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1 No online items Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA Phone: (650) URL: The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Special Collections M0212 1

2 Collection number: M0212 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA Phone: (650) URL: Processed by: Special Collections staff Date Completed: 1971 Sept The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Frank Ernest Hill Collection, Date (inclusive): Collection number: Special Collections M0212 Creator: Hill, Frank Ernest, Extent: 1.5 linear ft. Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Language: English. Access Restrictions None. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Provenance Gift of Mrs. Frank Ernest Hill, 1970 and Preferred Citation: [Identification of item] Frank Ernest Hill Collection, M0212, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical Note Frank Ernest Hill, son of photographer Andrew Putnam Hill ( ), born 29 August 1888 in San Jose, California, was a newspaperman, college professor, aviator, poet, and author. He received his A.B. (1911) and A.M. (1914) from Stanford University in English literature. His began his career as a poet, but later turned to expository prose and toward the end of his life wrote industrial history. He died 2 November Scope and Content Collection includes typescripts, with some corrections in pencil ("Geoffrey Chaucer," WINGED HORSE ANTHOLOGY revision, FATHER WAS PRESIDENT, and unpublished poems), correspondence dating chiefly from the 1960's and pertaining to negotiations for the publication of articles and books, and miscellaneous unpublished works by Hill. Also includes biographical material, diplomas, photographs, and illustrations. There is one folder of correspondence from Andrew Putnam Special Collections M0212 2

3 Hill and his wife Florence to their son Frank, Box 1, Folder 1 Geoffrey Chaucer, unpublished and unused radio script dating from the 1940's Box 1, Folder 2 TLS - Margaret Lesser to FEH, 6/23/47 TLS - Margaret Lesser to FEH, 3/29/49 plus possible additions for new edition (discussed in letters but never published) of Winged Horse Anthology Box 1, Folder 3 TLS - Edward T. James to FEH, 2/27/64 T copy FEH to ETJ, 2/10/64 copy of directions for contributors to Supplement 3 of the Dictionary of American Biography T copy, FEH to ETJ, 2/13/64 T copy, FEH to Owen (Ford Motor Co.), 9/22/64 TLC, Owen to FEH, 9/25/64 T copy, FEH to Owen, 9/28/64 A copy, n.d.feh to ETJ T copy, FEH to ETJ, 10/3/64 TLS, ETJ to FEH, 10/30/64 T copy, FEH to ETJ, 11/2/64 T copy (incomplete) of Edsel Ford article T copy of Henry Ford Article with A notes and rough draft A notes-outline for Henry Ford Article A draft for bibliography T copy of 11/64 article version, uncorrected T copy, FEH to ETJ, 11/19/64 TLS, ETJ to FEH, 12/4/64 T copy, FEH to ETJ, 12/7/64 These all deal with negotiations for FEH to write the Henry and Edsel Ford articles for the third supplement of the Dictionary of American Biography Box 1, Folder 4 TLS, Harold A. Basilius to FEH, 5/19/64 T copy, FEH to David McKay and Co., 5/19/64 T copy, FEH to HAB. 5/21/64 TLS, Edward E. Mills to FEH, 5/26/64 TLS, HAB to FEH, 5/27/64 T copy, FEH to HAB, 6/2/64 T copy, FEH to EEM, 6/9/64 TLS, EEM to FEH, 6/12/64 T copy, FEH to HAB, 6/16/64 T copy, FEH to EEM, 6/19/64 TLS, EEM to FEH, 6/18/64 T copy, FEH to EEM, 6/22/64 T copy - introduction to reissue of Chaucer TLS, EEM to FEH, 7/1/64 T copy, FEH to EEM, 7/2/64 TLS, HAB to FEH, 7/13/64 T copy of letter and agreement, EEM to FEH, 7/16/64 T copy, FEH to EEM, 7/28/64 TLS, EEM to FEH, 7/29/64 Wayne State University Press Board of Advisors Newsletter, Vol. VIII (1965)No. 1. T copy, FEH to HAB, 2/1/65 TLS, EEM to FEH, 2/7/65 T copy, FEH to EEM, 2/8/67 T copy, FEH to EEM, 2/12/67 TLS, EEM to FEH, 4/4/67 T copy FEH to EEM, 4/13/67with history of Chaucer translation Special Collections M0212 3

