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Charles Lee Hill's Great-Grandparents and Grandfather - Photographs

 Item

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The materials in this collection are composed of two boxes.

Box 1 is composed of Charles Lee Hill's scrapbook and photographs of the musical group "The Houstonians."

Box 2 is composed of biographical materials and photographs about Charles Lee Hill's life and music career. As well as biographical materials about his grandfather W.T. Hill's life and time spent in the American Civil War as a Confederate officer.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1948 - 1950
  • Creation: 1983 - 1984
  • Creation: 1986
  • Creation: 1861 - 1865

Biographical / Historical

Colonel John R. Hill and Sarah Hill were W.T. Hill's parents.

Colonel John R. Hill and Sarah Hill were Charles Lee Hill's great-grandparents and W.T. Hill was Charles' grandfather.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints (In a clear archival sleeve. In file 2 of folder 1 of box 2.) : Photocopies of four black and white photographs; all are on one sheet.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

There are four photocopies of black and white portraits on one sheet.

The first portrait is of Colonel John R. Hill and Sarah Hill as a young couple standing side-by-side.

The second portrait is of Colonel John R. Hill when he was older.

The third portrait is of William Traylor Hill in his Confederate Army uniform.

The fourth portrait is of Sarah Hill when she was older.

Repository Details

Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository

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