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| Size | 28.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 25,600 items) |
| Abstract | George Watts Hill (1901-1993) of Durham, N.C., was the son of John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) and father of George Watts Hill Jr. (1926-2002). He worked in hospital administration, banking, insurance, and other industries. A University of North Carolina alumnus, he served on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and later the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors, and was involved, with other Hill family members, in much financial support for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection includes professional, personal, and family correspondence; photographs; clippings; reports; financial and legal information; and other material. Many items relate to the University of North Carolina and address general planning issues, medical and veterinary school planning, the sale of public utilities in the 1970s, the Speaker Ban debate of the mid-1960s, consolidation, and other issues faced by the boards of trustees and of governors. There is also information about North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, professional organizations and businesses with which Hill was affiliated, Hill's Guernsey cattle operation and home at Quail Roost Farm, and Hill's service in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Organizations documented in the collection include the Hospital Care Association; Watts Hospital; the North Carolina Forestry Foundation; the Research Triangle Institute; and the Black Solidarity Committee, a North Carolina group that addressed racial problems. Also included are architectural drawings for buildings of personal or professional interest to Hill, many of which were built in Durham. The Addition of November 2008/April 2009 is includes correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings relating to Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, the Chapel Hill Weekly newspaper, the Hospital Care Association, and the Health Planning Council (HPC), and other organizations. Correspondence and related materials, 1913-1992, include early letters from George Watts Hill's mother and sister; correspondence, 1939-1945, received by Hill during his service in World War II; and later correspondence documenting the wide variety of Hill's activities in the Durham area. There are also five propaganda posters illustrated by the British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), who used the pen name Fougasse; materials related to Hill's ten-month honeymoon around the world with his first wife, Ann McCulloch Hill, in 1924; genealogical, legal, and financial materials relating to members of the Watts and Hill families, including George Watts Hill, George Washington Watts, John Sprunt Hill, John Sprunt Hill II, and others; and clippings and other printed material. Audiovisual materials relate to George Watts Hill, the Hill family, and Durham. There are some family photographs, including one of John sprunt Hill taken in Puerto Rico in 1898. Many photographs were taken by George Watts Hill while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1918-1924, and apparently as a photographer for Yackety Yack, the campus yearbook; they document athletic events, student organizations, campus buildings and athletic fields, and other aspects of campus life. Other photographs appear to have been taken in Europe where Hill traveled in 1922 and 1924. There are also later photographs, including aerial photographs of Durham and the Research Triangle Park area. |
| Creator | Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
George Watts Hill was born on 27 October 1901, in New York City, the son of John Sprunt Hill and Annie Louise Watts. John Sprunt Hill had moved to New York from North Carolina in 1892, where he attended law school and soon opened his own law firm. After his marriage in 1899, he moved his family to Durham, N.C., to join his wife's father in the tobacco industry and later in new business ventures, including the Home Savings Bank, which eventually became the Central Carolina Bank and Trust Co.
George Watts Hill grew up in Durham and attended the University of North Carolina where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1922 and law degree in 1924. He married Ann Austin McCulloch in 1924. Following a ten-month honeymoon around the world, the couple made their home in Harwood Hall, the mansion that George Watts Hill's grandfather, George Washington Watts, had built. The Hills had three children: George Watts Jr., Ann Dudley, and John Sprunt II.
George Watts Hill briefly worked in law before joining the board of trustees of Watts Hospital in 1926. Watts Hospital was built in 1895 by George Watts and had faced deficits for several years. Hill managed to reduce losses during his administration of the hospital. He also began running a farm on the site of the Quail Roost Hunt Club, a hunting lodge about ten miles north of Durham that was used by George Watts, the Dukes, and other Durham business people in the late 19th century. Hill eventually acquired Guernsey cattle, which he continued to breed and sell for decades, becoming one of the top Guernsey breeders in the nation.
During the 1920s, Hill also began serving two terms on the Durham City Council. In 1936 and 1937, he oversaw the construction of the Hill Building in downtown Durham. By this time, Hill had been named the president of the Durham Bank & Trust Co. and also president of the Home Security Life Insurance Company. In 1940, the family moved from Harwood Hall to a new home at Quail Roost.