4 TLS, EEM to FEH, 4/14/67 T copy, FEH to EEM, 4/15/67 TLS, EEM to FEH, 4/18/67 T copy, Mrs. FEH to EEM copies of some comments on the Chaucer Translation, copy of review of book in New York Times, 1935 Box 1, Folder 5 unpublished poems ( )to his wife, 25 Box 1, Folder 6 copy of TLS, Vincent P. Carosso to Mrs. FEH, 4/2/71 A. promotional material and T final draft to introduction of Father Was President by FEH and VPC Box 1, Folder 7 Chap. 1, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 8 Chap. 2, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 9 Chap. 3, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 10 Chap. 4, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 11 Chap. 5, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 12 Chap. 7, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 13 Chap. 8, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 14 Chap. 9, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 15 Chap. 10, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 16 Chap. 11, in note form Box 1, Folder 17 Chap. 11, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 18 Chap. 12, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 19 Chap. 13, Father Was President Box 1, Folder 20 Miscellaneous - list of books on historians New York Times obituary copy of review of book, What is American? by FEH in New York Herald Tribune, 1933 Note 1/4/72 ADDITION TO OVERSIZE - ILLUSTRATION FOR CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES, [7th] EDITION, ARTIST Box 1, Folder 21 Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence, ,mostly from Andrew P. Hill to Florence Hill to Frank and Elsa Hill 1. TLS, 5/12/26Stephen T. Mather to Hill with enclosed copy of TL 5/11/26James McCormick to Mather Note SEE BACK FOR ADDITIONS 2. TLS copy, 2/5/62Hill to Manhattan Traffic Court 3. TLS copy, 2/23/62Robert [cocoalt] to Hill re: gift to Columbia University of Letters and correspondence of Sarah Sumner Broughton ( ) with copy of perspective on Broughton by Hill. 4. TL copy, 4/4/63Hill to Bruce [Bliven] 5. TLS, 4/9/63Lawrence H. Chamberlain to Hill 6. TL copy, 4/18/63Hill to Davis F. Pritchett 7. TLS, 5/10/63Allan Nevins to Hill re: who to write comment on Ford Overseas by Hill 8. TLS, 6/25/63Allan Nevins to Hill re: 3rd volume of Ford history 9. TLS, 7/26/63Fred K. Weyerhaeuser to Hill re: Hill's history of Weyerhaeuser Company 10. TPCS, 8/13/63Bruce [Bliven] to Hill 11. TLS, 8/14/63William D. Boutwell to Hill 12. TLS, 12/30/63Earl J. Pallasch to whom this will concern (Hill) 13. TLS, 1/7/64Lawrence H. Chamberlain to Hill 14. TL copy, 1/30/64Hill to Ralph [W. Hidy?] re: The New World of Wood and Father Was President 15. TL copy, 2/12/64Hill to Allan [Nevins] 16. TLS, 2/13/64Allan Nevins to Hill 17. TLS, 2/14/64Ralph W. Hidy to Hill re: Timber and Men Special Collections M0212 4

