Hills Family Papers 1785-1957 (bulk 1853-1910)

Hills Famliy Papers, 1785-1957 (Bulk: 1853-1910)

20 archives boxes, 3 1/2 archives boxes, 11 records storage boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 flat boxes, 2 flat files (24 linear ft.)

Abstract:

The Hills Family Papers contain correspondence, deeds, personal financial records, photographs and memorabilia of several generations of this prominent Amherst family during the second half of the 19th century. As a record of a wealthy 19th century family, this collection is important because of its size, time span and completeness.

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Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Hills Family Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

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Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers should be directed to the Archivist of the College. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The correspondence provides a social, civic, economic, political and religious overview of the general state of society as well as daily observations about local matters and family life.

This collection is organized into thirteen series:

1. Correspondence
2. Diaries, Compositions, Essays and Examinations
3. Legal Papers
4. Financial Records
5. Memorials and Obituaries
6. Memorabilia
7. Printed Material
8. Scrapbooks
9. Photographs
10. Realia
11. Oversize Material
12. Additional Accession
13. Hills Family Legal Papers, 1826-1900

Note: Oversize material from all series are filed in Oversize Box 27

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Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Hills Family Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

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Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Hills Family Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

The Hills Family Papers were donated to the Amherst College Archives on March 16, 1992. The Papers were originally deposited on extended loan in the Amherst College Archives in June 1982 by Hills Skillings (AC 1938).

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
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Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Contents List

Series 1: Correspondence,	1830-1953 (bulk 1853-1910)
SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1830-1953, numbers well over one thousand pieces. The bulk of the correspondence falls between 1853 and 1910. The material is arranged in subseries by writer or recipient. The major subseries is correspondence from Henry F. Hills to his wife, Adelaide Spencer Hills. Henry's frequent absences from home on business trips as Purchasing/Sales Agent for the Hills Company account for his steady correspondence. Despite his warm conclusions, his letters have a general, newsy quality. Another significant subseries is correspondence to Adelaide Spencer Hills from Mary Hollister Pitkin, her grandmother, by whom she was raised. Grandma Pitkin, as she was commonly called, wrote poignantly to her granddaughter about aging (she lived to be almost 100) and her failing health. Mary (Mamie) and Emily, Henry and Adelaide's daughters, wrote numerous letters home while attending boarding school in New York. There is also some correspondence from Henry F. Hills to his father, Leonard M. Hills and to other members of his family, and letters to Henry from various correspondents, including Austin Dickinson; several folders of correspondence to Adelaide Spencer Hills from other family members and friends; a small amount of Gay Family correspondence (Henry F. Hills' mother, Amelia Gay Hills' Family); and correspondence to Susan Clapp Hills (Skillings), about her engagement to David Skillings and her wedding.
Gay Family to Hills Family: transcripts		Box 1: folder 1

Original letters in Box No. 12, Folder	1830-31	Box 1: folder 1

Folder No. 10	1836-37	Box 1: folder 1

Henry F. Hills to Adelaide Spencer Hills

1853-59, n.d.		Box 1: folder 2

1860-61		Box 1: folder 3

1862		Box 1: folder 4

1863		Box 1: folder 5

1864-66		Box 1: folder 6

1867-68		Box 1: folder 7

1869 Jan-May		Box 2: folder 1

1869 Jun-Dec, n.d.		Box 2: folder 2

1870		Box 2: folder 3

1871 Apr-May		Box 2: folder 4

1871 Jun-Dec		Box 2: folder 5

1872-76, n.d.		Box 2: folder 6

1877 Jan-Jun		Box 2: folder 7

1877 Jul-Dec		Box 3: folder 1

1878 Feb-Jul		Box 3: folder 2

1878 Aug-Oct		Box 3: folder 3

1878 Nov-Dec		Box 3: folder 4

1879 Jan-Feb		Box 3: folder 5

1879 Mar-Apr		Box 3: folder 6

1879 May-Oct, n.d.		Box 4: folder 1

1880		Box 4: folder 2

1881 Jan-Jun		Box 4: folder 3

1881 Aug-Dec		Box 4: folder 4

1882 Jan-Feb		Box 4: folder 5

1882 Mar-Apr		Box 5: folder 1

1882 May-Jul		Box 5: folder 2

1882 Aug-Nov		Box 5: folder 3

1883		Box 5: folder 4

1884		Box 5: folder 5

1885		Box 5: folder 6

1886		Box 5: folder 7

1887-88		Box 6: folder 1

1889		Box 6: folder 2

1983-94		Box 6: folder 3

Transcripts	1855-60, 1862, 1878-79, 1882, 1884-85, 1889, n.d.	Box 6: folder 4

Henry F. Hills to:

Leonard M. Hills (his father): business travels	1869-70	Box 6: folder 5

Leonard M. Hills (his father) from Europe: includes letter to the Hills children	1871	Box 6: folder 6

[Leonard Dwight Hills] (his brother)	1871	Box 6: folder 7

Leonard M. Hills and Mary (Mamie) Hills Whitman	1871	Box 6: folder 8

Susan C. Hills (Skillings): includes1 letter addressed to Caroline Hills (Allen) and Susan C. Hills (Skillings)	1886, 1888, 1890-91, 1893-95	Box 6: folder 9

To Henry F. Hills from his father, Leonard M. Hills	1871	Box 6: folder 10

To Henry F. Hills from his sister, Mary Hills	1896	Box 6: folder 11

Miscellaneous correspondence to Henry F. Hills: includes 1 letter from Austin Dickinson; 1 letter from Henry F. Hills with reference to town meeting and construction	1865, 1878-1880, 1883, 1885, 1887, n.d., 1880, n.d.	Box 6: folder 12

To Adelaide Spencer Hills from Mary Hollister Pitkin (Grandma Pitkin)

