MG-209 The Daniel K. Miller Collection, 1907-1987

3 Boxes 8 Folders, 10 Binders 1.25 cubic ft.

Description: Collection includes family correspondence, photographs, scrapbook, and activities of several generations of the Miller family. Correspondence of Robert E. Miller and Elizabeth D. Keller Miller has been typed on acid-free paper and placed in a binder in chronological order. Collection includes an introduction, footnotes, and brief biographies of Col. Robert E. and Mrs. Miller, whose home was at 1271 Wheatland Ave, Lancaster while Col. Miller served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in World War I. Also, volumes I and II of An American Family in the 20th Century and the materials used to compile it.


Box 1

Folder 1 Printed "Letters from France, 1918".
Folder 2 Correspondence of Col. & Mrs. R. E. Miller. April, July, August 1918.
Folder 3 Correspondence of Col. & Mrs. R. E. Miller, Sept. 1918.
Folder 4 Correspondence of Col. & Mrs. R. E. Miller. Also included is a post card photograph of Marshal Foch. October, 1918.
Folder 5 Correspondence of Col. & Mrs. R. E. Miller. Includes a War Telegram. Nov., (Oct.), Dec., 1918.
Folder 6 Personal photographs, a photo of Squadron 12 G, United States Army School of Military Aeronautics, Adjutants, Ohio State University, Fiat car in France. 1918.
Folder 7 Printed narrative: "Three Days in A Freight Car & A Trip to the Western Front", 1918.
Folder 8 Manuscript of the above printed narrative.

Box 2

Binder 1 Photocopies of "The Scribbler" columns in the New Era, May to Oct. 1919, by Robert E. Miller.
Binder 2 Scrapbook of news clips, 1876 - 1914; Elizabeth Dickey Fahnestock.
Binder 3 "Daniel S. Keller, An American Soldier", compiled by Daniel Keller Miller.
Original copies of letters, photographs, etc.
Binder 4 "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. I, Chapters 1 to 5.
Binder 5 "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. II, Chapters 6 - 11.
Binder 6 Some original copies of photographs, letters, etc. used to compile "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. I, Chapters 1 & 2.

Box 3

Binder 7 Some original copies of photographs, letters, etc. used to compile "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. I, Chapters 3 - 5.
Binder 8 Some original photographs, copies of letters, etc. used to compile "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. II, Chapters 6 - 8.
Binder 9 Some original photographs, copies of letters, etc. used to compile "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. II, Chapters 9 - 11 and Appendix 1 & 2.
Binder 10 Some original photographs, copies of letters, etc. used to compile "An American Family in the 20th Century", Vol. II, Chapter 10.