The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
.0015a: Christmas card with note from Webb in London to Mary and Alton Miller, Niles, MI. On the front is a drawing of a cottage garden, and he writes "This exactly like our week—end cottage —— almost a photo of it."
.0015b: envelope
Dimensions:
H—4.5 W—6 inches
Date:
1932
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—0012.0158a,b
Object Name:
Letter
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
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