5 18. TL copy, 2/17/64Hill to Allan [Nevins] re: work on Father Was President and The New World of Wood, and The Fabulous Forest 19. TL copy, 2/17/64Hill to Ralph [W. Hidy] 20. TLS, 3/2/64Allan Nevins to Hill 21. TL copy, 3/5/64[Hill] to Allan[Nevins] re: American Business Abroad, New World of Wood, Father Was President 22. TLS, 4/5/64Allan Nevins to Hill re: proposed book on James Truslow Adams 23. TL copy, 4/7/64Hill to Allan [Nevins] 24. TLS, 4/13/64Allan Nevins to Hill re: James Truslow Adams letters 25. TL copy, 4/15/64Hill to Nevins re: J. T. Adams letters 26. TLS, 4/22/64Nevins to Hill re: J. T. Adams letters 27. TL copy, 4/27/64Hill to Nevins re: J. T. Adams letters 28. TLS, 5/4/64Nevins to Hill re: J. T. Adams letters 29. TLS copy, 5/7/64Hill to Nevins re: J. T. Adams letters 30. TLS copy, 5/8/64Hill to Nevins re: J. T. Adams letters 31. TL copy, 5/8/64Hill to Nevins re: J. T. Adams letters 32. TLS, 5/11/64Nevins to Hill re: J. T. Adams Letters 33. TLS, 5/11/64Nevins to Hill 34. TL copy, 5/14/64Hill to Nevins re: J. T. Adams papers and books 35. TLS copy, 5/18/64Hill to Russ[ell Hill] 36. TLS copy, 6/2/64Hill to Nevins 37. TL copy, 6/18/64Nevins to Dr. Jacques Barzun (provost of Columbia University 38. TL copy, 6/23/64Hill to Nevins 39. TL copy, 7/11/64Hill to Nevins re: Chaucer and possible teenage book on famous historians. 40. TLS. 7/13/64Harold A. Basilius to Hill re: requesting Hill's opinion on Louis Marshall and the Defense of Jewish Rights in the U.S. 41. TLS, 7/14/64Stanley Salmen to Hill 42. TL copy, 7/15/64Hill to Stanley Salmen 43. TL copy, 7/29/64Hill to Harold A. Basilius re: Hill's comments on Louis Marshall and the Defense etc. 44. TLS, 7/30/64David J. Innis to Hill 45. TLS, 8/6/64Harold A. Basilius to Hill 46. TL copy, 8/17/64Hill to Justin [Miller] re: Chaucer, Famous Historians, relatives 46.a 8/27/64ALS [UNK] to [UNK] [UNK] 47. ALS, 8/29/64Justin Miller to Hill 48. TL copy, 8/31/64Hill to Nevins re: Famous Historians 49. TLS, 9/3/64Marilyn Abel to Hill re: submitting American Business Abroad for Pulitzer Prize 50. TL copy, 12/1/64Hill to Allen and Mary Nevins re: Chaucer, Ford, current politics 51. TLS, 12/9/64Nevins to Hill re: references to Masefield, T. S. Eliot, Sandburg 52. TLS copy, 12/15/64Hill to Nevins re: 1 volume Ford history, Famous Historians 53. TLS copy, 12/17/64Hill to Russ[ell Hill] 54. TLS copy, 1/24/65Hill to Lyndon Baines Johnson 55. TL copy, 1/26/65Hill to Mary and Allan Nevins 56. TL copy, [1/65?]Hill to Allan and Mary Nevins 57. TL copy, 2/7/65Hill to Allan [Nevins] 58. TLS, 2/10/65Douglas Cater to Hill 59. TL copy, 3/31/65Hill to Allan Nevins re: single columer Ford history and Famous Historians 60. TL copy, [5/65?]Hill to Allan and Mary Nevins 61. TL copy, 5/3/65Hill to Russ[ell Hill] 62. TL copy, 6/6/65Hill to Anabel 63. TL copy, 6/27/65Hill to Russ[ell Hill] 64. ALS, 7/11/65A[llan] N[evins] to Hill 65. TLS, 8/14/65Allan [Nevins] to Frank and Ruth Hill 66. TL copy, 9/2/65Hill to Anabel [Hill] Special Collections M0212 5

6 Box 2, Folder TLS, 9/4/65Bruce Bliven to Hill 68. TLS copy, 9/4/65Hill to Editor, The Listener re: politics 69. TLS, 9/9/65Allan Nevins to Hill 70. 9/12/65,TLS copy, Hill to Anabel [Hill] 71. TL copy, 11/4/65Hill to Kay and Russ[ell] [Hill] 72. TLS copy, 11/12/65Frank Ernest Hill to Frank E. Hill re: package Hill received intended for a different Frank E. Hill of Baltimore, Maryland 73. TLS, 12/6/65Nevins to Hill 74. APS, 1/66Barbara Tuch[man?] to Hill 74.a 1/24/66TLS [UNK] to [UNK] 75. TL copy, 1/24/66Hill to Allan and Mary Nevins re: automobile book 76. TLS copy, 2/15/66Hill to Allan Nevins 77. TLS, 2/15/66Seth M. Agnew to Hill 78. TLS, [1966?]Ruth [Hill] to Frank [Hill] 79. TLS copy, 2/26/66Hill to Miller 80. TLS, 4/24/66Russell [Hill] to Hill 81. TLS, 4/24/66Allan Nevins to Hill re: Famous Historians 82. TLS, 1/10/67Nevins to Hill 83. TLS, 1/23/67Nevins to Hill 84. TLS, 1/24/67Barbara Kraft to Hill 85. TL copy, 2/26/67Hill to Val May 86. TLS, 3/19/67Russell [Hill] to Ruth and Frank Hill 87. TL copy, 1/67 or 5/67Hill to Allan [Nevins] 88. TL copy, 4/14/67Hill to Herbert Baldwin 