- Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical/Historical Note
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords
- Collection Inventory
- I. General/Biographical
- II. Education
- III. Correspondence
- IV. Chinese Activism and Philanthropy
- V. May-ling Soong Chiang (Mme. Chiang Kai-shek)
- VI. Other Projects
- VII. Writings and Journals
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Papers of Emma DeLong Mills, 1888-2007: a guide.
MSS.2
Summary Information
- Repository
- Wellesley College Archives
- Creator
- Mills, Emma, 1894-1987
- Title
- Papers of Emma DeLong Mills, 1888-2007
- Date
- 1888-2007
- ID
- MSS.2
- Extent
- 12 Linear feet (10 file boxes, 7 oversize boxes)
- Abstract
- This collection documents the personal, educational, and professional life and activities of Emma DeLong Mills (1894-1987). Mills was an American philanthropist and activist for the Chinese Nationalist cause, and a close personal friend of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, both members Wellesley College, class of 1917. Materials include letters, articles, pamphlets, clippings, brochures, reports, catalogs, post cards, maps, meeting minutes, publications, press releases, photographs, manscripts, a casette tape, and journal volumes.
Preferred Citation
Papers of Emma DeLong Mills, MSS.2, Wellesley College Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Emma DeLong Mills was an American philanthropist and activist for the Chinese Nationalist cause. She was born on September 16, 1894, in Stamford, Connecticut, to Dr. Walter Sands Mills and Sylvie (DeLong) Mills. She attended St. Agatha School in New York City before traveling to Massachusetts to attend Wellesley College. At Wellesley, Mills became friends with May-ling Soong, who would later become Madame Chiang Kai-shek, fourth wife of the Generalissimo.
After graduating from Wellesley College in 1917, Mills worked as a "farmerette" in Kinderhook, New York, as one of a group of women helping to maintain agricultural efforts in the United States while many farmers were overseas during World War I. She then attended the Army School of Nursing at Camp Meade, Maryland, and was commissioned as a student nurse in December, 1919. Mills would attend Columbia University intermittently for the next two and a half decades, including a period in the mid-1940s where she completed an intensive sub-professional engineering course and then worked on the Manhattan Project.
In 1922, Mills traveled to China where she taught English at the North China Language School and worked on the Shanghai Gazette. She was offered a job tutoring the young woman who was to marry the brother of Pu Yi, China's last emperor, which she accepted. Mills returned to the United States in 1925. After her mother passed away, and she stayed with her grandmother, Emma Wotton DeLong, widow of the famous arctic explorer George Washington DeLong. In the following decades, Mills corresponded heavily with friends and family, including May-ling Soong and a young Carson McCullers, whom she met at a writing class in the 1930s.
In 1937, Mills began her work with the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (later the American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China), or ABMAC. She would eventually serve as the Executive Secretary, making a trip to Taiwan on behalf of the association in 1950. After World War II, Mills worked tirelessly with the True Light Foundation, which supported the True Light Middle School of Hong Kong. She helped to found the Chinatown Planning Council (CPC), a non-profit organization providing educational, social, and occupational services and assistance to the Chinese community in New York City. She served on the CPC executive board for over two decades. She was elected president of the CPC in 1968, the only person of western descent to have been so appointed. Mills was rewarded for her indefatigable work on behalf of China and Chinese Nationalist causes, as a recipient of a Medal of Honor from the Chinese National government.
Mills wrote prolifically, whether publicly or privately, throughout her life. Her journals bridge the entirety of her lifespan, as do her collections of correspondence. She had several articles and letters to editors published during her lifetime as well. Emma DeLong Mills died on August 26, 1987, at the Southport Manor Convalescent Hospital in Connecticut, at the age of 92.
Scope and Content
This collection documents the personal, educational, and professional life and activities of Emma DeLong Mills, Wellesley College, class of 1917, dating from 1884 to 2007.
Materials in the collection cover Mills' youth and education at St. Agatha School (NY), Wellesley College (BA), the Army School of Nursing (MD), and Columbia University (NY). Mills' school experiences, travels, and post-graduate work are document through extensive personal correspondence with family members, friends, and associates, as well as extensive journals. Most notable is Mills' correspondence May-ling Soong Chiang, a classmate at Wellesley College.
Also documented in the collection is Mills' Chinese activism and philanthropy work at the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC), The True Light Foundation, the Chinatown Planning Council, among other organizations. Materials Include correspondence, articles, pamphlets, clippings, brochures, publications, and reports. Primary sources from the Chinese Activism and Philanthropy portion of the collection include publications, clippings, correspondence, minutes, press releases, and reports.
