May Miller
May Miller was an American writer, poet, playwright and educator (1899–1995). She was born at Washington, D.C.
Also recorded as May Sullivan; Miller, May, 1899-1995.
Contents
Works and catalogued output
What May Miller produced.
Miller General Hospital, Greenwich : royal opening of the new extensions by her Royal Highness the Duchess of York : Tuesday, 14th May, 1929, at 3 o'clock. is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection. Japanese Dwarf Plum Tree is dated 1928 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1930.989). Leaving the Shop is dated 1929 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1992.345). The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading.
Open Library catalogues 19 works under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which May Miller stands.
Details of the AIDS Walk New York on 22 May 1994 benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis. Colour lithograph by Craig Miller, Richard Zeichik and Associates. is dated 1994 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Bryant and May museum of fire-making appliances : catalogue of the exhibits / compiled, with an introduction and notes, by Miller Christy. is dated 1926 and held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence and papers relating to the Trust's legal advisers F.C.S. Tufton and K. Miller is dated April 1973-May 1985 and held by Wellcome Collection. Nude Bent Forward, Paris is dated c. 1930 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1988.157.54). Window with Bird Design is dated c. 1925 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1925.45). Frederick Douglass is dated 1847-52 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1996.433).
Eric Miller's annotated copy of publication is dated May 1963 and held by Wellcome Collection. A Korean Shrine is dated 1928 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1930.990). Sunlight is dated c. 1913 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1915.557). City Snow is dated 1944 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2012.139). Joseph Pancoast / [W.S. Miller]. is dated 1930 and held by Wellcome Collection. Lee Miller : nurses. is dated 2022 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to May Miller is held.
The Peffley--Peffly--Pefley families in American and allied families, 1729-1938; being a historical and genealogical record (1938) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Private secretary's encyclopedic dictionary (1971) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. grass blades from a cinnamon garden (1927) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Complete Secretary's Handbook (1951) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Art Institute of Chicago records 6 objects associated with this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this heading.
Into the clearing (1959) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Wellcome Collection records 683 objects associated with this heading. I Am a Woman (1967) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Catalogued works
31 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1913 to 1973.
The bog guide. Stragglers in the dust. Sojourner Truth. Scratches. Samory. Riding the goat. Nails and thorns. Harriet Tubman. Graven images. Christophe's daughters. The clearing and beyond. Collected poems. Dust of uncertain journey. Golden memories of the Paulina area. Into the clearing. Not that far. Poems. The ransomed wait. Halfway to the Sun. Japanese Dwarf Plum Tree, dated 1928, color woodcut on asian paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1930.989. A Korean Shrine, dated 1928, color woodcut on asian paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1930.990. Nude Bent Forward, Paris, dated c. 1930, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1988.157.54. Sunlight, dated c. 1913, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1915.557. Window with Bird Design, dated c. 1925, leaded glass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1925.45. Leaving the Shop, dated 1929, etching, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1992.345. City Snow, dated 1944, watercolor, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2012.139. Miller General Hospital, Greenwich : royal opening of the new extensions by her Royal Highness the Duchess of York : Tuesday, 14th May, 1929, at 3 o'clock., dated 1929, held by Wellcome Collection. Eric Miller's annotated copy of publication, dated May 1963, held by Wellcome Collection. The Bryant and May museum of fire-making appliances : catalogue of the exhibits / compiled, with an introduction and notes, by Miller Christy., dated 1926, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence and papers relating to the Trust's legal advisers F.C.S. Tufton and K. Miller, dated April 1973-May 1985, held by Wellcome Collection. Joseph Pancoast / [W.S. Miller]., dated 1930, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 683 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Miller, May, African American Studies Center, 2013. Miller, May, African American Studies Center, 2001.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
May Miller studied at Dunbar High School, Howard University and American University.
The authority associates the name with Harlem Renaissance.
Work by May Miller is recorded in the collections of National Museum of African American History and Culture and Smithsonian Institution.
Chronology
- 1899May Miller born at Washington, D.C..
- 1899May Miller was born in 1899 at Washington, D.C..
- 1913Sunlight is dated c. 1913 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1915.557).
- 1925Window with Bird Design is dated c. 1925 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1925.45).
- 1926The Bryant and May museum of fire-making appliances : catalogue of the exhibits / compiled, with an introduction and notes, by Miller Christy. is dated 1926 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1927grass blades from a cinnamon garden (1927) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1928Japanese Dwarf Plum Tree is dated 1928 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1930.989).
- 1928A Korean Shrine is dated 1928 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1930.990).
- 1929Miller General Hospital, Greenwich : royal opening of the new extensions by her Royal Highness the Duchess of York : Tuesday, 14th May, 1929, at 3 o'clock. is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1929Leaving the Shop is dated 1929 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1992.345).
- 1930Nude Bent Forward, Paris is dated c. 1930 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1988.157.54).
- 1930Joseph Pancoast / [W.S. Miller]. is dated 1930 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1944City Snow is dated 1944 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2012.139).
- 1951Complete Secretary's Handbook (1951) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1959Into the clearing (1959) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1963Eric Miller's annotated copy of publication is dated May 1963 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1967I Am a Woman (1967) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1971Private secretary's encyclopedic dictionary (1971) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1973Correspondence and papers relating to the Trust's legal advisers F.C.S. Tufton and K. Miller is dated April 1973-May 1985 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1994Details of the AIDS Walk New York on 22 May 1994 benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis. Colour lithograph by Craig Miller, Richard Zeichik and Associates. is dated 1994 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1995May Miller died at Washington, D.C..
- 1995May Miller died in 1995 at Washington, D.C..
- 2022Lee Miller : nurses. is dated 2022 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Miller, May, African American Studies Center, 2001
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Miller, May, African American Studies Center, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Miller, Sir Anthony Thomas, (born 4 May 1955), Who's Who, 2009
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Miller, Sir Ronald (Andrew Baird), (born 13 May 1937), Who's Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for May Miller (Internet Archive), 19 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming May Miller.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 5522445-3, Exhibition Between Two Worlds: The Life and Art of Lilian May Miller (1998-1999 : Pasadena, Calif.).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 11 digitised items catalogued under May Miller as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with May Miller.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with May Miller.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 683 works naming May Miller.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q6796559: May Miller
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“May Miller”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Elsewhere in Books
27,577 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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