Information: The first column shows data points from Miller, John Carl 1916-1979 in red. The third column shows data points from Miller, John (Johnny)., 1911-1975 in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Miller was born in Escatawpa, Mississippi, in 1916. He recieved a B.A. degree in English from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and later earned an M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1954) in English from the University of Virginia. Miller was a specialist in early American literature and an authority on Edgar Allan Poe. He taught at the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, and the Virginia Military Institute before joining the faculty at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1967. He remained there until his death in October 1979.
Biographical Information, A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF JOHN CARL MILLER 1830-1979, University of Virginia, viewed 9/13/21
Miller was born in Escatawpa, Mississippi, in 1916. He recieved a B.A. degree in English from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and later earned an M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1954) in English from the University of Virginia. Miller was a specialist in early American literature and an authority on Edgar Allan Poe. He taught at the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, and the Virginia Military Institute before joining the faculty at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1967. He remained there until his death in October 1979.
Miller, John Carl. Calendar of the Poe-Ingram papers [manuscript] 1953.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Poe's Helen remembers [manuscript], ca.1979.
Miller, John Carl. Poe's Helen remembers [manuscript], ca.1979.
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Poe's Helen remembers [manuscript], ca.1979.
TMs, page and galley proofs, etc. of John C. Miller's "Poe's Helen remembers," published by University Press, along with photographs used in the book and transcripts of correspondence between Sarah Helen Whitman and John Ingram.
Miller, John Carl. Poe's Helen remembers [manuscript], ca.1979.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
Miller, John Carl. Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
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Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
Mabbott discusses his work as a scholar and editor of Poe, coins, and his family. An offprint "The books in the House of Usher" is included. Carbons of Miller to Mabbott letters are included.
Miller, John Carl. Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Papers of Irby Cauthen [manuscript], 1963-1981.
Cauthen, Irby B. (Irby Bruce), 1919-1994. Papers of Irby Cauthen [manuscript], 1963-1981.
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Papers of Irby Cauthen [manuscript], 1963-1981.
Research material and drafts of Irby Cauthen's article on James Southall Wilson for the "Dictionary of American Biography," along with the draft of a speech by John Carl Miller, "Writing Poe's Biography." Some correspondence included.
Wheelock, John Hall, 1886-1978. Letters of John Hall Wheelock to John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1947 July 24 & 29.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1921-1976.
Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1921-1976.
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Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1921-1976.
The papers consist chiefly of Wilson's correspondence as editor of the "Virginia quarterly review," 1925-1930, and organizer of the Southern Writers Conferences held at the University of Virginia, 1931, and Charleston, S.C., 1932. Among the correspondents are James Branch and Margaret Cabell, Willa Cather, Stringfellow Barr, Harry Clemons, Arthur Kyle Davis, Donald Davidson, Ellen Glasgow, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, Walter de la Mare, John Calvin Metcalf, John C. Miller, and H. Blair Rouse. Topics include Wilson's own writing and that of his correspondents, the "Virginia quarterly review," the Poe-Ingram papers, the Southern Writers Conferences, reviews, a criticism of Miller's Poe dissertation, the University of Virginia Library's efforts to obtain the papers of James Branch Cabell, lecture and social invitations, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, the Huntington Hartford Foundation, reprints, publication permission, and personal news. There are also newsclippings re Glasgow, Cabell, de la Mare and Dorothy Heyward, a Christmas card from Anne Virginia Bennett, magazine copies of an article by Cabell and poetry by Heyward, promotional material re Glasgow, and a photograph of Wilson.
Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1921-1976.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Correspondence of John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1954-57.
Miller, John Carl. Correspondence of John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1954-57.
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Correspondence of John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1954-57.
Miller corresponds with Silvio A. Bedini, Atcheson Laughlin Hench, Clifford Carley Vierra, and John Cook Wyllie about various problems in Poe scholarship including the authorship of The fire fiend, a miniature of Elizabeth Arnold Poe, a Poe desk, time pieces in Poe's works and factual bases for The oblong box and The lighthouse.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Papers of Edgar Allan Poe collected by John H. Ingram [manuscript], 1829-1915.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Papers of John Carl Miller, regarding Thomas Wolfe [manuscript] 1945-1950.
Miller, John Carl. Papers of John Carl Miller, regarding Thomas Wolfe [manuscript] 1945-1950.
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Papers of John Carl Miller, regarding Thomas Wolfe [manuscript] 1945-1950.
