Little Pictures of Japan by Olive Beaupré Miller

Much of this is historical accounts of the first Dutch settlers in the United States. There are three boxes of material from her last unpublished work, America, Johannes. Olive's class notes, mostly of Smith College literature classes, fill one and a half boxes. The Notes and Research series is arranged by subject and encompasses approximately two-thirds of the collection (seven boxes). Business documents and correspondence relating to published works are filed in the Writings series under each work. The collection includes a signed, first edition copy of Engines and Brass Bands. and Margaret Pratt concerning sales tactics and the sales women for The Book House. She considered the drawings her way of creating stories before she learned the alphabet.Īlso of interest in the Writings series is the correspondence between Edwin Read, Jr. The Paper dolls and drawings are included with the childhood writings because they were an integral part of Olive's early story-making endeavors. Her writing displays a strong sense of personal style which can be traced from her childhood writings on. Olive's writings and research materials provide a clear chronological progression of her development as a writer and researcher. The unpublished writings are arranged chronologically, and separated into two parts: the creative short stories and paper dolls of her youth and typescripts of extensively researched historical novels of her later years. The Writings series consists of both unpublished and published works. Miller's writings and related papers make up aproximately one third of the collection. There are also typescripts of autobiographies by her maternal grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Brady, and her husband, Harry Edward Miller.

Minister to Colombia, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Cuba. Olive transcribed stories that her aunt, Mary Marsh Beaupré, dictated about her uncle, Arthur Matthias Beaupré, who served as Consul-General to Guatemala and U.S.

Biographical and genealogical material of other family members appear after material about Olive.

There is also miscellaneous correspondence, Smith College Alumnae material, and photographs. The Biographical series fills one box and includes clippings, articles, and unpublished biographical sketches of Olive and other Beaupré and Miller family members. The bulk of the material dates from 1894-1958. The Olive Beaupré Miller Papers consist of five linear feet (twelve document boxes) of notes and research materials, published and unpublished writings, business documents, correspondence, literary manuscripts and typescripts, memorabilia, drawings, and photographs, dating from 1864-1992.

Little Pictures of Japan by Olive Beaupré Miller