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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-16. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2022 Finding aid revised. University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Abby Williams Hill papers Hill, Abby Williams Mss.011 22.4 linear feet 39 boxes 1850-1985 1890-1943 Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943) was a landscape artist best known for her oil paintings created en plein air, or outdoors, depicting the scenery of the American West. Her work was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), St. Louis World's Fair (1904), the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland (1905), the Jamestown Tercentennial (1907), and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle (1909). The Abby Williams Hill papers include 39 boxes of correspondence, journals, sketchbooks, news clippings, printed material, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts documenting the life of Hill and her family. The University of Puget Sound also holds separately the Abby Williams Hill Memorial Collection, which contains approximately 150 oil paintings and ink drawings created by Abby Williams Hill between 1886 and 1934. English .

Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943) was a landscape artist best known for her oil paintings created en plein air depicting the scenery of the American West. Her work was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), St. Louis World's Fair (1904), the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland (1905), the Jamestown Tercentennial (1907), and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle (1909).

Abby Rhoda Williams was born on September 25, 1861, to Henry Warner Williams and Harriet Porter Hubbard in Grinnell, Iowa. Hill showed an early aptitude for art and was taught by her aunt, Ruth Hubbard, a botanical watercolorist. Hill also studied painting at the Chicago Art Institute under H.F. Spread. In 1884, she moved to Berthier-en-Haut, Quebec, where she taught painting and drawing at a school for girls. In 1887, Hill moved to New York City to study with American painter William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. She married Dr. Frank Hill of Marietta, Ohio, in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, 1888. In 1889, the couple moved to Tacoma, Washington. Soon after, Hill gave birth to a son, Romayne, her only biological child. The Hill's would later adopt three daughters, Ione, and siblings Ina and Eulalie DeRosier.

The Pacific Northwest offered Hill a plenitude of scenes for her continued artistic creation. She joined a 26-day camping trip to Mount Rainier in July 1895, followed immediately by a 12-day expedition to the Hood Canal. These trips contributed to Hill's interest in hiking, camping, and painting en plein air, and led to a brief career as a professional landscape painter for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways.

Between 1903 and 1906, Hill accepted four commissions from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways to paint scenery along their rail lines. This included views of the North Cascades and Mount Rainier in Washington and Yellowstone National Park, among other locations. The commissions allowed for extended stays in the wilderness, often in the company of her four children. Hill's paintings for the railroads were used in promotional materials and exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair (1904), the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland (1905), the Jamestown Tercentennial (1907), and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle (1909).

In addition to her work as an artist, Hill was the founder and first president of the Washington State chapter of the Congress of Mothers, now known as the Parent Teacher Association (PTA). She advocated for the importance of early childhood education and for equal education for immigrants and African Americans. Hill was also interested in Native American life and culture and visited many different reservations in the early 1900s, including a five-week stay on the Flathead Reservation in Montana with her children in 1905.

In the 1910s, Frank Hill suffered from a period of severe mental illness. The family relocated from Tacoma, Washington, to Laguna Beach, California, in hopes that the warmer climate would help him recover. There, Hill became a founding member of the Laguna Beach Art Association and painted scenery in the Laguna Mountains and along the Pacific Ocean.

In the 1920s, the family purchased their first automobile and traveled extensively around the western United States and Canada. During this time, Hill became concerned with the threat that increased tourism and development posed to the natural environment. In response, Hill created a series of paintings of the national parks in the American West during the late 1920s and early 1930s, which she considered her legacy to future generations. She also embarked on a letter writing campaign to create a system of national sanitariums for tuberculosis patients.

Abby Williams Hill died on May 14, 1943 in San Diego, California.

The Abby Williams Hill papers include 39 boxes of materials, the majority of which date from 1890 to 1943. The papers are arranged in eleven distinct series: Correspondence, Journals, Sketchbooks and Drawings, News Clippings, Printed Material, Ephemera, Biographical Information, Photographs, Artifacts, the Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill, and the Tom Kress Collection on Abby Williams Hill. The last two series (Smolenski and Kress) include materials donated in 2014 by persons unrelated to the Hill family.

These papers document the life of Abby Williams Hill and her family, Hill's artistic career including her commissions for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways, her travels across the United States and Europe, her relationship with her husband and four children, and her passion for social causes. Significant topics represented in these records include Tacoma and Washington State history; hiking and camp life in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and California; Native American tribes in Montana and Washington, particularly the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation; the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama; the National Park Service; preservation and conservation of federal lands; early childhood education; the Congress of Mothers; and tuberculosis.

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

[Name of document, date.] Abby Williams Hill Collection, Mss.011. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.

Property rights reside with the University of Puget Sound. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Some of the materials in the Abby Williams Hill papers have been digitized and are available to researchers online. In 2019, nine of Hill's journals focusing on her travels throughout the United States between 1895 and 1906 were digitized and transcribed. These journals can be accessed at: https://www.jstor.org/site/pugetsound/abby-williams-hill-journals/?so=item_title_str_asc.

A selection of the photographs have also been digitized and can be accessed at: https://www.jstor.org/site/pugetsound/abby-williams-hill-photos/?so=item_title_str_asc&searchkey=1760640284678&pagemark=eyJwYWdlIjoyLCJzdGFydCI6MjUsInRvdGFsIjo2OH0%253D.

Images of Hill's artwork can be accessed at this site: https://www.jstor.org/site/pugetsound/abby-williams-hill-artwork/?so=item_title_str_asc&searchkey=1760640305302.

 National PTA (U.S.) United States. National Park Service Northern Pacific Railway Company Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Washington (State) West (U.S.)--Description and travel Northwest, Pacific Railroads Tuberculosis Women painters--Washington (State)--Tacoma African Americans--Education Native Americans Elementary and secondary education Landscape painting Drawings (visual works) Correspondence 1861-1945, undated

This series includes correspondence belonging to Abby Williams Hill and her family, including her husband, Frank Hill, and her children, Romayne, Ione, Ina, and Eulalie. The series has been divided into six sub-series: Family, General, Congress of Mothers, Native American Correspondents, Tuberculosis, and Postcards.

Note that additional correspondence can be found in the series for the Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill.

 Family 1861-1943, undated

This sub-series includes letters to and from members of the Hill, Williams, and DeRosier families. The DeRosier family is Ina and Eulalie Hill's biological family. Phil, Guy, Clifford, and Lucille DeRosier are their biological siblings and they remained in close contact with each other after the Hill's adopted Ina and Eulalie. Clifford DeRosier accompanied the Hill family on a trip to Europe in 1908.

Of note in this sub-series is the significant amount of correspondence between Frank and Abby Hill between 1887 and 1935. They were often separated for long periods of time due to Abby's frequent and extended trips, and these letters reveal much about their relationship and activities. There are also several folders containing letters from Abby Hill to her son, Romayne Hill, from 1895 to 1897. During this period, Frank and Abby Hill were in Germany while their young son remained in the United States with relatives. The letters are particularly notable for their ink drawings by Hill.

When known, the relationship between the correspondents has been noted.

 Aunt Margaret [last name unknown] letter to Abby Hill January 20, 1898 1 1 Beaton, Isabella letters to Abby Hill [with photograph] 1905-1918 1 2

Isabella Beaton (1870-1929) is Abby Hill's cousin. Beaton was an accomplished pianist.

 Buckley, Parke letter to Jeanette and Abby Williams September 7, 1881 1 3

Parke Buckley (1856-1925) was Jeannette Williams' husband and Abby Hill's brother-in-law.

 Chevrier, Mollie McKittrick letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1929-1935 1 4

Mollie McKittrick Chevrier is Ina and Eulalie Hill's biological aunt.

 DeRosier, Adeline letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1928-1937 1 5

Adeline DeRosier was Clifford DeRosier's wife and sister-in-law to Ina and Eulalie Hill.

 DeRosier, Bette Lee letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1929-1938 1 6

Bette Lee DeRosier was Clifford and Adeline DeRosier's daughter.

 DeRosier, Bette Lee letter to Romayne Hill September 25, 1928 1 7

Bette Lee DeRosier was Clifford and Adeline DeRosier's daughter.

 DeRosier, Clifford letters to Abby Hill 1909-1912 1 8

Clifford DeRosier (1891-1973) was the biological brother of Ina and Eulalie Hill.

 DeRosier, Clifford letters to Frank Hill 1907-1909 1 9

Clifford DeRosier (1891-1973) was the biological brother of Ina and Eulalie Hill.

 DeRosier, Clifford letters to Ina Hill 1908-1909, 1924 1 10

Clifford DeRosier (1891-1973) was the biological brother of Ina and Eulalie Hill.

 DeRosier, Clifford letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1933 1 11

Clifford DeRosier (1891-1973) was the biological brother of Ina and Eulalie Hill.

 DeRosier, Dolly letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1938 and undated 1 12

Dolly DeRosier was Phil and Bessie DeRosier's daughter.

 DeRosier, Donald letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1929-1933 1 13

Donald DeRosier was Clifford and Adeline DeRosier's son.

 DeRosier, Guy and Ruth letters to the Hill family [with photographs] 1898, 1909, 1911, 1923-1932 1 14

Guy DeRosier (1884-1959) was Ina and Eulalie's biological brother.

 DeRosier, Lucille letter to Ina Hill April 18, 1933 1 15

Lucille DeRosier (1894-1954) was Ina and Eulalie Hill's biological sister.

 DeRosier, Phil letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1932 1 16

Phil DeRosier (1882-1952) was Ina and Eulalie Hill's biological brother.

 DeRosier, Phyllis letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1930-1939 1 17 DeRosier, Phyllis letter to Romayne Hill September 25, 1928 1 18

Phyllis DeRosier was Clifford and Adeline DeRosier's daughter.

