The Broadus Mitchell Collection at Hofstra University contains family correspondence, professional correspondence and organizational correspondence which detail the events in Mitchell’s life. Also included are print materials, manuscript materials, a small amount of financial documents and personal items.

Mitchell taught economics at Johns Hopkins from 1919 to 1939. He ran for Governor of Maryland in 1934 on the Socialist Party ticket. He spent successive years at Occidental College in California from 1939 to 1941 and at New York University from 1942 to 1944. He also taught at Rutgers from 1949 to 1958. Mitchell came to Hofstra’s New College in 1958 and retired in 1967 at 75 ; he received an Honorary Degree from Hofstra in 1967.

He died in Tarrytown, New York at the age of 95.

The Broadus Mitchell Collection is arranged in Seven Series:

1. Family Correspondence – arranged by correspondent
   
2. General Correspondence – arranged chronologically
   
3. Subject - related correspondence – arranged alphabetically by topic
   and chronologically within each folder
   
4. Manuscript material – arranged in two subseries:
   a. manuscripts by Broadus Mitchell – by title
   b. manuscripts by other authors - alphabetically by author
   
5. Print materials – arranged by form of the materials (for example, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, petitions)
   
6. Financial documents
   
7. Personal items

Samples from The Broadus Mitchell Collection (click to see full size) Photo of the childhood home of Broadus Mitchell's second wife, Louise Mitchell. Western Union telegram sent to Broadus Mitchell on May 5, 1937 Pi Delta Epsilon Certificate of Honor given to Broadus Mitchell on November 7th 1931. Personal Letter to Broadus Mitchell, January 2, 1939 Photo of a young Louise Mitchell, Broadus Mitchell's second wife. N.D. Personal Correspondence to Broadus Mitchell from Franklin D. Roosevelt, N.D. Personal Correspondence to Broadus Mitchell from the secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt January 2, 1939 Professional Correspondence to Broadus Mitchell from D.C. Heath and Company, Febraury 29, 1932 Professional Correspondence to Broadus Mitchell from Daniel Willard, President, Board of Trustees, Johns Hopkins University, January 10, 1939. Photo of Broadus Mitchell beloved dogs, 1940. Cartoon Sketch of Louise Mitchell, N.D. Photo of Broadus Mitchell, 1940.