Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of the Low-Mills family were given to the Library of Congress between 1944 and 1981 by Elma Loines, Mrs. James McF. Baker, Mrs. Roger S. Forbes, Josiah O. Low, Abbot L. Mills, Jr., Katherine Andrews, Edwin G. Beal, and Arthur W. Hummel. Later additions were given by Margot Loines Wilkie in 2000 and Faith Williams in 2014 and 2017.
Processing History
The collection originally existed in the Library as five separate collections: Low Family Papers, Papers of Abiel Abbot Low, Journals of Harriet Low, Papers of Edward Allen Low and Papers of Mary Hillard Loines. The material was consolidated into the Low-Mills Family Papers in 1965. Addition I was appended and the register revised in 1983. Addition II was organized and the register updated in 2003. The finding aid was revised again in 2010. Addition III was organized and the finding aid revised in 2017.
Transfers
Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on two reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Low-Mills Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.