 Hill, Abby letter to Clifford DeRosier August 14, 1909 1 19 Hill, Abby letters to Eulalie Hill 1900-1909 and undated 1 20 Hill, Abby letters to Frank Hill 1897 - July 1905 1 21-26 Hill, Abby letters to Frank Hill August 1905 - 1935 2 1-9 Hill, Abby letters to the Hill children 1901-1909, 1923, 1928 2 10 Hill, Abby letter to Helen Hill undated 2 11 Hill, Abby letters to Ina Hill 1901-1910, 1922-1940 2 12-13 Hill, Abby letters to Ione Hill 1905-1920 2 14 Hill, Abby letters to Romayne Hill 1895-1896 2 15-16

These letters each contain several ink drawings by Abby Williams Hill.

 Hill, Abby letters to Romayne Hill 1897 3 1

These letters each contain several ink drawings by Abby Williams Hill.

 Hill, Abby letters to Romayne Hill 1895-1896 3 2

This folder contains the envelopes (empty) from Hill's letters to her son, Romayne.

 Hill, Abby letters to Romayne Hill 1906-1928 3 3 Hill, Abby letter to Ruth Hubbard July 14, 1906 3 4

Ruth Hubbard is Abby Hill's aunt.

 Hill, Abby letter to "Mother" August 12, 1902 3 5 Hill, Angeline letters to Frank and Abby Hill 1898-1899 3 6

Angeline Hill is Frank Hill's mother.

 Hill, Edgar letter to Romayne Hill January 20, 1898 3 7 Hill, Eulalie letters to Abby Hill 1901-1934 and undated 3 8-11 Hill, Eulalie letters to Frank Hill 1902-1913 3 12 Hill, Eulalie letters to Ina Hill 1907-1941 and undated 3 13-14 Hill, Eulalie letters to Ione Hill 1901, 1904 3 15 Hill, Eulalie letters to Romayne Hill 1914, 1938 3 16 Hill, Fanny Norris Burnette letter to Frank Hill December 7, 1908 4 1 Hill, Frank letters to Abby Hill 1887-1908 4 2-8 Hill, Frank letters to Abby Hill 1909-1935 and undated 5 1-5 Hill, Frank letters to Eulalie Hill 1906 and undated 5 6

This folder contains a photograph of Frank Hill.

 Hill, Frank letter to Ina Hill undated 5 7

This folder contains a postcard with an image of Hillcrest, the Hill family's residence in Tacoma, Washington.

 Hill, Frank letter to Ione Hill August 8, 1902 5 8 Hill, Frank letters to Romayne Hill 1896-1931 5 9-10 Hill, Helen letters to Abby Hill 1905-1906 5 11

Helen Hill was Frank and Abby Hill's niece.

 Hill, Helen letter to Eulalie Hill 1906, 1922 5 12 Hill, Helen letters to Frank Hill 1906, 1923 5 13 Hill, Helen letters to Ina Hill 1906 and undated 5 14 Hill, H.L. letters to Abby Hill 1928, 1934 5 15 Hill, Ina letters to Abby Hill 1901-1907 5 16 Hill, Ina letters to Abby Hill 1908-1931 and undated 6 1-4 Hill, Ina letters to Eulalie Hill 1909 and undated 6 5 Hill, Ina letters to Frank Hill 1902-1913, 1934 6 6 Hill, Ina letters to Romayne Hill 1913-1915, 1928, and undated 6 7 Hill, Ina letter to Ada Park June 6, 1943 6 8 Hill, Ione letters to Abby Hill 1904-1909 6 9-10 Hill, Ione letters to Abby Hill 1910-1920 and undated 7 1 Hill, Ione letters to Eulalie Hill 1909-1910 7 2 Hill, Ione letters to Frank Hill 1902-1908 7 3 Hill, Ione letters to Ina Hill 1901-1909 7 4 Hill, Ione letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1901-1902, 1906 7 5 Hill, Laura letters to Frank and Abby Hill 1899-1932 and undated 7 6

Laura Hill was Frank Hill's sister.

 Hill, Laura letters to Romayne Hill 1906-1907 7 7

Laura Hill was Frank Hill's sister.

 Hill, Romayne letters to Abby Hill 1904-1928 7 8 Hill, Romayne letters to Frank and Abby Hill 1911-1912 7 9 Hill, Romayne letters to Frank Hill 1898-1912, 1933 7 10 Hill, Romayne letters to Ina Hill 1908, 1931 7 11 Hill, Romayne letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1902, 1909 7 12 Hill, W.E. letter to Abby Hill June 5, 1905 7 13 Hubbard, Harriet Porter to Abby Hill 1876-1877, 1882-1888 7 14

Harriet Hubbard (1833-1877) was Abby Hill's mother.

 Hubbard, Ruth letters to Abby Hill 1868-1912 7 15

Ruth Hubbard was Abby Hill's aunt.

 Hubbard, Ruth letter to Ina Hill April 7, 1922 7 16

Ruth Hubbard was Abby Hill's aunt.

 Hubbard, Ruth letter to Romayne Hill undated 7 17

Ruth Hubbard was Abby Hill's aunt.

 Janie [last name unknown] letters to the Hill family undated 7 18 King, Olive letters to Abby Hill undated 7 19 King, Olive letters to Ina Hill undated 7 20 Latimer, Ada letter to Abby Hill January 22, 1918 7 21 McMahan, George letter to Abby Hill November 19, 1906 7 22 McMahan, Laura letter to Abby Hill November 28, 1934 7 23 Park, Ada C. letter to Abby Hill February 2, 1938 7 24 Park, Ada C. letters to Ina and Eulalie Hill 1900-1902 7 25 Sloan, David letter to Eulalie Hill undated 7 26 Louis [last name unknown] letter to Abby Hill January 22, 1924 7 27 [Unknown sender] letter to Romayne and Ina Hill undated 7 28 Ward, Myrtle letter to Abby Hill undated 7 29

Myrtle Ward was Ione Hill's daughter and Abby Hill's granddaughter.

 Williams, Annie letters to Abby Hill 1906-1917 7 30

Annie Williams was Abby Hill's stepmother.

 Williams, Annie letter to Eulalie Hill January 28, 1901 7 31

Annie Williams was Abby Hill's stepmother.

 Williams, Gussie letters to Abby Hill 1876 7 32 Williams, Henry Warner letters to Frank Hill 1903 7 33

Henry Warner Williams (1830-1906) was Abby Hill's father.

 Williams, Henry Warner letter to Ruth Hubbard September 28, 1861 7 34

Henry Warner Williams (1830-1906) was Abby Hill's father.

 Williams, Jeanette "Nettie," letters to Abby Hill 1877-1887 7 35

Jeanette "Nettie" Williams (1860-1889) was Abby Hill's sister.

 General 1882-1945, undated

This sub-series includes letters belonging to members of the Hill family. Of particular note are letters and illustrations from German artist Hermann Haase, correspondence with the Northern Pacific Railway Company regarding Hill's art commissions, letters from American painter Edgar S. Paxson, African American educator and author Booker T. Washington, National Park Service landscape architect Merel S. Sager, and director of the National Park Service Horace Albright.

 A.H. Abbott & Co. letter to Abby Hill May 6, 1890 8 1

Letter mentions having paintings by Abby Hill on exhibit.

 Ahlers, Mary W. letter to Abby Hill undated 8 2 Alston, Margaret letters to "Miss Hill" 1922-1928 8 3 Anderson, Jas. E. letter to Frank Hill October 1, 1908 8 4 Andrew [last name unknown] letters to Abby Hill 1940 8 5 Association of Community Chests and Councils letter to Abby Hill February 18, 1933 8 6 Barnes, A. H. letters to Abby Hill 1907 8 7 Beal, R.S. letter to Abby Hill March 31, 1933 8 8 [Bearien], Annie E. letter to Abby Hill January 14, 1938 8 9

Letter discusses the death of Frank Hill.

 Bennitt, Mark letters to Abby Hill 1904 8 10

Bennitt was the Superintendent of the General Press Bureau for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair / Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

 Billings, Frederick letter to Frank Hill March 6, 1924 8 11 Bishop, Clara N. letters to Abby Hill 1901 and undated 8 12 Bismarck Mill Company letter to Seeley Company July 25, 1905 8 13

Letter regarding an invoice from Frank Hill.

 Blalock, Shirl H. letter to Abby Hill 1908 8 14 Blalock, Shirl H. letters to Eulalie Hill 1908 8 15 Boyle, Hugh letter to Frank Hill May 7, 1924 8 16 Bradney, Carrie V. letter to Abby Hill undated 8 17 Brainerd, William letters to Abby Hill 1938 and undated 8 18 Bucher, Charles letter to Abby Hill May 7, 1934 8 19 Burbridge, Clifford letters to Abby Hill 1930-1931, 1936, 1941 8 20

Folder includes six photographs of the Burbridge family.

 Caysine, Dorothy letter to Abby Hill April 26, 1938 8 21 Chauvet, J. letters to Abby Hill 1910-1912, 1925 8 22 Chew, Lenora letter to Abby Hill May 7, 1934 8 23 Chittenden, Brigadier General Hiram M. letters to Abby Hill 1907-1912 8 24

Chittenden (1858-1917) was the Seattle district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers from 1906-1908 and a Port Commissioner at the Port of Seattle. Folder includes a newsclipping titled "Chittenden, Seattle's Own General, Urges Government Development of Alaska's Mines."

 Collins, Arthur and Gertrude letters to Abby Hill 1898 8 25

Letters discuss Eulalie Hill's adoption by Abby Hill.

 Crow, J.M. letter to Abby Williams August 30,1888 8 26

Torn fragments, extremely fragile.

 Dement, John and Jane letters to Abby Hill 1939 8 27 Denman, A.H. letter to Frank and Abby Hill April 4, 1912 8 28 Department of Botany, Iowa State College letter to Abby Hill March 12, 1907 8 29

Letter regarding receipt of two paintings by Abby Hill.

