Newcomb Archives
Emily van Dorn Miller
07.061
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Creator
- Miller, Emily van Dorn
- Title
- Miller, Emily van Dorn
- ID
- 07.061
- Date
- 1908
- Extent
- 0.05 Cubic feet Six letters written in 1908
- Language
- English
Emily van Dorn Miller
Born in Jackson, MS, Emily van Dorn Miller graduated from Newcomb College in 1907 and later studied at the New York State Library School, and in 1947 took a course in library administration at Columbia University. Her father was General T. Marshall Miller of New Orleans, formerly the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi. She married Joseph Periam Danton in Chicago on November 29, 1933. During World War II, she was acting librarian at Temple University, Philadelphia. She retired as director of the Birminingham Public Library after six years in 1953.
Letters about her trip in 1908
Collections contain letters written during a trip from Boston to Egypt, then up to Russia, and across to Scotland.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Letters
Subject(s)
- Travel
General note
The collection contains six letters written between Emily van Dorn Miller and her family during her travel to Europe and Egypt in 1908. Letters are dated January 30, Februrary 29, June 25, July 1, and September 26.
Collection Inventory
2007-061a Letters 1908 0.5 Cubic feet Letters written on a trip around the world |
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