The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
four articles as follows:
.0152a: 8 x 13.3" printed volunteer's pledge for the Bombay Provincial Congress Committee
.0152b: 6.75 x 8.6" letter from the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department to Webb Miller stating his text was objectionable and its further transmission withheld.
.0152c: 8 x 10.5" letter certifying that Webb Miller has been inoculated against Cholera and vaccinated against Small pox in June 1930, Delhi.
.0152d: 4 x 2.8" blue press card for Webb Miller to Indian Round—Table Conference, House of Lords, London.
Date:
1930
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.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0152a—d
Object Name:
Papers
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
Click to Enlarge
Webb Miller Cholera VaccineWebb Miller Cholera Vaccine