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Guide to the George R. Hill Papers

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Collection Overview
Date Span:1905-1966
Creator:Hill, George R. (1888-1966)
Extent:1.00 linear foot.
Collection Number:MSC0246
Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Summary:State senator and judge. Political correspondence, speeches, and scrapbooks.

Lawyer, Iowa State Senator and Iowa District Court Judge, George Raymond Hill (1888-1966) was born in Woodburn, Iowa. He received his law degree from Drake University in 1910. Hill practiced law in Des Moines, Belmond, and Clarion, Iowa. In 1932, he became Clarion's city attorney. A Republican, Hill was elected to the state senate from Iowa's 37th district in 1936. He later was appointed to the District Court bench.

The papers of George R. Hill date from 1905 to 1966 and are made up of three boxes of speeches, correspondence, and scrapbooks. The speeches date from 1926 to 1950, and deal primarily with patriotism and good citizenship. The correspondence dates from 1942 to 1966, and includes letters from: Robert D. Blue, James I. Dolliver, Virgil M. Hancher, Bourke B. Hickenlooper and Harold E. Hughes. These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mrs. George R. Hill in 1971. They are open for research and information on literary rights is available in the repository.

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1971 by Mr. G. R. Hill

Preferred Citation: George R. Hill Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:319-335-5921
Curator:Greg Prickman
Email:lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

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Occupations:
Judges
Legislators

Geographic Names:
Iowa
Iowa

Genre/Form of Materials:
Scrapbooks