17 x 5.5" Certificate of Cremation of Webb Miller, Journalist, signed by the Registrar to the London; Cremation Company, LImited, May 14, 1940, attached to:
14 x 6.5" Certified Copy of an Entry of Death on May 8, 1940, for Webb Miller, certified by Winston George Walden, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the Sub—District of North Battersea, attached to:
8 x 12.5" letter from J.J. Coyle, Vice Consul of the United States of America at London, England, certifying that Webb Miller was cremated on May 10, 1940, that the American Consulate General in London was presented with a bronze urn which was contained in a wooden case and then officially sealed to permit its entry at any American port, with official American consulate seal.

1940

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—0012.0188

Correspondence

Miller, Webb

Webb MIller