaspora. The papers include photographs, audio and video recordings, publications, correspondence and printed material primarily relating to Miller's study of the Ékpè society of the Cross River region of Nigeria and Cameroon and Abakuá mutual-aid society in Cuba and their diasporic connections. Miller's earlier work on graffiti writers in New York City and Yorùbá and...
Dates:
1900-2022; Majority of material found within 1990-2018
Manuel Cuéllar Vizcaíno Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.00185
Abstract
Books, magazines, manuscripts, speeches, news clippings and photographs that document Manuel Cuéllar Vizcaíno's career as a Cuban writer and teacher, chiefly from the 1940s through the 1950s. All of the materials are in Spanish.
Dates:
1909-2002
Miller, Ivor (Copeland Fellow), 2015
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Amherst College Non-Alumni Biographical Files document individuals associated with the college as faculty, staff, honorary degree recipients, trustees, visiting speakers and artists or in any role other than student. Files contain information about the individual and their relationship to the college and may including newpaper clippings, photographs, curriculum vitae, pamphlets, correspondence and other materials. Some files contain biographical questionaires submitted by the individual...
Dates:
2015