Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 21/8/5
Hill Family
Papers, 1847-[ongoing]

Descriptive summary

creator:	Hill Family
title:	Papers
dates:	1847-[ongoing]
extent:	9.78 linear ft. (21 document boxes, 1 oversized box)
collection number:	RS 21/8/5
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Hill Family Papers, RS 21/8/5, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Jesse Billings Hill (1821-1884) and Rhoda Ann Slocum (1826-1910) settled in Minburn, Iowa, in 1866. Their children were Slocum, Elizabeth (Lizzie), Martha Jane (Jennie) (1863-1934), and Edwin Lincoln (1864-1940). Edwin eventually assumed the operation of the family homestead, where he and his wife, Jessie Cook raised their children: Edwin Howard (1908-2002), Clarence Slocum (1902-1993), and Esther (1912-1991).

Clarence took over the management of the family farm from his father. He married Mabel Stine, and they had five children: twin brothers Edwin (Ed) and Arthur (Art), Robert (Bob), Harold, and Eleanor. Clarence's brother, E. Howard Hill, served as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and was a prominent member of the agricultural community in the State of Iowa and the nation.

Members of the Hill Family that attended Iowa State University include: Clarence (class of 1924), E. Howard (class of 1930), Arthur (class of 1958), Robert (class of 1962), Harold (class of 1965), and Eleanor (class of 1967). Clarence was honored with the Iowa State Alumni Merit Award (1975) for a lifetime dedicated to service and promoting a general understanding of the farm.

Arthur passed away on June 24, 2015.

For related information on the Hill Family, see the E. Howard Hill Papers, RS 21/7/44.

Collection description

This collection (1847-[ongoing]) consists of letters of the Hill Family between parents, siblings, other family members, and family friends. Also included is an inventory of the letters between Rhoda and her son Slocum, the letters between Slocum and his siblings, and business and miscellaneous correspondence. The letters between Rhoda A. Hill and her children Slocum, Lizzie, Jennie, and Edwin discuss crops, social events, family visits, and the family's well being.

The collection also contains letters from the members of the Clarence Hill Family. Letters and a scrapbook document Clarence and his brother E. Howard Hill's trip to Europe in 1930 to visit farms, agricultural colleges, and livestock shows. Many of the other family letters include family information, Christmas cards, and photographs. In Clarence and Mabel's letters to their son Edwin there is information about Clarence being interviewed by WHO Radio farm director and broadcaster Herb Plambeck (RS 21/7/42) for a family history project. Their letters also discuss family life, retirement, and the farm. Eleanor's letters contain anecdotes about life at Iowa State University and family events. Many of the letters between Arthur and Edwin discuss college life, religion, the family farm, politics, and women's roles in a changing society. Harold's letters talk about life at Iowa State, family matters, and his plans to buy the family homestead. Edwin Hill's letters include correspondences with several close friends, including Larry Syndergaard, Ronald Mullins, and Mary Louise Slattery.

In addition to the letters, the collection includes articles and short stories written by Clarence Hill and the wills of Clarence and his wife Mabel Hill.

