Doris Copley Miller was a Huntington, West Virginia poet, newspaperwoman, and local historian. Papers include her work in draft and printed form and correspondence, notably the Jesse Stuart letters. It also contains poetry submissions from other friends and the public as well as working files from her years as religion, education and poetry editor at the Huntington Publishing Company. In addition to her newspaper columns, she also conducted genealogical research.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989.
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Daniel Webster Purdue, ca. 1890
Daniel Webster Purdue, ca. 1890, b&w. Back reads: Daniel Webster Purdue (He was born 1839 in Cabell County, VA, later Wayne County, WV In 1861 he married Evaline Sargent. Served in Co. H, 83rd Illinois Infantry, USA in Civil War. Res. Clark Co., Ind postwar).
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Evaline Sargent, wife of Daniel Webster Purdue, ca. 1890
Evaline Sargent, wife of Daniel Webster Purdue, ca. 1890, b&w. Back reads: Evaline Sargent Perdue, Mrs. Daniel Perdue (She was born 1840, dau of John Sargent.) (He was born 1839 in Cabell County, VA, later Wayne County, WV In 1861 he married Evaline Sargent. Served in Co. H, 83rd Illinois Infantry, USA in Civil War. Res. Clark Co., Ind postwar).
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Gordon Harmon and Ruth Johnson
Gordon Harmon and Ruth Johnson, b&w. Back reads: Ruth Johnson, Gordon Harmon(?) (spelling?).
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Purported to be Willie Hutchison and wife Mary Elizabeth (Hanshaw) Hutchison
Purported to be Willie Hutchison and wife Mary Elizabeth (Hanshaw) Hutchison, b&w. Stamp on back for "Sunday Magazine Apr 6, 1969" presumed to be Huntington Herald-Dispatch-Advertiser (There are no names on this photo, newspaper clippings in folder have the names of Willie and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hutchison.).
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Rev. & Mrs. Maurice Finger, Lincolnton, N.C
Rev. & Mrs. Maurice Finger, Lincolnton, N.C., b&w. Note on back reads: 360 hrs ca--- 400 hrs Jews teach child? Stamp for Miller's Photo Studio (city & state unreadable) This couple visited and gave evangelistic program at Walnut Hills church of the Nazarene, in Huntington, Wv.
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Sarah Jane Dixon Harmon, grandmother of Roy Lee Harmon, poet
Sarah Jane Dixon Harmon, grandmother of Roy Lee Harmon, poet., b&w. No postmark, no addressee back reads: Sarah Dixon Harmon, Sarah Jane Dixon Harmon. Written on front is: grandmother Harmon She married William Harmon, son of Solomon Harmon of Wayne County. Roy Lee Harmon (October 7, 1900-April 7, 1981) was poet laurate of WV and recognized author.
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Sidney Luther and sister Dimmie Bloss
Sidney Luther and sister Dimmie Bloss, b&w. Note on back reads: Sidney Luther and sister Dimmie Bloss Dimmie Luther Bloss was born at Shoals, Wayne County, WV She was married to Leander Bloss.
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Studio portrait of Debbie Davis (later Mrs. Kim Wolfe)
Studio portrait of Debbie Davis (later Mrs. Kim Wolfe) b&w. Debbie Davis married Kim Wolfe, who became mayor of Huntington, WV back reads: Debbie Davis (later Mrs. Kim Wolfe).
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T. H. Willey, Melitino Martinez, Benito Rodriquez, Estevio Garcia
T. H. Willey, Melitino Martinez, Benito Rodriquez, Estevio Garcia, b&w. Back reads: T. H. Willey, Melitino Martinez, Benito Rodriquez, Estevio Garcia (Shacklette Studio stamp).
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Unidentified Stephenson, possibly Marcus "Mark"
Unidentified Stephenson, possibly Marcus "Mark", b&w. Back stamped with: Entered May 9, 1977.
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Alcy Copley DeRitter, youngest child of Zathue Copley, 1981
Alcy Copley DeRitter, youngest child of Zathue Copley, summer 1981, Minnesota, col. Back reads: Alcy Copley DeRitter, Zathue's youngest child and only living child. taken: summer 1981 in her yard at Aitmin, Minn.
