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Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
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Cage
41
James, Florida Virginia Hill
Florida Virginia Hill
James Papers
1909-1950
4 containers.
2 linear feet of shelf space.
820 items.
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.
Collection materials are in
English
Trainmen's Schedule
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.
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.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage 41, Florida Virginia Hill
James Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
James, Florida Virginia Hill --Archives
James, Glen. waps
Hill family
James family
University of Oregon--Students--Diaries
University of Southern California--Students --
Diaries
Country life --
Washington (State)--Whitman County--History--Sources
Home
and Family
Photographs
Transportation
Washington (State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
Correspondence
1909-1950
350
items.
Series 1:
Diaries
9 items.
2
Colfax
1912
2
Eugene
1918
2
Los Angeles
1920
1925
2
Palouse
1935
2
fragments
1930
2
Memoranda and address
books.
5 items.
2
Child's autograph book
1 item.
2
Culver City, California, real
estate papers
1925-1940
30
items.
2
Programs and announcements,
commencements and weddings
1911-1935
20
items.
Series 2:
Diaries (donated in 1974)
2
Unknown rancher
1889-1890
2
Besse Hill, Colfax
1912
2
Florida Hill, Eugene
1919
3
Genealogy, deeds and abstracts,
grade cards, bank statements, ration books and other memorabilia of the Hill
and James families
1911-1945
35
items.
3
Employment and union papers,
insurance policies, service records and other papers of Arthur
James
1912-1922
50
items.
3
Correspondence of Marylin
James
1946-1947
50
items.
3
Sketch scripts, poetry and essays
by Florida James
undated
10
items.
Series 3:
Photographs
250
items.
4
Members of the Hill and James
families (some identified)
4
The Palouse farm and the Colfax
area
4
The Los Angeles home
4
World War I servicemen's
snapshots of Arthur James
4
Hop picking crew
1915
4
A Ku Klux Klan rally near
Colfax
1925
Series 4: James, Arthur J.
(Addition of 21 August 1975)
4
Papers
1925-1956
120
items.
4
Receipt book and miscellaneous
invoices, receipts and other papers.