Organization

This collection is listed alphabetically

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
16	5	Address of Clarence Hill at the annual meeting of the Horse Association of America	1929
16	12	Articles regarding Clarence Hill	1928-1993, n.d.
16	11	Articles, essays, and short stories by Clarence Hill	1922-1987, n.d.
19	1	Aunt Martha Boyd Cook: Her Origins and Family in Nebraska and Iowa	2006
19	2	Barn at Hillburn Farm: History and Reminiscences	2003
19	3	Business Cards and Stationery Samples from Clarence Hill's Businesses	n.d.
1	9	Childhood memories of Clarence Hill	1960
16	13	Clarence Hill autobiography	1969
20	1	Clarence Hill Family Tree Information	n.d.
17	9	Clarence Hill's daily cash journal for farm	1926-1927
20	2	Clarence Hill's Iowa State University Scrapbook (65 b/w photographs)	1922-1924
22	12	Clarence Hill materials related to Dallas County Farm Bureau Meetings	1932
17	13	Class reunions	1959-1984
16	7	Essays by Arthur Hill	1955-1961
16	4	Essays, book reports, and high school diploma of Mabel Stine Hill	1926-1929
16	9	Grandpa's Half-Wit: A collection of Clarence Hill's letters to his grandchildren	1964-1983
19	4	Hillburn Farm and Farmhouse: A History	2005
1	1	Inventory of letters between Rhoda A. Hill, Slocum Hill, and family	n.d.
6	7-8	Letters: Arthur and Edy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1964-1966
6	9	Letters: Arthur and Edy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1967-1970
7	1	Letters: Arthur and Edy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1971-1980
7	2	Letters: Arthur and Edy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1982-1985
5	6	Letters: Arthur and Edwin Hill to family (1 of 3)	1954-1959
5	7	Letters: Arthur and Edwin Hill to family (2 of 3)	1954-1959
6	1	Letters: Arthur and Edwin Hill to family (3 of 3)	1954-1959
7	5	Letters: Arthur Hill and Clarence Hill	1986-1996
7	6	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1956-1965
7	7	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1966-1971
7	8	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1972-1973
7	9	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1974-1978
7	10	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1981-1987
7	11	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1988-1998
7	12	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	1999-2002
8	1	Letters: Arthur Hill and Edwin Hill	2003-2005
3	1	Letters: Arthur Hill to Edwin Hill	1959-1965
3	2	Letters: Arthur Hill to Edwin Hill	1965-1970
3	3	Letters: Arthur Hill to Edwin Hill	1971-1975
3	4	Letters: Arthur Hill to Edwin Hill	1976-1980
6	5	Letters: Arthur Hill to family	1960
6	6	Letters: Arthur Hill to family	1961-1963
7	4	Letters: Arthur Hill to Mabel Hill	1993-1995
5	4	Letters: Arthur Stine (Mabel Hill's father) and Mabel Hill; Arthur Stine funeral program; Mabel Stine wedding invitation	1954-1960
13	3	Letters: Bill Waymack to Clarence Hill	1958-1959
12	2-3	Letters: Bob and Sue Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1956-1966
12	4	Letters: Bob and Sue Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1967-1968
12	5	Letters: Bob and Sue Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1969-1971
12	6	Letters: Bob and Sue Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1972-1975
12	7	Letters: Bob and Sue Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1976-1978
13	1	Letters: Bob and Sue Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1979-1996
9	6	Letters: Bob Hill and Edwin Hill	1960-1995
9	7	Letters: Bob Hill and Edwin Hill	1996-2006
2	3	Letters: Bob Hill to Edwin Hill	1970-1979
2	2	Letters: Bob Hill to Edwin Hill, Arthur Hill, and family	1960-1969
1	4	Letters: Business correspondence to Slocum Hill	1884-1911
7	3	Letters: Clarence and Mabel Hill to Arthur and Edie Hill	1966-1978
1	10	Letters: Clarence and Mabel Hill to son Edwin Hill	1960-1969
1	11	Letters: Clarence and Mabel Hill to son Edwin Hill	1970-1974
2	1	Letters: Clarence and Mabel Hill to son Edwin Hill	1975-1980
9	5	Letters: Clarence and Mabel Hill to son Edwin Hill	1990-1995
5	2-3	Letters: Clarence Hill and E. Howard Hill to parents during trip to Europe; includes letters of introduction from Iowa State faculty	1930
4	10	Letters: Clarence Hill and family	1922-1929
17	14	Letters: Clarence Hill and W. A. Cook	1910-1919
4	7	Letters: Clarence Hill and W. A. Cook; includes W. A. Cook's obituary	1920-1925
4	8	Letters: Clarence Hill to Aunt Jennie	1922-1924
13	2	Letters: Clarence Hill to Bob and Sue Hill	1964-1991
9	4	Letters: Clarence Hill to Edwin and Nancy Hill	1982-1989
17	4	Letters: Clarence Hill to Edwin Hill	1958-1988
