Description:
Booklet of messages to the Miller family and the sermon at golder's green Chapel. Messages include ones from secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, General John Pershing, Joseph Kennedy, Minister of Finland, Mussolini, Lord Beaverbrook in London, Lady Astor from London, Secretary of War, Gen. George Marshall, Lowell Thomas, and others from around the world.
Dimensions:
H—8.8 W—5.8 inches
Date:
1940
Notes:
Webb Miller was born in 1891 in Sumnerville/Pokagon, graduated from Dowagiac High School around 1910, and went on to become a journalist in Chicago. He covered the Pancho Villa insurrection at the Mexican border in 1915 and landed a job at the United Press. He stayed with UP and covered World War I, Gandhi, Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, and came to head UP Europe. He died a mysterious death in 1940.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0193
Object Name:
Booklet
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
condolence messages
condolence messages