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Size | 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 12,000 items) |
Abstract | Samuel Chiles Mitchell was president of the University of South Carolina, 1908-1913; president of the Medical College of Virginia, 1913-1914; president of Delaware College, 1914-1920; professor of history at the University of Richmond, 1895-1908 and 1920-1945; trustee of the Negro Rural School Fund of the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation, 1908-1937. The collection contains family, personal, and professional correspondence; an autobiography by Samuel Chiles Mitchell; and other papers of Mitchell and his family. Included are letters from his professional colleagues and former students, labor leaders, and newspaper editors concerning the affairs of various institutions with which Mitchell was connected, public and higher education in the South, race relations, the education of African Americans, Jewish charitable activities, Baptist institutions and activities, the Young Men's Christian Association, labor-management relations and the unionization of southern workers, the New Deal, and other social and political issues. Family letters include those from Alice Broadus Mitchell to her mother discussing family life, and letters of the Mitchell children: Broadus, economic historian and professor at Occidental College, Johns Hopkins University, and Rutgers University, Socialist, and employee of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Terry, advertising executive in Waynesboro, Pa.; George, economist, instructor at Columbia University, and employee of the Resettlement Administration, Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Southern Regional Council; Morris, teacher at Ellerbe, N.C., the Park School in Snyder, N.Y., Teachers College at Columbia University, and Alabama State Teachers College, and secretary of the Southeastern Cooperative League in Clarksville, Ga.; and Mary, wife of George Orr Clifford, businessman of Akron, Ohio, Evansville, Ind., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., Ilion, N.Y., and Southport, Conn. Notable correspondents include Edwin A. Alderman, Charles William Dabney, Virginius Dabney, Douglas Southall Freeman, Howard Odum, and George Foster Peabody. |
Creator | Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
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24 December 1864 | Samuel Chiles Mitchell born in Coffeeville, Miss., the son of Morris Randolph and Grace Anne Chiles Mitchell. |
1888 | Receives M.A. degree from Georgetown (Kentucky) College. |
1889-1891 | Professor of history and Greek at Mississippi College. |
30 June 1891 | Married Alice Virginia Broadus of Louisville, Ky. She was the daughter of Dr. John A. Broadus. They had five children: John Broadus, George Sinclair, Morris Randolph, William Terry, Mary Adams. |
1892-1895 | Taught Latin at Georgetown College. |
1899 | Received Ph.D. degree from University of Chicago. |
1895-1908 | Professor of history at University of Richmond. |
1908-1909 | Visiting professor of history at Brown University. |
1908-1913 | President of the University of South Carolina. |
1913-1914 | President of the Medical College of Virginia. |
1914-1920 | President of Delaware College (later University of Delaware). |
1920-1945 | Professor of history at the University of Richmond. |
1908-1937 | Trustee of the Negro Rural School Fund of the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation. |
1945 | Retired and lived at Blue Ridge and Montreat, N.C. |
20 August 1948 | Died. |
Family, personal, and professional correspondence and other papers of Samuel Chiles Mitchell and his family. Included are letters from Mitchell's professional colleagues and former students, labor leaders, and newspaper editors concerning the affairs of various institutions with which Mitchell was connected; public and higher education in the South; race relations; the education of African Americans; Jewish charitable activities; Baptist institutions and activities; the Young Men's Christian Association; labor-management relations and the unionization of southern workers; the New Deal; and other social and political issues.
Family letters include those from Alice Broadus Mitchell to her mother discussing family life, and letters of the Mitchell children: Broadus Mitchell, economic historian and professor at Occidental College, Johns Hopkins University, and Rutgers University, Socialist, and employee of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Terry Mitchell, advertising executive at Waynesboro, Pa.; George, economist, instructor at Columbia University, and employee of the Resettlement Administration, Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Southern Regional Council; Morris Mitchell, teacher at Ellerbe, N.C., the Park School in Snyder, N.Y., Teachers College at Columbia University, and Alabama State Teachers College, and secretary of the Southeastern Cooperative League in Clarksville, Ga.; and Mary Mitchell Clifford, wife of George Orr Clifford, businessman of Akron, Ohio, Evansville, Ind., Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., Ilion, N.Y., and Southport, Conn.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Family, personal, and professional correspondence of Samuel Chiles Mitchell. Included is correspondence with former students of Mitchell and teachers and administrators in colleges and universities in the South and elsewhere. These letters discuss the careers of the writers and the activities and problems of the institutions with which they were associated. There is a substantial amount of correspondence with persons connected with Delaware College (now the University of Delaware), 1915-1922 and 1929-1930; the University of Richmond, 1920s-1945; Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa., 1926-1940s; Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va., 1920s; the University of Virginia Medical School, 1921-1924; and the University of South Carolina, 1908-1913.
