Collection:
Webb Miller
Description:
Certificate awarded to Webb Miller as an honorable mention in the Pulitzer Prize competition for distinguished service as a foreign correspondent during the year 1935. Awarded to Miller by Columbia University and signed by the University President at bottom right. Certificate is enclosed in wooden frame with some gilt along edges, paper backing. This was awarded to Miller for his reporting of the Italian military campaign in Ethiopia in 1935
Dimensions:
H—16.25 W—20.75 inches
Date:
1936
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.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.
Object ID:
2007—0004.0022
Object Name:
Certificate
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Year Range from:
1936