1879, 1885,-86		Box 7: folder 1

1887		Box 7: folder 2

1889		Box 7: folder 3

1890-91		Box 7: folder 4

1892-93		Box 7: folder 5

1894-97		Box 7: folder 6

Fragments	n.d.	Box 7: folder 7

Transcripts	n.d.	Box 7: folder 8

To Adelaide Spencer Hills from:

Jane C. Cheney: includes 1 letter to Henry F. Hills	1860-63, 1876, 1878-80, 1884-85, n.d.	Box 7: folder 9

Jane C. Cheney: transcripts	1860, 1863, 1879-80, n.d.	Box 7: folder 10

Dickinson family: includes an invitation to and clipping about the wedding of Martha Gilbert Dickinson; and hand-written transcript of the letters	1878-80, 1895, 1903, n.d.	Box 7: folder 11

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Hills (in-laws)	1869, n.d.	Box 7: folder 12

Susan Clapp Hills (Skillings)	1904, 1907	Box 7: folder 13

[Emily Hills Perry]	1909	Box 7: folder 13A

Leonard Dwight Hills	1908	Box 7: folder 14

Helen Spencer (her sister): includes 1 letter to Nellie from Henry Hills, re: birth of baby, and 1 letter to Nellie [from Adelaide Spencer Hills?]	1879, 1891, 1909, 1866, n.d.	Box 7: folder 15

"Mary": correspondence concerns the Hills children; includes 1 letter from Emily Hills (Perry)	1879, 1881, n.d.	Box 7: folder 16

Frank E. Whitman: includes some transcripts	1907-09	Box 7: folder 17

Miscellaneous: regarding the marriage of Emily Hills (Perry)	1894	Box 7: folder 18

Miscellaneous: regarding the death of Henry F. Hills	1896 Apr-May	Box 8: folder 1-2

Massachusetts Court of Probate and Insolvency: re appointment as executrix of the will of Henry F. Hills	1896 Jul 11	Box 8: folder 3

Miscellaneous: regarding the death of Mary Hollister Pitkin	1897 Nov	Box 8: folder 4

Miscellaneous transcripts: regarding the death of Mary Hollister Pitkin	1897	Box 8: folder 5

Daughters of the American Revolution	1897	Box 8: folder 6

Miscellaneous	1882, 1884-86, 1891,1896-98	Box 8: folder 7

Miscellaneous: includes letters regarding death of baby	1866, 1869, 1873, 1876, 1878-81, 1879 Feb 25	Box 8: folder 8

Miscellaneous	1903-09, 1917, n.d.	Box 8: folder 9

Transcripts of miscellaneous correspondence	1878-79, n.d.	Box 8: folder 10

Correspondence to Leonard M. and Adelaide S. Hills from their children

(includes 1 letter to the children from Mrs. Hills, 1870)	1880-81, 1890, n.d.	Box 8: folder 11

1874, 1879, 1884-86, 1889, n.d.		Box 8: folder 12

Correspondence from Leonard M. Hills

To Adelaide Spencer Hills	1903-09, 1905-09	Box 8: folder 13-14

To Susan Clapp Hills (Skillings)	1904-05	Box 8: folder 15

Correspondence to Leonard M. Hills

From Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Hills (grandparents): includes letters addressed to Mary (Mamie) Hills, and 3 transcripts	1869-70	Box 8: folder 16

1906: folder includes letter from Leonard,1877		Box 8: folder 17

Correspondence from Mary (Mamie) Hills

To Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. (Adelaide) Hills	1886	Box 9: folder 1

includes 1 letter to Caroline Hills and 1 letter from Henry F. Hills	1887	Box 9: folder 2-4

1888		Box 9: folder 5

To Adelaide Spencer Hills	1904	Box 9: folder 6

To Susan Clapp Hills (Skillings)	n.d.	Box 9: folder 7

To her aunt	1877	Box 9: folder 8

Correspondence from Mary Hollister Pitkin (Grandma Pitkin): to Leonard, Emily, Caroline (Carrie) and Susan Hills	1885, 1887, 1889-90, 1892-96, n.d.	Box 9: folder 9

Transcripts: correspondence from Mary Hollister from (Grandma Pitkin) to Leonard, Emily, Caroline (Carrie) and Susan Hills	n.d.	Box 9: folder 10

Correspondence from Emily Hills (Perry),	1884, 1886-87

To Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. (Adelaide) Hills	1888-89	Box 10: folder 1-2

To Susan C. Hills (Skillings)	1894	Box 10: folder 3

Correspondence from Emily Hills (Perry) and Dr. Herbert Perry to Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. (Adelaide) Hills	1894	Box 10: folder 4

Transcripts	1894	Box 10: folder 5

Skillings, David Nelson: calling cards and business cards	n.d.	Box 10: folder 6

Correspondence to David Nelson Skillings, aka "Pete" regarding his engagement to Susan Clapp Hills (Skillings)	1909 Sep	Box 10: folder 7

David Nelson Skillings and Susan Clapp Hills

Wedding invitations	1910 Jun 22	Box 10: folder 8

Wedding congratulations	1910 Jun	Box 10: folder 9

Marriage certificate	1910 Jun 22	Box 10: folder 10

Correspondence to Susan C. Hills (Skillings)

Regarding her engagement to David Nelson Skillings	1909 Sep 8-18; 1909 Sep 19-30	Box 10: folder 11-12

Regarding her engagement to David Nelson Skillings	1909 Oct-Nov	Box 11: folder 1

Cards congratulating her on her engagement to David Nelson Skillings	1909	Box 11: folder 2

From Adelaide Spencer Hills	1887, 1898, 1901, 1903-05	Box 11: folder 3

From Adelaide Spencer Hills	1906, 1908, 1910, n.d.	Box 11: folder 3A

From Harry Hills Skillings (her son)	1952-53	Box 11: folder 4

From Leonard D. Hills (her uncle)	1894-95	Box 11: folder 5

From Mary Hills (her aunt)	1892, 1895	Box 11: folder 6

From P.F.C. Anthony W. Russo	1952	Box 11: folder 7

From David Nelson Skillings	1909	Box 11: folder 8

From Frank Whitman (brother-in-law), Barrett Whitman (nephew), and Caroline Hills Allen (sister)	1909	Box 11: folder 9