The collection includes letters, articles, pamphlets, clippings, brochures, reports, catalogs, post cards, maps, meeting minutes, publications, press releases, photographs, manscripts, a casette tape, and journals.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into seven series: I. General/Biographical, II. Education, III. Correspondence, IV. Chinese Activism and Philanthropy, V. Mayling Soong Chaing Correspondence, VI. Other Projects, and VII. Writings and Journals. Some series are further subdivided into subseries based on format or content. Correspondence and journal volumes are ordered chronologically.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Wellesley College Archives
Access
Unrestricted.
Copyright
Copyright in some papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright publishing quotations from any material in the collection.
Custodial History Note
Thomas A. DeLong, conservator of the estate, maintained custody of the materials from the death of Emma DeLong Mills in 1987 to the time of their donation to the Wellesley College Archives.
Acquisition Information
Bequeathed by Emma DeLong Mills, 1987-1988, and donated by Thomas A. DeLong, 2010-2011.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Sarah J. Wetherbee under the supervision of Jane Callahan, Fall 2011. A finding aid for the Papers of Emma DeLong Mills, comprising accessions A87-026 and A88-058 (2.8 linear feet of the collection), was written by Wilma R. Slaight.
Alternative Forms of Material
Some materials from this collection have been microfilmed and are available for viewing at the Wellesley College Archives.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Additional archival material may be found in Mills' biographical file, the Records of the President's Office, Records of the Class of 1917, and Records of the Publicity Office. The class of 1917 Legenda (yearbook) is available online: http://repository.wellesley.edu/legenda/43/.
Keywords
Personal Name(s)
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003
- Mills, Emma, 1894-1987
Collection Inventory
I. General/Biographical 1888-1987
Scope and ContentThe series contains vital records and official documents of Emma DeLong Mills, materials pertaining to the Mills/DeLong family and acquaintances, and photographs of Mills not closely tied to activities covered in other areas of the collection. Materials date from 1888 to 1987. |
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A. General | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Vital records and official documents 1895-1987 | 1 | |||
Certificate of Birth moved to box MSS.2 Oversize 1. |
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List of books read early 1900s-1984 | Oversize 8 | |||
Photographs of Mills 1910s-1985 | 1 | |||
Guest book 1944-1959 | Oversize 3 | |||
Guest book 1959-1984 | Oversize 3 | |||
Audio Cassette of conversation between Mills and Thomas DeLong at Southport October 8, 1976 | Oversize 8 | |||
Address book undated | Oversize 3 | |||
B. Family | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Mills/DeLong Family: General 1888-1984 | 1 | |||
Deed for plots in the Woodlawn Cemetary and Woodlawn Cemetary plot receipt moved to box MSS.2 Oversize 1. |
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Mills/DeLong Family: Notes from the diary of Walter Sands Mills (father) [1894-1900] | 1 | |||
Mills/DeLong Family: Correspondence from DeLong Mills (brother) to W.S. Mills (father) 1911 | 1 | |||
Mills/DeLong Family: Family Christening of the USS DeLong 1918 | 1 | |||
II. Education 1911-2007
Scope and ContentThis series contains materials that cover Mills' youth and education at St. Agatha School (NY), Wellesley College (BA), the Army School of Nursing (MD), and Columbia University (NY). Letters to family members from St. Agatha or Wellesley that include information about life at these institutions are included in this series. Articles about Mills in Wellesley publications are included in this series. Materials date from 1911 to 2007. |
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A. St. Agatha School | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1911 | 1 | |||
Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1912 | 1 | |||
Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1913 | 1 | |||
St. Agatha alumnae association newsletters and directories 1974-1987 | 1 | |||
B. Wellesley College | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Wellesley College: Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1914 | 1 | |||
Wellesley College: Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1915 | 1 | |||
Wellesley College: Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1916 | 1 | |||
Wellesley College: Correspondence to Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) 1917 | 1 | |||
Existence and Location of Copies notemicrofilmed. |
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Wellesley College: Correspondence, including Wellesley reunions 1938-1996 | 1 | |||
