Hill and Grosvenor Family Papers, 1860-1952.

Collection Number: 04191

Collection Title: Hill and Grosvenor Family Papers, 1860-1952.

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Size	8.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8000 items)
Abstract	The Hill and Grosvenor families of Memphis, Tenn., were joined by the marriage of Olivia Polk Hill (1861-1934) and Charles Niles Grosvenor (1850-1931) in 1885. Olivia Polk Hill Grosvenor's father, Napoleon Hill (1830-1909), made his fortune during the California gold rush and upon his return to Memphis, married Mary Martin Wood, daughter of a large planter. Hill then established a series of firms in Memphis, culminating in the formation of Hill Fontaine and Co., a large inland cotton house. In 1897, Charles Niles Grosvenor and Olivia Hill Grosvenor moved to El Paso, Tex., for his health. The three Grosveor children, Phoebe Olivia (d. 1963), Charles Niles, Jr. (1890-1930), and Napoleon Hill, remained in Memphis. Apparently in 1902, Olivia Hill Grosvenor moved back to Memphis, followed by her husband in 1903. The Grosvenors spent much of their later years in Pass Christian, Miss. Primarily family correspondence, especially love letters between Olivia Polk Hill and Charles Niles Grosvenor, 1874-1885; Phoebe Olivia Grosvenor and Marion G. Evans and other suitors, 1908-1919; and Phoebe Airey Evans and Jack Petree, 1940-1942. Also included are letters, 1890- 1891, from Frank F. Hill about life at the University of the South, where he was in school; a letter, 1890, from Hamlin Garland; letters reflecting on life in El Paso, Tex., 1897-1902; and letters from students at Georgia Tech and Washington and Lee University, circa 1908-1910. Other papers include financial and legal materials of the Hill and Grosvenor families; poems and other writings; four diary volumes, 1892-1915, of Mary Martin Hill (1835-1922) dealing with family and personal news in Memphis and other locations; items relating to social life in Memphis, Tenn., 1895- 1940; material relating to Army Air Force training during World War II; and maps, 1897-1899, of mines in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Hill and Grosvenor Family Papers #4191, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Purchased from Kate Stokes Born of Winfield, Alabama, in September 1979.

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The Hill and Grosvenor families were wealthy and prominent residents of Memphis, Tennessee. These two families were joined by the marriage of Olivia Polk Hill (1861-1934) and Charles Niles Grosvenor (1850-1931) in December 1885. Olivia Polk Hill Grosvenor's father, Napoleon Hill (1830-1909), made his fortune during the California gold rush, spending 1850-1857 in California. Upon his return to Memphis, he married Mary Martin Wood (1835-1922), daughter of Benigna Polk Wood (1816-1887) and William H. Wood (1814-1888), a large planter. Hill then established a series of firms in Memphis, culminating in the formation, with Nolan Fontaine, of Hill Fontaine and Co., a large inland cotton house. During the 1880s, Hill also purchased interests in Alabama coal lands.

Charles Niles Grosvenor was a business partner of John Overton in Memphis. In 1897, he and his wife Olivia moved to El Paso, Texas, for his health. The three Grosvenor children, Phoebe Olivia (d. 1963), Charles Niles, Jr. (1890-1930), and Napoleon Hill (1830-1909), remained in Memphis. Apparently in 1902, Olivia Hill Grosvenor moved back to Memphis, followed by her husband in 1903. Grosvenor then entered business for himself.

The Grosvenors spent much of their later years in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

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This collection consists primarily of correspondence between members of the Hill and Grosvenor families and their friends. Also included is documentation relating to their financial and legal activities, social and civic activities, writings, and education. The correspondence series contains numerous love letters between Olivia Hill and Charles Niles Grosvenor; Phoebe Olivia Grosvenor and Marion G. Evans; and Phoebe Airey Evans and Jack Petree. Subseries 3.4 contains notes and other material by and about Jack Petree when he was in aviation training at Maxwell Field, Alabama, in 1942. Subseries 3.6 contains three maps showing ore deposits and mining shafts in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Records of the James S. Robinson Drugstore, received with this collection, were placed in MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS (#517), as Unit 50.

