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This collection consists of autobiographical stories and letters written by Christian Miller and compiled into an autobiography of his life growing up in Norway, immigrating to the United States, and serving in the army during the first World War. This book was written over the course of forty years, from 1917 during his years at Valparaiso University to the author’s death in 1957. The autobiography also includes notes and a preface written in 1987 by his daughter, Helen Miller-Scott.

In his writings about his childhood in Norway, Christian has included many stories and memories, and the autobiography contains stories of his parents as newlyweds, his own boyhood experiences and early perspectives, his family and their activities, and the community and simple lifestyle that he describes as distinctly Norwegian. Included in these descriptions of early life are many Norwegian folk tales and legends that had an influence on his young mind and within his memoirs are copies of some of his personal documents, including his enlistment record, as well as numerous personal photographs.

A photocopied obituary and a typed manuscript about the life of Christine K. Hansen, referred to as “ Disse” in the manuscript.