Mills family papers, 1895-1971.

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Mills family papers, 1895-1971.

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Family correspondence, research notes and literary papers generated by children of W.W. Mills and Sarah Edith Anne Smith Mills: attorney Laurens T. Mills (1874-1934), chemist and professor James Edward Mills (1876-1950), Clemson professor William Hayne Mills (1872-1942), Presbyterian missionary to China Wilson Plumer Mills (1883-1959), and University of South Carolina librarian Mary North Mills (1879-1943). Includes letters of condolence upon the death of Mary North Mills; information re Wilson Plumer Mills' activities as a foreign missionary, including repatriation plans for persons in China during World War II, and continuation of missionary work there after the war; and chemistry research notes and papers of James Edward Mills, particularly re chemical warfare. Literary papers include various drafts of verse, published and unpublished, by Mary Hume Mills, among which are poems published in Years and Days (1963); short stories, essays, lecture notes, and literary criticism; and 2 of her journals, 1962 and 1963, and notes re her 1953 tour of Spain. Also including typewritten paper, 4 Nov. 1925, by James Edward Mills on gas warfare; letter, 12 Aug. 1943, Columbia, S.C., J. Rion McKissick, to Mary N[orth] Mills, advising that USC would continue her leave as librarian with full compensation until 15 Sept. 1943; letter, 13 Oct. 1943, Cornelia Mills to J.E. Mills, reporting that her husband, Wilson Plumer Mills, was sailing home aboard the Gripsholm. Letter, 14 Nov. 1943, Motorship Gripsholm, off Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Plumer Mills, to J.E. Mills, re his departure from Nanking in Sept. 1942, when he went to Shanghai, reporting his imprisonment, beginning Feb. 1943, by the Japanese at Pootung; letter, 25 June 1947, Greenville, S.C., Job J. Mills, to J.E. Mills, outlining ideas for electrostatic coating and applications to the textile industry. Also including undated typescript, "Twelve Great South Carolina Farmers," by William Hayne Mills.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Mills, W. H. (William Hayne), 1872-1942

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William Hayne Mills was born on September 12, 1872 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, the son of Reverend William Wilson Mills and Sarah Edith (Smith) Mills. Mills received his A.B. from Davidson College (Davidson, North Carolina) in 1892 and his B.D. at Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, Georgia) in 1897. Mills was Principal at Bethesda High School from 1892-1894 and was a teacher of Hebrew at Columbia Theological Seminary from 1896-1898. He later served as minister to ...

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Courses in Computer Science first offered, 1965-1966. Department of Computer Science created July 1, 1978. Albert Turner, Acting Head, July 1978-April 1979; Head, 1979-1993. Stephen T. Hedetniemi, Acting Department Head, 1993-1994; Head, 1994-1995; Chair, 1995-1997. Harold Grossman, Acting Chair, 1997-1998. John C. Peck, Chair, 1998-2000. Pradip Srimani, Chair, 2000-present. Master of Science degree program instituted 1980-1981. From the description of Department of Computer Science ...

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