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| Size | 8.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4000 items) |
| Abstract | Hugh Harrison Mills II (1915-1961) was a white doctor born in Bridgewater, N.C., and spent his childhood in Superior, Wis. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1935, and married Dorothy Zerbach Mills in 1940. He attended Harvard Medical School, and served in the United States Army from 1944-1946 as a member of the 300th General Hospital. Dorothy Zerbach Mills (1915-2000) was born in Great Falls, Mont. Her family moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., where she attended high school. She was graduated from Duke University in 1938. She and Hugh Harrison Mills II were married in 1940. The collection primarily contains correspondence between Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills written during their time at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, respectively, and while Hugh H. Mills was a medical student in Boson, Mass. There are also letters from Hugh H. Mills to Dorothy Zerbach Mills written while he served as an army doctor during World War II. The collection also contains materials from Hugh H. Mills's service in World War II compiled and digitized in 2006 by his sons Hugh H. Mills, III and Michael Sharpe Mills. These include scanned images of air mail letters dated August 1943 through November 1945; typed transcripts of three letters; and images of air mail envelopes. There are newspaper clippings; papers written by Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills as students; three scrapbooks, a small number of other items relating to Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills; and a few scattered items relating to the 300th General Hospital in Naples, Italy, where Hugh H. Mills served during World War II. There is also a daybook, 1838-1874, kept by Richard Washington Mills in Statesville. |
| Creator | Mills, Hugh Harrison, 1915-1961.
Mills, Dorothy, 1915-2000. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Jodi Berkowitz, Amelia W. Holmes, September 2015
Encoded by: Amelia W. Holmes, September 2015
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
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Biographical Information
Hugh Harrison Mills II (1915-1961) was born on 3 September 1915, in Bridgewater, N.C. He spent his childhood in Superior, Wis., where his father was chief train dispatcher for the Soo Line. He returned to North Carolina for high school at Glen Alpine, subsequently entering the University of North Carolina in 1931 at the age of 16, and graduating in 1935. During the 1935-1936 school year, he taught high school chemistry in Lumberton, N.C. From 1936-1938 he attended the University of North Carolina Medical School, transferring in 1938 to Harvard Medical School, from which he graduated in 1940. In 1940 he married Dorothy Zerbach Mills of Rocky Mount, N.C., a 1938 graduate of Duke University. From 1941 to 1942 he interned at Boston City Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1942, he moved to Vanderbilt Medical School where he began a residency and joined the Army in 1944 as a member of the 300th General Hospital. Upon returning to the United States in 1946, he lived in Forest City, N.C., practicing medicine there until his death on 21 December 1961.
Dorothy Zerbach Mills (1915-2000) was born on 16 May 1915 in Great Falls, Mont. Her family moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., where she attended high school. She was graduated from Duke University in 1938. She and Hugh Harrison Mills II were married in 1940. Dorothy Zerbach Mills died on 15 May 2000.
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Scope and Content
The collection primarily contains correspondence between Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills written during their time at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, respectively, and while Hugh H. Mills was a medical student in Boson, Mass. There are also letters from Hugh H. Mills to Dorothy Zerbach Mills written while he served as an army doctor during World War II. The collection also contains materials from Hugh H. Mills's service in World War II compiled and digitized in 2006 by his sons Hugh H. Mills, III and Michael Sharpe Mills. These include scanned images of air mail letters dated August 1943 through November 1945; typed transcripts of three letters; and images of air mail envelopes. Originals of these items can be found in Series 1. There is also a digitized photograph of Hugh H. Mills in uniform; and two documents providing an introduction to and information on the digitized items in the folder. There are newspaper clippings; papers written by Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills as students; three scrapbooks, a small number of other items relating to Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills; and a few scattered items relating to the 300th General Hospital in Naples, Italy, where Hugh H. Mills served during World War II. There is also a daybook, 1838-1874, kept by Richard Washington Mills in Statesville.
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Series 1. Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills Correspondence, 1935-1986, 2006, bulk 1940-1945.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Correspondence primarily between Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills. Correspondence covers their time at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, respectively; Hugh H. Mills's time as a medical student in Boson, Mass.; and letters from Hugh H. Mills when he served as an army doctor during World War II.
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Series 2. Digitized Hugh H. Mills World War II Materials, 1943-1945.