 Department of the Interior letter to Abby Hill January 26, 1904 8 30

Letter regarding the naming of Mount Booker (after Booker T. Washington) in North Cascades National Park, Washington.

 Donohue, Michael J. letter to Abby Hill undated 8 31 Doyen, Dr. E. letter to Abby Hill undated 8 32 Drahold, Alfred letters to Abby Hill 1932 8 33 Drummond, Elizabeth letters to Abby Hill 1906, 1911 8 34 Dudley, J. Lincoln letter to Abby Hill August 20, 1935 8 35 Duffy, James (Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co.) letter to Abby Hill August 8, 1930 8 36 Elder, J. Dwight letter to Frank Hill August 6, 1905 8 37 Elliott, James A. letters to Abby Hill 1886 8 38 Emerson, O.F. letters to Abby Hill 1882 and undated 8 39 Evans, Bill letters to Abby Hill 1937-1939 8 40 Filloon, Mrs. [first name unknown] to Abby Hill May 5, 1904 8 41 Fletcher, Annie letter to Abby Hill 1931 8 42 Fletcher, Mabel A. letter to Abby Hill October 31, 1899 8 43 Gaebelein, Arno letters to Abby Hill 1934-1940 8 44 Goff, John letters to Abby Hill 1935 8 45

Letters regarding the California Pacific Exhibition.

 Goldscheider, Sigmund and Charlotte letters to Abby Hill 1907-1912 8 46 Green, A.J. letters to Abby Hill 1908-1909 8 47 Grinnell College letter to Ina Hill February 9, 1945 8 48

Letter regarding donation by Ina Hill to Grinnell College following Abby Hill's death.

 Grody, Katie letter to Abby Hill undated 8 49 Haase, Hermann letters to Abby Hill [with illustrations] 1902, 1912, 1923-1935 8 50

Hermann Haase was a well known German illustrator. Abby Hill studied art with Haase while she was living in Germany with Frank Hill in the late 1890s. Several letters are written in German. Folder includes several newsclippings in German, as well as photographs and artwork by Haase.

 Halyclow, Effie M. letter to Abby Hill February 24, 1902 8 51 Hart, Clara letter to Abby Hill June 16, 1934 8 52 Hill, Abby letters to Horace Albright 1929-1930 8 53

Horace Albright (1890-1987) was the director of the National Park System from 1929 to 1933. He also held earlier positions as superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite National Park. The letters discuss Hill's concerns about the environmental conditions at Seqouia National Park due to the increased number of tourists.

Additional letters between Hill and Albright regarding Hill's ideas for the care of tuberculosis patients are included in the subseries for correspondence about tuberculosis.

 Hill, Abby letter to Mrs. Ball [first name unknown] March 20, 1905 8 54 Hill, Abby letter to A.C. Bartlett August 17, 1934 8 55

Abby Hill writes to Barlett, editor of "The San Diego Sun" newspaper, about taxing unsold art.

 Hill, Abby letter to Mrs. Bogle [first name unknown] 1940 8 56

Hill reminisces about her life and career in this form letter sent to several of her friends. See letters to Mrs. C.W. Weyer and "Will and wife."

 Hill, Abby letter to Julian Dupuis October 30, 1929 8 57

The letter is a photocopy of the original.

 Hill, Abby letter to Mrs. Edwards [first name unknown] c. 1908 8 58

Letter discusses Abby Hill's daughter Ione's clothing.

 Hill, Abby letter to Douglas Fairbanks undated 8 59

Letter to actor Douglas Fairbanks regarding sale of Laguna Beach property.

 Hill, Abby letter to Grace [last name unknown] November 4, 1932 8 60

Abby Hill discusses her husband Frank's medical history.

 Hill, Abby letter to Mrs. Reath [last name unknown] August 19, 1908 8 61

Letter discusses Abby Hill's daughter Ione's clothing and the reasons why Ione did not accompany the Hill family to Europe in 1908.

 Hill, Abby letter to Sadie and Ella [last name unknown] May 14, 1908 8 62

A lengthy letter describing various aspects of the Hill family's trip to Europe in 1908.

 Hill, Abby letter to [recipient unknown] c. 1905 8 63 Hill, Abby letter to Jack West undated 8 64

Letter regarding Jerome Shaffer's estate. Correspondence between Abby Hill and Jerome Shaffer can be found in the subseries for correspondence about tuberculosis.

 Hill, Abby letter to Mrs. C.W. Weyer March 17, 1940 8 65

Hill reminisces about her life and career in this form letter sent to several of her friends. See letters to "Mrs. Bogle" and "Will and wife."

 Abby Hill letter to "Will and wife" [last name unknown] 1940 8 66

Hill reminisces about her life and career in this form letter sent to several of her friends. See letters to "Mrs. Bogle" and Mrs. C.W. Weyer.

 Hill, Eulalie letter to [recipient unknown] January 10, 1906 8 67 Hill, Frank letter to W.C. [Barelsby] June 16, 1923 8 68 Hill, Frank letter to C.A. Snowden 1897 8 69

C.A. Snowden (editor, Tacoma Ledger). Includes newsclipping titled "Wheeling Through Europe" which details the Hill's trip bicycling through Europe.

 Hill, Ione letter to Roger [last name unknown] Undated 8 70 Howard [last name unknown] letter to Eulalie Hill June 8, 1923 8 71 Irvine, J.M. letters to Abby Hill July 25, 1923 8 72

Letter regarding Frank Hill's health.

 Johanne, Erick letters to Abby Hill 1937 8 73 Johnson, Esther letter to Abby Hill May 4, 1940 8 74 Jolly, Franklin Pierce letter to Abby Hill December 6, 1907 8 75

Folder includes a one page advertisement for Jolly's entertainment and lecture services.

 Katherine [last name unknown] letter to Ina Hill undated 8 76 Kellogg, Dr. Francis letter to Abby Hill May 5, 1928 8 77

Letter regarding Abby Hill's eyesight.

 Kieff, Hans letters to the Hill family [with photographs and journal] 1904-1938 9 1

This folder also includes a narrative account of Kieff's travels from Tacoma, Washington to London, England in 1904, written specifically for the Hill family.

 King, Bettie letter to Abby Hill undated 9 2 Klahr, Evelyn Gill letter to Abby Hill undated 9 3 Lansley, Ruth Page letters to Ina Hill February 18, 1930 & undated 9 4 Larcker, Rose letter to Abby Hill April 10, 1907 9 5 Leanne [last name unknown] letter to Abby Hill January 13, 1937 9 6

Folder contains four photographs.

 Lecordier, Marcelle letter to Abby Hill [with photographs] undated 9 7 Leeds, Deborah C. letter to Abby Hill March 30, 1908 9 8 LeSort, Henry letters to Abby Hill 1904-1906 9 9 Lewis, Dr. J.R. letter to Abby Hill December 27, 1911 9 10 Lormer, Florence letter to Abby Hill October 18, 1931 9 11 [Mac...], Sadie R. letter to Frank Hill October 31, 1904 9 12 Mackenzie, Glenn letters to Abby Hill 1924-1938 9 13 Mackenzie, Glenn letters to Ina Hill 1923-1924, undated 9 14 Main, John [President, Grinnell College] letter to Abby Hill December 31, 1929 9 15 Malone, Cynthia letter to Abby Hill January 1938 9 16 Martha [last name unknown] letters to Ina Hill Undated 9 17

Folder contains a program with handwritten notations titled "Conference Under Auspices League of the Southwest to Discuss Colorado River Problems and Indian Affairs of the Southwest, June 7-9, 1923."

 Martin, Mrs. A. letter to Ina Hill March 10, 1923 9 18 McKay, Ann letter to Abby Hill c. 1912 9 19 Meurice, J. letters to Ina Hill 1923-1924 9 20

Folder contains one photograph.

 M.E.W. [full name unknown] letters to Ina Hill 1931-1934 9 21 Miller, Edwin [Pierce County, WA Assessor] letters to Frank Hill 1911 9 22 Miscellaneous correspondence to Abby Hill 1890s - 1939 9 23 Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir letter to Frank Hill January 23, 1902 9 24

Letter regarding Romayne Hill's medical condition.

 Murray family letter to Abby Hill undated 9 25 Newberry, Eva Buckley letters to Abby Hill 1906-1908, undated 9 26 Newberry, Eva Buckley letter to "Franklin" [Frank Hill] July 27, 1905 9 27 Newberry, Eva Buckley letter to unknown recipient undated 9 28 Nina [last name unknown] letter to Abby Hill December 2, 1923 9 29 Northern Pacific Railway Company letters to Abby Hill 1904-1907 9 30

Letters regarding Abby Hills contracts with the Northern Pacific Railway and her paintings for the Jamestown Exposition.

 Oertel, Johannes letters to Abby Hill 1905-1908 9 31 Papst, Margaret letter to Abby Hill April 24, 1912 9 32 Paris Fine Art Publishing Company letter to Abby Hill May 21, 1906 9 33 Pasadena Sanitarium letter to Abby Hill December 16, 1919 9 34

Letter regarding Frank Hill's medical condition.

 Paxson, Edgar Samuel letters to Abby Hill 1907-1909 9 35

Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919) is an American artist known for his portraits of Native Americans. One of his most famous paintings, "Custer's Last Stand," depicts the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass.

 Penelope, Arlie letters to Ina Hill 1917-1938 9 36 Perry, Mary letter to Abby Hill June 18, 1934 9 37 Peter [last name unknown] letters to Abby Hill 1928 9 38 Pick, Fritz letter to Abby Hill June 7, 1907 9 39 Pietersgill, Anne letter to Abby Hill December 22, 1939 9 40 Piney Woods Country Life School letter to Abby Hill April 19, 1935 9 41

Folder includes a souvenir program of the Piney Woods School Singers.

