LOUIS W. (LOUIS WARREN) HILL, JR. AND FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Hill, Louis W. (Louis Warren), 1902-1995, creator.
	Title:	Louis W. Hill, Jr. and family papers.
	Dates:	1884-2000.
	Abstract:	Political papers, correspondence, subject files, financial records, business records, memorabilia, and other materials relating primarily to Louis W. Hill, Jr., but also to his siblings and to other members of the Hill family.
	Quantity:	38.40 cubic feet (39 boxes), 8 master audio files: WAV (4.2 GB), and 8 user audio files: MP3 (771 MB).
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. Louis W. Hill, Jr. was born in Saint Paul on May 19, 1902, the son of the president of the Great Northern Railway and the grandson of its founder, James J. Hill. His siblings included Cortlandt, Maud, and Jerome Hill. He was educated at the Saint Paul Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Yale University.

Prior to his election to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1936, he worked for the Great Northern Railway (1927-29) and for the First National Bank of Saint Paul (1930-1934). He became vice president of the Arthur Iron Mining Company (Saint Paul) in 1934, serving in that capacity for the remainder of his career, including the years he served in the legislature. Hill represented the fortieth district continuously until his 1952 defeat. Hill ran again in 1954, but was again defeated.

Hill married Dorthy Millett in 1929, but later divorced. He remarried Elsi Fors in 1932. Together they had three children: Louis Fors, Johanna, and Mari. Elsi Fors died in January 1990, and Hill passed on April 6, 1995.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The political papers include correspondence, minutes, subject files, reports, campaign material, legislative bills, and newspaper clippings of the Saint Paul member of the conservative caucus of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Subjects include health and welfare, relief, conservation, taxation, political campaigns, reapportionment, Council of State Governments, and the Interstate Cooperation Commission.

The remaining series document his interactions with friends and associates, his Oregon timber interests, other businesses and investments, his art collecting and other personal interests, and include correspondence with brothers Cortlandt and Jerome Hill, sister Maud Schroll, and other family members. There are files on the estates of Hill, his wife Elsie Fors Hill, and mother Maud Hill; on the family's Grotto Foundation; on Hill family properties, particularly J. J. Hill's Summit Avenue home, North Oaks, and properties in Montana and California; and on various aspects of Hill family history.

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ARRANGEMENT

These papers are organized into the following sections:


	Political papers

	Hill family history files

	Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal files

	Estates and family trusts

	Hill family properties

	Timber and related files

	Business files

	Book files

	Art files

	Stamps

	Grotto Foundation

	Audio recordings

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Louis W. Hill, Jr. and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,066; 16,839; 17,819

Location of Master Files:

Digital masters of the audiocassettes are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

The original audiocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav files.

Processing Information:

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Processed by: Bonnie B. Palmquist, August 1991; additions by David B. Peterson, March 2014; additions by Leif Kopietz, July 2021

Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, September 28, 2023.

Digital audiovisual transferred from the master audiocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (September 2023).

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990017148740104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

POLITICAL PAPERS

Correspondence, minutes, subject files, reports, campaign material, legislative bills, and newspaper clippings regarding Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s time serving on the Conservative caucus of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Location

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152.F.17.1B

Personal and campaign information.

Campaigns and elections, 1936-1954. 23 folders.

The files include correspondence, financial information, lists of campaign workers and contributors, a list of Grand Avenue stores and other businesses (1938), statistical data and information on candidates and issues. Files for some years are more extensive than those for others.

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152.F.17.2F

Campaign and elections, 1954. 2 folders.

Includes information on contributors and candidates.

Legislature, 1939, 1942-1944, 1947, 1951-1955. 11 folders.

Correspondence with constituents and colleagues, reports and miscellaneous material.

Legislative subject files:

Aviation Committee, 1943.

Correspondence and reports relating to a joint Twin Cities airport.

Civil Administration, 1943.

Correspondence and salary grids relating to Civil Service employees.

Civil Service, 1937-1940.

Correspondence relating to the salaries of Civil Service employees.

Communism, 1938-1944.

Correspondence and pamphlets relating to the Communist Party and movement. Includes a few form letters signed by Meridel LeSueur.

Conservation, 1939-1943, 1953-1955. 2 folders.

The first folder contains correspondence received by Hill while he was on the Fish and Game Committee. The "Pheasant Bill" folder (1953-1955) contains correspondence, reports, and legislative bills relating to a controlled shooting pheasant preserve.

Cooperation Committee, 1937.

Includes correspondence and legislative bills.

Location

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152.F.17.3B

Council of State Governments, 1937-1948. 6 folders.

Correspondence, reports, and conference information relating to an organization created for interstate cooperation. A commission on Interstate Cooperation (see separate files) was established in each state and represented on the council. The Council held conferences on taxation, crime, social security, relief, and national defense. Frank Bane was an important correspondent.

Fort Snelling Bridge, 1938-1939.

Correspondence with Melvin Maas and Hill's detailed memorandum (November 15, 1938) on the transfer of the bridge to the state of Minnesota and the necessary repairs to, or replacement of, the bridge.

Garnishment laws, 1939.

Includes correspondence and memoranda.

Governor's Relief Committee, 1932; Committee on Housing Legislation, 1934-1935.

Hill was a member of both committees; includes his correspondence.

Interstate Cooperation Commission, 1941-1942, 1945-1947. 2 folders.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and programs of the Minnesota Commission to the Council of State Governments. Includes correspondence of Frank Bane.

Municipal Affairs Committee. Minutes, 1951.

Organizations and unions, 1939.

Correspondence with various unions and other organizations.

Public health, 1937-1941.

Correspondence and reports of organizations, includes some tuberculosis material.