Contents list

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1. Correspondence, 1860-1949 and undated.
1860-1889.
1890-1903.
1904-1919.
1920-1939.
1940-1949 and undated.
2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated.
3. Other Papers.
3.1. Writings, 1879-1932 and undated.
3.2. Social and Civic Activities, 1895-1942 and undated.
3.3. Education-related Material, 1899-1942 and undated.
3.4. Jack Petree, circa 1942 and undated.
3.5. Other Papers, 1893-1935 and undated.
4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated.
5. Pictures.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1860-1949 and undated.

About 5900 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly personal correspondence of the Hill and Grosvenor families with family members and friends.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1860-1889.

Letters between family members and friends. Folder 1 contains primarily the correspondence of the Wood and Hill families. Correspondence beginning in 1871 consists largely of invitations from and replies to Charles Niles Grosvenor. Love letters between Charles Grosvenor and Olivia "Sallie" Polk Hill begin in 1874 and continue until their marriage in 1885. Numerous letters to Olivia "Sallie" Hill from her many suitors begin about 1878.

Folder 1	1860, 1866, 1868, 1869 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 1
Folder 2	1871-1873 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 2
Folder 3-4	1874 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 3-4 Folder 3 Folder 4
Folder 5-6	1875 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 5-6 Folder 5 Folder 6
Folder 7	1876 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 7
Folder 8-9	1877 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 8-9 Folder 8 Folder 9
Folder 10-11	1878 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 10-11 Folder 10 Folder 11
Folder 12	1879 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 12
Folder 13-14	1880 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 13-14 Folder 13 Folder 14
Folder 15-21	1881 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 15-21 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21
Folder 22-24	1882 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 22-24 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24
Folder 25-27	1883 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 25-27 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27
Folder 18-29	1884 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 18-29 Folder 18 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29
Folder 30-37	1885 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 30-37 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37
Folder 38-42	1886 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 38-42 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42
Folder 43	1887 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 43
Folder 44	1888-1889 #04191, Subseries: "1860-1889." Folder 44

Expand/collapse Subseries 1890-1903.

Family correspondence continues. Letters dated 1890-1891 are mostly between Frank F. Hill, who was in school at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, and family and friends. Letters to Frank from W. H. Bickers mention visits to "spoarting [sic] houses" (i.e. brothels) in Memphis. Beginning in 1892, letters to Frank are addressed to Pantops Academy, Charlottesville, Virginia. A letter to Olivia H. Grosvenor from Hamlin Garland (2 December 1895) is in folder 61. Beginning in 1897, there are letters from Olivia and Charles Grosvenor in El Paso, Texas, to her parents and children in Memphis, and, in 1902, between Charles Grosvenor in El Paso and Olivia, who seems to have returned to Memphis.

Folder 45-55	1890 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 45-55 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55
Folder 56	1891 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 56
Folder 57-59	1892 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 57-59 Folder 57 Folder 58 Folder 59
Folder 60-61	1894-1895 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 60-61 Folder 60 Folder 61
Folder 62	1895-1896 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 62
Folder 63-69	1897 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 63-69 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69
Folder 70-83	1898 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 70-83 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83
Folder 84-90	1899 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 84-90 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90
Folder 91-97	1900 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 91-97 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97
Folder 98-102	1901 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 98-102 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102
Folder 103-112	1902 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 103-112 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106 Folder 107 Folder 108 Folder 109 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112
Folder 113-122	1903 #04191, Subseries: "1890-1903." Folder 113-122 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122

Expand/collapse Subseries 1904-1919.

