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Series II. Early Political documents Miller's early career in state politics, beginning in 1960 when he was elected to the state senate (a position that he held through 1964) and continuing through his positions on the Board of Corrections (1966-1967), as Executive Secretary for Governor Lester Maddox (1969-1971), as Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia (1971-1973), and on the Board Pardons and Paroles (1973) before resigning to run for Lieutenant Governor in 1974. Materials include three scrapbooks of clippings documenting his positions, clippings, a senate resolution about the Board of Regents, and campaign memorabilia. The series also contains information regarding Miller's campaigns during this time frame, including his two bids in 1964 and 1966 against U.S. Representative Phil Landrum, as well as his 1980 bid for U.S. Senate against incumbent Herman Talmadge. Files for his early campaigns include flyers and promotional material. The 1980 campaign files include promotional material, subject research, opposition research based primarily on Talmadge, and demographic research.

Series III. Lieutenant Governor documents Miller's service as Georgia's longest serving Lieutenant Governor, including promotional material from campaigns, speeches, clippings, correspondence, news releases, memoranda, political cartoons and scrapbooks. Campaign files include information about fundraising events as well as the campaign handbook for the 1978 race, clippings, and promotional materials, including the Miller Messenger newspaper and the Zellmobile. General Files include clippings and magazine articles as well as personal files involving trade missions to China and Greece in 1986 and research on courthouses around the state of Georgia. There are also personal notes and correspondence as well as copies of memoranda from the office of lieutenant governor and speeches made while Miller was in office. Six original political cartoons with personalized inscriptions by Clifford Baldowski of the Atlanta Journal Constitution are located in this series as are seventeen scrapbooks of clippings dating from 1975 to 1989. The Messer Files are those of Shirley Miller's executive assistant, Beverly Messer. They contain correspondence and news releases from Mrs. Miller's office as well as speeches that she gave and information regarding events she attended.

The personal series consists of items belonging to Miller prior to his political career. Items include newspaper articles that he wrote as a teenager in Young Harris as well as while he was in the Marine Corps. Miller's diplomas from the University of Georgia are also in this series.

These files relate to legislative issues and consist of constituent correspondence about various bills being considered. This series contains correspondence, reports, court transcripts, bills, and printed materials. Of interest are transcripts from the investigation of the Textile and Apparel Industries (332-5) in November 1967. Topics include Cumberland Island, amnesty for Vietnam draft dodgers and deserters, the equal rights amendment, American Bicentennial celebration, the Arab boycott, and gun control.

Series II: Political Activities documents Stuckey's campaigns for the Georgia 8th District US Congressional seat in 1966 and his re-election campaigns of 1968, 1972, and 1974. Included in this series are correspondence, voter contacts, voter lists, speeches, newspaper clippings, financial information, limited strategy records and election results.

The Press Relations/Media Activities series includes speeches, television and radio files, press releases, and subject files. Topics included veterans, social security, crime, the youth and Vietnam, Watergate investigation, the economy, the energy crisis, daylight savings time, and gun control.