Also included are many letters from persons engaged in public education in Virginia and other parts of the South. Mitchell helped to found the Cooperative Education Association of Virginia in 1904 and was active in many phases of education in Virginia, including public schools, education of African Americans, and higher education. Major correspondents include George Foster Peabody, J. H. Dillard, Arthur D. Wright, and others connected with the Southern Education Foundation, the General Education Board, and the Jeanes Fund.
In addition to letters about education, there are letters concerning race relations in the United States, Y.M.C.A. activities, Jewish charitable activities, Baptist Church affairs, the labor movement, the New Deal, and domestic and international politics.
Early correspondence includes letters of Alice Broadus Mitchell before her marriage and other Broadus family papers, as well as some papers of the parents of Samuel C. Mitchell. Letters, 1894-1913, from Alice Broadus Mitchell to her mother, Mrs. John A. Broadus, describe her life in Georgetown, Ky., Richmond, Va., and Columbia, S.C.
Volumes include "An Aftermath of Appomattox--A Memoir" by Samuel Chiles Mitchell. The memoir begins with his boyhood in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas, and ends with a European trip in 1935. Along with the narrative of his life as a professor and administrator at institutions of higher education, Mitchell included comments on politics and events of the times, race relations, and social change. Family members issued 150 mimeographed copies of this memoir in 1954.
Other volumes include a scrapbook containing articles written by Samuel Chiles Mitchell while on a trip to Europe, with his impressions of various cities and countries; six pocket notebooks containing engagements, accounts, quotations, and miscellaneous memoranda for 1923, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1945; the wedding book of Alice Virginia Broadus and Samuel Chiles Mitchell, 30 June 1891; and their 50th wedding anniversary book, which contains letters of congratulation, 30 June 1941.
Box 1 |
1861-1915 |
Box 2 |
1916-1921 |
Box 3 |
1922-August 1924 |
Box 4 |
September 1924-1926 |
Box 5 |
1927-1929 |
Box 6 |
1930-1932 |
Box 7 |
1933-1934 |
Box 8 |
1935-1937 |
Separated Folder SEP-1003/1 |
Letter, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Samuel Chiles Mitchell seeking advice on Social Security, 24 September 1935Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
Box 9 |
1938-1940 |
Box 10 |
1941-1943 |
Box 11 |
1944-20 October 1945 |
Box 12 |
21 October 1945-1947 |
Box 13 |
1948 and undated |
Box 14 |
Printed materials |
Volumes 1-6 |
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Oversize Volume SV-1003/7 |
Volume 7 |
Box 15 |
Volumes 8-10 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Mostly letters from Broadus Mitchell to his parents. Mitchell wrote about studying and teaching economics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., 1920s and 1930s; teaching at Occidental College, Los Angeles, Cal., 1941; working with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1944; and other matters. Also included are letters from Broadus's first wife Adelaide and second wife, Louise Pearson Mitchell, as well as from his children, Barbara (Bobs) and Sidney, in the 1940s.
Box 16 |
1914-1935 |
Box 17 |
1936-1948 and undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters from Morris Mitchell to his parents about his studies and serving in the United States Army in France before 1920; studying at Peabody College and teaching in Ellerbe, N.C., and the Park School, Snyder, N.Y., in the 1920s; teaching in the Park School and at Columbia University Teachers College in the 1930s; teaching at State Teachers College, Florence, Ala., and engaging in various projects for cooperative living in Georgia and Michigan in the 1940s, including his work as secretary of the Southeastern Cooperative League. Also included are letters from Morris's first wife Grace and second wife Barbara.
Box 18 |
1914-1932 |
Box 19 |
1933-1939 |
Box 20 |
1940-1948 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters from Terry Mitchell to his parents about working in the advertising department of the Frick Company in Waynesboro, Pa. Terry Mitchell was advertising manager at the time of his father's death in 1948. Also included are letters from Terry's wife Anne.
Box 21 |
1914-1948 and undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters from Mary Mitchell Clifford to her parents about her education at Sweet Briar College in 1917 and her life in Akron, Ohio; Evansville, Ind.; Bala-Cynwyd, Penn.; Ilion, N.Y.; and Southport, Conn., after she married George Orr Clifford.