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Copley kids, Thanksgiving 1981
Copley kids, Thanksgiving 1981, col. Back reads The Copley Kids: Laura, Carrie, Rolland, Margaret, Joe Frances & Jessie, Thanksgiving Day 1981.
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Evelyn Scyphers Jackson and Doris Copley Miller,
Bob Kennedy
Evelyn Scyphers Jackson and Doris Copley Miller, Newcomb Creek, Wayne County, WV, Sept. 18, 1980, col. Back reads: Sept. 18, 1980, Newcomb Ck., Wayne Co., WV Evelyn Scyphers Jackson and Doris Copley Miller at home of Don S. and Lua McDaniel. This is the historic old Luther home, built in 1847 by Jacob Stock for Henry & Nancy Harmon Luther. Photo by Bob Kennedy.
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Virginia M. Carey being installed as Regent, Westmoreland Chapter, DAR, 1979
Jim York
Virginia M. Carey being installed as Regent, Westmoreland Chapter, DAR, 1979, b&w. Note on back reads: Virginia M. Carey being installed as V. Regent, Westmoreland Chapter DAR Jim York photo stamp.
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Reitenour family, Thanksgiving, 1977
Reitenour family, Thanksgiving, 1977., b&w. Back reads: Becky, Debby, Steve, Greg, Jo, Glen Reitenour Thanksgiving, 1977.
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WV State Road Commission garages, 1971
Herb Clagg
WV State Road Commission garages, 1971, b&w. Back has stamp: WV Dept of Highways, Jan. 5, 1971, photo by Herb Clagg.
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Bridge abutment at the David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970,
Bridge abutment at the fallen David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970, b&w. This bridge, across 12-Pole Creek at Wayne, county seat of Wayne County, WV, was named for TV newsman David Brinkley after his trip to Wayne during Kennedy's 1960 campaign trip. The bridge fell Sept. 22, 1970 after the truck struck a girder.
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Clearing wreckage at the David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970,
Clearing wreckage at the David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970, b&w. This bridge, across 12-Pole Creek at Wayne, county seat of Wayne County, WV, was named for TV newsman David Brinkley after his trip to Wayne during Kennedy's 1960 campaign trip. The bridge fell Sept. 22, 1970 after the truck struck a girder.
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Clearing wreckage at the David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970,
Clearing wreckage at the David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970, b&w. This bridge, across 12-Pole Creek at Wayne, county seat of Wayne County, WV, was named for TV newsman David Brinkley after his trip to Wayne during Kennedy's 1960 campaign trip. The bridge fell Sept. 22, 1970 after the truck struck a girder.
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Crowd at the fallen David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970
Crowd at the fallen David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970, b&w. This bridge, across 12-Pole Creek at Wayne, county seat of Wayne County, WV, was named for TV newsman David Brinkley after his trip to Wayne during Kennedy's 1960 campaign trip. The bridge fell Sept. 22, 1970 after the truck struck a girder.
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Engraved metal print block of image of Jesse Stuart, ca. 1970's,
Engraved metal print block of image of Jesse Stuart, ca. 1970's, b&w. Example of type of engraved metal plate used in various photocomposing systems. (HUPCO installed these systems ca. 1970's.).
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Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, 1970
Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, 1970, b&w. Williams was born Oct 2, 1923 in Fairmont, WV Received CMOH for service as a marine in the Pacific in WWII. Newspaper article in folder gives his career history.
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Pickup truck with campaign sign for reelection of WV Gov. Arch Moore, ca. 1970's
Pickup truck with campaign sign for reelection of WV Gov. Arch Moore, ca. 1970's, b&w. Arch A. Moore was Gov. of WV from 1969 to 1977 and 1985 to 1989.
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Recovering the wreckage of the David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970
Recovering the wreckage of the fallen David Brinkley bridge, Wayne, WV, Sept. 1970, b&w. This bridge, across 12-Pole Creek at Wayne, county seat of Wayne County, WV, was named for TV newsman David Brinkley after his trip to Wayne during Kennedy's 1960 campaign trip. The bridge fell Sept. 22, 1970 after the truck struck a girder.