89. TL copy, 4/24/67Hill to Nevins 90. TL copy, 5/2/67Hill to Russ[ell Hill] 91. TLS copy, 8/21/67Hill to William D. Hart re: The Automobile, etc. 1. ALS, 1/17/68Mrs. Leland to Hill 2. TL copy, 1/25/68Hill to The Librarian, Library of the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, N. Y. Physical Description: (2 copies) 3. TL copy, 2/15/68Hill to The Librarian, Library of the Performin Arts, Lincoln Center, N. Y. 4. TLS 2/17/68Bernard A Weisberger to Hill 5. TLS. 2/20/68Thor E. Wood (Library of the Performing Arts) to Hill 6. TL copy, 2/24/68Hill to Thor E. Wood re: radio scripts 7. TLS, 3/3/68E. B. Long to Hill re: book on sons of Presidents 8. TLS, 3/5/68Jeanne M. Walsh to Hill 9. TL copy, 3/7/68Hill to E. B. Long 10. TLS 3/29/68Louis [Starr] to Hill with enclosed copy, TLS, Erik Barnouw to Paula Barrett 11. TL copy, 4/8/68Hill to Mary and Allan Nevins 12. TLS, 8/27/68Allan Nevins to Hill 13. TL copy, 9/29/68Hill to Grandson Alan with enclosed 2 copies of 8 page typed essay on Types of Writing and Materials for it - advice and biographical information 14. TL copy, 10/2/68Hill to Russell [Hill] 15. TLS, 10/28/68Alan [Hill] to Hill 16. TL copy, [10-11/68?]Hill to grandson Alan: comments on story by Alan 17. TLS, 11/2/68Alan to Hill 18. TLS copy, 11/7/68Hill to Russell [Hill] 19. ALS, 11/8/68Alan Hill to Granddad and Aunt Ruth Hill 20. TL copy, 11/16/68Hill to Mary and Allan Nevins re: sons of Presidents book 21. TLS 11/21/68Louis Starr to Hill 22. TL copy, 11/27/68Hill to Louis Starr 23. TL copy, 12/11/68Hill to Alan 24. ALS, [12/68?]Allan [Nevins] to Hill Special Collections M0212 6

7 25. ALS, 12/15/68Mary [Nevins] to Ruth and Frank Hill 26. ALS, 12/25/[68?]Mary [Nevins] to Ruth and Frank Hill 27. TLS, 12/25/68Allan Nevins to Ruth and Frank Hill 28. TL copy, Hill to Harry Emerson Fosdick re: Blacks and education--civil rights, 12/28/ TLS, [12/68]Harry Emerson Fosdick to Hill 30. TLS, 1/5/69Allan Nevins to Frank and Ruth Hill re: The Ordeal 31. TL copy, 1/8/69Hill to Mary and Allen Nevins 32. AL, 3/[8]/69[Allen Nevins] to Frank and Ruth Hill with cover 33. 3/4/69,ALS Alan Hill to Hill 34. TL copy, 3/14/69Hill to Allen [Nevins] re: politics and Father Was President 35. ALS, 3/15/69Robert Duffus to Hill re: politics, Jason Goose; on verso, ALS from Leah Louise Duffus to Hill 36. TLS, 3/22/69Russell Hill to Ruth Hill 37. TLS, 3/27/69Andy [Andrew P. Hill - Hill's brother] to Ruth and Frank Hill with enclosed biographical note on Cornelia Barth Hill, deceased wife of Andrew 38. TL copy, 4/5/69Hill to Andy [Andrew P. Hill] 39. TL copy, 4/6/69,Hill to Kay and Russell [Hill] 40. ALS, [5-8/69?][Birdella Hill?], daughter of Andrew P. Hill to Ruth and Frank Hill 41. TLS, 4/18/69Hill to Leah-Louise and Robert [Duffus] 42. TLS, 4/20/69Allan Nevins to Frank and Ruth Hill with postscript by Mary Nevins 43. TLS, 5/21/69Allan Nevins to Hill 44. ALS, [4-5/69]Rachel Hill [granddaughter of F. Hill] to Hill 45. ACS, [6/3/69]Rachel to Hill 46. TLS, 6/4/69Allan Nevins to Hill 47. ALS, [6-7/69]Rachel Hill to Hill 48. TL copy, 7/2/69Hill to Andy [Hill] re: Father Was President 49. TLS, 7/2/69[Mrs. C. Gillard[to Hill 50. ALS, 7/8/69[Harry] A. Hamilton to Hill 51. TL copy, 7/10/69Hill to Victoria L. Schact 52. TLc opy, 7/11/69Hill to Mary and Allan Nevins re: N. Y. politics 53. ALS, 7/14/69Shirley Sargent to Hill 54. ALS, 7/20/69Mary [Nevins] to Ruth and Frank Hill 55. ALS, 7/29/[69]Mary [Nevins] to Ruth and Frank Hill 56. TLS, 8/1/69Allan Nevins to Hill with enclosed copy, TL, 8/1/69Nevins to Warren A. Peters 57. TL copy, 8/1/69Allan Nevins to Charles T. Duncan 58. TL copy, 8/5/69Hill to Allan and Mary