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous	1892-93, 1895, 1901, 1903-06	Box 11: folder 10

Miscellaneous	1909-10, n.d.	Box 11: folder 10A

Miscellaneous	1952-53	Box 11: folder 11

Valentines	n.d.	Box 11: folder 12

Letterhead and calling cards	n.d.	Box 11: folder 13

Correspondence: Mary Adams from her mother	1879 Oct 8	Box 11: folder 14

Calling cards: Leonard M. Hills	n.d.	Box 11: folder 15

Calling cards: Miscellaneous	n.d.	Box 11: folder 16

Wedding Invitations

John Weston Allen and Caroline Cheney Hills	1901 Jun 12	Box 11: folder 17

Leonard Mariner Hills and Edith Mane	Oct 17[?]	Box 11: folder 18

Miscellaneous	1883, 1888, 1904, n.d.	Box 11: folder 19

Unidentifiable correspondence and fragments (includes one fragment from Barrett Whitman)	[c.1850's-90's], 1918 Aug 26	Box 11: folder 20

Series 2: DIARIES, COMPOSITIONS, ESSAYS, EXAMINATIONS,	1852-1920
SERIES 2: DIARIES, COMPOSITIONS, ESSAYS AND EXAMINATIONS, 1852-1920, contains a partial diary for 1871 and compositions written while at Monson Academy by Henry F. Hills; compositions written at Monson Academy by Leonard M. Hills, Henry's son; mechanical drawings by an unidentified Hills; essays and examinations for International Correspondence School; and an original comedy by Barrett Whitman. Material is arranged by creator and then by type.
Henry F. Hills

Diary: partial	1871	Box 12: folder 1

Compositions written at Monson Academy	1852-53	Box 12: folder 2

Transcripts		Box 12: folder 3

Leonard M. Hills: Compositions written at Monson Academy	1885 Sep	Box 12: folder 4

Hills, ?: Mechanical drawing sketches	n.d.	Box 12: folder 5

Barrett Whitman

Essays, International correspondence schools, and examinations	1919 Sep-Nov, 1919 Dec, 1920, n.d.	Box 12: folder 6-8

"In England," a comedy in one act	n.d.	Box 12: folder 9

Correspondence: original letters Gay family to Hills family; Gay family to Hills family	1830-31, 1836-37	Box 12: folder 10
Note: See box 1, folder 1 for transcripts

Series 3: LEGAL PAPERS,	1785-1948 (bulk 1840-1890)
SERIES 3: LEGAL PAPERS, 1785-1948 (bulk 1840-1890), is arranged in three subseries: Deeds, Estate Papers and General. Deeds contains primarily deeds and correspondence which document the exchange of numerous tracts of land in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island, arranged alphabetically by state. Estate Papers includes wills and papers relating to the estates of several Hills family members and others, arranged alphabetically by person. The General subseries includes papers relating to the founding and finances of Massachusetts Agricultural College; letters; contracts; wills; and miscellaneous documents arranged by type.
Deeds

Connecticut (includes transcripts)	1794-95, 1797, 1808-09, 1811-14, 1816, 1819-27, 1833-34, 1837, 1839, n.d.	Box 13: folder 1-2

Illinois	1858	Box 13: folder 3

Massachusetts	1834, 1837, 1843-45,1847-53, 1856-59	Box 13: folder 4

Massachusetts	1860-69, 1870-72, 1874-79, 1880-89	Box 13: folder 5-8

Massachusetts	1890-91, 1896, 1897, 1910, n.d.	Box 14: folder 1

Massachusetts, re: telephone co. and electric	1948	Box 14: folder 2

Massachusetts	1840, 1844-49, 1859, 1896	Box 14: folder 3

New York	1875, 1887, 1890-91	Box 14: folder 4

Rhode Island	1856	Box 14: folder 5

Missouri: land purchase correspondence and registry	1857	Box 14: folder 6

Estate Papers

Hills, Adelaide Spencer (Massachusetts): estate	1912, 1937	Box 14: folder 7

Hills, Elijah (Connecticut): will and estate	1813	Box 14: folder 8

Hills, Leonard M. (Massachusetts): estate	1849, 1852, n.d.	Box 14: folder 9

[Lade], Samuel: estate	n.d.	Box 14: folder 10

Stiles, Isaac (Connecticut): will and estate	1785	Box 14: folder 11

Thayer, Samuel: papers relating to the estate of Samuel Thayer	1853, 1855	Box 14: folder 12

General

Letter patent: Kinsman, Samuel A. and Leonard M. Hills	1857 Aug 26	Box 14: folder 13

Papers regarding the founding and finances of Massachusetts Agricultural College	1865-66, 1868, 1872, 1877	Box 14: folder 14

Roper Repeating Rifle: contract	1868	Box 14: folder 15

Miscellaneous legal documents	1838, 1843, 1846-47, 1849, 1855, 1865, 1871-72, n.d.	Box 14: folder 16

Wills: blank forms	n.d.	Box 14: folder 17

Series 4: FINANCIAL RECORDS,	[1818]-1956
SERIES 4: FINANCIAL RECORDS, [1818]-1956, contains predominantly personal records arranged in two sequences: General Financial Records and Susan Hills Skillings Records. The General Financial Records Subseries is arranged by type or individual and includes stocks, bonds, bills, receipts, checks, promisory notes, insurance papers, notary public papers. This subseries also contains two folders of financial papers for the Henry Hills Company, which document Hills' frequent loans from Amherst College. The Susan Hills Skillings Records subseries contains personal financial records including bank statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, promissory notes, trust fund and tax material, arranged by type.
General Financial Records