Box 22 |
1917-1925 |
Box 23 |
1926-1928 |
Box 24 |
1929-1932 |
Box 25 |
1933-1935 |
Box 26 |
1936-1938 |
Box 27 |
1939-1941 |
Box 28 |
1942-1948 and undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters from George Sinclair Mitchell to his parents about studying economics at Johns Hopkins University in the 1920s and at Columbia University in the early 1930s and working for the Resettlement Administration in 1937 and with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1944. There are also letters from George's wife Alice. Also included is a film entitled Faces of the South, which apparently was distributed by the Broadcasting and Film Commission of the National Council of Churches.
Box 29 |
1914-1933 |
Box 30 |
1934-1948 |
Film F-1003/1-2
F-1003/1F-1003/2 |
Faces of the South |
Pictures of Samuel Chiles Mitchell, Alice Broadus Mitchell, members of their family, and others. There are also photographs of George Sinclair Mitchell and associates.
Image Folder PF-1003/1-2
PF-1003/1PF-1003/2 |
Images P-1003/1-28P-1003/1: Samuel Chiles Mitchell, ca. 1866. 10.7 x 8.1 cm. P-1003/2: Samuel Chiles Mitchell, ca. 1925. 27.7 x 17.6 cm. Photographer: Eastland? P-1003/3: Samuel Chiles Mitchell, ca. 1930. 16.9 x 12.4 cm. P-1003/4: Samuel Chiles Mitchell, ca. 1940. 6.2 x 8.9 cm. P-1003/5: Samuel Chiles Mitchell and Billy F. Johnson, 1945. 12.8 x 8.8 cm. On verso: "Taken at Blue Ridge, NC." P-1003/6: Samuel Chiles Mitchell, 1891. Wedding portrait. Cabinet card. Photographer: Stuber, Louisville, Ky. P-1003/7: Alice Broadus Mitchell, 1891. Wedding portrait. Cabinet card. Photographer: Stuber, Louisville, Ky. P-1003/8: Alice Broadus Mitchell, ca. 1925. 11.7 x 15.1 cm. Photographer: the Foster Studio, Richmond, Va. P-1003/9: Alice Broadus Mitchell, ca. 1925. 8.1 x 5.4 cm. P-1003/10: Two women, one of whom is probably Alice Broadus Mitchell, ca. 1940. 11.5 x 6.9 cm. P-1003/11: Portrait of unidentified group; Samuel Chiles Mitchell is in front row, third from right, ca. 1940. 9.6 x 11.9 cm. P-1003/12: Founders Day at the University of South Carolina, 1911. Sitting (left to right): Robert Wilson, S. A. Knoggs, Walter Hines Page. Standing (left to right): W. K. Tate, Alice Broadus Mitchell, Mrs. Walter Hines Page, Euphemia McClintock, Samuel Chiles Mitchell. 20.5 x 25.3 cm. P-1003/13: Children of John A. Broadus, ca. 1882. Standing (left to right): Alice Virginia, Annie, Ella. Sitting (left to right): Boyce, Eliza, Samuel. 20.5 x 25.3 cm. P-1003/14: Ellen and Charlotte, ca. 1940. On verso: "Children of George S. Mitchell." 8.9 x 6.3 cm. P-1003/15: Anne, Martha, and Jane Poindexter, ca. 1940. 13 x 8.4 cm. P-1003/16-22: Snapshots of unidentified people, ca. 1940. 8.9 x 6.3 cm. to 6.9 x 11.5 cm. P-1003/23-24: Souvenir pictures of Istanbul and Sanssourci, ca. 1940. 6.1 x 9.3 cm. P-1003/25-26: Georgetown College, Ky., ca. 1940. Postcards. P-1003/27: House, ca. 1945. On verso: "Probably the home of George S. Mitchell in Atlanta." 6.2 x 8.9 cm. P-1003/28: Unidentified lake, ca. 1940. 6.9 x 11.5 cm. |
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-1003/1 |
Samuel and Alice Mitchell, 1941. 22.7 x 17.9 cm. Photographer: Foster. |
PA-1003/1: "Family Photographs," ca. 1890-1940. Portraits of Alice Virginia Broadus Mitchell, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, Charlotte Eleanor Sinclair Broadus, John A. Broadus, Grace Ann Chiles Mitchell, Morris Randolph Mitchell. Homemade album (10 photographs). 11 x 16 cm. |
Oversize papers include consist of two presidential certificates appointing Samuel Chiles Mitchell Regional Director of the Resettelement Administration, signed by Franklin Roosevelt, and a small number of diplomas.
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-1003/1a |
Oversize papers |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-1003/1b |
Diplomas |