Jean Comins Mitchell Collection
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Oral history interview with Jean Comins Mitchell
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Documents Jean Comins Mitchell's time at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); interning at Walter Reed Army Hospital; the various army hospitals she was stationed at during her World War II service in the Army Medical Corps; and her life after the war. Pre-war topics include Mitchell's experiences as a student at Woman's College in the early 1940s and her one-year dietitian internship at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., in 1943. " Mitchell mentions basic training at Fort Meade, Maryland, but she primarily discusses her activities at the army hospitals where she was stationed. She notes the frequent changes in dietitian assignments; the assignment of patients to hospitals based on ailment; and schedules, quarters, and social activities of dietitians. Of particular interest are Mitchell's recollections of being the dietitian for General John J. Pershing, who lived in the penthouse of Walter Reed. She also recalls the death of President Roosevelt and discusses popular music of the time. " Post-war topics briefly include her marriage to a navy man, her employment, and her children.
