Mitchell
Mitchell names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Mitchell JOHN, American labor leader
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, American labor leader; born in Braidwood, Ill., 1870; went to work in the coal mines at an early age; joined the Knights of Labor in 1885. When the United Mine Workers were organized in 1890 he immediately became a member. In 1895 he became secretary-treasurer of the Illinois district of the organization; then national organizer in 1897; national president two years later. It was under his leadership, as president, that the United Mine Workers acquired great influence, power, and a big membership. He di rected the strike of the coal workers during 1900-1902. In 1908 he resigned as president of the organization. Was a close personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt. Was head of the Trade Agreement Department of the National Civic Federation for three years; became chairman of the State Industrial Commission of New York in 1915. Mitchell was one of the Allies, and approved entry of of the most prominent of the conserva- United States into conflict. Standing tive labor leaders, looking to possible working agreement between capital and labor. Died in 1919.
Mitchell DONALD GRANT, pseudonym IK MARVEL
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DONALD GRANT, pseudonym IK MARVEL, an American author; born in Norwich, Conn., in April, 1822; was graduated at Yale in 1841; traveled in Europe; studied law in New York; and in 1847 published "Fresh Gleanings; or, a New Sheaf from the Old Fields of Continental Europe." In 1850 his most famous book appeared, "The Reveries of a Bachelor," and in 1851 his "Dream Life." In 1853 he became United States consul at Venice. Later publications were: "My Farm of Edgewood" (1863); "Wet Days at Edgewood" (1865); "Seven Stories, with Basement and Attic" (1864); "Doctor Johns" (1866); "English Lands, Letters, and Kings" (1889); "American Lands and Letters" (1897). He died Dec. 15, 1908.
Mitchell JOHN AMES, an American journalist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN AMES, an American journalist; born in New York City, Jan. 17, 1845; studied at Lawrence Scientific School; studied architecture in Boston, Mass., and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 1867-1870; practiced as an architect in Boston, 1870-1876; afterward engaged in artistic and decorative work; studied drawing and painting in Paris, 1876-1880; was then in New York till 1883 as artist, illustrator, and writer; founded, Jan. 3, 1883, "Life," of which he was editor. Wrote: "The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt. Desert" (1881); "Romance of the Moon" (1886); "The Last American" (1889); "Amos Judd" (1895); "That First Affair" (1896); "Gloria Victis" (1897); etc. Died 1920.
Mitchell MARIA, an American astronomer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARIA, an American astronomer; born in Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 1, 1818. She inherited her father's love of astronomy, which she made her life-work. She discovered a considerable number of nebulæ and a comet (in 1847), for which she received a medal from the King of Denmark. She was librarian of the Nantucket Athenæum for many years, and a computer on the "American Nautical Almanac." Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory of Vassar College, 1865-1888. She took part in several eclipse expeditions with parties of her students. She died in Lynn, Mass., June 28, 1889.
Mitchell SILAS WEIR, a distinguished American physician
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SILAS WEIR, a distinguished American physician, poet, and novelist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 15, 1829; studied at the University of Pennsylvania; was graduated at Jefferson Medical College (1850); practiced in Philadelphia and became prominent as a physiologist, especially as a neurologist and toxicologist; was member of National Academy of Sciences (1865), British Medical Association, etc.; LL.D. (Harv. and Univ. of Edinburgh). He wrote treatises on "Neurology," "Serpent Poisons," "Comparative Physiology." He published several volumes of poems and essays, and among his best novels are: "Hugh Wynne" (1897); "Adventures of François" (1900). Died 1918.
Mitchell a city and county-seat of Davison co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Davison co., S. D.; on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads; 65 miles W. by N. of Sioux Falls. It is in an agricultural region, and is the seat of Dakota University (M. E.). It has manufactories of well-boring machinery and chemicals, and an assessed property valuation of nearly $1,000,000. Pop. (1910) 6,515; (1920) 8,478.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 ranked S. Weir Mitchell chiefly as "a distinguished American physician, poet, and novelist"; today his novels are little read and he is remembered mainly for the "rest cure" he prescribed for nervous women, indicted by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) and now taught as a cautionary tale in medicine and literature alike. Maria Mitchell has moved the other way: once a brief notice about a comet and a Danish medal, she is now a standard figure in the history of women in science, commemorated by the Maria Mitchell Association and observatory on Nantucket. Donald Grant Mitchell's once-beloved "Reveries of a Bachelor" has largely vanished from the shelf, while the "Life" that John Ames Mitchell founded in 1883 as a humor weekly was bought for its title by Henry Luce in 1936 and relaunched as the great American picture magazine. Mitchell, South Dakota, has grown from 8,478 to roughly 15,000; its "Dakota University (M. E.)" is Dakota Wesleyan University, alma mater of Senator George McGovern, and the town is known worldwide for its Corn Palace, whose present building went up the very year Collier's wrote.
Written for this edition, 2026.