Materials from Hugh H. Mills's service in World War II compiled and digitized in 2006 by his sons Hugh H. Mills, III and Michael Sharpe Mills. Includes scanned images of air mail letters dated August 1943 through November 1945; typed transcripts of three letters; and images of air mail envelopes. Originals of these items can be found in Series 1. There is also a digitized photograph of Hugh H. Mills in uniform; and two documents providing an introduction to and information on the digitized items in the folder.
| Data Compact Disc DCD-5354/001 |
"Letters of Captain Hugh Harrison Mills II," 2006 |
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Series 3. Other Papers, 1838-1961.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by filename.
Items include newspaper clippings, papers written by Hugh H. Mills and Dorothy Zerbach Mills as students, three scrapbooks, a daybook, and a small number of other materials.
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"Cook of the Week," circa 1950Newspaper clipping from "The Women's Page" of unknown newspaper. Article provides a brief sketch of Dorothy Zerbach Mills as well as three of her recipes. |
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"Concepts of Primary Parenchymal Liver Disease," 1948Article by Hugh H. Mills in the Southern Medicine and Surgery journal. |
| Oversize Volume SV-5354/4 |
Daybook for Statesville, 1838-1874Used by Richard Washington Mills. |
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Dorothy Zerbach Mills scrapbook, circa 1915-1975Scrapbook seemingly assembled by Dorothy Zerbach Mills. Contents of the scrapbook document her life from a newspaper photograph of her as an infant with her mother to the marriage announcement of her son during the Vietnam war. Includes her acceptance letter to Duke University as a part of the first honors curriculum cohort; an invitation to her wedding to Hugh H. Mills; photographs and correspondence from Hugh H. Mills during World War II; and other materials. |
| Oversize Volume SV-5354/2 |
Dorothy Zerbach Mills scrapbook, circa 1931-1934Scrapbook given as a gift to Dorothy Zerbach Mills. Items document activities in which she participated as a student. |
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Dorothy Zerbach Mills scrapbook, 1933-1934After graduating high school in February 1933, Dorothy Mills Zerbach began working at The Evening Telegram. Scrapbook contains dated clippings of her articles as well as her assignment sheets. |
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Dorothy Zerbach Mills scrapbook: EnclosuresEnclosures include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other loose materials from Dorothy Zerbach Mills's scrapbook. |
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Folder 100 |
Dorothy Zerbach Mills student materials, 1930-1934Includes an essay, commencement programs, newspaper clippings, and a few other items from Dorothy Zerbach Mills's time at Rocky Mount High School. |
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Folder 101 |
Dorothy Zerbach Mills student materials, 1935-1938Notes and stories written by Dorothy Zerbach Mills during her time at Duke University. Comments on her stories are written by William "Bill" Blackburn. |
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Folder 102 |
Hugh H. Mills medical student materials, 1938 |
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Folder 103 |
Hugh H. Mills physician's notebook, 1941 |
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Hugh H. Mills physician's papers, 1940-1961Includes written conversation between Dr. Mills and a deaf patient, 1961. |
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Hugh H. Mills student materials, 1929Includes copy of his valedictory speech given at Glen Alpine High School. |
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Folder 106 |
Hugh H. Mills student materials, 1931Items from Hugh H. Mills's junior high graduation. |
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Folder 107 |
Printed material, 1938-1961Materials collected by Hugh H. Mills. |
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United States Army travel orders, 1942 |
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Series 4. 300th General Hospital Papers, 1929-1988.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by filename.
The 300th General Hospital was located in Naples, Italy, during World War II and served soldiers from the battlefields of Salerno, Foggia, Cassino, Anzio, and Rome. Hugh H. Mills was among the medical staff at the hospital. Series includes photocopies of two books and notes on the hospital's history.
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The Fighting 300th: A History of the Vanderbilt University Medical Unit During World War II, 1985Photocopy of book. |
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"Notes on the History of the 300th General Hospital," 1947Notes by George W. Reyer. |
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Reminiscing: An Account of the 300th Army General Hospital in WWII, 1988Photocopy of book. Inscription dated 1989. |
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Postcards, primarily gathered by Cowan family |
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Miscellaneous family papers - includes some photographs; ration books; loose print/ephemera; some papers of Hugh I and Sadie's life in Wisconsin, etc. |
| Box 22 |
Richard Mills M.D. papers |
| Box 23-25 |
Richard and Henry Mills papers - primarily financial and business records |
| Box 26-27 |
Richard and Henry Mills ledgers |
| Box 28 |
Miscellaneous papers |
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