Helen Topping Miller papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Helen Topping Miller papers
- Date
- 1952-1955 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Miller, Helen Topping, 1884-1960
- Extent
- 0.46 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Historical fiction.
- Juvenile fiction.
- Women authors -- 20th century.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by alphabetically.
- Preferred Citation
- 55m73: [identification of item], Helen Topping Miller papers, 1952-1955, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Helen Topping Miller, a novelist, was born in Fenton, Michigan in 1884. By age 15 she began writing stories for St. Nicholas Magazine, a popular monthly American children's magazine. She graduated from Michigan State University, then taught in rural and urban schools for two years. With her family, she moved to Fremont, Tennessee in 1908. There, she married Frank Roger Miller, a newspaper owner, on June 16, 1910. Helen Topping Miller wrote serials for several national publications like Saturday Evening Post and McCall's and taught modern fiction writing at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. In 1924, Frank and Helen settled in Talbott, Tennessee. During her lifetime Mrs. Miller wrote over 300 short stories and more than 40 books. She wrote romantic historical fiction, often set in the south. She also wrote children's books. She died in 1960.
- Sources: Miller, Helen Topping, By E. D. Johnson, 1991, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/miller-helen, accessed 2020 May 6
- Scope and Content
- The Helen Topping Miller papers (dated 1952-1955; 0.46 cubic feet, 2 boxes) comprise five manuscripts by the novelist Helen Topping Miller and published by Bobbs-Miller. The five manuscripts includes Hollow Silver(1952), The Proud Young Thing (1953), Rebellion Road (1954), Slow Dies the Thunder (1955), and Witch Water (1952). Original and typescript manuscripts are included, as well as one letter between Helen Topping Miller and University of Kentucky Libraries director, Lawrence Thompson.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Hollow Silver; original manuscript 254 pages, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953
The Proud Young Thing; typescript, 340 pages, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952
Rebellion Road, original manuscript, 276 pages, typescript, 276 pages; includes 22 retyped pages, dedication and acknowledgments pages, published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1954
Slow Dies the Thunder, original manuscript, synopsis, 398 pages, one leaf of figures, published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1955
Witch Water, original manuscript, 309 pages, published by Bobbs Merrill, 1952
Helen Topping Miller's letter to Lawrence Thompson, 1955 September 26
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