Mills, Charles Howard (1885-1943)

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Boy Scouts of America

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 14, 1911

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, July 22, 1911

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, August 7, 1911

Statement on Charles Howard Mills, ca. November 1917

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Birth Date

1885-12-31

Death Date

1943-10-02

Birthplace

Rutland, VT

Biographical Text

Charles Howard Mills was a civil servant who specialized in the management of recreational facilities. He was the director of the Hull House Boys Club and superintendent of Ogden Park in Chicago. Mills helped found one of the first Boy Scouts troops in the country. He also worked with youth in San Francisco as a truant officer and boys club head. Mills managed municipal recreation centers in Los Angeles. In Grand Rapids, MI, and Kansas City, he supervised the department of municipal recreation and public welfare. Mills was a member of the St. Louis Boy Scout Council.

Mills married Mattie A. Fuller in 1915. They had two sons: Warren and Richard. Mills died in 1943.

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1917 photograph from Playground Expert Will Speak Here, Lansing State Journal, March 3, 1917, p. 1.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1911

Bibliography and Links

"Heart Disease Fatal to Boy Scout Leader," Lansing State Journal, October 4, 1942, p. 2.

"Playground Expert Will Speak Here," Lansing State Journal, March 3, 1917, p. 1.

Charles H Mills, 1940 United States Federal Census

Charles Howard Mills, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952

Citation

“Mills, Charles Howard (1885-1943),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 7, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/8430.