Checks: Adelaide S. Hills, Mary Pitkin	1895	Box 15: folder 1

Hills Company

Financial agreements with Smith College and Amherst	1882, 1886, 1888-96, n.d.	Box 15: folder 2-3

College and other papers

Insurance papers	1886-87, 1892-95, 1897-98, 1903, n.d.	Box 15: folder 4

Debt to Samuel and Leonard Hills in Tolland, Connecticut	[1818-29?]	Box 15: folder 5

Promisory Notes	1866, 1869-70, 1873-74, 1876-80, 1888-89,1909	Box 15: folder 6

Papers of protest from Notary Public	1876-77, 1879	Box 15: folder 7

Stocks: Hills Co. and others	1888-89, 1896, 1903-04, 1906, 1934	Box 15: folder 8

Bonds	1866, 1868, 1904	Box 15: folder 9

Bills	1866, 1881, 1886-87, 1890-93, 1894, 1895,1896, n.d., 1908	Box 15: folder 10-15

Transcripts of bills	1891, 1894-95	Box 15: folder 16

Receipts	1866, 1876, 1882	Box 15: folder 17

Miscellaneous financial records	[1880's-1930's]	Box 15: folder 18

Susan Clapp Hills Skillings Records

General financial records	1910, 1912, 1931-35, 1950-51, 1954-56, n.d.	Box 15: folder 19

Promissory notes	1930 Jan 27, 1957 Jul 3	Box 15: folder 20

Trust funds and tax material	1912, 1930,1933-37, 1952-53	Box 15: folder 21

Depositor's book for Amherst SavingsBank	1890-1905	Box 15: folder 22

Bank statement, cancelled checks and deposit slips: includes 1 statement for D.N. Skillings, Jr. (1927)	1926, 1933	Box 15: folder 23

1952 Nov-Dec		Box 15: folder 24

1953 Jan-Feb, Apr		Box 15: folder 25

1954 Jul-Oct, Dec		Box 15: folder 26

1955 Jan-Apr		Box 15: folder 27

1955 May-Jul		Box 15: folder 28

1955 Aug-Nov		Box 15: folder 29

1956 [Apr]-Jun		Box 15: folder 30

1956 Jul-Oct		Box 15: folder 31

Check register

1952 Feb-1953 Mar		Box 15: folder 32

1955 Jan-Jun		Box 15: folder 33

1955 Jul-Nov		Box 15: folder 34

Series 5: MEMORIALS AND OBITUARIES,	1861-1909
SERIES 5: MEMORIALS AND OBITUARIES, 1861-1909, contains printed memorial volumes, poems and obituaries of Hills family members and friends, which are arranged alphabetically by name.
Bagot, James Hamilton: poetry and obituary	1908, 1909	Box 16: folder 1

Cheney, Mary	[1897] Dec 27	Box 16: folder 2

Clapp, Caroline Frances: memorial volume after her death on Jan. 2, 1878; birth announcement	1878	Box 16: folder 3

Clapp, Susan Penniman Tainturp (Mrs.Henry L. Clapp): memorial volume after her death Oct. 31, 1881	1881	Box 16: folder 4

Comstock, Georgiana Ives (Mrs.):memorial poem by L.H. Sigourney	1861 May 2	Box 16: folder 5

Ives, Antoinette S. (Miss): memorial poem by L.H. Sigourney	[1864]	Box 16: folder 6

Hills, Henry F.: Obituary in Springfield Republican and others	1896 Apr 26	Box 16: folder 7

Pitkin, Mary Hollister: Obituary	1897 Nov 14	Box 16: folder 8

Whitman, Mary Pitkin Hills: memorial volume after her death Feb. 14, 1907, and newspaper transcription	1907	Box 16: folder 9

Whitman, Mary Hills: duplicate made by Frank Whitman of her annotated volume, "Daily Strengths for Daily Needs": includes annotated birth and death dates	n.d.	Box 16: folder 10

Miscellaneous obituaries and memorials	1888, 1895, 1905, n.d.	Box 16: folder 11

Series 6: MEMORABILIA,	1850-1957
SERIES 6: MEMORABILIA, 1850-1957, contains miscellaneous materials created or kept by members of the Hills' extended family, which reflect their interests and activities. This material has been organized in four sub-series: Personal Material, Subject Material, Hills Company, and Hills Homestead. Personal Material, arranged alphabetically by person, includes Adelaide Spencer Hills' cookbooks; Henry F. Hills' passport; David Nelson Skillings, Jr.'s phrenograph and the Pitkin coat of arms. Subject Material, arranged alphabetically by name or type, includes address books, cemetery maps, cookbooks and travel guides. The Hills Company subseris includes a description of the hat factory (c. 1909) and forms. The L.M. Hills Homestead subseries includes building specifications and blueprints.
Sub-series A: Personal Material

Adelaide Spencer Hills

Cookbook and recipes	1879+	Box 16: folder 12-13

Cookbook	[c. 1900]	Box 16: folder 12-13

Cookbook and recipes: transcript	n.d.	Box 16: folder 14

Daughters of the American Revolution certificate.	1889 Jun 7	Box 27: folder 1
Note: See Oversize Box 27, Folder 1
Map of England		Box 16: folder 15

Henry F. Hills

Invitation to the opening ceremonies of the Brooklyn Bridge	[1883] May 24	Box 16: folder 16

Passport (unsigned). See Oversize Box 27, Folder 2	1887 Jun 22	Box 27: folder 2

Hills, Samuel: East Hampshire Agricultural Society life membership certificate	1850 Sep 1	Box 16: folder 17

Lincoln, Sarah A.: Autograph book	1870's-80's	Box 16: folder 18

Pitkin coat of arms. See also Oversize Box 27, Folder 3 for illustration	n.d.	Box 16: folder 19

David Nelson Skillings, Jr.

