MILLER, MAY.
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Correspondence and personal papers
May Miller papers > Correspondence and personal papers
Series 1
Correspondence and personal papers, 1909-1990
Boxes 1-12, OP1, and BV 1-2
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of May Miller's correspondence and personal papers form 1909-1990 with notes from Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Dorothy Goldberg, Josephine Jacobsen, Pinkie Gordon Lane, and John Pauker. The correspondence is both personal and professional in nature and includes speaking engagement requests, as well as congratulatory and rejection letters from various publishers. Of particular interest is a letter from W.E.B. Du Bois congratulating Miller for her play published in the Crisis.
Personal papers are comprised of Miller's biographical information, diaries, legal documents, royalty statements, and teaching files including poems and plays written by her students. The bulk of the material consists of subject files on organizations including the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National League of American Pen Women, of which Miller was a member.
Family papers include the financial and legal documents of Miller's relatives including her parents, Kelly Miller and Anna May Miller; siblings, Kelly Miller, Jr., and Irene Reid Miller; and her husband, John Lewis Sullivan.
Arrangement Note
Arranged into three groups of correspondence, personal, and family papers. Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. Personal papers and family papers are arranged in alphabetical order.
Correspondence | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1913, 1918 |
1 | 2 | 1920 |
1 | 3 | 1930 |
1 | 4 | 1940-1949 |
1 | 5 | 1950-1959 |
1 | 6 | 1960 |
1 | 7 | 1961-1962 |
1 | 8 | 1963 |
1 | 9 | 1964-1965 |
1 | 10 | 1966-1967 |
1 | 11 | 1968 |
1 | 12 | 1969 |
1 | 13 | 1970 |
1 | 14 | 1971 |
2 | 1 | 1972 |
2 | 2 | 1973 January-March |
2 | 3 | 1973 June-December |
2 | 4 | 1974 January-May |
2 | 5 | 1974 June-December |
2 | 6 | 1975 |
2 | 7 | 1976 |
3 | 1 | 1977 January-Mary |
3 | 2 | 1977 June-December |
3 | 3 | 1978 |
3 | 4 | 1979 |
3 | 5 | 1980 January-July |
3 | 6 | 1980 August-December |
3 | 7 | 1981 January-July |
4 | 1 | 1981 August-December |
4 | 2 | 1982 January-May |
4 | 3 | 1982 June 1-9 |
4 | 4 | 1982 June 10-26 |
4 | 5 | 1982 July-October |
4 | 6 | 1982 November-December |
4 | 7 | 1983 January-February |
4 | 8 | 1983 March-June |
4 | 9 | 1983 July-September |
5 | 1 | 1983 October-December |
5 | 2 | 1983 January-March |
5 | 3 | 1984 May-July |
5 | 4 | 1984 August-December |
5 | 5 | 1985 January-April |
5 | 6 | 1985 May-December |
6 | 1 | 1986 |
6 | 2 | 1987 |
6 | 3 | 1988 |
6 | 4 | 1989 |
6 | 5 | 1990 |
6 | 6 | No date [1 of 3] |
6 | 7 | No date [2 of 3] |
6 | 8 | No date [3 of 3] |
Personal papers | ||
7 | 1 | Address books, no date [1 of 2] |
7 | 2 | Address books, no date [2 of 2] |
OP1 | 4 | Artwork by Miller, charcoal drawings, no date |
OP1 | 1 | Artwork by others, no date |
7 | 3 | Artwork by others, no date |
7 | 4 | Awards and honors, 1972-1988 |
13 | - | Awards and honors, 1986 |
14 | - | Awards and honors, 1987 |
15 | - | Awards and honors, 1988-1989 |
16 | - | Awards and honors, no date |
7 | 5 | Biographical information, no date |
7 | 6 | Bookplates, name card, no date |
7 | 7 | Calendars, 1986 |
7 | 8 | Calendars, 1987 |
7 | 9 | Contact lists, New York and Washington, D.C. addresses, no date |
7 | 10 | Contracts and payments for appearances, 1973-1986 |
7 | 11 | Diary, 1917 |
7 | 12 | Diary, 1919 |
8 | 1 | Diary, 1934 |
OP1 | 2 | Diplomas, 1912 |
8 | 2 | Financial documents, 1924-1953 |
8 | 3 | Financial documents, 1962-1979 |
8 | 4 | Financial documents, 1984-1989 |
8 | 5 | Financial documents, no date |
8 | 6 | Invitations, 1916-1988 |
8 | 7 | Legal documents, 1927-1929 |
8 | 8 | Legal documents, 1940-1948 |