 Powell, E. letter to Abby Hill undated 9 42 Prentice, Fannie E. to Ina and Eulalie Hill November 22, 1901 9 43 Price, Mrs. William H. letter to the Hill family undated 9 44 Ray, W.G. letter to Abby Hill September 20, 1882 9 45 Reynolds, Thurston letters to Abby Hill October 8, 1923 9 46 Richardson, M.E. to Miss Hill undated 9 47 Robbins, Annie Whitcomb letter to Abby Hill January 27, 1927 9 48 Robinson, Frank and Dorothy letter to Ina Hill [with photographs] September 25, 1971 9 48a Sager, Merel S. letter to Abby Hill May 3, 1932 9 49

Merel S. Sager (1899-1982) is an American architect and landscape architect. He was employed by the National Park Services and worked in many different national parks in the western United States.

 Sawyer, William P. letter to Abby Hill November 19, 1909 9 50 Sewall, May Wright letter to Abby Hill April 22, 1905 9 51 Shank, Jennie B. letter to Abby Hill September 12, 1906 9 52 Shapiro, Harry letter to Abby Hill undated 9 53 Shaw, Dr. Albert letters to Abby Hill 1884-1926 9 54

Albert Shaw (1857-1947), an friend of Abby Hill's from Grinnell, Iowa, was a journalist and editor of the American edition of the publication "Review of Reviews."

 Sibley, M. letter to Abby Hill undated 9 55 Simon, Henry letters to the Hill family 1933-1936 9 56 Stone, Ellen letter to Abby Hill undated 9 57 Streeland, Anna Louise letter to Romayne Hill September 25, 1928 9 58 Sutherland, David letter to Abby Hill March 2, 1935 9 59

Letter regarding the death of Donald Sutherland's mother, Mary Sutherland of Grinnell, Iowa. Newsclipping of the obituary is included.

 Sutherland, Mary C. letters to Abby Hill 1911 & undated 9 60 Tacoma Art League letters to Abby Hill 1910, 1912 9 61 Taggart, Harry letters to Abby Hill 1924 9 62 Texas Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youths letters to Abby Hill 1934, 1938 9 63 The Angola League of NYC letters to Abby Hill March 23, 1908 9 64

Letters introducing Abby Williams Hill to Lady Henry Somerset [Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks] and Lady Trelawne of England.

 Tomb, George letter to Abby Hill November 22, 1939 English. 9 65 Trujillo, Dorothy letter to Abby Hill March 21, 1924 English. 9 66 Unknown sender letter to Romayne Hill June 13, 1905 9 67 van Schravendyk, Henry letters to Abby Hill 1904-1906, 1910 9 68

Folder contains three photographs.

 Verbeck, Ida S. letter to Abby Hill February 12, 1898 9 69 von Cranach, Marie letter to Abby Hill 1896 9 70 von Hinckler, Julius M. letters to Abby Hill 1906 9 71 von Velton, Agnes letters to Abby Hill 1897 9 72 Washington, Booker T. letters to Abby Hill 1901-1902 English. 10 1

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, orator, and author. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Tuskegee, Alabama. Abby Hill visited the school in 1902 with her children, Romayne and Ione, where she met Washington. More information about this visit can be found in Hill's journals.

 Wassmann, Karl letters to Abby Hill 1907-1909 10 2 Wassmann, Karl letters to Eulalie Hill 1909 10 3 Wassmann, Karl letter to Romayne Hill 1909 10 4 Whicher, G.M. letter to Abby Hill c. 1882 English. 10 5 White, Mrs. George (Esther) letter to Abby Hill December 28, 1939 English. 10 6 White, George E. letter to Abby Williams December 4, 1880 English. 10 7 White, Lily E. letter to Abby Hill March 29, 1905 10 8 Willey, F.C. letters to Abby Hill 1901-1903 English. 10 9 Willey, F.C. letters to Eulalie Hill 1902-1903 10 10 Winegar, Melissa Wheeler letter to Abby Hill July 30, 1940 English. 10 11 Winkler, [illegible] letters to Abby Hill 1906 English. 10 12 Winkler, [illegible] letters to Eulalie Hill 1906 10 13 Woodland Avenue Savings & Trust letters to Abby Hill 1920-1923 English. 10 14

Letters address the last will and testament of Abby Hill's maternal aunt, Ruth Hubbard.

 Wright, Beulah letter to Ina and Eulalie Hill October 30, 1902 10 15 Congress of Mothers 1907-1934, undated

This sub-series includes correspondence related to the Congress of Mothers, an early iteration of the Parent Teacher Association. The Washington State chapter of the Congress of Mothers was founded by Abby Williams Hill in 1905 and she served as its first president until 1911. The organization focused on education, health, and safety issues related to children and youth. In addition to this correspondence, other items related to the Congress of Mothers can be found in the News Clippings, Printed Materials, and Ephemera series.

 Burlew, Myrta Preston letter to Abby Hill May 24, 1907 10 16 Hill, Abby letters to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers 1931 10 17 Hill, Abby letters to Washington Chapter of the Congress of Mothers 1925, 1932, 1936 10 18

Folder includes an address given by Abby Hill to the Washington State Branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in 1925.

 Malstrom, Kathryn letter to Abby Hill undated 10 19 Martin, Governor Clarence D. letter to Abby Hill May 29, 1934 10 20 Mears, Mary Grinnell letters to Abby Hill 1907-1908, 1924-1933 10 21 Mullen, Mrs. Roger B.W. letter to Abby Hill undated 10 22 National Congress of Mothers letters to Abby Hill 1907, 1911-1912 10 23 Schoff, Mrs. Frederic letters to Abby Hill 1927, 1932 10 24

Mrs. Schoff was involved with the Philadelphia Child Welfare Association and worked with Hill via the National Congress of Mothers. Letters from Mrs. Schoff can also be found in Box 10, Folder 23.

 Native American Correspondents 1905-1927

This sub-series includes letters to Abby Williams Hill from Native American people belonging to the Flathead, Sioux, and Nez Perce tribes. Hill met and befriended many Native Americans, particularly from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana, where she and her children had a lengthy stay in both 1905 and 1906. A detailed account of her stay on the reservation can be found in the Northern Pacific Railway Commission (1905-1906) journal in the Journals series.

 Abeita, Pablo letters to Abby Hill 1926-1927 10 25

Pablo Abeita (1871-1940) was the governor of Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico.

 Andrew Nine Pipes letter to Abby Hill August 20, 1906 10 26

Andrew Nine Pipes was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

 Charlo, Martin letters to Abby Hill 1910 10 27

Martin Charlo was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. He was the son of Chief Charlo (c. 1830-1910), leader of the Bitterroot Salish from 1870-1910.

 Cincee letters to Abby Hill 1907, 1910 10 28

Cincee was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

 [Cumbro] Paul E., letter to Abby Hill February 27, 1907 10 29

Paul [Cumbro] was a member of the Nez Perce tribe.

 Laura Standing Bear letter to Abby Hill February 25, 1907 10 30

Laura Standing Bear was a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe. Her husband was Luther Standing Bear, a Sioux chief. This letter mentions White Bull (Ta Tan Ka Ska).

 Lucy (Mrs. Big Johney) letter to Abby Hill September 28, 1907 10 31

Lucy was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

 Matilda Blue Breath letters to Abby Hill 1907, 1910 10 32

Matilda Blue Breath was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

 Moses, John letters to Abby Hill 1907 10 33 Peo Peo Tholekt letters to Abby Hill 1907, 1909 10 34

Peo Peo Tholekt (Bird Alighting) was a member of the Nez Perce tribe.

 Pichette, Peter letters to the Hill family 1907-1924 10 35

Peter (Finley) Pichette was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. Pichette became blind at the age of thirteen. Some of the letters in this folder are written in Braille.

 Susie [illegible] letter to Abby Hill February 1, 1910 10 36

Susie was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

 Throssel, Richard letter to Abby Hill January 22, 1906 10 37

Richard Throssel (1882-1933) was a photographer who documented life on the Crow Reservation at the beginning of the 20th century.

 White Bull (Ta Tan Ka Ska) letters to Abby Hill 1905-1907 10 38

White Bull (Ta Tan Ka Ska) was a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe. White Bull and Abby Hill became acquainted with each other while visiting the Flathead Reservation in the fall of 1905.

 Tuberculosis 1921-1938

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Abby Williams Hill embarked on a letter writing campaign urging officials in the United States government to create a system of national sanitariums in the southwest for the care of tuberculosis patients. This sub-series contains Hill's correspondence with various government officials and with several individuals diagnosed with tuberculosis, including Lolit M. Banerji, Spyridon Chrudas, and Jerome Shaffer.

 Banerji, Lolit M. letter to Abby Hill May 27, 1930 10 39

In this letter, Banerji inquires about Spyridon Chrudas and Malcolm Young. Additional correspondence between Hill, Chrudas, and Young can be found in this subseries.

 Chrudas, Spyridon letters to Abby Hill [with photograph] 1931, 1938, and undated 10 40 Hill, Abby letter to Grace Abbott, Children's Bureau November 14, 1930 10 41 Hill, Abby letters to Horace Albright 1930 10 42 Hill, Abby letter to Anti-Tuberculosis League August 15, 1929 10 43 Hill, Abby letter to Newton D. Baker January 3, 1933 10 44 Hill, Abby letter to Chairman, National Health Commission April 26, 1930 10 45 Hill, Abby letters to Senator Royal S. Copeland 1931-1932 10 46 Hill, Abby letter to Madam Henri Cornet January 7, 1931 10 47 Hill, Abby letter to General Cummins, National Public Health Service Bureau April 2, 1929 10 48 Hill, Abby letters to Captain Hugh Barrett Dobbs 1930 10 49 Hill, Abby letters to James Garfield 1930 10 50 Hill, Abby letter to Blanche Haines, Children's Bureau January 9, 1931 10 51 Hill, Abby letters to President Herbert Hoover 1930-1932 10 52 Hill, Abby letter to First Lady Mrs. Herbert Hoover January 22, 1931 10 53 Hill, Abby letters to Representative Albert Johnson 1930 10 54 Hill, Abby letters to Senator Wesley Jones 1930 10 55 Hill, Abby letters to Representative Florence Kahn 1930 10 56 Hill, Abby letters to Senator Joseph Ransdell 1932 10 57 Hill, Abby letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt February 12, 1934 10 58 Hill, Abby letters to Jerome Shaffer 1923 10 59

Letters relate to a debt owed to Hill by Shaffer.

