David Hunter Miller (1875–1961) was a US lawyer and an expert on treaties who participated in the drafting of the covenant of the League of Nations.
David Hunter Miller | |
|---|---|
| 4th Department of State Historian | |
| In office 1931–1933 | |
| Preceded by | Tyler Dennett |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Wynne |
He practiced law in New York City from 1911 to 1929; served on the Inquiry, a body of experts that collected data for the Paris Peace Conference (1917–1919); and was legal adviser to the American commission to the conference.
As an officer of the US Department of State (1929–1944), Miller headed the American delegation to the 1930 Hague Conference for the codification of international law. His published works include My Diary at the Conference of Paris, with Documents (21 vol., 1924–26) and Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America (8 vol., 1931–1948).
Miller was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society (1928).[1]
Partial bibliography
edit- Miller, David Hunter (1948), Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, U.S. G.P.O.
- Miller, David Hunter (1921), International Relations of Labor, A. A. Knopf
- Miller, David Hunter (1928), The Drafting of the Covenant, G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Miller, David Hunter; Frank Billings Kellogg; Aristide Briand (1928), The Peace Pact of Paris: A Study of the Briand-Kellogg Treaty, G. P. Putnam's sons
- Miller, David Hunter (1925), The Geneva Protocol, The Macmillan company [dead link]
- Miller, David Hunter (1918), Secret Statutes of the United States: A Memorandum by David Hunter, Govt. print. off.
- Miller, David Hunter (1924), My diary at the Conference of Paris: With documents (22 vols.), New York
References
edit- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- Preliminary Guide to the David Hunter Miller Papers; 1778-1941, University of Washington Library, archived from the original on 2010-08-18, retrieved 2008-12-08
- David Hunter Miller, Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 2008-12-08
External links
edit- Works by David Hunter Miller at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about David Hunter Miller at the Internet Archive
- David Hunter Miller papers. 1778-1941. 11.67 linear feet. At the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.