Hill and Grosvenor family papers, 1860-1952.

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Hill and Grosvenor family papers, 1860-1952.

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Primarily family correspondence, especially love letters between Olivia Polk Hill and Charles Niles Grosvenor, 1874-1885; Phoebe Olivia Grosvenor and Marion G. Evans and other suitors, 1908-1919; and Phoebe Airey Evans and Jack Petree, 1940-1942. Also included are letters, 1890- 1891, from Frank F. Hill about life at the University of the South, where he was in school; a letter, 1890, from Hamlin Garland; letters reflecting on life in El Paso, Tex., 1897-1902; and letters from students at Georgia Tech and Washington and Lee University, ca. 1908-1910. Other papers include financial and legal materials of the Hill and Grosvenor families; poems and other writings; four diary volumes, 1892-1915, of Mary Martin Hill (1835-1922) dealing with family and personal news in Memphis and other locations; items relating to social life in Memphis, Tenn., 1895- 1940; material relating to Army Air Force training during World War II; and maps, 1897-1899, of mines in Chihuahua, Mexico.

ca. 8000 items (8.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7149185

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

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Evans, Phoebe Airey.

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Evans, Marion G.

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The Hill and Grosvenor families of Memphis, Tenn., were joined by the marriage of Olivia Polk Hill (1861-1934) and Charles Niles Grosvenor (1850-1931) in 1885. The couple had three children: Phoebe Olivia (1886-1963), Charles Niles, Jr. (1890-1930), and Napoleon Hill (1888-1968). Letters between Olivia and Charles Grosvenor and their children...C. N., Jr. "Niles" in Staunton, and, beginning in fall 1908, at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia....

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Jack Petree, WWU alumni; BA (1970) Western Washington State College. From the description of Jack Petree collection, 1979-[ongoing] (Western Washington University). WorldCat record id: 54355142 ...

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Georgia institute of technology

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