 Hill, Abby letters to Albert Shaw 1930 10 60 Hill, Abby letter to Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture September 21, 1933 10 61 Hill, Abby letter to the White House Child Welfare Conference November 19, 1930 10 62 Hill, Abby letter to Colonel Arthur Wood November 16, 1930 10 63 Hygeia: The Health Magazine letter to Abby Hill February 9, 1931 10 64 John H. Page & Co. Public Land Specialists letter to Senator Henry F. Ashurst June 10, 1929 10 65 Johnson, Representative Albert letters to Abby Hill April 12, 1930 10 66 Jones, Senator Wesley letters to Abby Hill 1930-1931 10 67 National Tuberculosis Association letters to Abby Hill 1932 10 68 Powell, Herman J. letter to Abby Hill September 17, 1927 10 69

Letter informing Abby Hill of the death of Jerome Shaffer.

 Shaffer, Jerome letters to Abby Hill [with photographs] 1921-1925 10 70

Jerome Shaffer was a musician who suffered from tuberculosis. He and Abby Hill befriended each other and he "adopted" her as his mother.

 Swedish National Association Against Tuberculosis letters to Abby Hill 1930 10 71 Thompson, Raymond letters to Abby Hill 1928 10 72

Raymond Thompson was the attorney handling the estate of Jerome Shaffer. Hill was trying to recover money that Shaffer owed her and paintings of hers that she had gifted to him.

 Young, Malcolm letters to Abby Hill 1927-1928 10 73 Postcards 1904-1938

This sub-series contains inscribed postcards from various correspondents. The postcards are primarily from locations in the United States and Europe. Postcards that were collected but not inscribed are found in the Ephemera series.

 Postcards, inscribed 1904-1938 11 1-5 Organic matter removed from correspondence undated 33

Organic matter (locks of hair, pressed flowers, porcupine quills, etc.) removed from folders in the correspondence series and boxed separately for preservation purposes.

 Journals II 1877-1924

This series contains journals created by Abby Williams Hill, Frank Hill, and three of their four children, Romayne, Ina, and Eulalie Hill. Abby Hill's journals provide a detailed account of the family's daily life and their extensive travels throughout the United States and Europe in the early 1900s. The series also includes several medical school journals belonging to Frank Hill as well as journals that the children kept for schoolwork and to document their travels.

Note that additional journals can be found in the series for the Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill.

Abby Hill, Berthier-en-Haut, Quebec 1885-1887, 1900-1907 English. 11 6-7

The bulk of this journal is written in French. It covers the period (1885-1886) when Abby Williams Hill was teaching painting and drawing at a school in Berthier-en-Haut (also known as Berthierville or Berthier) in Quebec, Canada. In June 1885 Hill went home to the United States for a lengthy visit. She writes about family life in Ohio and Iowa and her experience studying at the Chicago Art Institute. She returned to Berthier-en-Haut in October 1885 and remained there in her teaching position until July 1886, when she moved back to the United States. The French portion of the journal concludes in November 1887, with Hill writing about daily life and her blossoming relationship with her future husband, Frank Hill.

At the end of the journal, Hill provides updates on her family life in 1900, 1901, 1904, 1906, and 1907. There is a single journal entry written in English for each of those years except 1907, when there are three entries. The updates include notes on Romayne Hill's birth and early life, Ione and Eulalie Hill's adoptions, Abby's father's (Henry Warren Williams) death and management of his estate, and the pending adoption of Clifford DeRosier, Ina and Eulalie (DeRosier) Hill's biological brother.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, Mount Rainier and Hood Canal 1895 English. 11 8

This 64-page journal is written in a narrative style and includes Hill's experience joining a 26-day expedition to Mount Rainier, a trip to the Hood Canal in Washington State with friends, and her travels east to visit her husband Frank's family in Ohio. The journal dates from July 23, 1895 to October 9, 1895.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, Germany 1895-1896 11 9

This 103-page journal is written in a narrative style and dates from September 1895 to July 1896. It includes Frank and Abby Hill's travels in Germany, where Frank studied medicine. Their son, Romyane, was left with relatives in Ohio for the duration of their trip.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, Germany [partial] c. 1896 11 10

Five loose pages detailing Hill's travels in Germany.

 Abby Hill, Italy c. 1896 11 11

Twelve loose pages detailing Hill's travels throughout Italy, including Pistoia, Florence, Pompeii, Capri, Rome, and Vatican City.

 Abby Hill, Europe 1897 11 12

The bulk of this journal is text, but it does include some sketches by Abby Hill drawn during her travels throughout Europe in 1897.

 Abby Hill, Vashon Island 1900, 1907 12 1

This 39-page journal is written in a narrative style and focuses on the summer of 1900, which Hill and her children spent in the town of Burton on Vashon Island in Washington State. The Hill family regularly rowed across Commencement Bay from their home in Tacoma, Washington, to camp on the island during the summer months. The journal dates from July 11 to September 17, 1900 and also includes a single entry from February 14, 1907.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, United States Tour [daybook] 1901-1902 12 2

This 88-page daybook covers nearly a year of travel around the United States by Hill and her children. Hill took brief notes on a daily basis about her activities and these notes inform her full, narrative style journal from the same year (see Box 12, Folders 3-5). This journal includes notes on Hill's travels from Seattle to Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, Tuskegee, New Orleans, Bay St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, the Columbia River Gorge, and various other locations. The daybook concludes with a two-month long camping excursion in Trout Lake, Washington.

A typed transcription is available for this daybook.

 Abby Hill, United States tour 1901-1902 12 3-5

This 951-page journal is written in a narrative style and covers over a year of travel around the United States by Hill and her children. It dates from October 8, 1901 to October 23, 1902. These detailed journal entries were informed by the brief notes that Hill recorded in her daybook of the same year (see Box 12, Folder 2).

The journal begins with Hill's trip east to Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, and various other locations between October 1901 and January 1902. In February 1902, she and the children traveled to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where Hill was a guest of Booker T. Washington and attended the Annual Farmers Conference there. Following that visit, Hill and her children went to New Orleans and Bay St. Louis, Louisiana, where they remained for over a month. They then moved on to California, where they stayed in Los Angeles for two weeks before heading to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to camp in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. From there they traveled north to Oregon and then into Washington where they set up camp at Trout Lake and stayed for several months. They then traveled to Hood River and Warrendale, Oregon. The journal concludes in October 1902 with Hill and her children still at camp in Warrendale, Oregon.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, Great Northern Railway Commission [daybook] 1903 12 6

This 41-page daybook is an account of Hill's trip to the North Cascade mountains in Washington State in the summer of 1903. Hill was under contract by the Great Northern Railway to paint the scenery along their rail line there; her artwork was used in the railroad's promotional materials. In return, she received 1,000 mile railroad tickets for her and her children. In this daybook, Hill records brief notes about her daily activities. It dates from May 1 to September 15, 1903 and also includes a single entry from April 12, 1906.

A typed transcription is available for this daybook.

 Abby Hill, First Northern Pacific Railway Commission [daybook] 1904 12 7

This 48-page daybook details Hill's first of three commissions painting scenery for the Northern Pacific Railway in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. It dates from July 21 to November 26, 1904. Hill took brief notes on a daily basis about her activities and these notes inform her narrative style journal from the same year (see Box 12, Folder 8). A significant difference between this daybook and Hill's 1904 journal is the inclusion of notes about her visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, in November 1904. These notes are not found in the journal, which ends in October of that year.

A typed transcription is available for this daybook.

 Abby Hill, First Northern Pacific Railway Commission 1904 12 8

This 60-page journal is written in a narrative style and documents Hill's travels through the Cascade Mountains in Washington, to Lake Pend d'Oreille and Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, and the Clark Fork of the Columbia River in Montana in the late summer and autumn of 1904. Hill was under contract by the Northern Pacific Railway to paint the scenery along their rail line in these areas, her first of three contracts with the railroad. The journal dates from July 25 to October 7, 1904.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, Northern Pacific Railway Commission 1905-1906 12 9-11

This 701-page journal is written in a narrative style and covers approximately sixteen months of travel around the western United States by Hill and her children. It dates from August 8, 1905 to December 14, 1906. During this period, Hill was working on her second and third commissions for the Northern Pacific Railway, painting scenery in Yellowstone National Park in both 1905 and 1906. She also began a personal project to paint portraits of Native Americans. Hill and her children lived on the Flathead Reservation in Montana for approximately five weeks in the autumn of 1905 and returned again in 1906. They also visted the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

 Abby Hill, Northern Pacific Views [partial] c. 1906 12 12

This 19-page document consists of notes taken by Hill on various trips. The notes are not dated, but appear to be from her travels between between 1902 and 1906. The notes include details from a trip to New York, scenery Hill scouted in preparation for her first Northern Pacific Railway Commission, and her time living on the Flathead Reservation in Montana with her children. The end of the document contains lists of people that Hill wrote letters to in the summer and fall of 1905. These notes may be read alongside her full journals of the same years.

A typed transcription is available for these notes.

