Letters to Robert H. Miller
Overview
Letters to Robert H. Miller, editor of the Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Missouri, together with other communications intended for publication. ca. 1840-1870.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1840-1870
Creator
- Miller, Robert Hugh, 1826-1911 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Administrative History ofThe Liberty Tribune.
The Liberty Tribune was a weekly newspaper founded in 1846 by Robert Hugh Miller in Liberty, Missouri. Staunchly Democratic politically, the newspaper circulated in Clay and surrounding counties in Missouri, and in southwestern Iowa. The newspaper was published until 1879.
Extent
2 boxes (21 folders (634 items))
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters and other written communications addressed to the editor of the Tribune, including announcements of meetings and social functions, manuscript ordinances, lists of voters, rewards and legal notices, business advertisements, obituaries, personal notices, and other miscellaneous items. The collection is arranged by subjects with correspondence filed chronologically within the subject. The bulk of the collection dated from the 1850's to 1870's.
Physical Location
RH MS 193
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Smoky Hills Bookseller, 1976.
Subject
- Miller, Robert Hugh, 1826-1911 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Hugh Miller Collection
- Subtitle
- Letters to Robert H. Miller
- Author
- eh, lgg March 1976; mg 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language> English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5119453957
- Preferred citation
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Robert Hugh Miller Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 193, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository