US-RUn-msg223 Guide to the Casey Miller Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children (Now Plan) Letters 1942-1997 (bulk 1942-1984) Finding aid prepared by Sarina R. Rodrigues. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives 2012 February 14
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 Finding aid encoded by Sarina R. Rodrigues 2012 February 14 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) English Special Collections and University Archives
15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu
 Miller, Casey, 1920-1997 Casey Miller Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children (Now Plan) Letters 1942-1997 (bulk 1942-1984) 2 box(es) 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 (now Childreach) to Ms. Casey. Mss. Gr. 223 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 (now Childreach). Her papers are at the University of Oregon.

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 Preferred Citation

Casey Miller Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children (Now Childreach) Letters, Mss. Gr. 223, University of Rhode Island.

 Scope and Content Note

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

Acquisitions Information

The papers were transferred from the University of Oregon to the University of Rhode Island Special Collections Unit in 2011.

 Names

Subjects

RIAMCO Browsing Terms Social Life and Customs Inventory Series 1 1 1-7 Foster Children’s Letters1942-1984

Contains letters received from foster children, Nadine Dupied (France), Park Soon Ok (Korea), Ma Mei Ying (Hong Kong), and Edith Mosquera (Colombia). Envelopes were removed with the exception of those which were heavily annotated. Photographs and histories of the children accompany some of the letters.

1 1 1942-1955 Foster Child: Dupied Nadine 1 2 1956-1961 Foster Child: Dupied Nadine 1 3 1959-1962 Foster Child: Park, Soon OK 1 4 1963-1967 Foster Child: Park, Soon OK 1 5 1968-1969 Foster Child: Ma, Mei Ying 1 6 1974-1978 Foster Child: Mosquitta, Edith 1 7 1979-1984 Foster Child: Mosquitta, Edith Series 2 2 8-11 Foster Parent's Plan Correspondence1951-1997

Contains receipts for Miller's contributions to Plan, newsletters and flyers as well as direct correspondence from Plan to Ms. Casey.

 2 8 1951-1968 Flyers, Christmas Requests 2 9 1951-1959, 1966 Flyers, Reports 2 10 1974-1984 Flyers, Reports (informal) 2 11 1954, 1962, 1967, 1984, 1991, 1997 Plan, Misc .