Baptism certificate, Unitarian Church	1886 Oct 10	Box 16: folder 20

Phrenograph	1895 Jul 28	Box 16: folder 21

Susan Clapp Hills Skillings

Amherst High School graduation exercises program	1900 Jun 20	Box 16: folder 22

Book of shapes	[1900?]	Box 16: folder 23

Williams, Barrett	1919-20	Box 16: folder 24

Sub-series B: Subject Material

Address books: 2 volumes	n.d.	Box 16: folder 25

Amherst College: Class of 1902, 55th reunion	1957 Jun	Box 16: folder 26

Amherst Club: Constitution and by-laws	1891	Box 16: folder 27

Cords: various, unused	n.d.	Box 16: folder 28

Cemetery maps: Wildwood, Amherst, MA	n.d.	Box 16: folder 29

Mt. Auburn, Cambridge, MA		Box 16: folder 29

Sub-series C: Cookbooks and recipes

Miscellaneous	n.d.	Box 16: folder 30

"Lunch at Annie Soule's," St. Louis	1901 Mar 25	Box 16: folder 31

Restaurant and dinner menus.	1878 Apr 16	Box 16: folder 32
Note: See also: Adelaide
Spencer Hills: Cookbooks and recipes, Box 16, Folder 12-14	1906 Nov 4	Box 16: folder 32

Programs and invitations: miscellaneous	1880's-1910	Box 16: folder 33

Sampler pattern book	n.d.	Box 16: folder 34

Versailles, Vienna	[c.1900]	Box 16: folder 35

Adirondacks, Lake George, NY; Williamstown, MA; Washington, DC	n.d.	Box 16: folder 36

Sub-series D: Hills Company

Blank forms	[191?]	Box 16: folder 37

Description of the Hat Factory and transcripts	[c. 1909?]	Box 16: folder 38

Sub-series E: L. M. Hills Homestead

Building specifications and 2 sketches for the frame cottage built for L. M. Hills and son: W. F. Pratt, Architect	1866 Aug 7	Box 16: folder 39

Stables: additions and alterations of the stables; specs of architect: James A. Clough, Architect. See also Flat File for blueprints	1902 May 12	Box 16: folder 40

Spencer Coat of Arms	n.d	Box 27: folder 18

Series 7: PRINTED MATERIAL,	1864-1955
SERIES 7: PRINTED MATERIAL, 1864-1955 includes books, pamphlets and speeches, arranged alphabetically by author or title; newsclippings about Amherst town or Hills family business, arranged alphabetically; and clippings about weddings and engagements arranged alphabetically.
"Fifty Years of Winchester Savings Bank"	1921	Box 16: folder 41

Fisher, Rev. George, "Historical Discourse at the Second Congregational Church, Amherst," Centennial Anniversary	1882 Nov 12	Box 16: folder 42

Kinsolving, Rev. Arthur B., "The Voices of Christ"	n.d.	Box 16: folder 43

"1905 Proof Sheet"	1955 Jun 1	Box 16: folder 44

"Pure Gold for the Sunday School" (song book)	n.d.	Box 16: folder 45

Summer, Hon. Charles: speech, "Rights of Sovereignty and Rights of War: Two Sources of Power Against the Rebellion"	1862 May 19	Box 16: folder 46

Webster, Noah, "The Elementary Spelling Book," presented to Baby Hills, son of Henry F. and Adelaide Hills by J. E. Cheney	1865 Mar 1	Box 16: folder 47

Williams, Hon. Thomas: speech, "Restoration of the Union"	1864 Apr 28	Box 16: folder 48

Newsclippings: General

Amherst College	[c. 1900-05], n.d.	Box 16: folder 49

Amherst town and citizens	[c. 1900], n.d.	Box 16: folder 50

Hills Hat Factory	1959 Oct 22	Box 16: folder 51

Hills, Leonard Mariner: biography	[1871 Mar 29?]	Box 16: folder 52

D. N. Skillings estate in Winchester	1958	Box 16: folder 53

South Carolina	[c. 1900-10], n.d.	Box 16: folder 54

Poems, stories and quotations: includes typescript	c. 1898-1908, n.d.	Box 16: folder 55

Miscellaneous	[c. 1885-1910]	Box 16: folder 56-56A

Miscellaneous	1916, 1918, 1936, [1951?], 1955	Box 16: folder 57

Newsclippings: Weddings/engagements

Allen, John Weston and Caroline Cheney Hills	1901 Jun 12	Box 16: folder 58

Clutia, Harry Howard and Martha Dickinson	n.d.	Box 16: folder 59

Perry, Dr. Herbert and Emily A. Hills	n.d.	Box 16: folder 60

Skillings, David Nelson and Susan Clapp Hills	1909 Sep 19, 1910, 1886-90	Box 16: folder 61

Series 8: SCRAPBOOKS,	1883-1932
SERIES 8: SCRAPBOOKS, 1883-1932, contains scrapbooks compiled by Leonard M. Hills, Susan Clapp Hills Skillings and [Henry Hills Skillings], arranged by person. For photographs removed from scrapbooks, see Series 9.
Hills, Leonard Mariner: includes MIT memorabilia	1883-98, bulk	Box 27: folder 4

[Skillings, Henry Hills] from Deerfield Academy	c. 1932	Box 27: folder 5

Susan Clapp Hills Skillings

South Carolina and related memorabilia	1902	Box 17: folder 1

Loose materials from scrapbooks	1902	Box 17: folder 2-3

Series 9: PHOTOGRAPHS,	c. 1873-1930
SERIES 9: PHOTOGRAPHS, c. 1873-1930, n.d. contain a wealth of visual information about the Hills family and friends. Many of the photographs, however, remain unidentified or undated. Forms include glassplates, metal plate and paper prints, and one folder of miscellaneous negatives. The photographs have been arranged into four subseries: Portraits, Group Photographs, Subjects and Scrapbook Photographs. Portraits have been divided into identified photographs, including many members of the Hills family, and arranged alphabetically by person; and unidentified photographs organized into three sub-subseries: Children, Female and Male portraits. Group Photographs have been divided as follows: Identified and Partially Identified photographs, arranged alphabetically Identified Persons; and Unidentified Photographs, divided into Children, Couples, Females, Males and Activities, including picnics and winter scenes, all arranged alphabetically. The Subjects subseries contains both identified and unidentified photographs arranged alphabetically by name of subject including animals, buildings, Hills Hat Factory, houses, views and miscellaneous photographs arranged by type, including commercial photographs, postcards and stereographs. Scrapbook Photographs include loose photographs from Leonard M. Hills' and Susan Clapp Hills Skillings' scrapbooks, divided by person.
Abbott, L.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 1

