The James V. Miller Native American Collection consists of 168 books collected by Lebanon native James Victor Miller (1939-2008). Mr. Miller co-authored with Dr. Kevin E. Smith of Middle Tennessee State University one of the books in the collection: "Speaking with the Ancestors: Mississippi Stone Statues of the Tennessee Cumberland Region" (2009). Mr. Miller’s obituary succinctly traced his deep and long-standing historical interests: “His early interest in the Civil War, by the time of the first grade, and his curiosity about the first residents of the area, American Indians, matured quickly into scholastic endeavors and led to [a 30-year] history teaching career [at Lebanon High School] and later contributions as a noted lecturer and writer. He was an authority on local history, Middle Tennessee Indian cultures and the battles of the Civil War.”
The collection is currently on loan to the Vise Library, and items are non-circulating.