The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
0197a: letter to Mrs. Russell Jimerson, Niles, from Reed & Chapman, New York, enclosing copy of last will and testament of her brother Webb Miller.
.0197b: copy stating wife Mary Alston is sole executrix of his will and revokes all previous wills and codicils.
.0197c: formal apppointment of James Bostwick, Jr. as special guardian for Webb's son Kenneth
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—0012.0197a—c
Object Name:
Will
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
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