Abbott, M. P.	1891 Jan	Box 18: folder 2

Adams, Maude	n.d.	Box 18: folder 3

Allen, Caroline Cheney Hills (aka Carrie)	1876, 1881, 1885, 1890, 1898, 1909	Box 18: folder 4

Allen, Grace.		Box 18: folder 4
Note: See Caroline Cheney Hills Allen: Box 18, Folder 4, 1909 photograph
Armis, George	1887	Box 18: folder 5

Bango, Dr. R. C.: dentist	n.d.	Box 18: folder 6

Bayley, Harriet	n.d.	Box 18: folder 7

Burr, Edna	1889 Jan 1	Box 18: folder 8

Butterworth, Mr.	[1887?]	Box 18: folder 9

Carlton, Anna Newmann	n.d.	Box 18: folder 10

Chamberlin, Perley	1889	Box 18: folder 11

Chapin, Sam	[1882]	Box 18: folder 12

Cheney, Elsie	1883	Box 18: folder 13

Cheney, Mary	1885, n.d.	Box 18: folder 14

Clapp, Henry L.	c. 1898, n.d.	Box 18: folder 15

Clark, William S.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 16

Dean, Mrs.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 17

Dickey, Dwight Charlie	1884 Apr 25	Box 18: folder 18

Dickey, Frank	n.d.	Box 18: folder 19

Durfee, Nathan	1889	Box 18: folder 20

Eaton, Mary	n.d.	Box 18: folder 21

Edwards, Louise Dean	n.d.	Box 18: folder 22

[Fearing, Amelia?]	n.d.	Box 18: folder 23

Fearing, B. D.: engraving	n.d.	Box 18: folder 24

Fearing, Henry	n.d.	Box 18: folder 24a

Fearing, Laura Gay	1884, n.d.	Box 18: folder 25

Fellows, Edward	n.d.	Box 18: folder 26

Fisher, Sean	1889	Box 18: folder 27

Forbes, Mrs.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 28

Gates, Winnifred Carpenter	1894 Sep, n.d.	Box 18: folder 29

Goodrich, Harry	[1882]	Box 18: folder 30

Grant, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 31

Harris, Frank P.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 32

Herrick, Isabel	n.d.	Box 18: folder 33

Herrick, Katherine	n.d.	Box 18: folder 34

Herriot, Randolph	n.d.	Box 18: folder 35

Hill, Clara Pearl	1898	Box 18: folder 36

Hills, Adelaide Spencer	n.d.	Box 18: folder 37

Hills, Harry A.	1898	Box 18: folder 38

Hills, Henry F.	n.d.	Box 18: folder 39

Hills, Leonard Dwight	n.d.	Box 18: folder 40

Hills, Leonard M

As a child and youth	1873, 1882, n.d.	Box 19: folder 1

As an adult	n.d.	Box 19: folder 2

As an adult	n.d.	Box 19: folder 3-4

At Hills Homestead and in Hat Factory	n.d.	Box 19: folder 5

Silhouette	n.d.	Box 19: folder 6

Hollister, Harriet	1898	Box 19: folder 7

Hoppin	1895	Box 19: folder 8

Huntington, Ellery Channing, Jr.	n.d.	Box 19: folder 9

Isaacs, A. F. (Mrs.)	n.d.	Box 19: folder 10

Isaacs, Mr.	n.d.	Box 19: folder 11

Ives, Mrs.	n.d.	Box 19: folder 12

Johnson (Baby)	1885	Box 19: folder 13

Johnson, Andrew: from painting	n.d.	Box 19: folder 14

Kenney, Hannah Hollister	n.d.	Box 19: folder 15

Leach, Ida Maud	1899	Box 19: folder 16

Levalley, Nellie Spencer	n.d.	Box 19: folder 17

Mitchell, Donald G.: engraving from newspaper	n.d.	Box 19: folder 18

Molony, Dr. A. A.	1875	Box 19: folder 19

Moore, Robert London	n.d.	Box 19: folder 20

Naret, Charlotte	n.d.	Box 19: folder 21

Oswald, Olivia	1896	Box 19: folder 22

[Panfit]: San Francisco	1869 Jul 9	Box 19: folder 23

Perry, Dorothy	n.d.	Box 19: folder 24

Perry, Emily Hills	1880s	Box 19: folder 25

Perry, Dr. Herbert R.	1895	Box 19: folder 26

Phillips, Robert S.	1895	Box 19: folder 27

[Pitkin, Emily?]: glass	n.d.	Box 19: folder 28

Pitkin, Mary	n.d.	Box 19: folder 29

Platt, John	n.d.	Box 19: folder 30

Polley, Ida B.	1896 Jun	Box 20: folder 1

Powers, H.	n.d.	Box 20: folder 2

Rand, Wilberforce Judson	1889 Apr	Box 20: folder 3

Richards, John	n.d.	Box 20: folder 4

Richardson, Harry S.	1899	Box 20: folder 5

Skillings, David Nelson, Jr.	1902, n.d.	Box 20: folder 6

Skillings, Susan Clapp Hills	1895-96, 1900, 1908-09, n.d.	Box 20: folder 7-10

Spencer, Roger Miner	1886 Nov 23	Box 20: folder 11

Strong, Grace	n.d.	Box 20: folder 12

Sweetser, Mr.	n.d.	Box 20: folder 13

Sweetser, Mrs.	n.d.	Box 20: folder 14

Sweetser, [Nextie]	1882	Box 20: folder 15

Waite, H. W.	1888 Feb	Box 20: folder 16

Wallis, Gladys	n.d.	Box 20: folder 17

Warburton, Mr. A. F.	n.d.	Box 20: folder 18

Warburton, Kate E.	n.d.	Box 20: folder 19

Ward, Ruth P.	1898	Box 20: folder 20

