Papers, 1918-1969 (bulk 1952-1969).

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Papers, 1918-1969 (bulk 1952-1969).

Subject files and related correspondence for the book "The Automobile: How It Came, Grew, and Changed Our Lives" (1952-1969); the manuscript for "Famous Historians"; and 7 letters by Hill while a cadet in the U.S. Army Signal Corps (1918-1919).

.45 cubic ft. (1 box)

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969

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Frank Ernest Hill, under the auspices of Columbia University, collaborated with Allan Nevins in the 1950s on the first two volumes of a comprehensive history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. He co-authored a third volume. From the description of Frank Ernest Hill papers, 1950-1966. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 53929808 Journalist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Ernest Hill : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the...