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Henry Louis and Mart Hill collection, 1943-2000, Date acquired: 09/14/2000

 

Summary

Creator:
Hill, Henry L., 1914-2000
Hill, Mart
Extent:
1 folders 1 folder
1 boxes Oversize Box 2
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Henry Louis and Mart Hill collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0732.

Background

Scope and content:

Henry Louis Hill served as a captain with the U.S. Army's 97th Infantry, Field Artillery, S-3 Battalion during World War II. This collection contains a veteran's questionnaire from Louis Hill; a one-page faded cartoon of native women on Guadalcanal; and a brief (less than one page) recount of how Hill came upon a Japanese lantern, which is also part of the collection. The collection also contains a black and white photograph of the president of Florida State College for Women (FSCW), Dr. Edward Conradi, buying supposedly the first defense bond issued in Tallahassee, FL, from Miss Mart Pierson (later married to Henry Louis Hill). According to the inscription on the photograph, the date was 14 December 1941, the first day defense bonds were sold in the US. Miss Pierson was the president of the College Government and chairman of the College Student Defense Committee. Also, there is a book of war stories from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, but Hill is not represented.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Louis Hill was born on December 15, 1914 in Tallahassee, Florida. He received his initial training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. During the war, he served as a Captain with the U.S Army's 97th Infantry, Field Artillery, S-3 Battalion, fighting at Guadalcanal in 1943 and later serving in Europe in 1944.

Acquisition information:

Mrs. Mart Hill

Gift

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

By creator

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Henry Louis and Mart Hill collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0732.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA