Description:
.0157a: 4.25 x 3" on orange paper, press pass for Webb Miller at Conference du Desarmement
.0157b: 4 x 3.5" Press card for United Press correspondents in London at the Monetary and Economic Conference, League of Nations.
.0157c: 2.8 x 4" 1933 Police Department permission to pass all Police Lines wherever formed. Very worn and bent..
.0157d: 5.4 x 4.25" 1935 journalist pass in possibly Portuguese for Webb Miller, with his photograph at left lower corner
.0157e: 6 x 4.4" 1935, possibly Greek, mounted on stiff black cardboard, photograph of Webb Miller upper left corner.
.0157f: 3.25 x 5", dark red and yellow cardboard, 1936. Photograph of Webb Miller on one side, infomation in Spanish on other side.
.0157g: 6 x 4" invitation from the American Minister, Prague, to Webb Miller for Dinner
.0157b: 4 x 3.5" Press card for United Press correspondents in London at the Monetary and Economic Conference, League of Nations.
.0157c: 2.8 x 4" 1933 Police Department permission to pass all Police Lines wherever formed. Very worn and bent..
.0157d: 5.4 x 4.25" 1935 journalist pass in possibly Portuguese for Webb Miller, with his photograph at left lower corner
.0157e: 6 x 4.4" 1935, possibly Greek, mounted on stiff black cardboard, photograph of Webb Miller upper left corner.
.0157f: 3.25 x 5", dark red and yellow cardboard, 1936. Photograph of Webb Miller on one side, infomation in Spanish on other side.
.0157g: 6 x 4" invitation from the American Minister, Prague, to Webb Miller for Dinner
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—0012.0157a—g
Object Name:
Card
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
Year Range from:
1932
Year Range to:
1936