Title: Nell Thompson Miller Collection

Date/Date Range :   circa 1920-1982

Extent: 2.0 linear feet

Abstract:

The collection contains poetry manuscripts, prose manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, and other materials documenting the life and career of Tennessee author Nell Thompson Miller.

Call number: MS-0957

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Nell Thompson Miller Ogle donated these papers to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library between 1979 and 1990.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Nell Thompson Miller Collection, MS-0957. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of two boxes divided into two series:

1. Series I: Poetry Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Related Materials
2. Series II: Clippings and Miscellaneous Materials

Nell Thompson Miller, East Tennessean and poet, was born in Jellico, Tennessee on March 15, 1903. Manuscripts of her poetry are dated as early as 1930, and her first published collection, Live Coals, appeared in 1939. Live Coals was followed by Remembered Loves (1943); a chapbook, Private Willie Lear (1944); Let There Be Peace (1945); This, Too, Has Been My Dream (1946); and her largest collection, A Dusty Road (1972). Many of her poems were broadcast on Cincinnati radio station WLW's program, "Moon River."

During her years of residence in East Tennessee, Nell Thompson Miller operated The Book Nook in Gatlinburg and contributed a daily poetry column, "Golden Moments," to the Knoxville Journal. Miller's work appeared in numerous periodicals, and she received several awards and honors, including the National Award for the best poem about State, 1949, and honors associated with her membership in the National League of Pen Women. Miller later moved to Florida, where she taught poetry classes and continued writing. She died in Seminole County, Florida, on March 26, 1995.

Although the details of her marriage are unknown, Miller was married to Russell Preston Ogle (1906-1988).

The collection contains poetry manuscripts, prose manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, and other materials documenting the life and career of Tennessee author Nell Thompson Miller.

• Miller, Nell Thompson.
• Authors, American -- Tennessee.
• Women authors -- Tennessee.