 Abby Hill, Europe 1908 13 1

This journal dates from April 10, 1908 to October 25, 1908. The journal is written as a series of letters to Hill's husband, Frank. Hill provides detailed descriptions her travels throughout Europe with her children, Romayne, Ione, Ina, and Eulalie. Ina and Eulalie's biological brother, Clifford DeRosier, also accompanied the family on this trip. Although the letters are addressed to Frank, they are circular letters intended for sharing amongst family and friends.

 Abby Hill, Europe [daybooks] 1908 13 2

This folder contains several bound daybooks as well as loose pages that Hill used to record brief notes about her activities in Europe in 1908. These notes inform her full, narrative style journal from the same year (see Box 13, Folder 1).

 Abby Hill, Europe 1909 13 3

This journal dates from December 18, 1908 to October 5, 1909. The journal is written as a series of letters to Hill's husband, Frank. Hill provides detailed descriptions her travels throughout Europe with her children, Romayne, Ione, Ina, and Eulalie. Ina and Eulalie's biological brother, Clifford DeRosier, also accompanied the family on this trip. Although the letters are addressed to Frank, they are circular letters intended for sharing amongst family and friends.

 Abby Hill, daybooks 1922, 1923 13 4 Eulalie Hill 1900-1905 13 5-9 Eulalie Hill 1906-1908, undated 14 1-5 Frank Hill 1877 14 6 Frank Hill [medical school journal] 1883 14 7 Ina Hill 1901-1902, 1904-1905 14 8-11 Ina Hill 1906-1908, 1924, undated 15 1-5 Romayne Hill 1905, 1908 15 6-7 Sketchbooks and Drawings III 1888-1908, undated

This series contains sketchbooks and loose drawings created by Abby Williams Hill and her children. Of particular interest is the sketchbook created by Hill while she was studying at the Art Students League in New York City in 1888. Note that additional sketchbooks can be found in the series for the Tom Kress Collection on Abby Williams Hill.

 Abby Hill, Art Students League sketchbook 1888 15 8 Abby Hill, drawings [Europe] 1908 15 9 Abby Hill, drawings undated 15 10 Hill children, sketchbook undated 16 1 Eulalie Hill, sketchbook 1900-1905 16 2 Eulalie Hill, drawings [Crater Lake] 1904 16 3 Eulalie Hill, drawing [Christmas] undated 16 4 Ina Hill, sketchbooks 1902, 1904-1905 16 5 Ina Hill, drawings undated 16 6 Romayne Hill, sketchbooks 1904, undated 16 7 [Artist unknown], drawings undated 16 8 News Clippings IV 1880-1948, undated

This series contains news clippings collected by Abby Williams Hill and her family. Several articles have written notations. The clippings include articles and obituaries relating to the Hill family and reviews of Hill's artwork. There are also several articles written by Abby Hill for local newspapers. Other topics include Tacoma, the St. Louis World's Fair, medicine, Native Americans, art, nature, and love.

 Abby Williams Hill obituary 1943 17 1 Art and artists undated 17 2 "Artist Says Tucson Should Wake Up Before Its Too Late to Save Scenery," Tucson Daily Citizen May 12, 1929 17 3 "Chinese Viceroy and Chief of Revenue" undated 17 4

Annotated by Abby Williams Hill, "Rode with on the Great Northern to Wenatchee".

 Congress of Mothers 1905-1948, undated 17 5 "Facing Death Daily in China: As Told By a Seattle Woman Missionary," Seattle Sunday Times January 26, 1930 17 6 Frank Hill obituary 1938 17 7 Governor Roland Hartley [Washington Governor] recall 1926 17 8

These clippings were sent from Frank Hill to Abby Hill in 1926.

 "Grinnell Had Music and Art from the Beginning," Grinnell Herald [photocopy] October 18, 1929 17 9 "Immigrant Mothers Need to Learn English," by Abby Hill, The Washington Parent-Teacher [Congress of Mothers] December 1916 17 10 Isabella Beaton obituary 1929 17 11

Isabella Beaton is Abby Hill's cousin.

 Jeanette "Nettie" Williams Buckley obituary undated 17 12

Nettie Williams Buckley is Abby Hill's sister.

 Jerome Shaffer circa 1920 17 13 Marriage and love 1931, undated 17 14 Medical issues undated 17 15 Mt. Booker [North Cascades National Park] 1904, 1930, undated 17 16

Abby Hill named Mt. Booker in North Cascades National Park in Washington State after Booker T. Washington. Hill met Washington in 1902 during her visit to the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

 Native Americans undated 17 17 Nature undated 17 18 "Our Prize Picture," The Washington Parent-Teacher [Congress of Mothers] September 1924 17 19 "Planting Edelweiss on Mount Tacoma," Tacoma News Tribune August 20, 1923 17 20 Relating to Abby Williams Hill and family circa 1880-1931 17 21 "Remember the Sick," by Abby Hill, Tacoma News Tribune circa 1895 17 22

This folder contains a list of paintings loaned to the Fannie Paddock Hospital in Tacoma.

 "Senate OKs Chittenden's Rise in Rank" [Brigadier-General Hiram M. Chittenden] undated 17 23 Sent by Abby Hill to Frank Hill 1905-1906 17 24 Sent by Clifford DeRosier to Ina Hill 1908 17 25 Sent by Ina Hill to Frank Hill 1903 17 26 St. Louis World's Fair 1903-1904, undated 17 27 Tacoma, Washington 1905, undated 17 28 "The College and the Man," [Grinnell College, Leonard Fletcher Parker] undated 17 29 "The Tuskegee Student" 1904 17 30 "The Wildflowers of California," The California Illustrated Review May 1924 17 31 William McKittrick obituary undated 17 32

McKittrick is the biological uncle of Ina and Eulalie Hill.

 William Merritt Chase, "Lady with a Fan" reproduction, St. Louis Post-Dispatch February 7, 1926 17 33 Printed Material IV 1882-1926, 1985, undated

This series includes printed pamphlets, souvenir booklets and travel guides, and art books used by Hill for reference purposes. This series is arranged alphabetically by the title of the publication. Of particular interest is the pamphlet titled "Scenic Washington along the Great Northern Line," which contains images and descriptions of Abby Williams Hill's paintings for the Great Northern Railway commission completed in 1903 and "Eulalie's Letters," a compilation of letters from Eulalie Hill while she was studying education under Maria Montessori.

 A Compendium and Question Book of Parliamentary Law: Systematically Arranged for Ready Reference in...Women's Clubs..., by Lilian Cole-Bethel 1892 17 34 A Summer Outing to Lake Chelan and the Valley of the Stehekin, by The Mazama Club 1899 17 35 Address of President Roosevelt Upon the Occasion of Its Opening...Souvenir of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 17 36 Book of Psalms undated 17 37 Can Slums Be Abolished or Must We Continue to Pay the Penalty, by J.J. Kelso undated 17 38 Child-Confidence Rewarded, by Mary Wood Allen, M.D. undated 17 39 Combating the Cigarette in Public Schools: Interesting and Effective Methods, The Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare undated 17 40 Courmayeur [Italy] circa 1908 17 41 Die Stadt Nürnberg in Wort und Bild [The City of Nuremberg in Words and Pictures] undated 17 42 Diet for the Prevention of Dental Diseases, by Dr. H.S. Hawkins undated 17 43 Eighty Views of Washington [D.C.] 1901 17 44 Eulalie's Letters: Studying Under Madam Montessori in Rome, 1914, compiled by Dolores Sandegren 1985 17 45 Extension Post Card, 24 Views of Lewiston [Maine] undated 17 46 General Guide to the British Museum, Natural History 1906 18 1 Grand Canyon National Park, United States Railroad Administration 1920 18 2 Guide to the city of Quebec and Environs, by Thomas J. Oliver 1883 18 3 Home Tours Around the World, by John L. Stoddard undated 18 4 Ile de France circa 1908 18 5 Illustrated Official Guide to the London Zoological Society's Gardens in Regent's Park, by P. Chalmers Mitchell 1908 18 6 Lend a Hand, by Edward E. Hale 1910 18 7 Les Precieuses Ridicules, by Moliere 1882 18 8 Luray Caverns [Virginia] circa 1901 18 9 Montreal in Halftone, by Dr. W.H. Drummond undated 18 10 National Congress of Parents and Teachers Handbook 1926 18 11 Outline of Work and Plans for Road Cadets...Good Roads for Child Welfare, National Congress of Mothers undated 18 12 Pacific Monthly Magazine January 1906 18 13 Pictures That Talk, by E.J. Pace, Christian cartoons from The Sunday School Times undated 18 14 Potato Culture on the Island of Jersey, by Rev. Charles D. Merrill 1896 18 15 The Power of a Surrendered Life, by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman 1901 18 3 Puget Sound Realty Associates circa 1906 18 16 Rand McNally Economizer: A Guide to the World's Fair, St. Louis 1904 18 17 Report of the Acting Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park to the Secretary of the Interior, by Major John Pitcher 1903 18 18 Report of the Conference in Los Angeles," Congress of Mothers [photocopy] September 1907 18 19 San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland Steam Ship Company undated 18 20 Scenic Hot Springs, Washington: Ninety Miles from Seattle on Main Line Great Northern Railway circa 1905 18 21 Scenic Washington Along the Line Great Northern Railway [images by Abby Williams Hill] circa 1904 18 22 Singer Souvenirs of Washington [D.C.] circa 1901 18 23 Souvenir de Versailles [France] circa 1909 18 24 Teaching the Tenant, by Johanna von Wagner, National Housing Association 1911 18 25 The Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman H. Hyams, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans 1915 19 1 The Gateway to Nature undated 19 2 The Power of a Surrendered Life, or, Turning Back at Kadesh-Barnea, by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D. 1901 19 3 The Transformation of White Arm, by Howard B. Grose, The Crow Mission undated 19 4 The Way of Life Made Plain, by John Ritchie undated 19 5 Thrift: Ideas and Quotations Concerning Thrift Gathered and Compiled, by Mrs. J.L. Van der Veer, California Congress of Mothers circa 1920 19 6 Uncle Tom's Trail, Grand Canyon National Park undated 19 7 Vashon Island, Washington, Vashon Island Commercial Club undated 19 8 Views of Quebec, Nelson's Viewbooks for Tourists circa 1885 19 9 Wayside Notes Along the Sunset Route: West Bound New Orleans to San Francisco, Southern Pacific Railway 1901 19 10 Yosemite National Park, Yosemite National Park Company circa 1920 19 11 Selections from Picturesque California: The Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico, edited by John Muir 1888 31 Selections from Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope, edited by John Muir 1888 31 Selections from The Art of the World Illustrated in the Painting, Statuary, and Architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition, edited by Ripley Hitchcock 1893 31 Selections from One Hundred Crowned Masterpieces, Volume 1, published by Gebbie and Company undated 32 Selections from One Hundred Crowned Masterpieces, Volume 2, published by Gebbie and Company undated 32 World's Masterpieces of Modern Painting, Edition De Luxe, published by William Finley and Company 1893 32 Ephemera V 1850-1945, undated

