Since many of the folks who benefited from Miller’s generosity post here, I was hoping someone could clear up something for me. Did Miller provide a lump sum of money to be invested in a trust and then an annuity is used for the JSPP or is there some other arrangement?

I had the opportunity of meeting Miller on three separate occasions, and appreciated each time that he made sure to personally greet and thank each student RA on the project. He firmly believed that the Project was helping Mormonism’s cause in perpetuating the legacy of JS. I’m glad that he was able to see the first volume rleased before he passed on.

I remember a time — don’t remember the year, but a while before the Papers project moved to Salt Lake — when Larry Miller seemed to be at the Archives a lot, bringing in friends and family members, taking tours and no doubt being shown some fantastic treasures. My only interaction with him was an occasional one-floor elevator ride, but I noticed that he always seemed like a kid in a toy store, so excited by whatever it was he was doing. He wasn’t a scholar, perhaps, but he loved Joseph Smith and the tangible reminders of Joseph’s work. You could tell that by the constant delight in his expression.

I knew he was involved in a lot of civic and charitable work, but already tonight there are reports of projects he sponsored that I had never heard of before. I liked what a family member said tonight about his creed — “keep doing good until there’s too much good in the world.”