9	3	Letters: Clarence Hill to Edwin Hill	1967-1980
11	5	Letters: Clarence Hill to Eleanor Goers	1963-1977, n.d.
4	9	Letters: Clarence Hill to friends	1923-1925
11	6	Letters: Clarence Hill to Harold Hill	1960-1992
5	5	Letters: Clarence Hill to Harold, Bob, Edwin, and Arthur Hill	1959-1963
13	4	Letters: Clarence Hill to others regarding farming, church, and family	1951-1952
22	7-8	Letters: Clarence Hill with friends and family	1932-1937
21	10-11	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding personal and business matters	1926
21	12-15	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding personal and business matters	1927
22	1-3	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding personal and business matters	1928
4	1-2	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding business matters	1929
4	5	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding business matters	1931
4	3-4	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding business matters; also includes receipts and newspaper ads	1930
22	4-6	Letters: Clarence Hill with others regarding business matters	1932-1936
17	8	Letters: Clarence Hill, E. Howard Hill, and Esther Hill regarding the family farm and Clarence Hill's tenancy	1951-1969
1	8	Letters: Cousins and other relatives to Rhoda Hill and her children	1887-1912
17	3	Letters: Dr. Judson McGehee to Edwin Hill	1964-1969
8	8	Letters: Edwin and Nancy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1974-1978
9	1	Letters: Edwin and Nancy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1979-1984
9	2	Letters: Edwin and Nancy Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1985-1996
9	8	Letters: Edwin Hill and Eleanor Hill Goers	1981-1991
9	9	Letters: Edwin Hill and Eleanor Hill Goers	1992-2003
10	1	Letters: Edwin Hill and Eleanor Hill Goers	2004-2005
8	2	Letters: Edwin Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1956-1957
17	5-6	Letters: Edwin Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1959-1962
8	3-4	Letters: Edwin Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1962-1966
8	5	Letters: Edwin Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1967-1968
8	6	Letters: Edwin Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1969-1971
8	7	Letters: Edwin Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1972-1974
19	5	Letters: Edwin Hill to Harold and Carol Hill	1988-1990
17	1-2	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins	1958-1960
13	9-10	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins	1961
14	2-3	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins	1963
14	4	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins	1964
14	5	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins	1965-1975
13	11	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins (1 of 2)	1962
14	1	Letters: Edwin Hill to Ronald Mullins (2 of 2)	1962
19	6	Letters: Edwin L. Hill from J. B. Slocum	1923
19	7	Letters: Edwin L. Hill from John Wallace	1927
22	9	Letters: Edwin L. Hill to A. M. Slocum	1932-1935
1	5	Letters: Edwin, Jennie, Lizzie, Grace Hill to Slocum Hill	1884-1910
10	9	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill (1 of 2)	1973-1974
10	4	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1963-1966
10	5-6	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1967-1969
10	7-8	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1970-1972
11	2	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1977-1979
11	3-4	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1980-1999
11	1	Letters: Eleanor and Dick Goers to Clarence and Mabel Hill (2 of 2)	1973-1974
2	4	Letters: Eleanor Goers to Edwin Hill	1962-1969
2	5	Letters: Eleanor Goers to Edwin Hill	1970-1980
22	10	Letters: Family members	1936
6	2	Letters: Family to Arthur and Edwin Hill	1954-1958
6	3	Letters: Family to Arthur and Edwin Hill	1959-1960
6	4	Letters: Family to Arthur and Edwin Hill	1961-1965
11	7-8	Letters: Harold and Carol Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1960-1966
12	1	Letters: Harold and Carol Hill to Clarence and Mabel Hill	1967-1987
10	2	Letters: Harold Hill and Edwin Hill	1982-2004
10	3	Letters: Harold Hill and Edwin Hill	2005-2007
3	5	Letters: Harold Hill to Edwin Hill	1960-1963
3	6	Letters: Harold Hill to Edwin Hill	1964-1969
3	7	Letters: Harold Hill to Edwin Hill	1970-1980
19	8	Letters: Hill Family to Susie Hill	1902-1936
13	5	Letters: Larry Lorenz to Edwin Hill	1961-1969
14	8-9	Letters: Larry Syndergaard to Edwin Hill	1957-1968
14	10	Letters: Larry Syndergaard to Edwin Hill	1969-2006
15	1	Letters: Mary Louise Slattery to Edwin Hill	1963-1965
15	2-3	Letters: Mary Louise Slattery to Edwin Hill	1966-1982
