The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
0194a: Telegram dated May 10 briefly describing Webb Miller's funeral service at the Golders Green Crematorium in London attended by scores of newspapermen, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, etc.
.0194b: Letter from Rev. Arthur Taylor, Vicar of St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street, to Mr. Flory enclosing a formal receipt for his contribution after Webb Miller's funeral
.0194c: Letter from the Frank E. Campbell 'funeral church' to Piper Funeral Home, Niles, MI, writing that they shipped the cremated ashes of Webb Miller and enclosing relevant papers.
Date:
1940
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—0012.0194a—c
Object Name:
Correspondence
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
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