Letters between Olivia and Charles Grosvenor and their children: Napoleon "Nap" at Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia, and, beginning in fall 1908, at Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia; Phoebe at Hamilton Institute, Washington, D. C., and, in 1905, in Paris, France; and C. N., Jr. "Niles" in Staunton, and, beginning in fall 1908, at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

Correspondence between Phoebe and Marion G. Evans and other suitors begins about 1908. Bert Parker is an especially persistent suitor. His letters begin in 1910 and continue until his rejection by Phoebe in 1914. Correspondence between Phoebe and Frank Harris, a lieutenant in the Navy, begins about 1912 and continues until his death in an automobile accident, 9 October 1915.

Folder 123-135	1904 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 123-135 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129 Folder 130 Folder 131 Folder 132 Folder 133 Folder 134 Folder 135
Folder 136-155	1905 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 136-155 Folder 136 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141 Folder 142 Folder 143 Folder 144 Folder 145 Folder 146 Folder 147 Folder 148 Folder 149 Folder 150 Folder 151 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154 Folder 155
Folder 156-168	1906 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 156-168 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162 Folder 163 Folder 164 Folder 165 Folder 166 Folder 167 Folder 168
Folder 169-171	1907 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 169-171 Folder 169 Folder 170 Folder 171
Folder 172-173B	1908 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 172-173B Folder 172
Folder 174-181	1909 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 174-181 Folder 174 Folder 175 Folder 176 Folder 177 Folder 178 Folder 179 Folder 180 Folder 181
Folder 182-188	1910 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 182-188 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184 Folder 185 Folder 186 Folder 187 Folder 188
Folder 189-192	1911 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 189-192 Folder 189 Folder 190 Folder 191 Folder 192
Folder 193-196	1912 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 193-196 Folder 193 Folder 194 Folder 195 Folder 196
Folder 197-202	1913 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 197-202 Folder 197 Folder 198 Folder 199 Folder 200 Folder 201 Folder 202
Folder 203-205	1914 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 203-205 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205
Folder 206A,B	1915 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 206A,B
Folder 207	1916 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 207
Folder 208-210	1917 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 208-210 Folder 208 Folder 209 Folder 210
Folder 211-214	1918 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 211-214 Folder 211 Folder 212 Folder 213 Folder 214
Folder 215-219	1919 #04191, Subseries: "1904-1919." Folder 215-219 Folder 215 Folder 216 Folder 217 Folder 218 Folder 219

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Correspondence between the Grosvenors and family and friends continues, including the correspondence of Phoebe Grosvenor Evans and Marion G. Evans. Letters in November 1932 include children's Christmas lists and corresponding orders to Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Correspondence during the 1920s between Marion G. Evans, Charles Niles Grosvenor, and various attorneys and businessmen relates to the estate of Mary M. Wood Hill (1835-1922). Letters beginning 18 April 1932 relate to the 17 April destruction by fire of the Grosvenor home in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Folder 220-224	1920 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 220-224 Folder 220 Folder 221 Folder 222 Folder 223 Folder 224
Folder 225	1921 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 225
Folder 226-232	1922 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 226-232 Folder 226 Folder 227 Folder 228 Folder 229 Folder 230 Folder 231 Folder 232
Folder 233-236	1923 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 233-236 Folder 233 Folder 234 Folder 235 Folder 236
Folder 237-244	1924 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 237-244 Folder 237 Folder 238 Folder 239 Folder 240 Folder 241 Folder 242 Folder 243 Folder 244
Folder 245-249	1925 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 245-249 Folder 245 Folder 246 Folder 247 Folder 248 Folder 249
Folder 250-253	1926 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 250-253 Folder 250 Folder 251 Folder 252 Folder 253
Folder 254-257	1927 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 254-257 Folder 254 Folder 255 Folder 256 Folder 257
Folder 258-259	1928 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 258-259 Folder 258 Folder 259
Folder 260-265	1929 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 260-265 Folder 260 Folder 261 Folder 262 Folder 263 Folder 264 Folder 265
Folder 266-272	1930 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 266-272 Folder 266 Folder 267 Folder 268 Folder 269 Folder 270 Folder 271 Folder 272
Folder 273-280	1931 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 273-280 Folder 273 Folder 274 Folder 275 Folder 276 Folder 277 Folder 278 Folder 279 Folder 280
Folder 281-294	1932 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 281-294 Folder 281 Folder 282 Folder 283 Folder 284 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290 Folder 291 Folder 292 Folder 293 Folder 294
Folder 295A-297	1933 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 295A-297
Folder 298-302	1934 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 298-302 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300 Folder 301 Folder 302
Folder 303	1935 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 303
Folder 304-305	1936 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 304-305 Folder 304 Folder 305
Folder 306-309	1937-1938 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 306-309 Folder 306 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309
Folder 310-312	1939 #04191, Subseries: "1920-1939." Folder 310-312 Folder 310 Folder 311 Folder 312

