Guide to the J. R. Miller Papers
Open for research.
Upon graduation from Westminster College in 1862, James R. Miller joined the United States Christian Commission, an agency set up to minister to soldiers. After the war he completed his theological studies and accepted a call to Philadelphia's Bethany Presbyterian Church. In 1870 he married Louise King.
In 1880 Miller became Editorial Superintendent of the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work and at the same time accepted a call to the Holland Memorial Mission, which he soon organized into a church. For seventeen years he shared this pastorate with William Mitchell Paden. He then began work with another mission in Philadelphia, which was to become St. Paul's Church.
Miller's papers include materials from the United States Christian Commission, sermons, and a scrapbook of his articles.
SERIES 1: UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION, 1863-1870
SERIES 2: SERMONS AND ARTICLES, 1863-1876
SERIES 3: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1897, 1911
SERIES 4: PHOTOGRAPHS
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: January 1994
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 385 | |
| SERIES 1: UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION, 1863-1870 | |||
| 1 | 2 | Incoming Correspondence, 1865 | |
| 1 | 3 | Outgoing Correspondence (letterbook), 1863-65 | |
| 1 | 4 | Outgoing Correspondence (letterbook), 1865 | |
| 1 | 4a | Interleaved papers from letterbook in folder 4, ca. 1865 | |
| 1 | 5 | History of the Work of the USCC in Ohio, 1863-65 | |
| 1 | 6 | "Notes, Incidents Etc. in Connection with Army Work of USCC," Volume 1, 1863-64 | |
| 1 | 7 | Volume 2, 1864-70 | |
| SERIES 2: SERMONS AND ARTICLES, 1863-1876 | |||
| 1 | 8 | Articles (notebook), 1863-64 | |
| 1 | 9 | Articles (scrapbook), 1864-72 | |
| 1 | 10 | History of Bethany Church, Philadelphia, 1876 | |
| 1 | 11 | Sermons and Sermon Notes | |
| SERIES 3: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1897, 1911 | |||
| 1 | 12 | Condolence Letter to Miller Family, 1897 | |
| 1 | 13 | Correspondence re resignation from St. Paul Church, 1911 | |
| SERIES 4: PHOTOGRAPHS | |||
| 1 | 14 | Photographs |