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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 750 items) |
Abstract | Quincy Sharpe Mills was a journalist and author who worked on the New York Evening Sun newspapers for ten years; served as a lieutenant in the 168th Regiment, Rainbow Division, American Expeditionary Forces; and was killed in France. Papers of Mills include letters to him, but chiefly letters from him to his parents in Statesville, N.C., concerning his life and work writing for the Evening Sun in New York City and his army experience at Plattsburg, N.Y., training camp and in France during World War I. Also included are clippings and manuscripts of articles, notes on war, army notebooks, and data concerning Mills and the publication of his work after his death. |
Creator | Mills, Quincy Sharpe, 1884-1918. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, March 1996
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, November 2006
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Quincy Sharpe Mills was a journalist and author who worked on the New York Evening Sun newspapers for ten years; served as a lieutenant in the 168th Regiment, Rainbow Division, American Expeditionary Forces; and was killed in France.
Back to TopPapers of journalist Quincy Sharpe Mills include letters to him, but chiefly letters from him to his parents in Statesville, N.C., concerning his life and work writing for the Evening Sun in New York City and his army experience at Plattsburg, N.Y., training camp and in France with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Also included are clippings and manuscripts of articles, notes on war, army notebooks, and data concerning Mills and the publication of his work after his death.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Primarily letters from Mills to his mother until August 1918, when the letters deal mainly with his death and remembrances of him.
Folder 1 |
1905-October 1907 |
Folder 2 |
November-December 1907 |
Folder 3-6
Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6 |
1908 |
Folder 7 |
1909-1910 |
Folder 8 |
August 1913-April 1914 |
Folder 9-10
Folder 9Folder 10 |
May 1914-1915 |
Folder 11 |
1916 |
Folder 12-19
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19 |
1917 |
Folder 20-28
Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
1918 |
Folder 29 |
1919 |
Folder 30 |
1920-1922 |
Folder 31-32
Folder 31Folder 32 |
1923 |
Folder 33 |
1924-1929 |
Folder 34 |
1930-1939 |
Folder 35 |
Undated |
Army handbooks and magazines in the possession of Mills at his death, and newspaper clippings sent to Mills by his mother during the war.
Folder 36 |
Army papers |
Folder 37 |
Magazine articles |
Folder 38-39
Folder 38Folder 39 |
Newspaper clippings |
Primarily books concerning United States Army regulations and proceduresand notebooks from training classes.
Folder 40 |
V-2345/1: 1918, 108 pagesMills's notebook from military training school in France |
Folder 41 |
V-2345/2: 1917, 90 pagesMills's notebook from military training school in Plattsburg, N.Y. |
Folder 42 |
V-2345/3: 1918, 300 pagesMills's field message book |
Folder 43 |
V-2345/4: 1914, 224 pagesUnited States Army field service regulations book |
Folder 44 |
V-2345/5: 1915, 170 pagesRoster of the First Training Regiment containing a list of Mills's company |
Folder 45 |
V-2345/6: 1917, 112 pagesOfficers and members list of a Freemason Lodge in New York state |