Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Summary Information

Repository

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Creator

James, Florida Virginia Hill

Title

Florida Virginia Hill James Papers

ID

Cage 41

Date [inclusive]

1909-1950

Extent

4 containers., 2 linear feet of shelf space., 820 items.

Language

Collection materials are in English.

Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of a student at the University of Oregon and the University of Southern California, 1918-1922; school teacher, 1923-1930; and rural housewife in Whitman County. Included are correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and legal and financial papers of other members of the Hill and James families.

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Biography/History

Florida Hill, born in 1896, the daughter of a Palouse, Washington wheat farmer, lived in eastern Washington until 1917 when she and her widowed mother moved to Eugene, Oregon, where Florida enrolled as a student at the University of Oregon. In 1920 both moved to Los Angeles where Florida finished her college work at the University of Southern California and taught in the public schools of Pomona, California. About a year after her marriage to Arthur James (1929) she returned to the Palouse Country.

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Scope and Content

The papers consist primarily of Florida's intermittent diaries and correspondence from friends and family, which includes her letters to her sister Bess. In addition, photographs of the Hill and James families; memorabilia of the Hill Family; papers of Arthur James concerning his wartime experiences and employment as a railroad brakeman and conductor; correspondence of Marylin James, and photographs of Colfax and Palouse scenes, are included in the collection.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Revision Description

 A further acquisition was added to this collection, and this finding aid was adjusted accordingly. 1975

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The papers were assembled by Florida's son, Glen James, b. 1937, who donated the material to the Washington State University Library in 1960. A further donation of Arthur J. James' papers was added to this collection in August, 1975.

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Digital Archival Object

Trainmen's Schedule

Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

• University of Oregon--Students--Diaries
• University of Southern California--Students -- Diaries

Family Name(s)

• Hill family
• James family

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :

• James, Florida Virginia Hill --Archives

Donor(s) :

• James, Glen. waps

Subject(s)

• Country life -- Washington (State)--Whitman County--History--Sources
• Home and Family
• Photographs
• Transportation
• Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Correspondence 1909-1950  350 items.				1
Series 1: Diaries  9 items.
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Colfax 1912				2
Eugene 1918				2
Los Angeles 1920 1925				2
Palouse 1935				2
fragments 1930				2
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Memoranda and address books.  5 items.				2
Child's autograph book  1 item.				2
Culver City, California, real estate papers 1925-1940  30 items.				2
Programs and announcements, commencements and weddings 1911-1935  20 items.				2
Series 2: Diaries (donated in 1974)
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Unknown rancher 1889-1890				2
Besse Hill, Colfax 1912				2
Florida Hill, Eugene 1919				2
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Genealogy, deeds and abstracts, grade cards, bank statements, ration books and other memorabilia of the Hill and James families 1911-1945  35 items.				3
Employment and union papers, insurance policies, service records and other papers of Arthur James 1912-1922  50 items.				3
Correspondence of Marylin James 1946-1947  50 items.				3
Sketch scripts, poetry and essays by Florida James undated  10 items.				3
Series 3: Photographs  250 items.
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Members of the Hill and James families (some identified)				4
The Palouse farm and the Colfax area				4
The Los Angeles home				4
World War I servicemen's snapshots of Arthur James				4
Hop picking crew 1915				4
A Ku Klux Klan rally near Colfax 1925				4
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Series 4: James, Arthur J. (Addition of 21 August 1975)
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Papers 1925-1956  120 items.				4
Receipt book and miscellaneous invoices, receipts and other papers.				4
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