Hist. Mss. 1-909
Roy R. Miller
Papers, 1818-40, 1892-1986
4 Boxes (1 Large, 3 Oversize)

Introduction

These papers were deposited into the Archives by Levi
Miller, a son-in-law, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, in 1994.

"Roy R. Miller was an educator and high school
administrator, a Berlin Mennonite Church leader, and
collector in Holmes County, Ohio. Many of the materials in
this collection relate to the history of his family - he was
a grandson of Moses (Gross Mose) Miller, the first bishop of
the Walnut Creek Mennonite Church - the local schools, and
the community such as early deeds and photographs." Levi
Miller, December 27, 1994.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Large)

Papers and Photographs, 1840s, 1897-1986
Includes correspondence, 1928-29; B.Sc. Diploma from
Kent State College, 1933; book on Roots in Rhineland
(1683-1983 German immigration); article on "Old Order
Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," by Walter M.
Kollmorgen, 1942; photographs, souvenirs from
elementary and high schools, 1905-15; information on
German Culture Museum, Walnut Creek, Ohio, 1983-86;
East Holmes Local Board of Education, 1956-57; Ohio
Folklore Society Journal, 1975-77; history of Holmes
County Public Library, 1978; article on "Abraham Shane
and His Times," no date; Berlin High School history,
1898-1958; newspaper clippings on Amish, Mennonites and
Holmes County history, 1979-83; negatives and related
clippings on Nochstetler Homestead, and on Grandpa
Loppick Mose, 1941-84; Teacher certificate, Ohio, 1949,
and other teacher papers; Moses J. Miller Obituary,
1897; C. Z. Mast clippings, 1967; background to name of
"Miller", 1967; member of Mennonite Historical
Association, Goshen, Indiana, 1984; documents,
photographs, relating to James H. Miller's schooling,
etc., 1903-10 (including 1966-68 clipping and including
1840s State of Ohio, Tuscrous County, document); Goshen
College Maple Leaf, 1920, 1921; collected historical
programs and articles, 1963-1979; Berlin Mennonite
Church annual report, 1971; Martin Creek Mennonite
Church centennial, 1965, which includes research notes;
and Epharta, Pennsylvania Newpaper, "War Ends," August
14, 1945.

Box 2 (Oversize Folder)

Papers and Photographs, ca. 1892-1902
Includes photograph (graduation from college?, 1892?);
diploma for James H. Miller in the Holmes County Public
School, 1902.

Box 3 (Oversize)

Land Certificates, 1818-26
Framed land certicates: to Jacob More of Henry Bickel,
at Land Office at Zanesville, [Ohio] 1818; to George
Reamen of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at Land Office
at Zanesville, [Ohio] 1821; and to John Haston of
Jefferson County, Ohio, at Land Office at Zanesville,
Ohio, 1826.

Box 4 (Oversize)

Papers, 1835; 1892, 1963-68
Framed funeral song, December 4, 1835, by Tobias T.
Miller for Christian Heibel, of Sommerset Township, who
died at the age of 81, 11 months. Published by
"Deutschen in Holmes," in Weinsberg.

Also includes a framed "Resolution of Respect" for
Peter P. Pomerene (teacher), 1892; and collected
newspaper clippings, 1963-68.

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