Public Welfare Committee, 1934-1940, 1943.

Correspondence, pamphlets, reports, and newspaper clippings relating mainly to relief and old age pensions.

Reapportionment Committee, 1945-1946, 1950-1951.

Minutes, correspondence, background material, maps, population figures, and legislative bills relating to the reapportionment of electoral districts.

Reforestation Committee, 1937-1938.

Articles about forestry and Tri-State Forestry Conference resolutions (1938).

Sex offenders, 1939.

Correspondence and memoranda relating to psychiatric rehabilitation for offenders.

Small loan legislation, 1936-1939.

Correspondence and legislative bills relating to interest charged for small loans, also known as the "Loan Shark" bill.

Social Security, 1936.

Legislative bills nos. 1-6, 11.

St. Lawrence Waterway, 1941-1942.

Background material relating to the proposed seaway.

St. Paul Zoological Society, Inc., 1939.

Articles of incorporation and bylaws.

Location

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152.F.17.4F

State employees retirement plans, 1943.

Correspondence, reports, and legislative bills relating to retirement.

Taxation, 1939.

Correspondence and reports relating to all kinds of tax matters.

Tuberculosis Facilities Commission, 1951-1955. 4 folders.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, and background material relating to the prevention of tuberculosis and care of tuberculosis patients. The incidence of tuberculosis among the Indian population is examined.

Glen Lake Sanatorium, 1950-1953.

Handbooks for patients and employees.

Newspaper clippings, 1935-1938, 1953-1956. 2 folders.

Clippings relating to the 1937 Minnesota legislature, 1936-1937. 6 folders.

Newspaper clippings, particularly from the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch newspapers, collected by Hill and documenting the activities of the Minnesota state legislature during its 1937 term. Many of the clippings carry the byline of Joseph H. Ball.

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HILL FAMILY HISTORY FILES

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s collection of correspondence, clippings, biographical materials, estate files, and other materials relating to James J. Hill and his descendants.

Location

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152.F.17.4F

Family history miscellany:

Hill family and property notebook.

Hill family cemetery monuments.

Photographs and drawings.

Hill family newspaper clippings.

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152.F.13.1B

Hill family miscellany. 2 folders.

Miscellaneous lists, family letters and postcards, and information on the Hill name.

James J. Hill Reference Library, 1926-1933, 1984.

Hill Family Foundation, 1970-1975.

Northwest Area Foundation, 1975-1994.

James J. Hill:

Correspondence regarding James J. Hill papers. 2 folders.

James J. Hill papers: Inventory of papers in Great Northern building, August 25, 1954.

Early history of St. Paul and J. J. Hill.

James J. Hill miscellany. 5 folders.

Letters, memoranda, biographical material, memorabilia, and miscellany concerning James J. Hill's life, family, activities, and legacy.

Clippings and articles. 5 folders.

J. J. Hill pamphlets.

Photographs.

Portrait correspondence, 1956, 1967-1968.

Busts, 1926.

Wacouta (Yacht).

Louis W. Hill, Sr.

Inventories, 1916-1959.

Various inventories of papers and of his or the family's assets and property.

Louis W. Hill, Sr. archives (inventories).

Louis W. Hill, Sr. papers correspondence.

Letter, James J. Hill to Louis W. Hill, Sr., March 22, 1914.

Clippings, retirement, 1929.

Correspondence, 1936-1948.

Biographical and historical miscellany. 2 folders.

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152.F.13.2F

Oregon.

Clippings and historical miscellany regarding Louis Warren Hill, Sr.

Death, funeral, memorials, 1948. 2 folders.

Estate inventory, October 25, 1948.

Will and estate correspondence, 1948-1949.

Estate legal, taxes, etc.

Estate miscellany.

Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill (Mrs. Louis W. Sr.)

Family history.

Correspondence, 1936-1959. 3 folders.

Death: Sympathy, memorials, thank-yous, 1961. 2 folders.

Memorial service guest book, September 8, 1961.

"Mrs. Hill's estate book," approximately 1961. 1 volume.

Estate tax return.

Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor Hill trust.

Estate miscellany.

One Family, by Robert Orr Baker, 1982-1986. 3 folders.

A copy of this book about Maud Hill and her family (1986), with related drafts, correspondence, and notes.

Cortlandt M. Taylor, 1982-1984.

Correspondence and biographical data about Maud Hill's father.

Cortlandt T. Hill:

Son of Louis W. Hill, Sr. (March 31, 1906-March 21, 1978).

Correspondence and miscellany, 1932-1959. 8 folders.

Correspondence with Louis W. Hill, Jr. regarding business and family matters and personal activities, accompanied by related financial data, clippings, printed ephemera, and other miscellany.

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152.F.13.3B

Correspondence and miscellany, 1957-1978. 3 folders.

Memorials, 1978-1979.

Information about his memorial service, subsequent family affairs, and donations made in his memory. Includes some biographical data.

Maud Hill Dorcy Schroll:

Daughter of Louis W. Hill, Sr. (June 1, 1903-October 25, 1997). Married first to Laurence H. Dorcy (1933), then to Johann "Hannes" Schroll (1941).

Correspondence with Maud Hill Dorcy regarding family trusts, 1933-1934.

Correspondence and miscellany, 1936-1987. 4 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s correspondence with Maud and her husbands, and his copies of other related correspondence and miscellany.

Correspondence with Maud Schroll and children, 1978-1989. 2 folders.

Particularly about management of the family trusts.

Maud Hill Schroll business affairs, 1988-1989.

Jerome Hill:

James Jerome Hill, son of Louis W. Hill, Sr. (March 2, 1905-November 21, 1972). Artist and filmmaker.