15	4	Letters: Mary Louise Slattery to Edwin Hill	1983-1993
13	6	Letters: Members of Hill family to the entire family	1972-1992
13	8	Letters: Ray Campbell to Edwin Hill	1968-1972
17	7	Letters: Rhoda Hill (includes some writings)	1847-1910
1	7	Letters: Rhoda Hill to children	n.d.
1	2	Letters: Rhoda Hill to Slocum Hill	1884-1890
1	3	Letters: Rhoda Hill to Slocum Hill	1890-1904
14	6	Letters: Ronald Mullins to Edwin Hill	1984-1993
14	7	Letters: Ronald Mullins to Edwin Hill	1994-2007
1	6	Letters: Slocum Hill to siblings	1879
13	7	Letters: William and Glenda Patton to Edwin Hill	1962-1970
17	12	Living will and funeral wishes, funeral arrangements, obituaries, private property division of Clarence and Mabel Hill	1983-1999
4	6	Mabel Stine and Clarence Hill family tree information	1902-1999
19	9	Mabel Stine Hill Public School Diploma and High School Commencement Memories	1922-1926
19	11	Memorial Record of Martha Jane "Jennie" Hill	1934
19	10	Memorial Records for Edwin L. Hill and Slocum Hill	1940-1941
20	4	Middle Iowa Bulletin (Article by A. M. Stine)	1924
20	3	Minburn Methodist Church: Lists of Sponsors and Programs	1878-1950
20	5	Newspaper Clippings	1907-2008, n.d.
16	10	Newspaper Clippings	1924-1996, n.d.
19	12	Notebooks Belonging to Edwin L. Hill, Lizzie Hill, and Jennie Hill	1917-1927
5	1	Passport, passenger list, and diary of Clarence Hill	1930
16	2	Photographs: Clarence Hill and surface silos (11- 5x7" b/w, 14- 8x10" b/w, 1- 5x9" b/w, and 1- 3.5x4.5" b/w photographs)	1940-1950 ca.
19	18	Photographs: Clarence Hill and family (39- 5x7" b/w, 1- 8x10" b/w photographs)	1991
20	6	Photographs: Clarence Hill and family (22- 3.5x5" b/w photographs)	1992
19	17	Photographs: Jesse Billings Hill family and descendents (1- 3.5x5" b/w, 22- 5x7" b/w, 11- 8x10" b/w photographs)	1860 ca.-1935
15	7	Photographs: Hill and Stine families (19- 8x10" b/w, 2-8x10" color, 7- 5x7" b/w, and 1- 4x6" b/w photographs) (1 of 2)	1884-2001, n.d.
16	1	Photographs: Hill and Stine families (3- 5x7" b/w, 2- 5x7" color, 20- 4x4" b/w, 8- 3.5x5" b/w, 6- 2.5x3.5" b/w, 3-2.5x3.5" color, 12- 3.5x5" color, 2- 4x6" color, 4- 3.5x7" color, and 1- 4x5" b/w photographs) (2 of 2)	1884-2001, n.d.
19	19	Photographs: Hill family members (1- 2x3" b/w, 5- 3x4" b/w, 1- 5x7" b/w photographs)	1946, n.d.
20	6	Photographs: Hill family members and family homes (27- 5x7" b/w, 19- 8x10" b/w, 2- 4x6" b/w)	1876-1976, n.d.
20	7	Photographs: Hill family residences (39- 5x7" b/w, 8- 8x10" b/w photographs)	1884-1990
16	3	Photographs: Hill family taken for publication of Clarence Hill's "How to Raise a Boy" article in Farm Journal (9- 8x10" b/w photographs)	1952
18	1	Photographs: Hill Salvage (19- 2x3" b/w photographs)	n.d.
15	6	Photographs: Horses seen while on trip to Europe (16-3x5" b/w photographs)	1930
15	5	Photographs: Included in letters from family friends (6-3.5x4.5" b/w, 1- 3.5x3.5" b/w, 3- 3.5x5" color, 1- 3.5x5" b/w, 6- 4x6" color, 1- 3.5x7" color, and 1- 4x8" color photographs)	1961-2004
21	3	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa (6- 3x5" b/w, 1- 5x7" b/w, 1- 8x10" b/w photographs)	1909-1915, n.d.
21	4	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa (13- 3.5x5" color photographs)	1983
21	5	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa (12- 5x7" b/w photographs)	1994-1999
21	6	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa (8- 5x7" b/w photographs)	2003-2008
21	7	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa, Fourth of July Parade (43- 5x7" b/w photographs)	1999
21	8	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa, Methodist church (28- 5x7" b/w, 2- 8x10" b/w photographs)	1877 ca.-2008
21	9	Photographs: Minburn, Iowa, Myers Cemetery, Kimrey Cemetery, Voas Wildlife Refuge (30- 5x7" b/w photographs)	1996
21	1	Photographs: Slocum family (8- 5x7" b/w photographs)	1860-1870 ca.
21	2	Photographs: Stine family (8- 5x7" b/w photographs)	1900-1950 ca.
19	13	Poetry by Clarence Hill	1917
17	10	Receipts and records	1935
16	6	Report cards of Arthur Hill	1942-1954
18	1	Scrapbook: Clarence and E. Howard Hill's trip to Europe (545- 3x4.5" b/w photographs)	1930
18	2	Scrapbook: Loose photographs from trip to Europe (6-3x4.5" b/w photographs)	1930
19	14	Story of Cousins Susie, Sadie, and Dan Hill	2005
16	8	"Uncle Nick" quotes for Nixon & Company (possibly authored by Clarence Hill)	1959
19	15	Wallet made by Rollings Hill	n.d.
16	14	War ration book for Hill children	n.d.
19	16	Will of Peter Hill (Photocopy)	1770
17	11	Wills of Clarence and Mabel Hill and papers relating to sale of their farm to their son Harold Hill	1943-1976
22	11	Writings by Clarence Hill	n.d.