Title:: Minnie A. Hill Papers 1865-18691865-1869

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before publishing or quoting from the memoir, please contact the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Preferred citation:

Minnie A. Hill Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.30
Creator:
Hill, Minnie A. arrangement
Abstract:
This collection consists of letters from supervisors or sponsors to Minnie A. Hill, a northern female teacher, who was in Norfolk and then Petersburg, Virginia teaching at freedmen’s schools in the late 1860s.
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Minnie A. Hill Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of letters from supervisors or sponsors to Minnie A. Hill, a northern female teacher, who was in Norfolk and then Petersburg, Virginia teaching at freedmen’s schools in the late 1860s.

Biographical / historical:

Minnie A. Hill began her tenure at the National Freedman’s Relief Association in 1865, receiving her initial commission to serve as a teacher in Petersburg, Virginia. It appears she previously taught at a school in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1866, the Freedman’s Union Commission reappointed Hill to another one year term. In 1867, the Commission appointed Hill as principal of a school on Pocahontas Island in Petersburg, where she served until at least 1869. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Minnie A. Hill">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Minnie A. Hill</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/16/2008.
Processing information:

Processing and finding aid completed by Peter Klicker, SCRC staff, in 2010.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.