Yale, 1926.

Photocopied pages from the 1926 class history referencing Jerome Hill.

World War II military service.

Army training camp poems, 1942.

Correspondence, 1929-1959. 8 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s correspondence with Jerome, and his copies of related family letters.

Albert Schweitzer film, 1957.

North Oaks Company financial statements, December 1957-March 1958.

Jerome Hill memorials, 1972-1976.

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152.F.13.4F

Jerome Hill estate, 1972-1988.

"An Interview with Jerome Hill," Film Culture, Spring 1973.

College of St. Catherine symposium, April 28-29, 1979.

Jerome Hill's life (questionnaire and interviews), 1983.

Includes Gretchen Kreuter interview with Louis W. Hill, Jr.

Jerome Hill miscellany. 4 folders.

Other family:

Clara Hill Lindley will and estate, 1947.

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s aunt, wife of Erasmus C. Lindley.

Louis F. Hill Christmas cards, 1993. 2 folders.

James J Hill III, Monterey, California, correspondence and miscellany, 1978-1989.

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s nephew, son of Cortlandt T. Hill.

Maud Oakes book, The Stone Speaks, Louis W. Hill, Jr. underwriting, 1985-1988.

Maud Oakes living expenses, 1985-1988.

Ex-Col. Cortlandt M. Taylor (son of Curzon), 1986.

3-way correspondence, Maud, Jerome, Cortlandt, 1956-1987.

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LOUIS W. HILL, JR. PERSONAL FILES

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152.F.13.4F

Biographical data.

Birth notices, May 1902.

Heart condition, 1913.

Photograph, Louis W. Hill, Sr. and Louis W. Hill, Jr., approximately 1917.

Pass book, London, 1925-1926.

Passports, 1925, 1932.

Louis W. Hill, Jr.-Dorothy Millett wedding, clippings, 1929-1930.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Hill, Jr., 1937-1942.

Mainly financial miscellany.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. divorce and remarriage, 1943.

Newspaper and magazine clippings, approximately 1946-approximately 1959.

Purchases, 1926-1936. 4 folders.

Of posters, fences, and books, and miscellaneous purchases.

Louis and Elsie Hill, 1943-1949.

Purchases, bills, and miscellany.

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152.F.13.5B

Children, memorabilia.

Family camps.

Cider presses (North Oaks Farm), 1947-1959.

Dogs/pets, 1954-1967.

Flowers, trees, plants, fruits, 1960-1974.

Horses, 1930s-1957. 2 folders.

Jewelry, 1932-1988. 2 folders.

Schools (for children), 1959-1964.

121 Virginia Avenue, 1939-1942.

Residence, 215 S. Grotto St., 1944-1951.

Talks, 1962-1965.

Stock inventory, 1920s-1970s. 2 folders.

Estate planning, timber and oil, 1976-1987.

Family memorabilia and miscellany.

Education:

Class notes, Saint Paul Academy, approximately 1916-1919.

Saint Paul Academy miscellany.

Various class notes, approximately 1921.

Yale University:

Notebooks and notes, approximately 1922-1924. 5 folders.

Sheffield Scientific School drawings (class exercises), 1922.

Tests, 1922-1923.

Literary attempts.

Daily Themes, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Four, 1925. 1 volume.

A publication of the Class of 1925. A short story by Louis W. Hill is on pp. 57-58.

Bills, letters, and receipts, 1922-1925. 2 folders.

University prints, 1924-1928.

Yale miscellany, 1921-1933. 2 folders.

Yale Glee Club, 1927.

Yale University Dramatic Association, St. Paul performance, December 26, 1928. 2 folders.

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152.F.13.6F

Yale Club of New York City, 1925-1930.

Yale-in-China, 1926-1934.

Yale reunion, 1960.

With a photograph from the 1965 reunion.

Yale University miscellany, 1974-1991.

Class notes, Econ 20, 1932.

Correspondence:

Letters to Louis W. Hill, Jr., 1925-1928. 3 folders.

Most are from Louis W. Hill, Sr., either directly to Louis W. Hill, Jr., or carbon copies of his letters to other family members.

Letters to Louis W. Hill, Jr. from Dorothy M. Hill, undated, 1937.

Correspondence, approximately 1940-approximately 1943. 2 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. telegrams, 1927-1936.

Hill family telegrams to Louis W. Hill, Jr., 1933-1936.

Hill family telegrams, 1920s-1930s. 2 folders.

Hill family telegrams, 1920s-1930s.

Mailing lists.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal correspondence and miscellany, approximately 1925-1970s. 6 folders.

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152.F.13.7B

Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal correspondence and miscellany, approximately 1970s-1994. 4 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal correspondence, alphabetical, A-R, 1930s-1980s. 40 folders.

Most are from the 1970s-1980s, with several from the 1930s intermingled. There are separate folders for some correspondents, including Robert Orr Baker regarding historical and philanthropic matters, Michael Galvin regarding land and property matters, Warren L. Hanna regarding Glacier Park history, conservationist Arthur S. Hawkins, and a separate folder for A. Hilda Peterson and Teresa Conlin (1930s), apparently Hill's secretaries.

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152.F.13.8F

Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal correspondence, alphabetical, R-Z, 1930s-1980s. 10 folders.

Obits/memorials.

Of friends, apparently, some with Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s letters of condolence.

Christmas and maple syrup gifts, 1970s-1990s. 3 folders.

Subject files:

"Buster," 1956-1957.

Horse saved by Louis W. Hill, Jr. from drowning, and his award for this act from the American Humane Association.

Ecumenism, 1979-1989.

Energy, 1973-1980. 3 folders.