Expand/collapse Subseries 1940-1949 and undated.

Chiefly correspondence between Phoebe Airey Evans and Jack Petree. Also included is correspondence between Olivia Polk Evans Jefferds, Phoebe Evans Petree, and their parents.

Folder 313-316	1940 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 313-316 Folder 313 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316
Folder 317-328	1941 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 317-328 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322 Folder 323 Folder 324 Folder 325 Folder 326 Folder 327 Folder 328
Folder 329-364	1942 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 329-364 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331 Folder 332 Folder 333 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337 Folder 338 Folder 339 Folder 340 Folder 341 Folder 342 Folder 343 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346 Folder 347 Folder 348 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364
Folder 365-373	1943 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 365-373 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373
Folder 374	1944 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 374
Folder 375-376	1945 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 375-376 Folder 375 Folder 376
Folder 377-378	1946-1947 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 377-378 Folder 377 Folder 378
Folder 379	1948-1949 #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 379
Folder 380-383	Correspondence of Mary H. Hodgson (undated) #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 380-383 Folder 380 Folder 381 Folder 382 Folder 383
Folder 384-387	Correspondence of Mary M. and Napoleon Hill (undated) #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 384-387 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386 Folder 387
Folder 388-398D	Correspondence of Olivia H. and Charles N. Grosvenor (undated) #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 388-398D Folder 388
Folder 399-402	Correspondence of Phoebe Grosvenor Evans and Marion G. Evans (undated) #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 399-402 Folder 399 Folder 400 Folder 401 Folder 402
Folder 403-406C	Other correspondence (undated) #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 403-406C Folder 403
Folder 407-409B	Fragments #04191, Subseries: "1940-1949 and undated." Folder 407-409B Folder 407

Expand/collapse Series 2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated.

About 800 items.

Financial and legal materials of the Wood, Hill, and Grosvenor families. Items include receipts, records of disbursements, bills, appraisals, correspondence with attorneys, CPA reports, and stock reports of Hill & Fontaine Land Company. Also included are lists of renters, insurance-related items, lists of checks written, financial statements, and tax materials.

Folder 410	Estate of W. H. Wood (1897-1922) #04191, Series: "2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated." Folder 410
Folder 411-420	Estates of Napoleon Hill and Mary M. Hill (circa 1847-1930 and undated) #04191, Series: "2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated." Folder 411-420 Folder 411 Folder 412 Folder 413 Folder 414 Folder 415 Folder 416 Folder 417 Folder 418 Folder 419 Folder 420
Folder 421-438	Properties of Charles N. and Olivia H. Grosvenor (1915-1932 and undated) #04191, Series: "2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated." Folder 421-438 Folder 421 Folder 422 Folder 423 Folder 424 Folder 425 Folder 426 Folder 427 Folder 428 Folder 429 Folder 430 Folder 431 Folder 432 Folder 433 Folder 434 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437 Folder 438
Folder 439-443	Properties of Olivia H. Grosvenor (1932) #04191, Series: "2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated." Folder 439-443 Folder 439 Folder 440 Folder 441 Folder 442 Folder 443
Folder 444-448	Olivia H. Grosvenor, Miscellaneous (1924-1952 and undated) #04191, Series: "2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated." Folder 444-448 Folder 444 Folder 445 Folder 446 Folder 447 Folder 448
Folder 449-450	Miscellaneous #04191, Series: "2. Financial and Legal Materials, circa 1847-1952 and undated." Folder 449-450 Folder 449 Folder 450

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Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Writings, 1879-1932 and undated.

