Collection Title: George W. Mitchell Columns
Collection Number: 141
Dates of Collection: 1928-1939
Box Numbers: 1-5, 2 oversized folders
Repository: Chester County Historical Society
This collection contains primarily typewritten drafts of articles written by George W. Mitchell (b. 1863, d. 1954) for several newspapers, including the Coatesville Record. Many of the articles are gossip columns, noting the comings and goings of Kennett Square residents. He typed the articles on the back of advertisements for products and money making schemes that he had received in the mail. Occasionally, they are typed on the backs of his rejection letters from various newspapers. He was also the author of the series, “Nuggets of Interest,” which are arranged in four groups, occasionally repeating the same ‘Nugget’ in a different group with a different number. This seems to suggest that different groups appeared in different papers. Also included in the collection are several series that he wrote and newspaper clippings.
This collection is arranged by date of the columns, and then the undated series and columns, and then newspaper clippings.
Box 1
Newspaper Columns, 1928-1929
Folder 1 January-April, 1928
Folder 2 May-September, 1928
Folder 3 October- December, 1928
Folder 4 January- March, 1929
Folder 5 April- June, 1929
Folder 6 July- September, 1929
Folder 7 October- December, 1929
Box 2
Newspaper Columns, 1930-September 1932
Folder 8 January- March, 1930
Folder 9 April-June, 1930
Folder 10 July- September, 1930
Folder 11 October-December, 1930
Folder 12 January-March, 1931
Folder 13 from April-June, 1931
Folder 14 October- December, 1931
Folder 15 December 31, 1931- April 28, 1932 (Coatesville Record)
Folder 16 May 3, 1932- September 30, 1932 (Coatesville Record)
Box 3
Newspaper Columns, October 1932- June 1939
Folder 17 October 3, 1932- February 27,1933 (Coatesville Record)
Folder 18 March 1, 1933-May 23, 1933 (Coatesville Record)
Folder 19 June 1, 1933- December 30, 1933 (Coatesville Record)
Folder 20 January-March 1934
Folder 21 January 1, 1936- May 29, 1936
Folder 22 June 1, 1936- December 30, 1936
Folder 23 January-March 1939
Folder 24 April- June, 1939
Box 4
Newspaper Columns, July-December 1939 and ‘Nuggets of Interest’
Folder 25 July- September, 1939
Folder 26 from October- December, 1939
Folder 27 Nuggets of Interest (1), No. 1-111
Folder 28 Nuggets of Interest (2), No. 1-84, 132-188
Folder 29 Nuggets of Interest (3), No. 189-285
Folder 30 Nuggets of Interest (4), No. 61-131
Box 5
Series, Undated Columns and Newspaper Clippings
Folder 31 “Reminiscence” and “50 and 1 years ago”, undated
Folder 32 “Chester Co. Part and Place in PA” series, Southern Chester Co., and “Kennett’s Place in Bayard Taylor’s Story of Kennett.”, undated
Folder 33 “Wayside Observer”, undated
Folder 34 newspaper columns, undated
Folder 35 by C. H. Thomas [look exactly like G. W. M.’s columns]
Folder 36 newspaper clippings of “50 and 1 years ago”
Folder 37 clippings of articles
Folder 38 envelopes of clippings (1)
Folder 39 envelopes of clippings (2)
Oversize Folder 1 Newspaper clippings; April, May, July, August, September 1929
Oversize Folder 2 “Who’s Who” newspaper clippings; April 1930
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