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Title: Sally M. Miller papers
Dates: 1947-2010
Collection Number: 2023-67
Creator/Collector:
Miller, Sally M., 1937-
Extent: 4.5 linear feet (2 cartons and 1 oversized box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Sally M. Miller (1937 April 13-2019 February 22) was a Professor of History at the University of the Pacific in Stockton,
California. Miller met Margaret (Peg) Keranen (1936 November 8-2007 January 17) while they were students at the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the 1950s. In their senior years (1957-1958 academic year) they became lovers and would remain
together until Keranen’s death. The collection includes Miller’s diaries, covering the years 1948-1959; extensive correspondence
between Miller and Keranen, particularly during the years Miller taught at Michigan State University (1965-1966), in England
(1978-1979), New Zealand (1986), and Finland (1996); photographs dating to the 1950s to the 2000s; a manuscript of Miller’s
memoir “Five Decades, Two Women;” a small amount of correspondence with both Miller and Keranen’s parents; albums of artistic
photographs and large format photographic prints taken by Keranen in the late-1990s and early 2000s; and award certificates
for Miller.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
[Identification of item]. Sally M. Miller papers. Collection Number: 2023-67. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Sally M. Miller, May 2010, with addition in January 2011.
Scope and Content of Collection
Sally M. Miller (1937 April 13-2019 February 22) was a Professor of History at the University of the Pacific in Stockton,
California. Miller met Margaret (Peg) Keranen (1936 November 8-2007 January 17) while they were students at the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the 1950s. In their senior years (1957-1958 academic year) they became lovers and would remain
together until Keranen’s death. The collection includes Miller’s diaries, covering the years 1948-1959; extensive correspondence
between Miller and Keranen, particularly during the years Miller taught at Michigan State University (1965-1966), in England
(1978-1979), New Zealand (1986), and Finland (1996); photographs dating to the 1950s to the 2000s; a manuscript of Miller’s
memoir “Five Decades, Two Women;” a small amount of correspondence with both Miller and Keranen’s parents; albums of artistic
photographs and large format photographic prints taken by Keranen in the late-1990s and early 2000s; and award certificates
for Miller.
LGBTQ
Lesbians
Jewish people
Long-term relationships
Photography
Karanen, Margaret
Stockton (Calif.)
Diaries
Photographs
Personal correspondence