Papers of Joaquin Miller [manuscript] 1868-1912, 1938.

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Papers of Joaquin Miller [manuscript] 1868-1912, 1938.

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Literary manuscripts include the short story "The mouth of the Father of the Waters" and the following poems: "The pioneers of new Oregon" (including first page proofs), "In Yellowstone Park," "How man can surely save his soul" (initially entitled "A parable of the oates"), "Just one song," "Father Damien," an early draft of "Battle flag of Shenandoah," quotations from "Rome," a poem beginning A woman's heart is like the heart , and a couplet written by Miller in Honolulu. Correspondence ranges over a fifty year period and includes letters to publishers, Longmans and Co., Century magazine, and several newspaper editors. Many letters to unidentified recipients discuss his travels, politics and his writing. Recipients among the important figures of the day include William Dean Howells, U.S. Grant, Robert Underwood Johnson, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Harriet Elizabeth Spofford, and the bibliophile James Carleton Young. Over twenty letters in the collection are to H. Lair Hill of Oregon and life long friend of Miller. There are many family letters, letters to Miller from various correspondents, and several written after his death by his second wife Abigail Leland Miller and his daughter Juanita Miller. Printed material includes newspaper articles about Miller, a clipping of his poem "U.S. land to England," a small pen-and-ink sketch of Miller's house and over a dozen photographs and engravings.

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