Joseph W. Hill, long-time headmaster of the Bishop Scott Academy, founded the Hill Military School and served as its first headmaster until his retirement in the early 1920s.
Collection includes: Correspondence, receipts and records regarding the Bishop Scott Academy, 1896; Correspondence, receipts, ephemera, and miscellaneous records pertaining to the Hill Military Academy, 1901-1941, including the school's participation in several Portland area parades; Correspondence with President Taft and Helen Taft, 1910-1914; Correspondence with the Department of Justice, 1910-1913, regarding pardon requests for Charles A. Straus, William F. Kittenbach and George Kester.
The collection is open to the public.
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Joseph W. Hill Papers, Mss 827, Oregon Historical Society.
Additional records of the Hill Military Academy can be found in Mss 81, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.