Document Registry

 

Mary Clarke Miley Foundation Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1898–2007
Source: 
Papers, 5.0 feet

Description
Private foundation. Correspondence (1937–1954) of William Halliburton Miley and Mary Clarke Miley regarding personal matters and William’s service in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The letters include information regarding William’s suicide in 1954, as well as the clemency case of Pvt. Eddie D. Slovic. Also in the collection are four scrapbooks (1900–2002) with clippings, programs, and photographs concerning Mary Clarke Miley, her career as a pianist, and the foundation she established, and other topics; an unpublished account by Grace Frances Campbell about life in Oklahoma Territory during the 1890s; the memoirs of music instructor Dr. Merle Montgomery; and correspondence and clippings (2003-2004) about the extension of soldiers’ terms of service in the Iraq War.