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Papers, 1863-1941.

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Dr. Mills's eleven scrapbooks, 1863 to 1931, document his professional career, but contain very few materials from his educational and military careers. Letters of appointment and re-appointment to various medical organizations, as well as notices of Dr. Mills's frequent lectures before these organizations, constitute the bulk of the volumes. Dr. Mills's lecture transcripts and reports on his medical research are pasted throughout the scrapbooks, as are many University of Pennsylvania course schedules for the period during which he taught there. Newspaper clippings report on Dr. Mills's involvement in several major events of his day, including the reform of the Blockley Almshouse and the post-mortem examination of Charles Guiteau, who was executed in 1882 for the assassination of President Garfield. Dr. Mills was also a poet and devoted historian of the Falls of Schuylkill, his cherished childhood home. He published several poems, mainly inspired by historical topics, many of which can be found in the scrapbooks, and wrote a book on the history of his birthplace, an excerpt of which is contained in a newspaper clipping. Dr. Mills's obituaries are the last items in the scrapbooks.

11 vols.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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