This series consists of material collected and received by members of the Hill family, including calling cards, receipts, postcards, programs, certificates, lists, notes, and other items. Blank postcards collected by the Hill family are included here (inscribed postcards are found in the Correspondence series) as well as bound and mounted "art appreciation" photographs and reproductions, including stereoscopic views of various subjects. Of note is Abby Williams Hill's contract with the Great Northern Railway, ephemera related to the family's trip to Europe in 1908 and 1909, a list of paintings exhibited for the Great Northern Railway at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, and various notes written by Abby Hill on topics including Native Americans, tuberculosis, and air quality for factory workers. Materials related to Hill's work with the Congress of Mothers can also be found in this series.

Note that additional ephemera can be found in the series for the Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill.

 Address Book, Abby Hill c. 1897 19 12 Address Book, Ina and Eulalie Hill undated 19 13 American Federation of Arts Convention program 1930 19 14 American Line passenger list, Philadelphia to Liverpool, England 1908 19 15 Bank Book, Abby Hill 1921 19 16 Berthier-en-haut, Quebec 1885-1886 19 17 "Birds Around Prospect Hill, Tacoma" undated 19 18 Birth announcement, Myrtle Adelaide Ward October 27, 1911 19 20

Ione Hill's daughter.

 Blank prescription pad, Dr. Frank Hill undated 19 21 Books by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, list undated 19 22 "Bridal Souvenir" booklet, Frank and Abby Hill 1888 19 23 Calling cards undated 19 24 Certificate of Registration of American Citizens [Hill family] 1909 19 25 Certificate, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University 1896 19 26 Chore list, Eulalie Hill undated 19 27 Church programs 1906-1907, 1928 19 28 Congress of Mothers 1906-1912, 1923, 1928, undated 19 29 Contract, Great Northern Railway [Abby Hill] 1903 19 30 Cyclist Touring Club, Special Customs Tickets 1909 19 31 Daily Consular & Trade Reports June 28, 1911 20 1 Exhibition card, "Collection of Recent Paintings by Mrs. Abby R. Hill" 1907 20 2 Frame sample, Pacific Picture Frame Co., Tacoma 1905 20 3 Gallery card, Italy 1897 20 4 Grinnell College Master of Arts degree, Abby Hill 1907 20 5 "Interracial Relations," letter to the editor [author unknown] July 3, 1943 20 6 List of paintings for St. Louis World's Fair 1904 20 7 Map, United States [annotated] undated 20 8 Memorial cards 1897, 1913 20 9 Mt. Rainier National Park, souvenir photographs 1913 20 10 Music composition notebook, Ina Hill undated 20 11 Music programs 1904-1927, undated 20 12 National Park passes 1925-1929 20 13

National Park passes for Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Glacier, Zion, and Mesa Verde.

 Notebook [blank], Abby Hill circa 1897 20 14 Notes on air quality for factory workers, by Abby Hill undated 20 15 Notes on Andrew Nine Pipes, by Abby Hill 1906 20 16

Andrew Nine Pipes was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

 Notes on Native Americans undated 20 17 Notes on tuberculosis, by Abby Hill circa 1935 20 18 Notes and fragments by the Hill family undated 20 19 Notes and fragments by the Hill family undated 27

These notes and fragments are organized into numbered envelopes. The envelopes are individually labeled in Abby Hill's handwriting with the names of countries, states, and other subjects. Each envelope contains notes relating to the subject on the envelope. Organic matter (pressed flowers and leaves) has been moved to Box 33 for preservation purposes.

 Paintings loaned to First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma 1929 20 20 Pamphlets on religion undated 20 21 Poems undated 20 22 Postcard illustrated by Abby Hill undated 20 23 Postcards depicting Native Americans undated 20 24 Prescription for burns and scalds undated 20 25 President Theodore Roosevelt inauguration program 1905 20 26 Prohibition and alcohol 1931, undated 20 27 Receipts 1898-1945 20 28 Recommendation to teach French, Abby Hill 1888 20 29 Souvenir prints, Europe 1908 21 1 "The Motoring Tourist," by Abby Hill undated 21 2 The Orchard Home School / Bethesda Society financial statement 1938 21 3 Ticket, "President's Visit to Tacoma" [William Taft] October 10, 1911 21 4 Translation, "Squaxadub" to English [Squaxin Island Tribe] undated 21 5 United States Forest Service, Special Use Permit 1916 21 6 University of Bonn, certificate in political economy, Abby Hill 1896 21 7 Valley Fair Association tag 1911 21 8 "What the individual can do for erring and unfortunate children," by Abby Hill, Congress of Mothers undated 21 9 White Bluffs Irrigation Company Statement [Frank Hill, President] 1908 21 10 Will of Ruth Hubbard 1918 21 11

Ruth Hubbard was Abby Hill's aunt.

 Postcards, blank [U.S. and World] 1850-1940 24 1-4

This box contains blank postcards collected by the Hill family from the United States and abroad. Inscribed postcards can be found in the Correspondence series.

 Postcards, blank [U.S. and World] 1850-1940 25 1-2

This box contains blank postcards collected by the Hill family from the United States and abroad. Inscribed postcards can be found in the Correspondence series.

 Stereocards undated 25 3-4 Collected illustrations: "The Perry Pictures" undated 26 1-4

This box contains various illustrations collected from a publication known as "The Perry Pictures." There are no notations on these prints.

 Collected art prints undated 29 Collected art prints undated 30 Biographical Information VI 1943-1951, undated

This series contains biographical information about Abby Williams Hill, including a lengthy essay on her life titled "Peaceable Fruit: A Brief Biography of Abby Williams Hill." There is also a folder containing genealogical information about the Hill and Williams families.

 "Abby Williams Hill," [author unknown] undated 21 12 "Abby Williams Hill, a [biographical] sketch," by Ina Hill 21 13 "Abby Williams Hill - Artist," by William Frothingham 1943 21 14 Genealogical information, Hill and Williams families undated 21 15 "Peaceable Fruit: A Brief Biography of Abby Williams Hill," by E.M. Stetson 1951 21 16 Photographs VII 1865-1942, undated

This series contains photographs and has been divided into four sub-series: Family, Miscellaneous, Native Americans, and Travel.

Family includes formal and candid photographs of Frank, Abby, Romayne, Ione, Ina, and Eulalie Hill, as well as their cousin, Helen Hill, who frequently accompanied them on trips.

Miscellaneous includes photographs of the Hill family's homes, pets, and other photographic prints and negatives, both identified and unidentified.

Native Americans includes photographs of Native American people that Abby Williams Hill met during her travels, both identified and unidentified.

Travel includes photographs of the places where the Hill family traveled. This sub-series may also include photographs of individuals in the Hill family. Of particular interest are photographs of the family in Bay St. Louis, Louisiana, Yellowstone National Park, the Canadian Rocky Mountains, France, and Thun, Switzerland.

Note that additional photographs can be found in the series for the Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill.

 Family Photographs circa 1865-1942 Hill, Abby Williams [portraits] 1882-1930 21 17 Hill, Abby Williams [candids] undated 21 18 Hill, Abby Williams and Jeannette Williams Buckley circa 1865 21 19 Hill, Eulalie undated 21 20 Hill, Frank undated 21 22 Hill, Frank and Abby 1888-1938 21 23 Hill, Helen undated 22 1 Hill, Ina 1908 - circa 1980 22 2 Hill, Ione undated 22 3 Hill, Romayne undated 22 4 Hill, Romayne and Ina 1942 22 5 Hill children [group photographs] undated 22 6 Hill family [group photographs] undated 22 7 Miscellaneous undated 423 G. Street, Tacoma, Washington [Hillcrest] undated 22 8

Hillcrest, located at 423 G. Street in Tacoma, Washington on the outskirts of Wright Park, was the Hill family home.

 1008 High Street, Grinnell, Iowa undated 22 9

This home, located in Grinnell, Iowa, is where Abby Williams Hill was born.

 1610 Plumosa Way, Laguna Beach, California undated 22 10

This home, located in Laguna Beach, California, is where the Hill family lived from 1932 until Abby Hill's death in 1943.

 Dr. Frank Hill's office, Chamber of Commerce Building, Tacoma, Washington undated 22 11 Family pets undated 22 12 Paintings by Abby Williams Hill undated 22 13

Includes black and white photographic images of "Chelan Gorge," "Looking Across Lake Chelan," "Tumwater Canyon," two unidentified images of forest scenes, and one unidentified image of a "pioneer home" interior scene.