Hunting, 1943-1958. 2 folders.

Junior Live Stock Show, 1925.

The Great Northern Railway was a sponsor.

Landmark Center, 1977-1980.

Leafy spurge, 1983-1987.

Legislature, 1937-1990. 3 folders.

Legislative issues, both during and after Louis W. Hill's legislative service, the House Tax Committee (1937-1942), information on campaign financing, and discussions of 1939 member reunions.

Marine Corps, 1939.

Discussion of a possible Marine Corps reserve unit in the Twin Cities.

Mosquito spraying at North Oaks, 1983-1986.

Nelson-Fort Sheppard Railway Company, 1925.

Election of Louis W. Hill, Jr. as vice president.

Stanford Newell, 1907, 1934.

Typed transcript of a biographical sketch (1907), and Louis W. Hill, Jr's acquisition of a chandelier from his home (1934).

Polo, 1930s-1980. 2 folders.

Polo matches at Fort Snelling, and Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s participation and patronage.

Purple Loostrife Coalition, 1982-1990.

Quail, 1953-1955.

Purchases of game birds for North Oaks.

Ryan Construction Company history, 1988.

Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, 1978-1990.

Including its State Legislative Task Force.

Saint Paul Union Depot, 1976-1980.

Development concept drawings, study progress reports, and related materials. Louis W. Hill, Jr. was a member of a Depot Planning Committee.

Saint Paul Waterworks, 1988.

Photocopy of an undated typescript history, with notes by Louis W. Hill, Jr. (1988).

Salmon, 1979-1987.

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152.F.13.9B

Science Museum of Minnesota, Finnish exhibit, 1981.

Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Hill, Jr.

People to People/Sister City, 1962-1970. 2 folders.

Henry Sieben/National: Parks Airways, 1928.

Signatures, 1930-1944.

Squid, 1981-1990.

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s interest in promoting squid as a seafood marketing alternative to the endangered abalone.

Tree diseases: Dutch elm disease correspondence, 1961-1987. 3 folders.

Tree diseases: Oak wilt, 1963-1987.

Tree diseases, miscellaneous, 1971-1973.

Minnesota highways: Tree Planting Program, 1979-1980.

Silviculture, miscellaneous, 1968-1990.

Water, 1975-1988.

Waterfowl and game birds, 1975-1980.

Daily records:

Daily record diary, 1936.

Daily telephone calls and messages, May 1936-January 1937.

Daily record diary, 1938-1940.

Daily telephone calls and messages, 1938-1940.

Daily telephone calls and appointments, 1940-1944. 2 folders.

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152.F.13.10F

Daily telephone calls and appointments, 1946-1950. 2 folders.

Trip files:

1928-1953. 21 folders.

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152.F.13.11B

1954-1968. 33 folders.

Location

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152.F.13.12F

1968-1991. 50 folders.

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152.F.13.13B

Memberships and contributions:

Contribution requests declined.

Various Bylaws.

Gifts.

A-G. 40 folders.

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152.E.19.5B

H-Sc. 40 folders.

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152.E.19.6F

Sk-Z. 23 folders.

Sister City program:

Regarding Louis W. Hill, Jr's membership and participation in the St. Paul Nagasaki Sister City Association/Committee, and his interest in the Sister City movement in general.

Bylaws and membership materials.

Printed materials.

Sister City Committee minutes of meetings, 1973-1990. 3 folders.

Correspondence, 1960s-1975. 2 folders.

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152.E.19.7B

Correspondence, 1973-1990. 4 folders.

Miscellaneous materials, 1958-1995. 8 folders.

Order of the Rising Sun award to Louis W. Hill, Jr., 1987.

Art, Sister City.

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ESTATES AND FAMILY TRUSTS

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152.E.19.7B

Elsi Fors Hill estate:

Wife of Louis W. Hill, Jr. Died Jan. 28, 1990.

Final illness, death and memorials, 1989-1990. 3 folders.

Will.

Inventory and appraisement of property, January 1990.

Inventory and appraisal of oil and gas properties, July 1, 1991.

Correspondence and property schedules, 1994-1995.

Jewelry.

Correspondence and documents, 1992-1998. 3 folders.

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152.E.19.8F

Probate and settlement correspondence and court documents, file 24277-D, 1990-1994. 3 folders.

"Elsi Fors Hill Estate Supplemental Information for United States Estate Tax Return." 1 volume.

3-inch thick volume of photocopies; many may be duplicates of items in other files.

Estate tax returns.

Legal bills, 1993-1995.

Reports, First Trust account EE-12377-0, 1990-1991.

Reports, First Trust account 25123770, 1991-1998. 3 folders.

Reports, EFH 1957 trust, 1991-1999.

Reports, account 25123772 (non-probate), 1992-1995.

Louis W. Hill 1917 trust, 1993.

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152.E.19.9B

Louis W. Hill, Jr. guardianship:

Correspondence regarding estate and family business, 1987-1992.

Health, 1990-1992.

Letter, Spring 1992.

To family and friends (list included) regarding his health.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. conservatorship: Establishment, 1992-1993.

Conservatorship and guardianship correspondence, 1994-1995.

First Trust reports, account 25403550, Louis W. Hill, Jr. conservatorship, 1993-1994. 5 folders.

First Trust reports, account 25403550, Louis W. Hill, Jr. guardianship, December 1994-1995. 2 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. guardianship closure, 1995.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. estate:

He died April 6, 1995.

Death and obituaries, April 1995.

Funeral, April 11, 1995.

Funeral guest register. 1 volume.

Address list (for announcements of death?)

Sympathy cards/memorials, 1995. 4 folders.