About 400 items.

Poetry, short stories, and essays by members of the Hill and Grosvenor families. Most of these are holograph works, but a few are typed carbon copies. Many of these works are unsigned. Poems by Olivia H. Grosvenor, who also wrote under the pseudonym "Midget," make up the bulk of the signed material. Included in folder 464 is sheet music for "Phoebe's Lullaby" with lyrics by Olivia H. Grosvenor. Folder 464 also contains two issues of Napoleon Hill's Magazine (Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, April and June 1921), founded and edited by Napoleon Hill, which advocated following the Golden Rule, especially in business practices. Folder 454 contains poems written by Olivia Polk Evans, circa 1931-1932, and an illustrated booklet of poems copied by her in 1932. Folder 451 contains the dedication page and a poem from a book dedicated to Olivia Polk Hill, 25 August 1884.

Folder 451-464

Writings, 1879-1932 and undated #04191, Subseries: "3.1. Writings, 1879-1932 and undated." Folder 451-464

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Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Social and Civic Activities, 1895-1942 and undated.

About 400 items.

Notes, minutes, correspondence, reports, membership lists, financial records, and other items relating to various social and civic groups of Memphis and Tennessee. Included are items relating to The Council Magazine; the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense (circa 1917); Memphis Colonial Dames, Tennessee Society of Colonial Dames of America, and National Society of Colonial Dames of America; Lamar and Magnolia Civic Clubs; Tennessee Women's Press and Author's Club; Ingleside Book Club; Memphis Women's Club; and church activities.

Folder 465-472

Social and Civic Activities, 1895-1942 and undated #04191, Subseries: "3.2. Social and Civic Activities, 1895-1942 and undated." Folder 465-472

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Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3. Education-related Material, 1899-1942 and undated.

About 50 items.

Materials related to the education of various members of the Hill and Grosvenor families. Among these are certificates, report cards, tuition receipts, tests, and assignments. Individuals represented include Phoebe Olivia Grosvenor Evans, Napoleon Grosvenor, Charles Niles Grosvenor, Jr., Olivia Polk Evans, and Phoebe Airey Evans.

Folder 473

Education-related Material, 1899-1942 and undated. #04191, Subseries: "3.3. Education-related Material, 1899-1942 and undated." Folder 473

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Jack Petree, circa 1942 and undated.

About 250 items.

Items relating to the training and service of Jack Petree, husband of Phoebe Airey Evans, during World War II. Included are class notes and tests, squadron and tent lists, and other items. Much of the material is from the Air Crew School, Maxwell Field, Alabama, and the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School, also at Maxwell Field.

Folder 474-477

Jack Petree, circa 1942 and undated. #04191, Subseries: "3.4. Jack Petree, circa 1942 and undated." Folder 474-477

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Expand/collapse Subseries 3.5. Other Papers, 1893-1935 and undated.

About 50 items.

Genealogical and historical notes, medical records, maps, and other items relating to the Hill and Grosvenor families. Folder 480 includes several floor plans of family houses and a map of Waukesha, Wisconsin (1907). Other maps, listed in this folder, but filed in oversized Papers, include three maps of mines and mineral zones of Pinos Altos, Chihuahua, Mexico (1897-1899); a map of Fort Smith, Arkansas (1906); a plat for President's Island, Tennessee (June 1920) (an island in the Mississippi River six miles below Memphis and Jones Landing, Arkansas); and a map of the Polk-Brooks "addition" to Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee.

