Dayton C. Miller Family, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Inscription: Verso: top center: (in ink) Top row - left to right: / Alanson P. Miller, Sarah Frances Miller, / Dewey H. Miller, Harlan D. Miller, / Dudley A. Smith, C. W. D. Miller / Bottom row - left to right: / Vienna Pomeroy Miller, Harriet Miller Smith, / Marjorie M. Miller; l. l.: (in pencil) 044; l. r.: (in ink) 1902

Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Frances Hanover, Oakland, California, 23 Jan. 1978. Niece of Dayton C. Miller, Frances Vienna Miller (b. 1905) was the daughter of Dayton C. Miller's younger brother Alanson P. Miller (1873-1934) and Sarah Frances Metcalf Miller (1873-1929). She married Alton Dole Hanover in 1941.

Alanson P. Miller (1873-1934) was one of Dayton C. Miller's younger brothers. Alanson's wife was Sarah Frances Metcalf Miller (1873-1929). Alanson and Sarah Miller's oldest daughter, Marjorie M. Miller (1901-1960) is the baby in the pram. Dewey H. Miller (1883-1947) and Harlan D. Miller (1880-1926) were also younger brothers. Dudley A. Smith (1871-1941) married Harriet Kezia Miller (1871-1963), Dayton C. Miller's younger sister. Charles Webster Dewey Miller (1841-1918) and Vienna Pomeroy Miller (1843-1919) were Dayton C. Miller's parents.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.