Letter certifying that Webb Miller is known to the Ambassador of the United States and that he has been directed to proceed to Genoa to report on the international conference to be held there. Seal of Embassy at lower left corner.

H—8 W—10.5 inches

1922

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.

2007—0012.0147

Certificate

Miller, Webb

Webb MIller