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Title: Milly Bennett papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1960
Collection Number: 82073
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
21 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 album box, 24 envelopes
(13.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, news dispatches, other writings, correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to political conditions in China,
social conditions in the Soviet Union, the
Spanish
Civil
War
, and journalism in the United States.
Creator:
Bennett, Milly, 1897-1960
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1982, with incremental materials received at a later date.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Milly Bennett papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1897 May 22 |
Born, San Francisco, California |
1915 |
Graduate, Girls High School, San Francisco |
1915-1917 |
Attended University of Hawaii |
1917-1921 |
Reporter,
The Daily News, San Francisco
|
1921 |
Married Mike Mitchell |
1921-1926 |
Reporter,
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii
|
1926 |
Divorced from Mike Mitchell |
1926-1927 |
Editor, Chung-Mei News Agency, Peking, China
Assistant Editor,
Peoples Tribune, Hankow, China
|
1927-1931 |
Reporter,
The Daily News, San Francisco; Scripps-Howard News Service; United Press; Newspaper Enterprise Association
|
circa 1931 |
Married Evgeni Konstantinov, Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
1931-1935 |
Reporter,
Moscow Daily News
|
1931-1936 |
Resident, U.S.S.R. |
1935-1936 |
Reporter, Newspaper Enterprise Association;
The New York Times; International News Service
|
1936-1937 |
Reporter from Spain for Associated Press, United Press, London
Times
Staff member, English-language section, Press and Propaganda Service, Foreign Ministry, Spanish Popular Front Government
|
1937 |
Married Hans Amlie |
1938 |
Returned to the United States |
1960 |
Died |
Milly Bennett was the pseudonym of Mildred Jacqueline Bremler, who also wrote under her married names, Mildred Mitchell and
Mildred Amlie.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, news dispatches, other writings, correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to political conditions in China,
social conditions in the Soviet Union, the
Spanish
Civil
War
, and journalism in the United States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
Journalism -- United States
Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939