Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-1996
Variant namesHelen 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 | Spence School. Administrative affairs records, 1892-1984. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| 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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