Wellesley College: Mayling Soong Foundation 1942-1950 | 1 | |||
Wellesley College: Photographs 1914-1917, 1949 | 1 | |||
Wellesley College: Publications about Emma DeLong Mills 1924-2007 | 2 | |||
Wellesley College: Transcripts and course program 1917,undated | 2 | |||
C. Army School of Nursing at Camp Meade, MD | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Correspondence with family and friends from Camp Meade 1919 | 2 | |||
Army School of Nursing Record Nov. 14, 1919 | Oversize 1 | |||
D. Miscellaneous | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Book review course 1930s | 2 | |||
Columbia University transcripts and certificates 1934-1958 | 2 | |||
III. Correspondence 1915-1986
Scope and ContentCorrespondence in the series describes Mills' travels, activities, and opinions, including those about art and literature, cultural and social issues surrounding World War I and II, Chinese-American relations, and the impact of Communism and Communist thought on East Asian nations. Correspondents of note include Carson McCullers; her brother DeLong Mills on active duty with the U.S. Navy during World War II; Annabel P'u, wife to the younger brother of China's last emperor; and other Chinese and American officials. The series consists primarily of letters, with some cards, photographs, and articles, clippings, and pamphlets that have been included by correspondents. Materials in this series encompass the years 1915-1986. For correspondence pertaining to life at St. Agatha School, Wellesley College, and the Army School of Nursing at Camp Meade, see series II. Education. For correspondence with Wellesley College classmates regarding reunions and similar activities, see series II. Education. For letters to newspaper editors regarding China and correspondence with American and Chinese officials regarding China and Chinese diplomacy, see IV. Chinese Activism and Philanthropy > E. Correspondence. For correspondence with Madame Chaing Kai-shek (nee May-ling Soong), see series V. May-ling Soong Chiang. |
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Title | Box | Folder | ||
To Helen McKeag (Wellesley '17) 1915, 1917 | 2 | |||
To Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) as a "farmerette" 1918 | 2 | |||
General noteIncludes a letter of thank you from the Village of Kinderhook, NY, 1918. |
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With family and friends 1919-1920 | 2 | |||
With family and friends, traveling 1921 | 2 | |||
With family and friends, from San Francisco and S.S. Hoosier Jan. 1922-March 26, 1922 | 2 | |||
With family and friends from Shanghai March 27, 1922-July 28, 1922 | 2 | |||
Emma DeLong Mills's first letter from Shanghai, dated March 27, 1922, is located in box MSS.2 Oversize 1. |
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With Dr. Walter Sands Mills (father) and Sylvie (DeLong) Mills (mother) from Shanghai, Japan, Peking Aug. 1922-Dec. 1922 | 2 | |||
With family and friends from Peking Jan. 1923-May 1923 | 3 | |||
With family and friends from Peking June 1923-Sept.1923 | 3 | |||
With family and friends from Peking Oct. 1923-Dec. 1923 | 3 | |||
With family and friends from Peking Jan. 1924-July 1924 | 3 | |||
With family and friends from Peking Aug. 1924-June 1925 | 3 | |||
From Princess Annabel P'u Dec. 1923-March 1925 | 3 | |||
From Yamei Kim 1925-1926 | 3 | |||
from Dorothy Bess Oct. 1925-June 1936 | 3 | |||
From Grace Goodrick Nov. 1927-Sept. 1950 | 3 | |||
With family and friends Feb. 1930-Nov. 1931 | 3 | |||
With family and friends July 1932-1934 | 3 | |||
With family and friends Jan. 1935 | 4 | |||
To Agnes Mandeville Ferris, "Mandy" Aug. 1936-Sept.1944 | 4 | |||
From Carson (Smith) McCullers [copies] May 1936-Feb. 1940 | 4 | |||
From DeLong Mills (brother), U.S. Navy [copies] Dec. 1939-Sept. 1945 | 4 | |||
To DeLong Mills (brother), aboard U.S.S. San Carlos July 1944-Sept. 1945 | 4 | |||
To Thomas A. DeLong May 1959-Nov. 1981 | 4 | |||
With Chun Liu in Libya 1965-1967 | 4 | |||
"Report on Visit to all the Dispensaries in Derma" by Chun Liu, was moved to box MSS.2 Oversize 1. |
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From Thomas A. and Kathie DeLong March 1974-Sept. 1983 | 4 | |||
With Sgt. Walter Hayes in Cambodia 1970 | 4 | |||
From Alice DeLong Christie 1971-1976 | 4 | |||
With George Gruberg, Attorney 1980-1982 | 4 | |||
Various 1960-1986 | 4 | |||
IV. Chinese Activism and Philanthropy 1922-1987
Scope and ContentMaterials pertaining to Mills' Chinese activism and philanthropy work include both primary sources and an aggregation of articles, pamphlets, clippings, brochures, publications, reports, catalogs, post cards, and maps pertaining primarily to China, and also to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan. Primary sources from the Chinese Activism and Philanthropy portion of the collection include publications, clippings, correspondence, minutes, press releases, reports, and lists from the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC), The True Light Foundation, the Chinatown Planning Council, and other organizations, as well as letters to elected officials and newspaper editors. Materials are dated 1922-1987. |
