Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson) Miller Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Richmond P. Miller, Quaker author and educator, including correspondence, writings, and papers relating to various Quaker concerns. Miller was involved with the 1962 NBC television production, Gentle Persuaders; the William Penn Tercentenary in 1964; the William Jeanes Memorial Library controversy; and the United Nations. In addition, he was involved in commemorative events at Quaker meeting houses, the All Friends Conference in Oskaloosa, 1929, First Day Schools, Friends Peace Committee, National Conference on the Churches and Social Welfare in Cleveland, 1961, the Ohio Yearly Meeting Sesquicentennial in j1962, School of Mysticism in New York, 1929, World Conference of Friends in 1952, and Young Friend Caravan in 1925.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-1970
Creator
- Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972 (Person)
- Miller, Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson), 1902-1972 (Contributor, Person)
- Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Contributor, Organization)
- William Jeanes Memorial Library (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) (Contributor, Organization)
- Plymouth Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Contributor, Organization)
- Conference on the Churches and Social Welfare (Contributor, Organization)
- United Nations (Contributor, Organization)
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 (Contributor, Person)
- All American Friends Conference (1929 : Oskaloosa, Iowa) (Contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Richmond Pearson Miller (1902-1972) was a Quaker author and educator. He was the son of J. Milton and Sara G. Miller. In 1926 he married Alice Leinbach. He died in 1972.
Extent
3 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Richmond Pearson Miller (1902-1972) was a Quaker author and educator. He was the son of J. Milton and Sara G. Miller In 1926 Alice Leinbach. He died in 1972. This collection contains the papers of Richmond P. Miller, Quaker author and educator, including correspondence, writings, and papers relating to various Quaker concerns. Miller was involved with the 1962 NBC television production, Gentle Persuaders; the William Penn Tercentenary in 1964; the William Jeanes Memorial Library controversy; and the United Nations. In addition, he was involved in commemorative events at Quaker meeting houses, the All Friends Conference in Oskaloosa, 1929, First Day Schools, Friends Peace Committee, National Conference on the Churches and Social Welfare in Cleveland, 1961, the Ohio Yearly Meeting Sesquicentennial in 1962, School of Mysticism in New York, 1929, World Conference of Friends in 1952, and Young Friend Caravan in 1925.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into thirteen series:
- General correspondence
- Articles
- Book reviews
- "The Gentle Persuaders"
- Meeting Houses
- William Penn Tercentenary 1944
- William Penn, miscellaneous papers on
- Plymouth Monthly Meeting
- Quaker method of conducting business
- United nations
- Miscellaneous
- Scrapbooks
- Books and pamphlets
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Richmond P. Miller, 1964-1969
Donor: Alice Miller, 1972
Separated Materials
The following audio-recordings, originally part of the collection, are now stored with FHL Audio-Visual Collection:
- American Friends Service Committee.
- To see what love can do, fifty years of Quaker service [1967] (Disc no. 9)
- Heath, Douglas.
- Talk on education at Moorestown Friends School, 1969. (Tape no. 126)
- Miller, Richmond and Foulds, Elfrida Vipont.
- Talk at Abington Meeting First Day School, 1965. (Tape no. 125)
- Pickett, Clarence.
- An outline of Quakerism. 1959. (Tape no. 124)
- Pictures placed in the appropriate subject category within the Friends Historical
- Library Picture Collection:
- Friends World Conference; Friends meeting houses; Portraits of Quakers; Art concerning Quaker subjects
Subject
- Friends World Conference, 3rd (1952) (Oxford, England) (Organization)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Richmond P. (Richmond Pearson) Miller Papers, 1923-1970
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1967
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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