Wheeler, Mary E.	1895 Nov, n.d.	Box 20: folder 21

Whipple, Mrs. George A.	1915	Box 20: folder 22

Whitman, Mary Pitkin Hills.	1869, 1885 Aug, 1891, Jun 17, n.d.	Box 20: folder 23

Whitman, Mary Pitkin Hills.	n.d.	Box 20: folder 23
Note: See also Oversize Box 27, Folder 6 for large portrait
Zimmerman, Marguerite		Box 20: folder 24

Portraits: Unidentified

Children

Babies	n.d.	Box 21: folder 1-2

Girls	1868-69, n.d.	Box 21: folder 3-10

[ ], Doris Jeanette	1897 Aug 9	Box 21: folder 11

[ ], Rita C.	n.d.	Box 21: folder 12

Boys	n.d.	Box 21: folder 13-15

Women	1890, 1896, n.d.	Box 22: folder 1-28

[ ], Alice	1882 Oct 29	Box 22: folder 29

Women from Granada	[1887]	Box 22: folder 30

Silhouette	n.d.	Box 22: folder 31

Drawing of unidentified female in Oversize Box 27	n.d.	Box 27: folder 31

Men	n.d.	Box 22: folder 32-47

Men from Granada	[1898]	Box 22: folder 48

Group Photographs: Identified and Partially Identified

Allen, John Weston and Caroline C. Hills: wedding portrait	[c. 1905]	Box 27: folder 7

Hills, Henry family portraits	c. 1878, c. 1887, n.d.	Box 23: folder 1-2

Hills, Henry and Adelaide Spencer Hills and unidentified man in Granada	1886	Box 23: folder 3

Hills, Leonard M. and Emily Hills	n.d.	Box 23: folder 4

Hills, Leonard M. and Mary Pitkin as children	n.d.	Box 23: folder 5

Hills, Leonard M.: member of unidentified group	n.d.	Box 23: folder 6

Hills, Leonard M.: member of unidentified group	n.d.	Box 27: folder 9

Hills, Leonard M.: nine men dining	n.d.	Box 27: folder 10

Jenkins, Rev. J. L., Salley [Dirkley?]	n.d.	Box 23: folder 7

Jenkins, and McGregor Jenkins		Box 23: folder 7

Skillings, David N. and Susan Clapp Hills Skillings	n.d.	Box 23: folder 8

Skillings, Susan Clapp Hills (age 16) and Barrett Whitman	n.d.	Box 23: folder 9

Skillings, Susan Clapp Hills: [High School Graduation?]	[c. 1900?]	Box 23: folder 10

Skillings, Susan Clapp Hills: member of unidentified groups	n.d.	Box 23: folder 11

Group including Millicent Todd, [F. E. Charten]	n.d.	Box 23: folder 12

Group including Gay Swift, Mary Nashville and Sadie Nashville at Battle Creek	1892 Sep 3	Box 23: folder 13

Picnic including Sweetsers, Hills, Abbotts, Chapins, Chases and Blisses	1881	Box 23: folder 14

Mission House: including Miss Smith	n.d.	Box 23: folder 15

Scott, Edgar T., Photographer: photographs taken by him		Box 23: folder 16

Group Photographs: Unidentified

Children

Baby and nurse	n.d.	Box 23: folder 17

Two girls and a baby	1888	Box 23: folder 18

Two girls and baby at tea	n.d.	Box 23: folder 19

Two girls	n.d.	Box 23: folder 20

[Sister and brother]	n.d.	Box 23: folder 21

Groups of children	n.d.	Box 23: folder 22

Couples	n.d.	Box 23: folder 23-24

Females	n.d.	Box 23: folder 25-26

Mother and children	n.d.	Box 23: folder 27

Men in formal dress	n.d.	Box 23: folder 28

Oriental and western men	n.d.	Box 23: folder 29

[Chain Belt Co., Office in Milwaukee]		Box 23: folder 30

Activities

Boating and picnic scenes	n.d.	Box 23: folder 31

Ceremony: men on horseback	n.d.	Box 23: folder 32

Horses and carriages	n.d.	Box 23: folder 33

Hunting	n.d.	Box 23: folder 34

Picnic scenes	n.d.	Box 23: folder 35

Shipboard	n.d.	Box 23: folder 36

General unidentified groups		Box 24: folder 1-6

Subjects: Identified and Unidentified

Amherst: South Prospect St., after the fire	1879	Box 24: folder 7

Animals	n.d.	Box 24: folder 8

Barns	n.d.	Box 24: folder 9

Buildings: including Clock Tower and Town Hall in Leicester, England and unidentified	n.d.	Box 24: folder 10

Carriages	n.d.	Box 24: folder 11

Castle and landscape	n.d.	Box 24: folder 12

Churches: including Christ Church; College Church, Amherst; St. Mary's and unidentified	n.d.	Box 24: folder 13

Hills Hat Factory	n.d.	Box 24: folder 14
Note: See also: Oversize Box No. 27, Folder 11 for print
Houses

Cheney (Ward) House, So. Manchester, CT	[1874?]	Box 24: folder 15

Hills, Leonard M. House, Triangle Street	n.d.	Box 24: folder 16
Note: See also: Oversize Box No. 27, Folder 12
Hills, Henry House: Main Street	pre-1938, n.d.	Box 24: folder 17