Folder 478	Genealogical and Historical Materials #04191, Subseries: "3.5. Other Papers, 1893-1935 and undated." Folder 478
Folder 479	Medical Records #04191, Subseries: "3.5. Other Papers, 1893-1935 and undated." Folder 479
Folder 480	Maps #04191, Subseries: "3.5. Other Papers, 1893-1935 and undated." Folder 480
Folder 481	Miscellaneous Items #04191, Subseries: "3.5. Other Papers, 1893-1935 and undated." Folder 481

Expand/collapse Series 4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated.

44 items.

Account books, school composition books, diaries, and medical charts of the Wood, Hill, and Grosvenor families.

Volume 1	Mary M. Hill Diaries 1892 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 1
Volume 2	Mary M. Hill Diaries 1902 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 2
Volume 3	Mary M. Hill Diaries 1912 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 3
Volume 4	Mary M. Hill Diaries 1915 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 4
Folder 5-6	Mary M. Hill Essays, undated #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." Folder 5-6 Folder 5 Folder 6
Volume 7-8	Olivia H. Grosvenor School notebooks, 1871 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 7-8 Volume 7 Volume 8
Volume 9A	Olivia H. Grosvenor Poetry, 1880 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 9A
Volume 9b	Olivia H. Grosvenor Diary, circa 1880 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 9b
Volume 10	Olivia H. Grosvenor Writings, 1885 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 10
Volume 11	Olivia H. Grosvenor The Council (magazine), January 1897 (Poem by Olivia H. Grosvenor on page 11) #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 11
Volume 12	Olivia H. Grosvenor Account book, 1899 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 12
Volume 13	Olivia H. Grosvenor Diary, 1905 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 13
Volume 14-33	Olivia H. Grosvenor Nurses' Medical and Fever Charts, 10 December 1931-26 March 1934. Charts apparently kept by Olivia Grosvenor's private nurses, E. Mays and Billye Davis #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 14-33 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 Volume 18 Volume 19 Volume 20 Volume 21 Volume 22 Volume 23 Volume 24 Volume 25 Volume 26 Volume 27 Volume 28 Volume 29 Volume 30 Volume 31 Volume 32 Volume 33
Volume 34	Olivia H. Grosvenor Writings, undated #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 34
Volume 35	Phoebe Grosvenor (Evans) School notebook, 1902 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 35
Volume 36	Phoebe Grosvenor (Evans) Composition book, 1904 #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 36
Volume 37	Phoebe Grosvenor (Evans) Writing book, undated #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 37
Volume 38	Other Volumes Property appraisal, 1 March 1919, Mammoth Spring Rolling Mill #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 38
Volume 39	Other Volumes Property appraisal, 3 March 1919, Napoleon Hill Estate #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 39
Volume 40	Other Volumes Minutes, 1887-1893, Ingleside Book Club #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 40
Volume 41	Other Volumes Account book, 1887-1896, Ingleside Book Club #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 41
Volume 42	Other Volumes Writings, undated, author unknown #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." 42
Volume S43	Other Volumes Album, undated, containing clippings about the Hill and Grosvenor families with a few invitations and other items of correspondence #04191, Series: "4. Volumes, 1871-1934 and undated." S43

