Helen King Boyer collection, 1800-2001 (bulk 1860-1976).

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Boyer, Helen King, 1919-. Helen King Boyer collection, 1800-2001 (bulk 1860-1976).

Helen King Boyer collection, 1800-2001 (bulk 1860-1976).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82503021

The Helen King Boyer collection includes the personal papers of Zachariah T. Miller (1847-1913), his daughter Louise Miller Boyer (1890-1976), his granddaughter Helen King Boyer (b. 1919), and other family members. Of particular note are the more than 130 substantive Civil War letters from Z. T. Miller to his family, the more than 250 letters from concert pianist Julie Rivé-King (1854-1937), and the diaries of Helen King Boyer. Significant correspondents include John Taylor Arms, Nathaniel B. Boileau, John A. Brashear, and Elbert Hubbard. Over 1000 photographs provide extensive visual documentation of this distinguished family's history. The portion of the Helen King Boyer collection relating to Z. T. Miller thoroughly chronicles his Civil War experiences and his postwar medical career. Miller's letters to his family, dated 1862 to 1864, trace his unit, the 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as it moves from training at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, to the Virginia theater of war, and then to participation in the Atlanta campaign. Moreover, his diaries supplement the letters with additional detail. The letters and diaries are preserved in original, transcript, and photocopy forms. A unique item is a rare published regimental newspaper, The Sixty-First Ohio (vol. 1 no. 1), edited by members of the 61st Ohio and dated Moorefield, Virginia, 14 June 1862. After the war Z. T. Miller went on to become a homeopathic physician, and the collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, and printed material on this phase of his life. Many photographs of Miller, including some from his Civil War days, are preserved. Documents pertaining to Louise Miller Boyer include her letters to her husband in 1918 discussing her experiences as a screenwriter for Metro Pictures Corporation and correspondence with Dorothy Arms, John Taylor Arms, and John A. Brashear, among others. Manuscripts by and photographs of Louise are included. Files on Louise's husband, Ernest W. Boyer (1885-1949), are also part of the family papers. Of interest are his letters to his wife, articles, drawings, and photographs. Ernest's photographs of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition are especially noteworthy. Helen King Boyer's correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, art work, and photographs are also found in the collection. Many other significant individuals numbered themselves members of the Boyer family. Accordingly, the papers contain a wealth of documents by and about Julie Rivé-King, a series of letters to and from Nathaniel B. Boileau and items relating to Louise Klein Miller.

24 linear feet (16 boxes)

Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library