The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
Three passes for Webb Miller in 1919.
.0140a: pass issued by Field Headquarters, AEF, Coblenz, Germany, authorizing Webb Miller to proceed to Paris and return, 8.25 x 5.45"
.0140b: pass issued by Third Army for Webb Miller, United Press correspondent, 5.5 x 6.75"
.0140c: pass on tan paper to Webb Miller, United Press, in English and French, issued by the Assistant Provost Marshall, AEF, 6 x 4"
Date:
1919
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—0012.0140a—c
Object Name:
Pass
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
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