As World War II unfolded, Hill became a political advocate for the United States joining the Allied Forces. He was an active member of the Fight for Freedom group in 1941, and, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he looked for a way to join the armed forces. He applied for a commission in the Navy, but was asked to join the Coordinating Office of Information, which eventually became the Office of Strategic Services. Hill did research and administrative work during the early part of the war. He spent some time working in England and Scotland and later in Washington. His work during the later part of the war involved securing war supplies and devices, including secret explosive devices and spy gadgets. Some of these items are owned by the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.
Following the war, Hill continued to work in Durham at the family businesses and at Watts Hospital, as well as with organizations that promoted better medical care for North Carolinians. His work with the Hosptial Care Association and the Hospital Savings Association led to their eventual merger with Blue Cross Blue Shield. In 1957, he began partnering with other local businessmen to develop what would eventually become Research Triangle Park. During 1963, Hill served on the Durham Interim Committee, a group appointed by the mayor of Durham to help ease racial tensions caused by segregation. Hill's son, Watts Hill Jr., who had served two terms as a state legislator, chaired this committee.
Hill was active in service and philanthropy towards the University of North Carolina. He was appointed to its Board of Trustees in 1955 and served on the executive committee. During his tenure, the board was involved with the Speaker Ban debate, consolidation of the university system, the sale of public utilities, and general planning questions.
In 1962, Hill moved to a new home in Chapel Hill and donated his Quail Roost Home and some of its land to the University, intending it to be used as a conference center. Other parts of the Quail Roost property remained with Hill's son, John Sprunt Hill II. The conference center plan was never fully realized, and the University eventually sold the property. Hill remained on the board of trustees (later the board of governors) until 1981. He continued to donate monetarily until his death.
Hill's wife Ann died passed away in 1974. The following year, Hill married Anne Gibson Huchinson, a Durham teacher with two daughters and a son. One of the daughters had a learning disability, which prompted Hill to invest in a new program designed to help students with learning disabilities. This program eventually blossomed into a school, the Hill Center in Durham, N.C.
George Watts Hill died on 20 January 1993.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, reports, financial and legal information, and family materials. Major topics related to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina System include general planning issues for the Chapel Hill, N.C., campus and other campuses in the system. Other topics include medical school planning and veterinary school planning, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's sale of public utilities in the 1970s, the Speaker Ban debate of the mid-1960s, and other issues faced by the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees and the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors. Some information about the Black Solidarity Committee, a North Carolina group, can also be found in the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees and Board of Governors series.
Other materials include a small amount of information about former North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges. Hill's personal and professional correspondence touches on a range of topics, including the North Carolina Forestry Foundation, North Carolina State College, the Union Theological Seminary, and the University of North Carolina, as well as personal property of the Hill family. Correspondents include John H. McFadyen, Harvey Parker, William A. Roseborough, Ladislas Segoe, the members of the Tavernise family, Julian B. Timberlake III, Patsy Umstead, and Countess Elizabeth Zamoyska, among others.
The collection also contains materials about some of the professional organizations and businesses with which Hill was associated, such as the Central Carolina Bank and Trust Co., Durham Bank & Trust Co., Durham Loan & Trust Company, the Home Security Life Insurance Company, the Hospital Care Association, Quail Roost Corporation, Research Triangle Institute, and Watts Hospital. Other materials document Hill's Guernsey cattle operation and home at Quail Roost Farm and include the yearly auction catalogs from 1943 to 1953. Hill's activism with the Fight for Freedom group and his service in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II are also represented. A number of Hill family records, including correspondence, photographs, and other materials, contain information on family members, donations, homes, and travels. Other family members represented in the collection include Ann McCulloch Hill, Annie Watts Hill, Dudley Hill, John Sprunt Hill, John Sprunt Hill II, George Watts Hill Jr., and George Washington Watts. There are also architectural drawings, many of which were built in Durham.