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A. American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (ABMAC) | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
ABMAC, 1940-1982: newsletters, clippings, correspondence 1942-1977 | 4 | 1 | ||
ABMAC, 1940-1982: newsletters, clippings, correspondence 1979-1982 | 4 | 2 | ||
ABMAC: Mills' trip to Taiwan 1950 | 4 | |||
ABMAC: Mills' trip to Taiwan: photographs 1950 | 4 | |||
B. True Light Foundation | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Manuscripts, clippings, pamphlets 1955- circa 1973 | 5 | |||
Correspondence 1956-1979 | 5 | |||
Scrapbook from True Light Middle School to Emma DeLong Mills Dec. 2, 1967 | Oversize 2 | |||
Dinner honoring Mills Dec. 5, 1974 | 5 | |||
C. Chinatown Planning Council (CPC) | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Chinatown Planning Council circa 1965-1987 | 5 | |||
D. Other Organizations and Activities | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Correspondence from Chinese Women's Relief Association of New York 1937 | 5 | |||
United China Relief 1941-1942 | 5 | |||
China Institute in America: survey of Chinese Nationalists in United States by Mills, correspondence 1951, 1952 | 5 | |||
Chan Shih Er Tung Pao Yueh Hi "Madame Chang's War Orphanage" 1960 | 5 | |||
Good Cheer Women's Club of Wantaugh 1963 | Oversize 1 | |||
International travel itineraries 1966-1967 | 5 | |||
E. Correspondence | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
From Chinese Ambassador Chen Chih-mai 1953-1969 | 5 | |||
To newspaper editors, regarding China 1945, 1957 | 5 | |||
For published letters to editors by Mills, see: VII. Writings and Journals > A. Manuscripts and Articles > Articles, clippings, and printed letters to editors. |
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With Chow Mai-yu, National Defense Medical Center 1949-1957 | 5 | |||
With Chow Mai-yu, National Defense Medical Center 1958-1966 | 5 | |||
With Chow Mai-yu, National Defense Medical Center 1967-1983 | 5 | |||
With elected officials 1946-1955 | 5 | |||
Oversize materials moved to Box Oversize 1. |
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F. Articles about China, East Asia, Chinese and East Asian Culture
Scope and ContentOrganized alphabetically by topic. |
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Title | Box | Folder | ||
China: art: articles and exhibitions 1929-1940 | 5 | |||
China: art: articles and exhibitions 1941-1963 | 6 | |||
China: art: articles and exhibitions 1964-1973, undated | 6 | |||
China: articles 1922-1961 | 6 | |||
China: Chinese persons: articles, clippings 1934-1972, undated | 6 | |||
China: Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League: publications 1955-1965 | 6 | |||
China: Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League: publications circa 1983 | 6 | |||
China: Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League: publications undated | 6 | |||
China, Communist: articles 1935-1970 | 6 | |||
China, Communist: articles 1971-1979, undated | 7 | |||
China, Communist: eyewitness accounts: articles, clippings, booklets 1949-1956 | 7 | |||
"Professor cautions reporting on Red China" is located in box MSS.2 Oversize 1. |
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China, Communist: eyewitness accounts: articles, clippings, booklets 1957-1963 | Oversize 1 | |||
China, Communist: eyewitness accounts: articles, clippings, booklets 1964-1976 | 6 | |||
China, Communist: defections 1952-1969 | Oversize 1 | |||
China, Communist: new American Policy: articles, clippings 1971-1973 | 7 | |||
China, Communist: reaction to United Nations: articles, pamphlets 1964-1966 | 7 | |||
China, Communist: writings: articles, pamphlets in English 1947-1973 | 7 | |||
China: Cultural Revolution and Red Guards: articles 1965-1968 | 7 | |||
China: culture: "miscellany on Chinese Culture" by Victor Gene Chen circa 1973 | 7 | |||
China: literature: articles about 1927-1943 | 7 | |||
China: literature: articles about 1944-1973 | 7 | |||
China: literature: translations 1932-1947, undated | 7 | |||
China: opera and drama: programs 1930s, circa 1941, 1956 | 8 | |||
The program for "Mei Lan-Fang: Chinese Drama" from the 1930s, is located in box MSS.2 Oversize 1. |
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China: science articles 1928-1937, undated | 8 | |||
China: stamps: articles 1962 | 8 | |||
China: textiles: articles, catalogs 1928-1958 | 8 | |||
Chinatown, New York City: articles and clippings 1981-1982 | 8 | |||
Hong Kong: booklets, articles, clippings 1956-1983 | 8 | |||
Oversize material moved to Box Oversize 1. |