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152.E.19.10F

Sympathy cards/memorials, 1995. 2 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. monument, 1995-1996.

Correspondence and drawings regarding monument to be erected in Resurrection Cemetery, St. Paul.

Will and codicils.

Schedule of assets, April 1995.

Estate tax valuation report of closely-held assets, April 6, 1995.

Date of death property inventory and appraisement. 2 folders.

Disposition of personal property schedules and correspondence, 1996-1997. 7 folders.

Gifts from estate, 1995.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. 1917 Trust, plan of division as of April 6, 1995.

Estate legal fees, 1995.

Estate correspondence, 1995-2000.

American Appraisal Associates. Summary appraisal report of the estate of Louis W. Hill, Jr. equity ownership interest as of April 6, 1995. 4 folders.

Appraisal report, North Oaks Company and Acorn Development Company, January 28, 1990. 1 volume.

MBG Consulting Foresters. Appraisal of Louis W. Hill estate, November 14, 1995. 1 volume.

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152.F.12.12F

Louis W. Hill, Jr. estate, estate tax return attachment. 5 volumes.

Volumes 1-4 and 7.

Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Trust, 1995.

Letter and clipping.

Real estate appraisal, land in Glacier County, St. Mary's, Montana, 1995.

Real estate appraisal, 3864 Gelande St., Whitefish, Montana, 1995.

Correspondence, North Oaks properties, 1994-1996.

Pebble Beach, Florida property, 1995-1997.

Division of timber holdings, 1995-1997.

First Trust report to District Court, account 25403550, Louis W. Hill, Jr. guardianship, April 1, 1994-April 6, 1995.

First Trust reports, account 25125300, Louis W. Hill, Jr. estate, 1995-1999. 2 folders.

First Trust reports, account 25125302, ancillary probate, 1995-1999.

First Trust reports, account 25125303, East Oaks Farm, 1995-1996.

First Trust reports, account 15125304, East Oaks/North Oaks, 1995-1997.

First Trust reports, account 25125305, environmental costs escrow, 1997.

First Trusts reports, account 25268960, Louis W. Hill, Jr. 1973 revokable trust, 1993-1995.

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152.F.12.13B

Louis W. Hill, Jr. 1973 revokable trust administration, 1994.

First Trust reports, account 25268960, Louis W. Hill, Jr. trust estate, 1995-1999.

First Trust reports, account 25299940, Louis W. Hill, Jr. 1992 revokable trust, 1993-1995.

First Trust reports, account 25299941, East Oaks Farm, 1993-1995.

First Trust reports, account 25540080, Louis W. Hill, Jr. agency, December 1993-1996. 5 folders.

Account 25540080, oil and gas leases, 1993-1995.

First Trust reports, account 25640080, Louis W. Hill, Jr. 1917 Trust, 1996.

Reports, account 25125308, Louis Fors Hill share, 1997-1999.

Family trust miscellany:

1917 Trust information, 1930s-1940s.

1917 Trust, Louis W. Hill, Jr. trustee, December 1963.

Mary T. Hill Trust, 1928-1933.

Louis W. Hill 1973 Trust: Instrument, amendments, and correspondence, 1973-1991. 2 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. 1974 revokable trust: Reports and termination, 1990-1991.

Miscellaneous trust correspondence, 1987-1989.

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HILL FAMILY PROPERTIES

Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s, own properties, and his involvement in the management and disposition of Hill family properties.

Location

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152.F.12.13B

Hill home, 260 Summit:

Deeds and agreements.

Disposition correspondence, 1949-1954.

Family meeting pending, approximately 1961.

Contents lists and correspondence, 1954-1960.

Contents: Gift tax information.

Articles wanted by Minnesota Historical Society, 1951.

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152.F.12.14F

Accounts and employee wages, 1949-1956.

Expenses, 1947-1957. 3 folders.

Maps.

Miscellaneous, 1949-1959.

Organ, 1948-1955.

Savings books, 1953-1956.

Staff?, 1929-1941.

Donation of home to Catechetical Guild Educational Society, 1954-1972.

North Oaks:

Family correspondence regarding authorization and/or plans, 1949-1950.

Miscellaneous materials.

Vandalism, 1967-1977.

North Oaks Farm and dairy, 1884-1896, 1984-1985.

Photocopies of articles about the farm and dairy, receipts for and illustrations of a cream separator, and labels for farm products; with 3 related memoranda (1984-1985).

James J. Hill brick house.

North Oaks planning, 1984-1985.

Montana land: Big Mountain, 1963-1971.

Montana lots, St. Mary's Lake, 1931, 1989.

Whitefish, Montana house: Rental and property, 1970s-approximately 1991. 2 folders.

Pebble Beach property, 1970s-approximately 1991. 2 folders.

Salinas, California property, 1923-1924.

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TIMBER AND RELATED FILES

Subject files reflecting Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s own investments and property holdings, and his involvement in the management of Hill family properties and interests. They pertain largely to Oregon lands, particularly in Linn County. Many date from the 1940s.

Location

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152.H.4.10F

Acquisitions, timber trusts, etc., 1960-1966.

"B" correspondence.

Bank accounts, 1941-1944.

Beaver Logging Company.

Brooks-Scanlon. 3 folders.

Buck Mountain Logging Co.

Canton Creek.

Cascades Plywood Company.

Cascadia Reservoir Project, 1969.

Cascadia State Park exchange, 1975-1979.

Churchill case.

Timber costs and valuations, 1950s-1980s.

Timber cruises, 1927-1980s. 4 folders.

Cutover lands.

Davidson lands, legal documents.

"E" correspondence.

Eugene Ellis correspondence.

Timber land Exchanges. 2 folders.

Fire protection/fire claims.

