Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Miller (Dudley Fox) collection of Perry family papers
MS.R.036
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Dudley Fox Miller collection of Perry family papers
Creator:
Perry family
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.036
Physical Description:
2.6 Linear Feet
(7 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1800s-1900s
Abstract: This collection consists of personal papers of the Perry Family, a New England family descending from Nathan Perry, including
the Fox branch of the family, during the 1800s and 1900s. Included are family papers, letters, photographs, and narratives
from the 19th and 20th centuries, including substantial genealogical data. The collection includes hundreds of photographs,
including an album documenting turn-of-the-century California. Also included is an unpublished typescript by Emily P. Fox
entitled "Journal of camping trip to Yosemite Valley, summer of 1893". The collection also contains some later materials,
such as photographs of Dudley Miller with General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection has not been processed. It may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Collections
and Archives in advance to request access.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their
heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Dudley Fox Miller collection of Perry family papers. MS-R036. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Dudley Fox Miller, 1984, who received the materials from his grandfather (a grandson of Admiral Perry) and mother
(a first cousin of the Delano branch of the Roosevelt family).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of personal papers of the Perry Family, a New England family descending from Nathan Perry, including
the Fox branch of the family, during the 1800s and 1900s. Included are family papers, letters, photographs, and narratives
from the 19th and 20th centuries, including substantial genealogical data. The collection includes hundreds of photographs,
including an album documenting turn-of-the-century California. Also included is an unpublished typescript by Emily P. Fox
entitled "Journal of camping trip to Yosemite Valley, summer of 1893". The collection also contains some later materials,
such as photographs of Dudley Miller with General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II.