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Image P-4191/1A	Napoleon Hill (circa 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/1A
Image P-4191/1B	Mary M. Hill (1880) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/1B
Image P-4191/2	Mary M. and Napoleon Hill (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/2
Image P-4191/3	Mary M. Hill with unidentified woman and baby (circa 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/3
Image P-4191/4	Mary M. Hill, Napoleon Hill?, Phoebe Grosvenor Evans?, and unidentified woman (circa 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/4
Image P-4191/5A	Mary M. Hill with unidentified others at picnic (circa 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/5A
Oversize Image OP-P-4191/5B	Possibly the Hill children: Olivia, Mary, Frank, and Lee (circa 1875) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." OP-P-4191/5B
Image P-4191/6A	Mary M. Hill, Olivia H. Grosvenor, Mary M. Overton?, and unidentified baby (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/6A
Image P-4191/6B	Mary M. Hill and seven unidentified women (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/6B
Image P-4191/7A-7B	Napoleon Hill Grosvenor (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/7A-7B
Image P-4191/8	Phoebe Grosvenor (Evans) and unidentified woman, on horses (circa 1901) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/8
Image P-4191/9	Phoebe Grosvenor (Evans) and Marjorie (circa 1901) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/9
Image P-4191/10	Phoebe Grosvenor (Evans) (March 1901) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/10
Image P-4191/11	Phoebe Grosvenor Evans, Marion G. Evans, and unidentified man, with fish (May 1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/11
Image P-4191/12-13	Phoebe G. Evans and Marion G. Evans, with fish (May 1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/12-13 P-4191/12 P-4191/13
Image P-4191/14	Phoebe G. Evans and unidentified man with fish (May 1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/14
Image P-4191/15	Phoebe G. Evans and Marion G. Evans (May 1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/15
Image P-4191/16-22	Phoebe G. Evans (1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/16-22 P-4191/16 P-4191/17 P-4191/18 P-4191/19 P-4191/20 P-4191/21 P-4191/22
Image P-4191/23	Phoebe G. Evans and unidentified woman (1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/23
Image P-4191/24	Marion G. Evans (1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/24
Image P-4191/25-31	Phoebe G. Evans and baby (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/25-31 P-4191/25 P-4191/26 P-4191/27 P-4191/28 P-4191/29 P-4191/30 P-4191/31
Image P-4191/32	Marion G. Evans and baby (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/32
Image P-4191/33A	Phoebe G. Evans (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/33A
Image P-4191/33B	Mary M. Hill, Olivia H. Grosvenor, Phoebe G. Evans and Olivia Evans Jefferds (circa 1920) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/33B
Image P-4191/34	Phoebe G. Evans, Marion G. Evans (head not in picture), Olivia Evans (Jefferds), and Phoebe Evans (Petree) (circa 1923) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/34
Image P-4191/35	Phoebe G. Evans and unidentified man, on horseback (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/35
Image P-4191/36	Olivia Polk Evans (Jefferds) (22 May 1921) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/36
Image P-4191/37-44	S. J. Morrison (friend of Olivia Evans (Jefferds) (April 1940) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/37-44 P-4191/37 P-4191/38 P-4191/39 P-4191/40 P-4191/41 P-4191/42 P-4191/43 P-4191/44
Image P-4191/45	Olivia Polk Evans (Jefferds) and Joseph C. Jefferds (6 April 1943) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/45
Image P-4191/46	Phoebe Evans Petree (1943) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/46
Image P-4191/47	Phoebe Evans Petree (circa 1943) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/47
Image P-4191/48	Phoebe Evans Petree with baby carriage (circa 1944) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/48
Image P-4191/49-50	Beth Petree? (circa 1944) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/49-50 P-4191/49 P-4191/50
Image P-4191/51-58	Possibly children of Olivia E. and Joseph C. Jefferds (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/51-58 P-4191/51 P-4191/52 P-4191/53 P-4191/54 P-4191/55 P-4191/56 P-4191/57 P-4191/58
Image P-4191/59	Katesie? (1874) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/59
Image P-4191/60	Hattie? (8 October 1878) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/60
Image P-4191/61A	J. F. Vimword (9 March 1883) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/61A
Image P-4191/61B	Speed Green (10 December 1887) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/61B
Image P-4191/62	Amelia A. Hollenberg (December 1896) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/62
Image P-4191/63	Alice? Allen Dromgoole (1898) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/63
Image P-4191/64	Lena Hampton (March 1901) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/64