Nevins re: Father Was President 59. TLS, 8/5/69Allan Nevins to Hill and William Q. Maxwell 60. ACS, 8/8/69Owen and Georgia [] to Ruth and Frank Hill 61. ALS, 8/19/[69]Mary [Nevins] to Ruth and Frank Hill 62. ALS, 9/2/[69]Mary [Nevins] to Ruth and Frank Hill 63. TLS, 9/3/69Allan Nevins to Hill 64. TL copy, 9/4/69Hill to American Academy of Pplitical and Social Science 65. TLS copy, 9/6/69Hill to Allan Nevins 66. TLS and copy, 9/11/69Hill to Robert Duffus re: politics 67. TLS, 9/24/69Philip Hill [grandson] to Hill 68. TL copy, 9/24/69Hill to Mary and Allan Nevins 69. TLS, 9/25/69Allan Nevins to Hill 70. TLS copy, 9/27/69HILL to Mary and Allan Nevins 71. ALS [9/69]Bridella [] to Ruth and Frank Hill 72. TL copy, 10/2/69Hill to Philip [Hill] 73. TLS copy, 10/17/69Gary L. Shumway to Hill with questionnaire on Oral History Projects in U. S. 74. TLS copy, 10/20/69Hill to Gary L. Shumway 75. TLS, 10/27/69Allan Nevins to Frank and Ruth Hill 76. TLS, 10/29/69Andy [Hill] to Ruth and Frank Hill Special Collections M0212 7

8 Box 2, Folder ALS, 11/4/69Louis Starr to Ruth Hill - condolences 78. TLS, 11/7/69Henry Ford Jr. to Ruth Hill - condolences with cover 79. ALS, n.d. [7/7/?][Mary Duclous or Mary F. Robinson?] to Hill 1. ALS Xerox, 12/26/60Hill to Mrs. Horace Laughlin (Birdella) 2. ALS Xerox, 12/18/63Hill to Birdella 3. ALS Xerox, 1/6/64Hill to Birdella 4. ALS Xerox, 1/8/64Hill to Birdella 5. TLS Xerox with A. diagram and A. postscript, 1/22/64Hill to Birdella 6. ALS Xerox, 9/20/64Hill to Birdella 7. TLS Xerox, 10/11/66Hill to Birdella 8. TLS Xerox, 1/31/67Hill to Birdella 9. TLS Xerox, 2/12/69Hill to Birdella 10. TLS Xerox, 2/12/69Hill to Andrew P. Hill 11. ALS Xerox, 8/29/69Hill to Birdella 12. ALS 10/16/69Hill to Birdella (Xerox) Scope and Content Note These letters deal mostly with Frank Hill's personal life, his work and his daily activities. Box 2, Folder 4 1. Carbon - jacket notes on Frank Ernest Hill, probably to accompany three volume work on Ford Motor Company 2. Biographical-A Note on My Family and My Own Early Work as a Writer by FEH explanation by [UNK] [UNK] [UNK] 3. Notes concerning the five pages entitled Biographical, by Mrs. Horace Laughlin 4. Obituary in New York Times - Frank Ernest Hill Note See [UNK] [UNK] [UNK] Box 2, Folder 5 1. Diploma of Graduation - Leland Stanford Junior University, B.A. 5/22/11 2. Diploma of Graduation - Leland Stanford Junior University, M.A. 5/18/14 Box 2, Folder 6 Early Poems - typed and autographed with typed carbon copy Box 2, Folder 7 Poems, ,autograph manuscript copy with illustrations by Frank Ernest Hill Box 2, Folder 8 Poems, with illustrations by Frank Ernest Hill and typed carbon copy Box 2, Folder 9 1. Debate delivered by Frank Ernest Hill, n.d. 2. The Fantasy of the Navigators and the Sea God (2) 3. Zoroaster - A Poem 4. Phi Beta Kappa Address - The Saving Fire, a poem by Frank Ernest Hill 5. Go thy way and I go mine... manuscript copy of poem by Frank Ernest Hill 6. The California Redwood Park by Frank Ernest and Florence W. Hill 7. The California Redwood - poem by F. A. Nattinger 8. The Poet Faces the Machine Age, lecture by Frank Ernest Hill 9. The School in the Camps by Frank Ernest Hill 10. Famous Belgians - Guido Gazelle, Poet of Flanders, radio script by Frank Ernest Hill (2) Box 3, Folder 10 Illustrations for Stone Dust Box 3, Folder 11 Miscellaneous post cards, catalogues and newspaper articles not by Frank Ernest Hill, map Box 3, Folder 12 2 copies, honorable discharge from service 2 copies - Army drawing class Box 2, Folder 9 11 Student [UNK] at the [UNK] (2) [UNK] 13 [UNK] [UNK] - a [UNK] [UNK] (2) Special Collections M0212 8