Fish hatchery (South Santiam Fish Hatchery, Oregon).

Flood control.

"G" correspondence.

General.

General correspondence regarding contracts, assignments, purchases, etc.

Gravel.

Green Peter Reservoir.

"H" correspondence.

Harter Mountain.

Thor Helmen, 1941-1942. 2 folders.

Oregon agent for Louis W. Hill.

Hill timber lands: Code letters and names of ownerships.

Hill ownership in Lane & Douglas counties (Oregon) totally owned by 1917 trusts (maps).

Location

Box

152.H.5.5B

Timber, Louis W. Hill Jr. personal, 1942-1987. 2 folders.

M. G. Hitchcock (logging contractor), 1941-1944.

Horner property purchase, 1983.

Japanese log, chip, sales, 1968-1969.

"L" correspondence.

Lebanon (Oregon) Hospital, 1948-1961.

Lebanon Lumber Company.

Linn County corporations, merger.

Linn County history.

Linn County timber miscellany.

Little Tree Company, 1944-1956. 9 folders.

Financial reports, deeds and legal documents, tax returns, correspondence, and miscellany regarding this Oregon corporation established by Louis W. Hill in 1944 to buy, sell, and hold land, second growth timber, and stocks and bonds. Liquidated in 1955-1956.

Long time program.

Lyon Lumber Company.

"M" correspondence.

Timber maps, sketches, etc.

Malarkey, Herbert.

Mason, David T., 1940s-1980s. 3 folders.

Consulting forester, Mason, Bruce & Gerard, Portland, Oregon.

McDowell Creek Logging Company, 1941-1943.

Mills.

Minnesota Log and Lumber Company dissolution, 1936-1937.

Location

Box

152.H.5.6F

Nyland, John.

"O" correspondence.

Oregon lands, Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal, 1946-1953.

Oregon timber properties.

"P" correspondence.

Peterson, Bert.

Pine.

Powers-Davis Logging Company (Santiam Lumber Company), 1942-1951.

Powers-Davis-Wheeler deal, 1945-1946.

Prices.

Pulp project.

"R" correspondence.

Regulations. 1941-1945. 2 folders.

Right-of-way.

Roaring River Logging Company.

"S" correspondence.

Santiam Lumber Company, 1960s-1970s.

Scaling.

Schneider, Fred.

Sewell & Wynn.

Statistics.

Sustained yield.

Timber sales, Louis W. Hill and Elsie F. Hill, 1950s-1960s. 21 folders.

Timber tax reform, 1985-1986.

Timber tax valuations, 1942-1945.

Location

Box

152.H.5.7B

Timber taxes, 1965-1966.

Timber taxes, Little Tree and Louis W. Hill, Jr. personal, 1946-1983.

Timber Service Company, 1941-1986. 3 folders.

Timber acquisitions and sales; minutes of meetings.

Timber Service Company: Mason, Bruce & Girard, 1948-1985. 6 folders.

Timber Service Company: Oil and gas, 1961-1981.

Trespass.

Trips, timber.

Utilization.

Vancouver Plywood Company.

"W" correspondence.

West Gate Lumber Company.

Weyerhaeuser purchase, 1989.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1943-1957.

Willamette Industries, Inc., 1968, 1981-1985.

Willamette National Lumber Company.

Proposed Willamette Valley timber consolidation, 1932-1937.

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BUSINESS FILES

Businesses in which Louis W. Hill, Jr. and his siblings were involved or invested.

Location

Box

152.H.5.7B

Fort Union Development Company/Pescadero Pebble Beach Company, 1945-1956. 2 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr. and Cortlandt T. Hill were among its directors and officers.

Great Northern Iron Ore Properties annual reports, 1927-1933.

Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, 1963, 1977-1987.

Location

Box

152.H.5.8F

Great Northern Oil Company, 1958-1969. 3 folders.

Mainly annual and financial reports.

Great Northern Railway Company miscellany, 1925-1984.

Great Northern Credit Union.

Great Northern Railway/Oregon, California & Eastern Railway Company, 1963-1969.

Oil, and drilling technology.

Preco (Pacific Railway Equipment Company), 1939-approximately 1973. 3 folders.

Founded by Cortlandt T. Hill in 1939. Name changed to Northcote Incorporated in February 1966, although Preco letterheads continue to appear in this file.

Preco annual reports, 1961-1965.

Preco/Northcote, 1966-1969.

Northcote Incorporated annual reports, 1966-1969.

Tunnel Oil Company, 1941-1943.

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BOOKS FILES

Miscellaneous files on books sponsored or purchased by Louis W. Hill, Jr.

Location

Box

152.H.5.8F

Book purchases. 2 folders.

The Gilfillan Story, 1986.

Albro Martin, 1970s-1980s.

Correspondence and notes, mainly regarding his biographical research on the Hill family.

Mel Ruder, Danny On books file, 1979-1983.

Correspondence, largely with Mel Ruder of Columbia Falls, MT, regarding Along the Trail, a photographic essay on Glacier National Park and the northern Rocky Mountains, by Danny On. Its publication was supported by Louis W. Hill, Jr.

Salmon book, Fish of rare breeding, 1977-1979.

Shiely, J. L., Giants with the Earth, 1950.

Simon, William, A Time for truth, 1978.

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding cancer books and research, 1990.

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding books.

Location

Box

152.H.5.9B

Orders pending, 1975-1977.

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ART FILES

Largely regarding Louis W. Hill, Jr.'s art collections and purchases. Some pertain to art originally acquired by James J. Hill, the Great Northern Railway, and Louis W. Hill, Sr.

Location

Box

152.H.5.9B

Art dealers, A-N. 28 folders.

