William Lair Hill papers, 1833-1973.

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William Lair Hill papers, 1833-1973.

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This collection includes business, personal, and family papers of William Lair Hill, prominent lawyer, judge, and editor of the Oregonian (1872-1877). The collection contains business correspondence (outgoing and incoming) from noted persons including Henry W. Corbett, Zenas F. Moody, James W. Nesmith, Sylvester Pennoyer, and George E. Chamberlain. Additional business papers document Hill's legal practice in Oregon and California, including cases involving Indian war claims, the Oregon Central Railroad, and the Lownsdale estate. The family papers are primarily a collection of letters and memorabilia of Hill's wife, Julia Chandler Hill (1844-1932), her parents, Persis Warren Heald Chandler (1814-1906) and George Clinton Chandler (1807-1881), her children, Edward Coke Hill (1866-1961) and his wife Ella "Billie" Wilson Hill (1877-1962), Margaret Hill Smith (1877-1973), Reuben Chandler Hill, and Heald William Lair Hill. Portions of these letters offer personal accounts of early missionary experiences in the Willamette Valley. Additional genealogical materials on the Hill, Chandler, Lair, and Heald families are located in the genealogical vertical files in the library.

3 : cubic feet (3 boxes)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6819079

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Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

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James Willis Nesmith was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He arrived in Oregon in 1843 with pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman. Nesmith held several public offices, including provisional government supreme court judge, state legislator, captain in the Cayuse, Rogue River, and Yakima Indian Wars, U.S. marshall, superintendent of Indian affairs, and U.S. senator. From the description of James Willis Nesmith papers, 1845-1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)....

Hill family.

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Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928

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George Earle Chamberlain (b.1913), grandson and namesake of the former governor and senator of Oregon, son of otolaryngologist Dr. Charles Thomson Chamberlain. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1936, and an MD from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1938. Chamberlain served as captain and resident physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII. He began serving in 1941, when he was stationed in New York, N. Y.,at the New York Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary. He ...

Hill, Edward Coke.

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Hill, Reuben Chandler.

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William Laird Hill, 1838-1924

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Hill, William Lair, 1838-1924.

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Corbett, Henry W. (Henry Winslow), 1827-1903

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Reuben F. Maury (1821-1906) was Commander of the Oregon Cavalry 1st Regiment during the Civil War. From the description of Henry W. Corbett letter to Reuben F. Maury [manuscript], 1863 February 10. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 693697522 From the guide to the Henry W. Corbett letter to Reuben F. Maury, 1863 February 10, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Hill, Julia Chandler.

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Chandler, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-

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Moody, Zenas F.

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Smith, Margaret Hill.

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Hill, Ella Wilson.

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Oregon Central Railroad Company.

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Chandler, Persis Warren Heald.

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Oregonian (Firm)

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Hill, Heald William Lair.

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Pennoyer, Sylvester, 1831-1902

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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831–1902) was an attorney, businessman, and politician in Oregon. Served as Governor of Oregon from 1886 to 1895 and major of Portland from 1896 to 1898. From the guide to the Sylvester Pennoyer scrapbook, 1852-1916, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...