Casey Miller, Foster Parent’s Plan War Children Letters

University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2012

Collection Overview

Title:	Casey Miller Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children Letters
Date range:	1942-1997, (bulk 1942-1984)
Creator:	Miller, Casey, 1920-1997
Extent:	2 box(es)
Abstract:	This collection contains the letters received from her foster children, Nadine Dupied (France), Park Soon Ok (Korea), Ma Mei Ying (Hong Kong), and Edith Mosquera (Colombia). Also included are receipts for Miller’s contributions, newsletters and flyers as well as direct correspondence from Foster Parents Plan for War Children to Ms. Casey.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number:	Mss. Gr. 223

Scope & content

This collection contains the letters received from foster children sponsored by Casey Miller: Nadine Dupied (France), Park Soon Ok (Korea), Ma Mei Ying (Hong Kong), and Edith Mosquera (Colombia). Also included are receipts for Miller’s contributions to Foster Parent's Plan, newsletters and flyers as well as direct correspondence from Plan to Ms. Casey. Envelopes were removed from the collection with exception of those heavily annotated. Photographs and histories of the children accompany some of the letters. Nadine Dupied continued her correspondence with Miller for a time after her eligibility as a foster child ended. Of interest is an article published in Miller’s hometown newspaper, The Greenwich Time, Aug. 22, 1954 highlighting foster children "adopted" by those in the area.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series as follows:

• 1. Foster Children's Letters
• 2. Foster Parent's Plan Correspondence

Biographical note

Casey Miller (1920-1997), a writer and editor, was a pioneering advocate of nonsexist language. Wrote the influential book, The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing (1980) with long time partner and literary collaborator, Kate Swift (1923-2011). From 1949 until 1984, Miller corresponded with and supported foster children through Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children. Her papers are at the University of Oregon.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Any qualified person doing scholarly research is permitted to use material housed in the Special Collections Unit.
Use of the materials:	Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation:	Casey Miller, Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children Letters, Mss. Gr. 223, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information:	University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	The papers were transferred from the University of Oregon to the University of Rhode Island Special Collections Unit in 2011.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Sarina R. Rodrigues.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Sarina R. Rodrigues 2012 February 14, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 6
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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