This collection includes four additions. The Additions of January 1994 and June 2004 are arranged in the same way as, but have not been incorporated into, the original deposits of materials. These two additions include materials related to the University of North Carolina boards of trustees and of governors. The addition of June 2004 also includes several series not found in the original deposit of materials.
The Addition of November 2008/April 2009 contains correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings relating to Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, the Chapel Hill Weekly newspaper, the Hospital Care Association, and the Health Planning Council (HPC), and other organizations. Correspondence and related materials, 1913-1992, include early letters from George Watts Hill's mother, Annie Watts Hill, and sister, Frances Faison Hill. Correspondence from 1939 to 1945 contains items received by Hill during his service in World War II. Later correspondence includes letters, clippings, and other items documenting the wide variety of Hill's activities in the Durham area. Also included are five propaganda posters illustrated by the British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), who used the pen name Fougasse; materials related to Hill's ten-month honeymoon around the world with his first wife, Ann McCulloch Hill, in 1924, with a detailed itinerary and travel guide with information about Japan, Korea, China, and India, among other locations; genealogical, legal, and financial materials relating to members of the Watts and Hill families, including George Watts Hill, George Washington Watts, John Sprunt Hill, and Annie W. Watts; and clippings and other printed material.
The Addition also includes audiovisual materials related to George Watts Hill, the Hill family, and Durham, as well as a large collection of photographs. There are some family photographs, including one of John sprunt Hill taken in Puerto Rico in 1898, but photographs were largely taken by George Watts Hill while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1918-1924, and apparently as a photographer for the campus yearbook, the Yackety Yak. University of North Carolina photographs depict athletic events, especially track and football, as well as baseball, tennis, and gymnastics; fraternities and student organizations; and the UNC campus, including buildings and athletic fields. Other subjects include commencement ceremonies, University Day, and the fire at the old University Inn, which occurred in November 1921 and preceded the 1924 construction of Graham Memorial. Some of the photographs appear to have been taken in Europe, where Hill traveled on two occasions: in 1922, and again in 1924. There are also later photographs, including aerial photographs of Durham and the Research Triangle Park area.
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Series 1. University of North Carolina Board of Trustees and Board of Governors Materials,
1958-1975.
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Subseries 1.1. General Long Range Planning, 1958-1975.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence, reports, clippings, minutes, and other materials related to long range planning for the University of North Carolina System. Includes information about desegregation and the Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare (HEW), planning for specific universities, and board of governors trips to Missouri and Wisconsin.
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Subseries 1.2. Medical and Veterinary School Planning, 1964-1975.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Studies, reports, minutes, correspondence, and other materials about long range planning for medical and veterinary schools in the University of North Carolina System. Topics include the decision to locate a medical school at East Carolina University (ECU), North Carolina Memorial Hospital and Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Student Health Services, and information about trends and needs for medical education and veterinary education in general.
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Series 2. University of North Carolina Utilities Sale, 1968-1976.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence, reports, legal materials, meeting minutes, clippings, and other materials related to the University of North Carolina's sale of electric, telephone, water, and sewer utilities in the 1970s. Includes prospectuses, proposals, and agreements related to the sales.
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Series 3. Luther Hodges Materials, 1959-1970.
Mainly correspondence and clippings about former North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges. Topics include Hodges's federal position as Secretary of Commerce, his interest in Research Triangle Park, and his 1970 marriage.
Folder 161-162
Folder 161Folder 162 |
Correspondence, 1960-1970 #04202, Series: "3. Luther Hodges Materials, 1959-1970." Folder 161-162 |
Folder 163-165
Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165 |
Clippings, circa 1959-1966, 1970 #04202, Series: "3. Luther Hodges Materials, 1959-1970." Folder 163-165 |
| Folder 166 |
Other materials, 1960 and undated #04202, Series: "3. Luther Hodges Materials, 1959-1970." Folder 166 |
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Series 4. Additions.
Processing Note: Additions have been arranged in the same way as, but have not been incorporated into the original deposit of materials.