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Japan: prints, post cards, catalog 1959, undated | 8 | |||
Japan: prints, post cards, catalog 1959, undated | 8 | |||
Taiwan: articles and speeches about 1950-1982 | 8 | |||
Taiwan: Chinese Nationalists: articles 1957-1967 | 8 | |||
Taiwan: directory 1951 | 8 | |||
Taiwan: economics and industry: articles, clippings, reports, brochures 1950-1982 | 8 | |||
Oversize materials moved to Box Oversize 1. |
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Taiwan: maps, brochures, post card 1940s-1986 | 8 | |||
Taiwan: international collaboration and aid: articles 1963-1969 | 8 | |||
Oversize materials moved to Box Oversize 1. |
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V. May-ling Soong Chiang (Mme. Chiang Kai-shek) 1917-1980
Scope and ContentThis series contains materials pertaining to the relationship between Emma DeLong Mills and May-ling Soong Chiang. The series contains primarily correspondence between May-ling Soong Chiang and Emma DeLong Mills, but also cards, envelopes, pamphlets, articles and clippings, and manuscripts by Madame Chiang included in her correspondence, as well as photographs of Emma DeLong Mills and May-ling Soong Chiang. Also included are some letters to Mills from the Soong family, as well as letters from Chiang to Mills' parents. Topics range greatly, from post-graduate life, to personal affairs, to international relations and politics, to political, military, and philanthropic efforts in China, the United States, and other nations. When an item is designated as a copy, location of original is unknown. Materials are dated between 1917 and 1980. The correspondence is arranged chronologically, with letters addressed to Chiang and from Chiang separated until 1945 at which point the correspondence between the two women is interfiled. Some correspondence has been microfilmed. |
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Title | Box | Folder | ||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) June 1917-Sept. 1917 | 9 | |||
Letter from May-ling Soong Chiang, 1917-07-03, Vancouver, British Columnbia, to Emma Mills. | ||||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) Oct. 1917-Dec. 1917 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) Jan. 1918-May 1918 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) June 1918-Aug. 1918 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) Sept. 1918-Dec. 1918 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) Jan. 1919-June 1919 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) July 1919-Nov. 1919 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) Jan. 1920-Aug. 1921 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from the Soong family 1922-1926 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong (Chiang) including letters to Emma's family 1922-1928 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong Chiang Nov. 1937-June 1938 | 9 | |||
Correspondence to May-ling Soong Chiang Nov. 1937-June 1938 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong Chiang July 1938-Dec. 1938 | 9 | |||
Correspondence to May-ling Soong Chiang July 1938-Dec. 1938 | 9 | |||
Correspondence from May-ling Soong Chiang Jan.1939-Jan.1945 | 9 | |||
Correspondence to May-ling Soong Chiang Jan. 1939-Dec. 1939 | 9 | |||
Correspondence to May-ling Soong Chiang Jan. 1940-Aug. 1944 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang 1945-1949 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang 1950 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang Jan. 1951-Dec. 1953 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang Jan. 1954-Dec. 1955 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang Jan. 1956-May 1958 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang July 1959-Sept. 1959 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang May 1960-Dec. 1961 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang Jan. 1962-Nov. 1968 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang March 1969-Dec. 1972 | 9 | |||
Correspondence with May-ling Soong Chiang Feb. 1973-April 1980 | 9 | |||
Photographs of Mme. Chiang 1916-c. 1960 | 9 | |||
Writings by Mills about Mme. Chiang 1938, undated | 9 | |||
VI. Other Projects 1941-1981
Scope and ContentThis series contains materials pertaining to special projects undertaken by Emma DeLong Mills during her lifetime. Projects include several museum donationsspace and the historical preservation of the Rice House in New York City. Included are correspondence, articles, clippings, photographs, receipts and acknowledgements, manuscripts, and publications. Materials are dated between 1941 and 1981. |
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Title | Box | Folder | ||
Museum donations: correspondence and receipts 1941-1967 | 10 | |||
Rice House, New York City: articles, clippings, correspondence 1963-1981 | 10 | |||
VII. Writings and Journals 1910-1980