8 | 9 | Legal documents, 1950-1958 |
8 | 10 | Legal documents, 1961-1964 |
8 | 11 | Legal documents, 1980-1988 |
8 | 12 | Legal documents, no date |
8 | 13 | Notes and fragments, no date |
8 | 14 | Pet records, pedigree and registration forms, no date |
8 | 15 | Royalties, permissions and invoices, 1969-1985 |
8 | 16 | Schedule, Bluefield State College, 1978 |
BV1 | - | Scrapbook, no date |
BV2 | - | Scrapbook, no date |
8 | 17 | Scrapbook, poetry anthology, no date |
9 | 1 | Scrapbook, poetry clippings, no date |
9 | 2 | Subject files, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 1973-1976 |
9 | 3 | Subject files, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, no date |
9 | 4 | Subject files, The Federal Poets, 1985-1986 |
9 | 5 | Subject files, In the Shadow of the Capital: A study of Negro/Black Intellectual Community, 1981 |
9 | 6 | Subject files, John Pauker, 1974 |
9 | 7 | Subject files, LeDroit Park Historic District Project, 1973 |
9 | 8 | Subject files, Lotus Press, 1988-1989 |
9 | 9 | Subject files, Madame Evanti Fundraising Committee, 1985 |
9 | 10 | Subject files, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, 1986 |
9 | 11 | Subject files, Morgan State University, no date |
9 | 12 | Subject files, National Association of University Women College Alumnae Club, 1985 |
9 | 13 | Subject files, National League of American Pen Women, 1977-1979 |
9 | 14 | Subject files, National Museum on American Art, 1985 |
9 | 15 | Subject files, plays written by African American women before 1950, no date |
9 | 16 | Subject files, poems about birds, no dates |
9 | 17 | Subject files, poets, writers, art and government, 1965, 1976 |
9 | 18 | Subject files, Poets in Developing Colleges project, 1970-1971 |
10 | 1 | Subject files, Stylus Society, 1983-1986 |
10 | 2 | Subject files, University of Wisconsin extension class, no date |
10 | 3 | Subject files, Washington Area Poetry Advisory Committee, 1979-1983 |
10 | 4 | Subject files, Washington Writers' Publishing House, 1981-1985 |
10 | 5 | Subject files, Writers in Residence, 1973 |
10 | 6 | Teaching files, course plans, 1942, 1969-1970 |
10 | 7 | Teaching files, plays by students, no date |
10 | 8 | Teaching files, poems by students, no date |
10 | 9 | Teaching files, poems by students at Stuart Junior High, 1984 |
10 | 10 | Transcripts, American University and Columbia, 1925-1971 |
11 | 1 | Travel, itineraries and receipts, 1957 |
11 | 2 | Travel, memorabilia, no date |
11 | 3 | Travel, postcards, no date [1 of 2] |
11 | 4 | Travel, postcards, no date [2 of 2] |
Family papers | ||
11 | 5 | Bynum, Delia, legal documents, 1978 |
11 | 6 | McIntosh, Gloria Irene, legal documents, 1964 |
11 | 7 | Miller, Anna May, correspondence, 1950-1953 |
11 | 8 | Miller, Anna May, legal documents, 1912-1927 |
11 | 9 | Miller, Anna May, legal documents, 1934 |
11 | 10 | Miller, Anna May, legal documents, 1934 |
11 | 11 | Miller, Anna May, legal documents, 1934-1935 |
11 | 12 | Miller, Anna May, legal documents, 1940-1950 |
11 | 13 | Miller, Anna May, legal documents, 1950 |
11 | 14 | Miller, Anna May, obituary, no date |
11 | 15 | Miller, Anna May, program, 1951 |
11 | 16 | Miller, Anna May, sheet music, 1940-1941 |
11 | 17 | Miller, Anna May, tribute, no date |
11 | 18 | Miller, Anna May, will, 1950 |
12 | 1 | Miller, Kelly, Sr., biographical research, no date |
12 | 2 | Miller, Kelly, funeral arrangements, 1940 |
OP1 | 2 | Miller, Kelly, Jr., diplomas, 1912-1917 |
12 | 3 | Miller, Kelly, Jr., legal documents, 1928-1942 |
12 | 4 | Miller, Kelly, Jr., legal documents, 1973 |
OP1 | 2 | Reid, Irene Miller, diplomas, 1918 |
12 | 5 | Reid, Irene Miller, legal documents, 1989 |
12 | 6 | Sullivan, Catherine, funeral register, 1952 |
12 | 7 | Sullivan, John Lewis, awards and honors, 1967-1982 |
12 | 8 | Sullivan, John Lewis, correspondence, 1938-1953 |
12 | 9 | Sullivan, John Lewis, legal documents, 1929-1982 |