Miller, Dewitt, 1857-1911
Variant namesThis might be J. DeWitt Miller, who was also a correspondent of Horace Howard Furness, Jr.
From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885389
Dewitt Miller was a book collector, lecturer, and critic. He compiled these scrapbooks about the theatrical production of the novel, Trilby, which became one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century. The novel's villain, Svengali, is a demonic hypnotist who seduces, defiles, and deifies the innocent heroine, Trilby. Millions of readers in England and America were entranced by the exotic and dangerous sexuality of the novel's theme, and soon quick-thinking entrepreneurs exploited the book's success by producing an array of Trilby merchandise.
From the description of Trilbyana scrapbooks, 1894-1897. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51989867
(Jahu) Dewitt Miller (1857-1911) was an American lecturer and book collector.
Miller was a popular lecturer on the lyceum circuit in the late nineteenth century. He was also an avid book collector and amassed a large private library. In 1902, his collection was donated to the National Park Seminary, a girls' finishing school in Forest Glen, Maryland. A separate Miller Library building was built to house the collection. The library was sold and dispersed around 1942 when the United States Army acquired the property and the Seminary was closed.
From the guide to the Dewitt Miller Correspondence, 1881-1907, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Alfred Russel Wallace Collection, 1867-1913 | American Philosophical Society | |
referencedIn | Autograph File, M | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Autograph File, M | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903. Letters from Noah Brooks [manuscript], 1891. | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Charles Eliot Norton additional papers, 1851-1922. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Charles Eliot Norton papers | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Clyde Fitch papers, 1887-1904 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
creatorOf | Clyde Fitch papers, 1887-1904. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
creatorOf | Dewitt Miller Correspondence, 1881-1907 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Francis Wilson letters to DeWitt Miller, 1890-1911 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. |
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associatedWith | Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903. |
associatedWith | Collier, Price, 1860-1913 |
associatedWith | Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896. |
associatedWith | Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 |
associatedWith | Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909. |
correspondedWith | Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922. |
associatedWith | Hawley, John G. |
associatedWith | Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934. |
associatedWith | Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 |
correspondedWith | Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903 |
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