Louis W. Hill, Jr's correspondence with and purchases from dealers in prints, art objects, and art books. Mainly, but not entirely, Japanese art, especially Japanese prints.

Location

Box

152.B.16.8F

Art dealers, N-Z. 16 folders.

Art correspondence and background files:

Japanese art lists and notes. 2 folders.

Japanese art background materials.

Japanese art correspondence, 1930-1988. 4 folders.

Special projects, art objects history, 1950s-1980s.

Miscellany on Western and other art owned by Hill family members.

Location

Box

152.B.16.9B

Toshi Yoshida. 3 folders.

Japanese artist and printmaker. Louis W. Hill, Jr. carried on a decades-long correspondence with him, purchased many of his paintings and prints, and sponsored or supported a number of his exhibits, printmaking workshops, and Japanese culture initiatives.

Takasha Yoshida, 1968-1990.

Toshi's son.

Art--Austria.

Art--England.

Art--France.

Miscellaneous correspondence and information regarding art. 2 folders.

Western art:

Museum of the Plains Indian, Browning, Montana, 1956-1987.

Charles M. Russell, 1963-1972.

Julius Seyler artist, 1982-1988.

Joyce Clarke Turvey, 1976-1987.

Director of the John L. Clarke Western Art Gallery and Museum, East Glacier Park.

Rudolf G. Wunderlich, 1979-1989.

Art dealer.

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Indians and Indian artifacts, 1979-1988.

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding western art, 1971-1985.

Blackfeet Indians: Winold Reiss paintings:

German-born painter Winold Reiss gained renown as a portrait painter of Blackfeet Indians. Many of his portraits were acquired by the Great Northern Railway and Louis W. Hill, Sr., widely exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, and reproduced for sale.

Inventories of paintings owned by GN and/or LWH Sr.

Article, Montana, the Magazine of Western History, 21:3, Summer 1971.

"Blackfeet Indians of Glacier National Park." 2 folders.

Two sets of color prints (24 each) as published by Great Northern and packaged for sale, with an historical introduction by Frank B. Linderman (first set) and by Dr. Claude E. Schaeffer (second set).

"Blackfeet Indians" packet, 1984.

Packet of color prints, with introductions by Frank B. Linderman and Ann T. Walton, published by Burlington Northern.

"Indians of the Northwest by Winold Reiss," published by Walter T. Foster, undated. 1 volume.

A picture book of Weiss portraits of Indians of southwest Canada and the northwestern United States, many from transparencies loaned by the Great Northern.

Background information.

Black and white prints and negatives, full set. 2 folders.

Prints and negatives (black and white and color negatives) of paintings numbered 1-80; nos. 33 and 56 missing for the prints.

Reiss paintings sales and expenses, 1973-1974.

Reiss paintings, various ownership lists, undated, 1927, 1970-1972.

Sale: Winold Reiss paintings Anschutz collection, 1974-1975, 1988-1989.

Reiss paintings: L.W. Hill, Jr., 1974-1981.

Reiss paintings: Glenbow Museum, Calgary (Canada), 1973-1974.

Reiss paintings: Cortland Hill, 1973-1974.

Reiss paintings: Maud Schroll, May 1974.

Montana Historical Society, Sam Gilully, Director, 1974.

Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1973-1974.

Custom Display, Inc., 1971-1974.

Insurance (Reiss), 1974.

Correspondence regarding W. Reiss and introducing buyers before the Kennedy Gallery, Inc., 1960s-1970s.

Location

Box

150.G.4.7B

Museum of the Plains Indians, Browning, MT, 1974.

Miscellaneous letters regarding Indian artifacts, February-April 1974.

Correspondence and miscellany regarding sale, exhibit, and distribution to family members, 1928, 1955-1964.

Reiss paintings schedules, 1972-1973.

W. Tjark correspondence, June 1970.

Reiss paintings, 1970-1971. 2 folders.

Blackfeet Indians miscellaneous files:

Jennings, "A Pageant of the Blackfeet," 1966.

Correspondence, 1960-1978.

James R. Ludwig regarding Blackfoot Indians, 1950s-1970s.

Correspondence, articles, and miscellany.

James Willard Schultz, 1978-1980.

"Indian collection, L. W. Hill Sr. and Great Northern Railway." 4 volumes.

Photocopies of descriptive forms, often including illustrations, for each Indian artifact in the L. W. Hill Collection.

Location

Box

150.G.4.8F

Art gifts and loans:

Tax file on gifts, loans, valuations, approximately 1955-1990.

Art valuations, miscellaneous, 1967-1972.

Charles Russell painting, Father DeSmet, 1981.

Hiroshige, landscape attribute, Dr. Howard Link, 1980-1987.

Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, 1974.

Gift, Ambassador Reischauer, Japanese scroll, 1966-1990.

Hill Collection, Yale, 1985-1990.

LaFarge window, 1963-1989.

Gustavus Adolphus, Gilbert Collection Japanese prints, 1963-1990.

J. J. Hill picture, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, 1988.

Miscellaneous gifts, 1974, 1986.

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STAMPS

Location

Box

150.G.4.8F

Harry Field stamps, 1960s-approximately 1981.

Correspondence, lists, appraisals, and miscellany.

Tax stamps, England and Ireland.

Stamps, Romania. 2 folders.

Loose pages and a paper-covered album of Romanian stamps, annotated "Duplicates."

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GROTTO FOUNDATION

Location

Box

150.G.4.8F

L. W. Hill Foundation/Northwest Area Foundation draft 50-year history, 1984.

Apparently by Gretchen Kreuter.

Grotto Foundation miscellany, 1970-1991.

