Scope and Contents
Correspondence in the collection is separated into incoming (1904-1908) and outgoing (1903-1908) sections.
There is also a folder of family correspondence, from 1903 to 1904.
The collection also contains consular letters and reports regarding Port Arthur, Russian influence in the Pacific, and relations between Russia and China.
The collection also contains photographs that were removed from their original placement in the collection and stored separately for preservation reasons, under the call number PH234. Photographs include portraits (possibly of Miller as an older man), pictures from China during the Boxer Rebellion (1898-1901), a performance at a Japanese Odori, and a photograph of "Japanese Frank," the interpreter for the Chicago Daily News; the other name printed on the portrait is: Matsutaro, Todani.
Several of the images are of military men "horsing around," and text written on the back of some of the prints states these men are "survivors of the 25th, Newchwang (China), July 1904."
Dates
- 1898-1908
Creator
- Miller, Henry B., 1854-1921 (Person)
- Condon, J. W., 1866- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Extent
1 linear feet (1 volume, 5 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Henry B. Miller was part owner of the vast Miller and Lux Cattle Co, and he may have served in the military or in the Foreign Service during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The collection (1898-1908) consists of correspondence, consular letters and reports regarding Russia and China, and photographs.
Physical Description
5 folders; and 1 photograph volume.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff; and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- China -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- Foreign relations -- Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- Foreign relations -- Russia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- China -- History -- Guangxu, 1875-1908 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- China -- Photographs Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Condon, J. W., 1866-
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan -- Photographs Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Miller family
- Miller, Henry B., 1854-1921
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Russia -- Description and travel Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Russia -- Foreign relations -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Silver gelatin prints Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- 1865-1921 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Henry B. Miller Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
