MILLER, KELLY, 1863-1939.
Kelly Miller family papers > Correspondence

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Scope and Content Note

The series consists of correspondence to and from Kelly Miller from 1894 to 1939. Correspondents include various newspaper editors and publishers, and organizations including Howard University, the National Urban League, and the National Association of Colored People. Much of the correspondence is related to his capacity as dean of the Junior College and concerns faculty appointments, faculty salaries, fundraising efforts, and general administrative duties. The series also includes letters related to the establishment of a National Negro Library and Museum and open letters to Howard University presidents criticizing alleged communist organizing on campus and other issues. Personal correspondence between Miller and his wife Annie Mae Miller are in the folder dated 1894-1899. All correspondence directed to or from Kelly Miller originally located in the Annie Mae Miller papers are located in Series 1: Correspondence. The section "To others" contains correspondence not directed to or from Kelly Miller, but which were present in the collection.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in chronological order.

Scope and Content Note The series consists of correspondence to and from Kelly Miller from 1894 to 1939. Correspondents include various newspaper editors and publishers, and organizations including Howard University, the National Urban League, and the National Association of Colored People. Much of the correspondence is related to his capacity as dean of the Junior College and concerns faculty appointments, faculty salaries, fundraising efforts, and general administrative duties. The series also includes letters related to the establishment of a National Negro Library and Museum and open letters to Howard University presidents criticizing alleged communist organizing on campus and other issues. Personal correspondence between Miller and his wife Annie Mae Miller are in the folder dated 1894-1899. All correspondence directed to or from Kelly Miller originally located in the Annie Mae Miller papers are located in Series 1: Correspondence. The section "To others" contains correspondence not directed to or from Kelly Miller, but which were present in the collection.

Box	Folder	Content
1	1	Not dated
1	2	1894-1899
1	3	1900-1901
1	4	1902-1909
1	5	1910-1911
1	6	1912
1	7	1913
1	8	1914
1	9	1915 January
1	10	1915 February
1	11	1915 March-December
1	12	1916
2	1	1917 January-July
2	2	1917 August
2	3	1917 September 1-10
2	4	1917 September 11-23
2	5	1917 September 24-30
2	6	1917 October 1-8
2	7	1917 October 9-22
3	1	1917 October 23-31
3	2	1917 November 1-9
3	3	1917 November 10-20
3	4	1917 November 21-30
3	5	1917 December
3	6	1918 January 1-15
3	7	1918 January 16-31
3	8	1918 February 1-15
4	1	1918 February 16-28
4	2	1918 March 1-10
4	3	1918 March 11-20
4	4	1918 March 21-31
4	5	1918 April 1 -16
4	6	1918 April 17-30
4	7	1918 May-November
5	1	1918 December
5	2	1919 January-February
5	3	1919 March 1-15
5	4	1919 March 16-31
5	5	1919 April
5	6	1919 May
6	1	1919 June-July
6	2	1919 August-September
6	3	1919 October
6	4	1919 November-December
6	5	1920
6	6	1921
7	1	1922
7	2	1923
7	3	1924 January-April
7	4	1924 May-July
7	5	1924 August-September
7	6	1924 October
7	7	1924 November
7	8	1924 December
8	1	1925 January
8	2	1925 February
8	3	1925 March
8	4	1925 April
8	5	1925 May
9	1	1925 June
9	2	1925 July
9	3	1925 August-September
9	4	1925 October
9	5	1925 November-December
9	6	1926 January-July
9	7	1926 August-December
10	1	1927
10	2	1928-1930
10	3	1931-1932
10	4	1933 January-October 15
10	5	1933 October 16-December
10	6	1934
11	1	1935 January-February
11	2	1935 March-April
11	3	1935 May-June
11	4	1935 July
11	5	1935 August-September
11	6	1935 October
11	7	1935 November-December
12	1	1936 January-March
12	2	1936 April-July 15
12	3	1936 July 16-September
12	4	1936 October-December
12	5	1937 January-February
12	6	1937 March
13	1	1937 April
13	2	1937 May
13	3	1937 June-July
13	4	1937 August-December
13	5	1938 January-May
13	6	1938 June-July
13	7	1938 August-September
14	1	1938 October-December
14	2	1939 January-February
14	3	1939 March-April
14	4	1939 May-June
14	5	1939 July 1-15
14	6	1939 July 16-31
15	1	1939 August
15	2	1939 September
15	3	1939 October
15	4	1939 November
15	5	1939 December
To others
15	6	To Mrs. Edward C. Williams, 1929-1930 [re: death of Edward C. Williams]
15	7	To Others
15	8	Fragments