Image P-4191/65	Carl Louis Perin (August 1902) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/65
Image P-4191/66	Will Gilleland in football suit at Belbuckle College (1902) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/66
Image P-4191/67A	Emily Hill? (9 September 1912) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/67A
Image P-4191/67B	Maude Burbank, on horse, with dog (calendar) (1939) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/67B
Image P-4191/68	Charles Rann Kennedy (1940) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/68
Image P-4191/69	Charles G. Carter (Fall 1942) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/69
Image P-4191/70	Charles G. Carter (6 April 1943) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/70
Image P-4191/71	Grace Lewellyn (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/71
Image P-4191/72	Henrietta E. Desmond (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/72
Image P-4191/73	Martin Drumcourt (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/73
Image P-4191/74	Ruth Dillard (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/74
Image P-4191/75	Mrs. Lee Hill (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/75
Image P-4191/76	Olivia Fenner (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/76
Image P-4191/77	Elizabeth Hill and Janie (19 July 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/77
Image P-4191/78	Clara Outten and Flavel Hale (March 1901) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/78
Image P-4191/79	Annette Evans? with Bess and John (September 1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/79
Image P-4191/80	Group photograph, Mrs. Frank Brown's German (cotillion), White Sulphur Springs (1884) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/80
Image P-4191/81	Group photograph, Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee (circa 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/81
Image P-4191/82	Phoebe Evans (Petree)'s lunch for Class of 1940 (June 1940) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/82
Oversize Image OP-P-4191/83	Group photograph, Memphis Women's Club, "Shakespeare Water Cure" (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." OP-P-4191/83
Image P-4191/84	Camp in El Paso, Texas (circa 1900) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/84
Oversize Image OP-P-4191/85-86	Grave of Napoleon Hill (November 1909) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." OP-P-4191/85-86 OP-P-4191/85 OP-P-4191/86
Image P-4191/87	Building proposed for Third and Madison, Memphis, Tennessee (22 March 1923) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/87
Image P-4191/88	Home of L. L. Winkler, Exterior (10 January 1934) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/88
Image P-4191/89-90	Grosvenor home, Pass Christian, Mississippi (circa 1930) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/89-90 P-4191/89 P-4191/90
Image P-4191/91	Grosvenor home, Memphis, Tennessee (6 April 1943) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/91
Image P-4191/92	"Old Black John" (dog) (March 1901) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/92
Image P-4191/93-94	Unidentified girl in snow (20 December 1916) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/93-94 P-4191/93 P-4191/94
Image P-4191/95	Unidentified man (1919) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/95
Image P-4191/96-98	Unidentified woman (9 November 1942) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/96-98 P-4191/96 P-4191/97 P-4191/98
Image P-4191/99-100	Unidentified man in uniform (circa 1942) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/99-100 P-4191/99 P-4191/100
Image P-4191/101	Group of unidentified Hill and Grosvenor family members (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/101
Image P-4191/102	Unidentified small girl, addressed to "Aunt Sallie," [i.e. Olivia H. Grosvenor] (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/102
Oversize Image OP-P-4191/103	Unidentified man and baby (Hill and Grosvenor family) (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." OP-P-4191/103
Image P-4191/104	La Viga (Mexico) (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/104
Image P-4191/105	Pulque Shop (Mexico) (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/105
Image P-4191/106	Shrine of Guadalupe (Mexico) (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/106
Image P-4191/107	Cortez Palace, Cuernavaca, Mexico (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/107
Image P-4191/108	Plowing a field (Mexico) (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/108
Image P-4191/109	Driving an oxcart (Mexico) (undated) #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/109
Image P-4191/110-131	Unidentified individuals, presumably members of the Hill and Grosvenor families #04191, Series: "5. Pictures." P-4191/110-131 P-4191/110 P-4191/111 P-4191/112 P-4191/113 P-4191/114 P-4191/115 P-4191/116 P-4191/117 P-4191/118 P-4191/119 P-4191/120 P-4191/121 P-4191/122 P-4191/123 P-4191/124 P-4191/125 P-4191/126 P-4191/127 P-4191/128 P-4191/129 P-4191/130 P-4191/131

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Collection Number: 04191

Collection Title: Hill and Grosvenor Family Papers, 1860-1952.