Overview
Correspondence, press releases, speeches, etc., of Helen Hill Miller, economist, author and journalist.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1977
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Helen Hill Miller is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
9 linear feet ((9 cartons) plus 1 oversize folder, 1 folio+ folder, 1 folio folder)The collection consists of family and business correspondence (with literary agents and publishers), drafts of articles, and printed articles. There are photographs of family and friends, and clippings about Helen Hill Miller and her husband.
BIOGRAPHY
Helen Hill Miller, economist and writer, daughter of Russell Day and Lucia (Elliott) Hill was born in Lake Forest, Illinois. She received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr in 1921, Diploma in Economics and Political Science from Oxford in 1922 and Ph.D from the University of Chicago in 1928. She married Francis Pickens Miller in 1927. For three summers (1921, 1923, 1926) she tutored at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry and from 1927-1930 she traveled and studied in Europe. Miller was a freelance writer, 1930-1934, and a writer on the staff of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1934-1940, Executive Director of the National Policy Committee, 1941-1947, American Editorial representative of the Economist, 1943-1950, and Washington Bureau correspondent of Newsweek, 1950-1952. She was employed as staff writer for the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1960-1962, and was member and President 1955-1956, of the Women's National Press Club. Additionally Miller wrote articles on history and economics for the Atlantic Monthly, Virginia Quarterly and other journals, and wrote biography, history and travel books.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 568, 615, 929, 1099, 1271 71-152, 71-154, 72-12, 73-128, 74-267, 76-418, 76-45, 77-M48, 77-M123, 78-M25 78-M27, 78-M149
This collection was given to the Schlesinger Library by Helen Hill Miller, beginning in 1963.
CONTAINER LIST
- Carton 1: 1-25
- Carton 2: 26-65
- Carton 3: 66-100
- Carton 4: 101-117
- Carton 5: 118-133
- Carton 6: 134-153
- Carton 7: 154-174
- Carton 8: 8: 175-202
- Carton 9: 203-218
Processing Information
Preliminary inventory: June 1981
By: Jane S. Knowles, Adelaide Kennedy
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980 (Person)
- Bunting-Smith, Mary Ingraham, 1910-1998 (Person)
- Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978 (Person)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 (Person)
- Smith, Hilda Worthington (Person)
- Title
- Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-1995. Papers of Helen Hill Miller, 1917-1977: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00738
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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