 Photography experiments undated 22 14 Individuals, identified undated 22 15 Individuals, unidentified undated 22 16 Photographic negatives, unidentified undated 22 17 Scenery, unidentified undated 22 18 Native Americans 1905 and undated Chief Charlo undated 22 19

Chief Charlo (c. 1830-1910) was a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. He was the leader of the Bitterroot Salish from 1870-1910.

 Chief Luther Standing Bear undated 22 20

Chief Luther Standing Bear was a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe.

 Peo Peo Tholekt undated 22 21

Peo Peo Tholekt (Bird Alighting) was a member of the Nez Perce tribe.

 White Bull (Ta Tan Ka Ska) 1905 22 22

White Bull (Ta Tan Ka Ska) was a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe. White Bull and Abby Hill became acquainted with each other while visiting the Flathead Reservation in the fall of 1905.

 Native Americans, unidentified undated 22 23 Travel undated Arizona undated 23 1

Subjects include Grand Canyon National Park and Mesa Verde National Park.

 Bay St. Louis, Louisiana circa 1902 23 2

Two photographs of Romayne and Ina Hill with an unidentified woman.

 Berthier-en-Haut, Quebec, Canada circa 1884-1886 23 3 California undated 23 5

Subjects include Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, Laguna Beach, Kings Canyon National Park, and Seqouia National Park.

 China undated 23 5 France undated 23 6

Subjects include photographs of the Hill family in Villa bon Port, France in 1908 and Saint Raphael.

 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming circa 1931 23 7 Iowa undated 23 8

Subjects include Abby Hill's hometown of Grinnell, Iowa and other sights.

 Marietta, Ohio undated 23 9

Marietta, Ohio is the birthplace of Dr. Frank Hill.

 Montana undated 23 10 Rocky Mountains, Canada circa 1926 23 11

Subjects include Lake Louise and the Valley of the 10 Peaks.

 Santa Fe, New Mexico 1920 23 12 Tacoma, Washington undated 23 13

Subjects include the Tacoma waterfront and Port of Tacoma, Wright Park, and Mount Rainier.

 Thun, Switzerland circa 1908 23 14 Washington State undated 23 15

Subjects include the Yakima Reservation, Columbia River, Sunset Falls, the Tatoosh Range, and several photographs of unidentified women (presumably Abby Hill and her daughters) on a mountain.

 Yellowstone National Park 1905-1906 23 16

Includes images of Abby Williams Hill, her children, and her aunt, Ruth Hubbard.

 Zion National Park, Utah undated 23 17 Artifacts VIII circa 1880-1930, undated

This series contains items collected by Abby Williams Hill. Of particular significance is her paint box, which she traveled with and used while painting outdoors, and the gold medal awarded to her at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington.

Also of note are the Native American artifacts in this series. While it is unknown how these items came to be in Hill's possession, we can assume based on her journals and correspondence that they were either purchased by Hill or gifted to her. When known, the tribes that created the artifacts are identified.

 Framed portrait of Romayne Bradford Hill by Abby Hill c. 1890 28 Gold medal, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909 28

The medal is inscribed with Abby Hill's name.

 Homemade papoose trinket undated 28 Paint box belonging to Abby Hill undated 39 Native American artifacts circa 1880-1930

These artifacts were gifted to or purchased by Abby Williams Hill during her travels in the early 1900s. An independent appraiser provided a detailed description of these items to the University of Puget Sound in 2007.

 Beaded Hat / Head Band circa 1905 38

Loom beaded hat or head band. Thread sewn with glass opaque seed beads in a repeating geometric design. The band is joined to create a circle.

 Leather quiver and 10 arrows [Athabascan] undated 36

Athabascan arrow quiver made from Native tanned leather with leather carrying strap. Quiver is decorated with trade cloth, paint, and beads. 10 arrows [9 Athabascan, 1 Northern Plains tribes] include six with copper points, three with iron points, and one with the shaft carved to form a barbed point. All of the arrow shafts are made from hand carved wood.

 Moccasins [Crow] circa 1905 38

Constructed of white Native tanned leather, sinew sewn, with upper cuff and hard parfleche soles. Fully beaded with seed beads, vamps have pink field with geometric design in translucent green, cobalt blue, and white.

 Moccasins [Iroquois] circa 1880-1930 37

Constructed of chrome tanned commercial leather, sewn with thread, with upper cuff of black velveteen trimmed with red braid, soft commercial leather soles. Beaded with pony beads, vamps have a floral design and a round green and white target design on the field. Lined with light pink muslin.

 Moccasins [Northern Plains tribes] circa 1905 37

Constructed of white Native tanned leather, sinew sewn, with upper cuff and hard parfleche soles. Fully beaded with seed beads, vamps have dark green field with geometric design in translucent green, powder blue, red, and white.

 Parfleche [Plateau tribes] circa 1910-1930 38

Parfleche envelope used for carrying food, clothing, and other essential items while traveling. The design on this parfleche is most often seen on Crow or Nez Perce parfleches. Made of rawhide and never used.

 Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill IX 1880-1943, undated

The materials in this series were donated to the University of Puget Sound in 2014 by Bonnie Smolenski. Smolenski is not related to the Hill family. This series contains two boxes of materials relating to the Hill family, including correspondence, journals, ephemera, and photographs. Note that some correspondents in the Bonnie Smolenski Collection on Abby Williams Hill may also be found in the Correspondence series.

 Correspondence 1910, 1918, 1922-1940, undated Banerji, Lolit M. letter to Abby Hill May 6, 1929 34 1 Browne, Belmore letter to Abby Hill April 2, 1936 34 2 Burbridge, Clifford letters to Abby Hill 1934 and undated 34 3 Burbridge, Joan letters to Abby Hill 1929, 1934 34 4 Chrudas, Spyridon 1930, 1932 34 5 Curran, Charles letters to Abby Hill 1936 34 6 Glaser, Cecilia letter to Abby Hill December 21, 1934 34 7 Hellmann, Mamie letter to Abby Hill March 10, 1940 34 8 Hill, Abby letter to the City Planning Commission of Los Angeles April 13, 1929 34 9 Hill, Abby letter to Eulalie Hill August 30, 1935 34 10 Hill, Abby letters to Frank Hill 1933, 1936-1937 34 11 Hill, Abby letter to Mrs. Louis Henry 1940 34 12 Hill, Abby letter to Romayne Hill November 14, 1918 34 13 Hubbard, Ruth letters to Abby Hill 1910 34 14 Hudson, [Mariel] letter to Abby Hill October 30, 1933 34 15 [Illegible], Frank (Department of the Interior, Superintendent of Southwestern Monuments) letter to "The Custodians" January 24, 1927 34 16

This is a letter introducing Frank and Abby Hill to the custodians of the Southwestern Monuments, where Abby Hill planned to camp and paint the scenery.

 Iowa State College letter to Abby Hill October 28, 1932 34 17 Kellogg, Dr. Francis B. letter to Abby Hill July 7, 1940 34 18 Kemmery, Mrs. C.J. letter to Frank Hill c. 1930 34 19 "Leading Women of America" [publication] letter to Abby Hill 1940 34 20

This folder includes biographical information about Abby Hill.

 Meurice, [Illegible] letter to unknown recipient undated 34 21 Meyer, Ruth letter to Abby Hill January 15, 1934 34 22 Powdrill, M.H. letter to Abby Hill October 5, 1940 34 23 Quan, Madeline letter to Abby Hill May 15, 1940 34 24 Richard, Joseph letter to Abby Hill 1938 34 25 Savage, L. letter to Abby Hill 1910 34 26 Verien, Jean letter to Abby Hill 1922 34 27 Journals 1896-1932, undated Abby Hill, Europe [daybook] 1909 34 28 Laura Hill 1923-1927 34 29 Author unknown [possibly Laura Hill] 1896-1987 34 30 Author unknown [possibly Ina Hill] 1929-1932 34 31 Ephemera 1880-1943, undated Abby Hill, message to Washington State Branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers May 2, 1936 35 1 Autograph Book, Abby Hill c. 1880 35 2 Biographical information, Sophie DeWitt Potocka and Anton Graff 1924 35 3 News clippings undated 35 4 New Testament Bible, Eulalie Hill 1923 34 5 Obituary, Abby Hill, "The News-Tribune," Tacoma June 13, 1943 35 6 Reprints, "Mt. Booker" and "Papoose" by Abby Hill undated 35 7 Tom Kress Collection on Abby Williams Hill X 1890-1926

The materials in this series were donated to the University of Puget Sound in 2014 by Tom Kress, who found them in a roll top desk at a local construction site. Kress is not related to the Hill family. This series contains three folders including two sketchbooks and a certificate for Dr. Frank Hill from the California State Homeopathic Medical Society.

 Sketchbook: Hill children 1905-1906 35 8 Sketchbook: Abby Hill 1890-1926 35 9 California State Homeopathic Medical Society certificate, Frank Hill 1901 35 10 Elizabeth Anderson Collection on Abby Williams Hill 1878-1925, undated

The materials in this series were donated to the University of Puget Sound in 2023 by Elizabeth Anderson. Anderson was the great-great-niece of Abby Williams Hill. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Hill's sister, Jeanette "Nettie" Williams. This series contains five folders of materials relating to the Hill and Williams family, including correspondence, ephemera, and photographs. Note that some of the ephemera in the Elizabeth Anderson Collection on Abby Williams Hill may also be found in the News Clippings and Bonnie Smolenski series.

 News Clippings 1889, 1923, undated 35 11 Photographs of Israel Hubbard and Rhoda Hurlbut undated 35 12 Reprints, "Mt. Booker", "One of the Little People", and "Waiting For Her Warrior" by Aby Williams Hill undated 35 13 Reprint, "Our Prize Picture" from The Washington Parent-Teacher 1924 35 14 Williams, Jeanette "Nettie" and Stella [last name unknown] letters to Abby Williams Hill 1878, 1887 35 15