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Florida Virginia Hill James Papers, 1909-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator
James, Florida Virginia Hill
Title
Florida Virginia Hill James Papers
Dates
1909-1950 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 containers., (2 linear feet of shelf space.), (820 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 41
Summary
Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of a student at the University of Oregon and the University of Southern California, 1918-1922; school teacher, 1923-1930; and rural housewife in Whitman County. Included are correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and legal and financial papers of other members of the Hill and James families.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Florida Hill, born in 1896, the daughter of a Palouse, Washington wheat farmer, lived in eastern Washington until 1917 when she and her widowed mother moved to Eugene, Oregon, where Florida enrolled as a student at the University of Oregon. In 1920 both moved to Los Angeles where Florida finished her college work at the University of Southern California and taught in the public schools of Pomona, California. About a year after her marriage to Arthur James (1929) she returned to the Palouse Country.

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Content Description

The papers consist primarily of Florida's intermittent diaries and correspondence from friends and family, which includes her letters to her sister Bess. In addition, photographs of the Hill and James families; memorabilia of the Hill Family; papers of Arthur James concerning his wartime experiences and employment as a railroad brakeman and conductor; correspondence of Marylin James, and photographs of Colfax and Palouse scenes, are included in the collection.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 41, Florida Virginia Hill James Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The papers were assembled by Florida's son, Glen James, b. 1937, who donated the material to the Washington State University Library in 1960. A further donation of Arthur J. James' papers was added to this collection in August, 1975.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Correspondence
    350 items.
    Dates: 1909-1950
    Container: Box 1

  • Series 1: Diaries

    9 items.
  • Description: Memoranda and address books.
    5 items.
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Child's autograph book
    1 item.
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Culver City, California, real estate papers
    30 items.
    Dates: 1925-1940
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Programs and announcements, commencements and weddings
    20 items.
    Dates: 1911-1935
    Container: Box 2

  • Series 2: Diaries (donated in 1974)

  • Description: Genealogy, deeds and abstracts, grade cards, bank statements, ration books and other memorabilia of the Hill and James families
    35 items.
    Dates: 1911-1945
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Employment and union papers, insurance policies, service records and other papers of Arthur James
    50 items.
    Dates: 1912-1922
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Correspondence of Marylin James
    50 items.
    Dates: 1946-1947
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Sketch scripts, poetry and essays by Florida James
    10 items.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3

  • Series 3: Photographs

    250 items.

  • Series 4: James, Arthur J. (Addition of 21 August 1975)

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Subject Terms

  • Country life -- Washington (State)--Whitman County--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • James, Florida Virginia Hill --Archives (creator)
  • James, Glen. waps (donor)

Corporate Names

  • University of Southern California--Students -- Diaries
  • University of Oregon--Students--Diaries

Family Names

  • Hill family
  • James family

Finding aid prepared by Lawrence R Stark
2012

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