Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-1996

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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 travelled and studied in Europe. Miller was a freelance writer, 1930-1934, and a writer on the staff of the U.S. Dept. 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.

From the guide to the Papers, 1917-1977, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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creatorOf Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978. Papers concerning Miller's visit to the University of Virginia, 1976-1977. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978. Papers of Francis Pickens Miller, 1915-1976. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Papers, ca.1905-1989 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Additional papers, 1934-1980 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Nash, Ruth Cowan, 1901-. Papers: Series V-VII, 1935-1979 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Robert Frost additional papers, 1960-1963. Houghton Library
referencedIn National Policy Committee Records, 1933-1947 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf MILLER, HELEN. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Hart, Henry Melvin, 1904-1969. Papers, 1927-1969 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Audiotapes, 1959-1990 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Miller, Helen,. [Helen Miller collection, 1908-1986]. Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library
referencedIn Fischer, John Sylvester, 1910-1978. John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Administrative affairs records, 1892-1984. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn East, Catherine Shipe. Papers of Catherine Shipe East. 1941-1995 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992. Additional papers of Eve Merriam, ca. 1930-1992. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-. Papers, 1917-1977 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf OAC Review Index. Alumnae notes, OAC Review, v.37, no.8, April 1925, p.285. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Miller, Helen Hill. Miller, Helen Hill : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Miller, Helen. Letters : chiefly to David Holmes, 1979-1981. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Fischer, John Sylvester, 1910-1978. John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Silhouette of Thomas Jefferson [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf OAC Review Index. Macdonald : Alumnae notes, OAC Review, v.37, no.10, June 1925, p.403-404. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-. Letters, to Mrs. Carter Carrington [manuscript] 1940-44. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hill, Helen. Some aspects of the psychology of the moral self. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf OAC Review Index. Alumni Year'22 con't, OAC Review, v.41, no. 3, Nov. 1928, p.120, con't on p.xxvi, xxviii. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Miller, Helen Day, 1899- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Papers, 1917-1977 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf OAC Review Index. Results of examinations, Macdonald Institute : Junior Associates, OAC Review, v.45, no.7, Apr. 1933, p.459-460, 462. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980. Papers, 1934-1980 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980. Additional papers, 1934-1980 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill records, 1982-2007 (author abstract L-Q). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Miller, Helen. [Inner city. Selections] / words by Eve Merriam ; music by Helen Miller. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Miller, Helen. Correspondence, 1912. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Papers of Clara Mortensen Beyer Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Esquire, Inc. Records, 1933-1977 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Records, 1982-2013 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
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associatedWith Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980. person
associatedWith Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981. person
associatedWith Beyer, Clara M. (Clara Mortenson) person
associatedWith Bridgman, Walter Ray, 1861-1947 person
associatedWith Bryn Mawr College corporateBody
associatedWith Bryn Mawr College. Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. corporateBody
associatedWith Bunting, Mary Ingraham, 1910- person
associatedWith Bunting-Smith, Mary, 1910-1998. person
associatedWith Byn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry corporateBody
associatedWith Catherine East, 1916-1996 person
associatedWith College of William and Mary. corporateBody
associatedWith Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1979 person
associatedWith Drury, Allen. person
associatedWith Drury, Allen Stuart, 1918- person
associatedWith Dulles, Allen Welsh, 1893-1969 person
correspondedWith Esquire, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Fischer, John Sylvester, 1910-1978. person
associatedWith Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. person
associatedWith Frost, Robert Lee, 1874-1963 person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
associatedWith Hart, Henry Melvin. person
associatedWith Hill, Lucia (Elliott) person
associatedWith Hill, Lucia Elliott. person
associatedWith Holmes, David, person
associatedWith Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912- person
associatedWith Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1929-1963 person
associatedWith Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. person
associatedWith Kenyon, Mildred (Adams), 1894-1980 person
associatedWith Mason, George person
associatedWith McBride, Katherine Elizabeth. person
associatedWith McBride, Katherine Elizabeth, 1904-1976 person
associatedWith Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992. person
associatedWith Mildred Adams Kenyon person
associatedWith Miller family family
associatedWith Miller family. family
spouseOf Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978. person
associatedWith Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. person
associatedWith Nash, Ruth Cowan, 1901- person
associatedWith National Policy Committee (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith OAC Review Index. corporateBody
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associatedWith OAC Review Index. corporateBody
associatedWith OAC Review Index. corporateBody
associatedWith Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994. person
associatedWith Oxford University corporateBody
associatedWith Peterson, Esther Eggertsen, 1906-1997 person
associatedWith President's Commission on the Status of Women corporateBody
associatedWith RUTH BALDWIN (COWAN) NASH, 1901-1993 person
associatedWith Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), Jr., 1917-2007 person
associatedWith Smith, Hilda Worthington, 1888- person
associatedWith Spence School. corporateBody
associatedWith Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, 1900-1965 person
associatedWith Stockbridge United Methodist Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Tate, Allen, 1899-1979. person
associatedWith Tate, Allen (John Orley), 1899- person
associatedWith The Economist corporateBody
associatedWith United States. President's Commission on the Status of Women. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Oxford. corporateBody
associatedWith Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965 person
associatedWith Ward, Barbara, (Lady Jackson), 1914-1981 person
associatedWith Wofford, Harris. person
associatedWith Wofford, Harris Llwellyn, 1926- person
associatedWith Women's National Press Club corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Virginia VA US
Lake Forest IL US
Oxford ENG GB
Chicago IL US
Subject
Authors and publishers
Church buildings
Edgar Stern Family Fund
Methodist Church
Musicals
Musicals
Political science
Voyages and travels
Occupation
Biographers
Economists
Journalists
Photographers
Writer
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Birth 1899-07-07

Death 1995-12-26

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Americans

English

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