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A2294
Miller, Arthur E. (1859- ).
Theater Programs, 1879-1882. 63 items
Arthur Emanuel Miller was born in July 1859 in Michigan. He married Julia in 1883 in St.
Louis, Missouri. He worked as a wallpaper hanger in St. Louis before moving with his wife to
Crawford County, Kansas, around 1920.
Collection consists of programs for various St. Louis theaters, collected by Arthur Emanuel
Miller while courting Julia.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Arthur E. Miller Theater Programs, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1044
Miller, Henry B. (1814-1847).
Journal, 1838-1839. 1 volume
Henry B. Miller was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1814 and came to St. Louis in
1837. Soon thereafter he moved to Natchez and later New Orleans. He worked as a mason,
teacher, plasterer, and builder of cemetery vaults. He died in York County, Pennsylvania, in
1847.
Manuscript journal written while in Natchez, Missouri, January 1, 1838-January 15, 1839,
containing description of everyday life and travel within Missouri, state and St. Louis politics,
descriptions of activities of local churches. Journal was published in Missouri Historical Society
Collections, Volume VI, Number 2 (1931), pages 213-287.
Cite as: Henry B. Miller Journal, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1045
Miller, Herman B.
Papers, 1861-1873. 1 folder (approximately 50 items)
Papers include receipts and bills for building of home at Canton, Missouri. (The home was
sold to Culver Stockton College in 1930.) Bills for transportation of material by steamboat from
Quincy, Illinois, and for garden planting. Also contains three letters of Daniel Miller to his
brother Philip, dated Corinth and Kossuth, Mississippi, August 27 to October 9, 1862, which
describe the affairs of the 21st Missouri Infantry (Union), including an account of the Battle of
Corinth. (Letters are in German, with translations).
Cite as: Herman B. Miller Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2500
Miller, James.
Commissions, 1818 Apr 9. 2 items
Papers contain commission of James Miller as clerk of the court of general quarter sessions
of the peace for Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and commission of James Miller as clerk of the
courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery for Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Cite as: James Miller Commissions, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1046
Miller, Louis.
Papers, no date. 1 box; 5 oversize folders
Louis Miller was born October 13, 1853, in Jefferson County, Missouri, but moved at a
young age to Arcadia, Missouri. He became an architect and builder and one of Arcadia’s most