Scope and ContentThis series contains the journals and other writings of Emma DeLong Mills, which encompass the years 1910 through 1980. The journals cover such topics as social life, academic life, activist work with China, art and music, literature, international relations and politics, and travels. Significantly, they help document American political opinion toward China and Taiwan circa World War II, as well as the day-to-day life of working with several non-profit organizations. Also included are transcriptions of some of the journals by Thomas DeLong. Other writings include an unpublished work describing her childhood, as well as an unpublished edition of the diary of a early naval engineer who married Mills' great aunt. For unpublished letters to editors and other correspondence to newspapers and elected officials, see: IV: Chinese Activism and Philanthropy > E. Correspondence > With elected officials. See also: IV: Chinese Activism and Philanthropy > E. Correspondence > To newspaper editors, regarding China. |
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A. Manuscripts and Articles | ||||
Title | Box | Folder | ||
Articles, clippings, and printed letters to editors 1935-1955 | 10 | |||
Oversize materials moved to Box Oversize 1. |
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Manuscript circa 1922 | 10 | |||
"The Farm" 1931, undated | 10 | |||
Diary of Mangle Minthorne Thompson, 1849-1852: research notes and correspondence circa 1962, 1963 | 10 | |||
Diary of Mangle Minthorne Thompson, 1849-1852: manuscript 1963 | 10 | |||
B. Journals | ||||
Title | Box | Volume | ||
Journal 1910 | Oversize 3 | |||
Journal 1911 | Oversize 3 | |||
Travel journal Aug. 27, 1910-Oct. 21, 1919 | Oversize 3 | |||
Journal 1912 | Oversize 3 | |||
Journal 1913 | Oversize 3 | |||
Journal, Volume I April 1917-Jan. 1919 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume II Jan. 1919-Aug. 1919 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume III Aug. 1919-Dec. 1919 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume IV Dec. 1919-Dec. 1920 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume V Dec. 1920-Aug. 1921 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume VI Aug. 1921-April 1922 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume VII May 1922-July 1923 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal 1922 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal 1923 | Oversize 4 | |||
Journal, Volume VIII Dec. 1923-March 1928 | Oversize 4 | |||
Travel journal July 31, 1928-Aug. 23, 1928 | Oversize 5 | |||
Journal, Volume IX Jan. 1929-Oct. 1931 | Oversize 5 | |||
Five Year Diary 1931-1934 | Oversize 5 | |||
Journal, Volume X Dec. 1931-July 1935 | Oversize 5 | |||
Five Year Diary 1937-1941 | Oversize 5 | |||
Journal, Volume XI July 5, 1935-Feb. 21 1936 | Oversize 5 | |||
Diary 1935 1935 | Oversize 5 | |||
Diary 1936 | Oversize 5 | |||
Journal, Volume XII Feb. 25, 1936-July 20, 1936 | Oversize 5 | |||
Journal, Volume XIII July 20, 1936-Aug. 26, 1938 | Oversize 5 | |||
Journal, Volume XIV Aug. 31, 1938-June 16, 1944 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XV June 21, 1944-Sept. 7, 1945 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XVI Sept. 11, 1945-June 26, 1947 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XVII June 27, 1947-Sept. 4, 1951 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XVIII Sept. 5, 1951-April 23, 1953 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XIX April 27, 1953-Sept. 10, 1957 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XX Jan. 29, 1958-Jan. 26, 1959 | Oversize 6 | |||
Five Year Diary 1956-1960 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XXI Jan. 28, 1959-June 5, 1961 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XXII [1: World Trip] Feb. 9, 1960-March 28, 1960 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XXII [2] June 12, 1961-July 18, 1963 | Oversize 6 | |||
Journal, Volume XXIII July 19, 1963-July 23, 1979 | Oversize 7 | |||
Five Year Diary 1961-1965 | Oversize 7 | |||
Travel Diary 1966 | Oversize 7 | |||
Journal June 18, 1981-Feb. 24, 1984 | Oversize 7 | |||
Five Year Diary 1966-1970 | Oversize 7 | |||
Diary 1971-1975 | Oversize 7 | |||
Five Year Diary 1976-1980 | Oversize 7 | |||
Journals: Timeline of Mills' life undated | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1910-1911 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1912 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1913-1914 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1917 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1918 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1919 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1920 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1921 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1922 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries 1923 | 10 | |||
Transcribed Journal entries from Emma DeLong Mills journals regarding Carson (Smith) McCullers 1936-1940 | 10 | |||