Exteriors	n.d.	Box 24: folder 18
Note: See also: Oversize Box No. 27, Folders 15-16
Interiors	n.d.	Box 24: folder 19

Japan, Sapporo	[1872]	Box 24: folder 20

Landscapes

"The Brook" Shutesbury	n.d.	Box 24: folder 21

Redgate Farm: views from	[c. 1907-30]	Box 27: folder 17

Unidentified	n.d.	Box 24: folder 22

Views: including Milwaukee and Harbor in British Columbia and unidentified	1902 Jul, n.d.	Box 24: folder 23

Miscellaneous Photographs by Type

Art work: commercial	n.d.	Box 25: folder 1

People

General: commercial	n.d.	Box 25: folder 2

Indians: commercial	n.d.	Box 25: folder 3

Amherst	n.d.	Box 25: folder 4

Cuba	n.d.	Box 25: folder 5

Foreign	n.d.	Box 25: folder 6

United States	n.d.	Box 25: folder 7

Stereoscopic views: commercial	n.d.	Box 25: folder 8-10

Travel photographs: commercial	n.d.	Box 25: folder 11-12

Hills, Leonard M.	n.d.	Box 25: folder 13

Skillings, Susan Clapp Hills: [cyanotypes] from 1904 Smith Class Book and others	[1904], n.d.	Box 25: folder 14-15

Negatives: miscellaneous	n.d.	Box 25: folder 16

Series 10: REALIA
SERIES 10: REALIA, contains an unusual variety of objects owned by the Hills family. These objects are identified and arranged by type. Some of the more interesting objects include: Henry F. Hills' calling card plates, a "pince-nez," jet beads, a "sewing bird," and a leather bridle for horses.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hills calling card plate: copper			Box 26: folder 1

Boot pull			Box 26: folder 2

Box: wooden inlay			Box 26: folder 3

Fan: black cloth			Box 26: folder 4

Figurine: rabbit, painted plaster, broken			Box 26: folder 5

Hinge: brass [for a trunk]			Box 26: folder 6

Letter opener: brass and enamel, made in China; broken			Box 26: folder 7

Carte de visite case: leather (removed photo of child said to be Mary Hills Whitman)			Box 26: folder 8

Handkerchief: linen			Box 26: folder 9

Handkerchiefs: linen, black edged			Box 26: folder 10

Doorplate: brass, with clock			Box 26: folder 11

Man's wallet: leather, Leonard M. Hills			Box 26: folder 12

Religious statue: brass with case - St. Christopher			Box 26: folder 13

Embroidery scissors: silver, made in Germany			Box 26: folder 14

Pencil: silver case			Box 26: folder 15

Pince-nez			Box 26: folder 16

Necklace: jet beads			Box 26: folder 17

Bar pin: black enamel			Box 26: folder 18

Knob: white enamel and brass (dangerous)			Box 26: folder 19

Dental floss: waxed			Box 26: folder 20

Table cloth: damask			Box 26: folder 21

Dresser scarf: linen, embroidery unfinished; 2 skeins cotton embroidery floss			Box 26: folder 22

Bridle for horse: leather with brass trim			Box 26: folder 23

"Sewing bird": wooden			Box 26: folder 24

Newell post top			Box 26: folder 25

Dime: silver, 1859			Box 26: folder 26

Shoe button: black, n.d., found with letter from Henry to Adelaide Hills, 1881 Nov 22 - no reference in the letter			Box 26: folder 26

Series 11: Oversize Material (Appendix)

Hills, Adelaide Spencer: Daughters of the American Revolution certificate	1899 Oct 23	Box 27: folder 1

Hills, Henry F.: Passport, unsigned	1887 Jun 22	Box 27: folder 2

Pitkin Coat-of-Arms	n.d.	Box 27: folder 3

Hills, Leonard M.: scrapbook, includes MIT memorabilia	1883-98, bulk 1886-90	Box 27: folder 4

[Skillings, Henry Hills]: scrapbook from Deerfield Academy	c. 1932	Box 27: folder 5

Sub-series A: Photographs

Whitman, Mary Pitkin Hills	n.d.	Box 27: folder 6

Unidentified female		Box 27: folder 7

Allen, John Weston and Caroline C. Hills: wedding portrait	[c. 1905]	Box 27: folder 8

Hills, Leonard M.: member of unidentified group	n.d.	Box 27: folder 9

Hills, Leonard M.: nine men dining	n.d.	Box 27: folder 10

Hills Hat Factory: print	n.d.	Box 27: folder 11

Sub-series B: Houses

Hills, Leonard M. House: Triangle Street	n.d.	Box 27: folder 12

Hills, Henry House: Main Street	n.d.	Box 27: folder 13

Lowell, L. L. House: Calais, Maine	n.d.	Box 27: folder 14

Exteriors: Unidentified	n.d.	Box 27: folder 15-16

Sub-series C: Landscapes

Redgate Farm: views from	[c. 1907-30]	Box 27: folder 17

Spencer Coat-of-Arms	n.d.	Box 27: folder 18

Search Terms

The following terms represent persons, organizations, and topics documented in this collection. Use these headings to search for additional materials on this web site, in the Five College Library Catalog, or in other library catalogs and databases.

Subjects

Amherst (Mass.)--History--Photographs.
Amherst (Mass.)--History--Sources.
Dickinson, Austin, d. 1895.
Hat trade--Massachusetts--Amherst.
Hat trade--New York (State)--New York.
Hill family.
Hills, Adelaide Spencer.
Hills, Henry F., 1833-1896.
Hills, Leonard Mariner, 1803-1872.
Pitkin, Mary Hollister.

Contributors

Dickinson, Austin, d. 1895.
Hills, Adelaide Spencer.
Hills, Henry F., 1833-1896.
Hills, Leonard Mariner, 1803-1872.
L.M. Hills Company.
Pitkin, Mary Hollister.

Genre terms

Cookbooks.
Photographs.

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