Grants ledgers, 1960s-1990s. 2 folders.

Location

Box

150.G.4.9B

Board of directors meetings, May 26 and September 28, 1993. 2 folders.

"Adolescent girls: The invisible population," May 1993.

Post-Grant Evaluations … Programs Serving Native Communities, June 1997.

Ojibwe Language Project draft report, April 6, 1999.

Grants, 2000.

Financial reports, 1992-1994.

Depreciation schedules, 1990s.

For Foundation furniture, equipment, other assets.

Excise tax, 1993-1996.

Allocation sheets, reimbursements to Jerome Foundation, 1992-1996.

Account agreements, 1990s. 3 folders.

With First Trust, Wilkerson Guthmann & Johnson, and Mairs and Power.

Firstar investment reports and correspondence, 1991-1996. 5 folders.

Piper Jaffray investment reports and correspondence, 1991-1996. 6 folders.

Wilke/Thompson investment reports, 1992-1996. 3 folders.

Location

Box

150.G.4.10F

Department of Natural Resources, Youth in Natural Resources program, 1990-1991. 2 folders.

The Grotto Foundation was one of its major funders, and Margaret (Peg) Thomas, Grotto Foundation executive director, was a member of its inter-agency task force.

Race and Diversity Committee, Grotto Foundation, 1992-1996.

This file relates largely or entirely to the Minnesota Council on Foundations' Race & Diversity Task Force. Peg Thompson was a member.

Aldred A. Heckman files:

A. A. Heckman was variously executive director or president of the Louis W. and Maud Hill Family Foundation/Northwest Area Foundation from 1952-1973 and director of the Jerome Foundation and the Grotto Foundation from 1964-1993. First chairman of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Board, Saint Johns University. He died February 1994.

A. A. Heckman Fund, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1994-2000.

Copies of early musical manuscripts by Henry Purcell.

With an explanatory memorandum by A. A. Heckman, Grotto Foundation (February 14, 1980).

Saint Johns University Institute for Spirituality, 1978.

With a transmittal letter to the Heckmans from Coleman J. Barry, O.S.B., executive director.

Al Heckman financial transactions, 1993.

"In Appreciation, Al Heckman, Hazelden," April 1985. 1 volume.

Memorabilia, letters, and photographs commemorating Heckman's retirement from the Hazelden board of trustees.

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AUDIO RECORDINGS

Recordings by, or of interviews with, Hill family members.

Location

Internet

Interview of Bernice Ellis by Louis F. Hill, undated. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 1 minute): WAV (308 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (54.3 MB).

Digital audio

Interview of Elsi Fors Hill by Louis F. Hill, January 17, 1987. 1 master audio file (2 hours, 20 minutes): WAV (706 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (128 MB).

Container notes: discussion about Finland, Pebble Beach, revolution in Finland.

Digital audio

Interview of Louis W. Hill, Jr. by Louis F. Hill, approximately 1989. 1 master audio file (4 hours, 33 minutes): WAV (1.3 GB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (242 MB).

Digital audio

Interview of Louis W. Hill, Jr. by Louis F. Hill, September 1989. 1 master audio file (20 minutes, 12 seconds): WAV (101 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (17.7 MB).

Digital audio

Interview of the Ellis family and Louis W. Hill, Jr. by Louis F. Hill, May 1990. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 2 minutes): WAV (316 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (55.4 MB).

Interview includes Eugene and Bernice Ellis.

Digital audio

Interview of Louis W. Hill, Jr. by Louis F. Hill, November 27, 1990. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 2 minutes): WAV (315 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (54.8 MB).

Digital audio

Astrology reading by Carol Hemingway, December 5, 1990. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 3 minutes): WAV (318 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (55.2 MB).

Digital audio

Interview of Maud Schroll by Louis F. Hill, approximately 1991. 1 master audio file (3 hours, 4 minutes): WAV (930 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (163 MB).

Digital audio

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Apportionment (Election law) -- Minnesota.; Campaign management -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Ojibwa Indians -- Diseases.; Public welfare -- Minnesota.; Tuberculosis -- Minnesota.; Political campaigns -- Minnesota.; Art -- Collectors and collecting.; Book collecting.; Stamp collecting.; Lumber trade -- Oregon.; Iron mines and mining -- Minnesota.; Petroleum industry and trade -- United States.; Estate planning.; Trusts and trustees.; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.; Real property -- Minnesota.; Real property -- Montana.; Real property -- California.

Persons:: Hill family.; Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916.; Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953.; Ball, Joseph H. (Joseph Hurst), 1905-1993, author.; Bane, Frank, author.; Heckman, Alfred A., author.; Hill, Louis Warren, -1948, author.; Hill, Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor, 1870-1961, author.; Hill, Cortlandt, 1906-1978, author.; Schroll, Maud Van Cortlandt Hill Dorcy, 1903-1997, author.; Hill, Jerome, 1905-1972, author.; Hill, Elsi Fors, author.

Organizations:: Council of State Governments.; Minnesota. Tuberculosis Facilities Commission.; Minnesota. Legislature. House.; Minnesota Commission on Interstate Cooperation.; Grotto Foundation (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.; Fort Union Development Company, author.; Pescadero Pebble Beach Company, author.; Great Northern Iron Ore Properties (Firm : Saint Paul, Minn.), author.; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), author.; Great Northern Pipe Line Company, author.; Great Northern Credit Union, author.; Pacific Railway Equipment Company, author.

Places:: Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Politics and government.; North Oaks (Minn. : Farm); Northcote (Minn. : Farm)

Occupations:: Legislators.; Businesspeople.

Document Types:: Photographs.; Genealogies (histories).; Sound recordings.

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