The collection contains a copy of Wolfe's last letter, 1938 Aug. 13, Seattle, to Maxwell Evarts Perkins and a copy of a letter, 1945 Dec. 29, Fred W. Wolfe to William B. Wisdom on his mother's death. There are also 5 letters from Wisdom to Miller regarding Wisdom's knowledge of the Wolfe family, his Wolfe letters and Miller's article on the author. Letters and cards from Mabel Wolfe Wheaton answer questions on Wolfe's death and criticize Miller's article. Perkins and Edward C. Axwell write to Miller on the same subject. Newspaper clippings and a pamphlet discuss Wolfe, his mother, and the Wolfe home in Asheville, N.C. Included in the collection is a holiday magazine article, Notes from a Western journal, containing selections from Wolfe's diary of his last trip before his death.
Miller, John Carl. Papers of John Carl Miller, regarding Thomas Wolfe [manuscript] 1945-1950.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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John Carl Miller papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe and John Henry Ingram [manuscript] 1837-1955.
Vierra, Clifford Carley. John Carl Miller papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe and John Henry Ingram [manuscript] 1837-1955.
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John Carl Miller papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe and John Henry Ingram [manuscript] 1837-1955.
Includes letter, 1837 January 27, Clifford Vierra to Edgar Allan Poe, list of "manuscripts and letters relating to Poe in the Henry E. Huntington Library," and correspondence of John C. Miller, W.W. Sharp, John Pierpont Morgan, and Susan U.C. Ingram.
Vierra, Clifford Carley. John Carl Miller papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe and John Henry Ingram [manuscript] 1837-1955.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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John Cook Wyllie miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1951, 1957-1961.
Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968. John Cook Wyllie miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1951, 1957-1961.
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John Cook Wyllie miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1951, 1957-1961.
The collection contains a 1940 submission to the Raven Society by Phil [Rothar?]; Wyllie's desk diary for 1964; a record of copyrights, 1831-1856, for the Eastern District of Virginia with Wyllie's annotations; some correspondence of University Librarian Jack Dalton, chiefly re a Xerox Multilith machine; a brief note of thanks from Nancy, Lady Astor, 1959; correspondence, 1959-1967, pertaining to the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia; negative photostats of Alderman Library floorplans including Taylor and Fisher's "Study showing scheme for future extension to North" and assorted scholarly and administrative correspondence. Correspondents (writers of one or two letters only, frequently about the Barrett Library) include Thomas R. Adams, Clifton Waller Barrett, Edwin M. Betts, Yvon Bizardel, Fredson Bowers, Julian Boyd, Matthew Bruccoli, Curt Bühler, Herbert Cahoon, Harry Carter, Philip K. Crowe, W. H. Fries, W. Edwin Hemphill, Rudolf Hirsch, Ma Meng, Nicholas A. Meyer, Charles Kerby-Miller, Bernard M. Meeks, John C. Miller, Howard S. Mott, Richard Mummendey, J.N.L. Myres, M.I. Rudomino, R. W. Stallman, Thomas Streeter, and Louis B. Wright.
Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968. John Cook Wyllie miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1951, 1957-1961.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Papers of John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1830-1979.
Miller, John Carl, 1916-1979. Papers of John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1830-1979.
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Papers of John Carl Miller [manuscript] 1830-1979.
The collection contains the annotated, corrected typescript of Poe's Helen remembers, 1979. There are also annotated copies of the typescript of Miller's 1973 revision of John Henry Ingram's Poe collection at the University of Virginia, 1960; and of Miller's transcript of Ingram's manuscript The true story of Edgar Allan Poe, ca. 1905. In addition there are business papers regarding the publication of Building Poe biography, 1977. Source material on Poe, his friends and family, and on Ingram consists chiefly of copies of late 19th century newsclippings, and of the correspondence of Ingram and Whitman. The collection also contains photographs of Sarah Helen Whitman, Manet's sketch of Poe, and the Providence Athenaeum Library, and a card file containing Miller's notes on Poe's correspondence. Louis Decimus Rubin is a correspondent.
Ingram, John Henry, 1842-1916. The true story of Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript], n.d.
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Miller, John Carl 1916-1979
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Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
Miller, John Carl. Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
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Correspondence with Thomas Ollive Mabbott regarding Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1954-61.
Mabbott discusses his work as a scholar and editor of Poe, coins, and his family. An offprint "The books in the House of Usher" is included. Carbons of Miller to Mabbott letters are included.
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