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Subseries 4.1. University of North Carolina Board of Trustees and Board of Governors
Materials, 1955-1980 (Addition of January 1994 (Acc. 94006)).
Arrangement: Files have been maintained in their original order.
Materials related to Hill's service on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and, after 1972, the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors. Of particular interest are materials related to the Black Solidarity Committee, a North Carolina group that addressed racial problems.
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Subseries 4.2. Papers (Addition of June 2004 (Acc. 99799)) .
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Subseries 4.2.1. University of North Carolina Board of Trustees and Board of Governors
Materials, 1956-1972.
Materials related to Hill's service on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and, after 1972, the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors. Correspondence regarding the Speaker Ban debate between the North Carolina Legislature and the University of North Carolina System.
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Subseries 4.2.2. Correspondence, 1930-1985 (bulk 1940-1953).
Arrangement: alphabetical by name or subject, beginning with "Ho" (there are no files for letters A through G), then chronological within each file
Correspondence, mainly from the 1940s and early 1950s, regarding both personal and professional subjects. Major organizations represented are the North Carolina Forestry Foundation, North Carolina State College, the Union Theological Seminary, and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Correspondents include John H. McFadyen, Harvey Parker, William A. Roseborough, Ladislas Segoe, the Tavernise family, Julian B. Timberlake III, Patsy Umstead, and Countess Elizabeth Zamoyska. There is also correspondence about Hill family properties.
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Subseries 4.2.3. Professional Materials, 1928-1981.
Arrangement: alphabetical by company name.
Correspondence, reports, financial information, planning information, and other materials related to Hill's involvement in businesses and professional organizations. Major companies include Central Carolina Bank and Trust Co., Home Security Life Insurance Company, Hospital Care Association, Quail Roost Corporation, Research Triangle Institute, and Watts Hospital.
See also Series 9. Architectural Drawings and Plans for materials related to some of these companies.
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Subseries 4.2.4. Quail Roost, 1915-1979.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Reports, correspondence, legal information, advertising, blueprints, photographs, and information about the sale of Guernsey cattle at Quail Roost, including yearly auction catalogs.
Photographs of the property, cattle, farm workers, and some members of the Hill family.
| Image Folder PF-4202/22 |
Prints. #04202, Subseries: "Photographs" PF-4202/22 |
| Image Folder PF-4202/23 |
Prints. #04202, Subseries: "Photographs" PF-4202/23 |
| Image Folder PF-4202/24 |
Prints. #04202, Subseries: "Photographs" PF-4202/24 |
| Image Folder PF-4202/25 |
Prints. #04202, Subseries: "Photographs" PF-4202/25 |
| Image Folder PF-4202/26 |
Prints. #04202, Subseries: "Photographs" PF-4202/26 |
| Image Folder PF-4202/27 |
Prints. #04202, Subseries: "Photographs" PF-4202/27 |
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Subseries 4.2.5. World War II, 1940-1947.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence, clippings, instructions, and other materials related to Hill's service in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, as well as his work with the Fight for Freedom group. The Office of Strategic Services folders also contain notecards, each of which lists an item in the folder with some annotated comments. These notecards were likely made by Hill's son, George Watts Hill Jr.
Folder 401-402
Folder 401Folder 402 |
Fight for Freedom, June 1940-July 1942 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.5. World War II, 1940-1947." Folder 401-402 |
| Folder 403 |
Fight for Freedom: Clippings, circa 1940-1942 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.5. World War II, 1940-1947." Folder 403 |
Folder 404-408
Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408 |
Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.5. World War II, 1940-1947." Folder 404-408 |
| Folder 409 |
Office of Strategic Services: Photographic instructions, 1945 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.5. World War II, 1940-1947." Folder 409 |
| Folder 410 |
Army service and veteran's insurance, 1945-1947 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.5. World War II, 1940-1947." Folder 410 |
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Subseries 4.2.6. Family Materials, 1859-2000.
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Hill family's donations to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and their homes, travel, and other personal information. Family members represented include Ann McCulloch Hill, Annie Watts Hill, Dudley Hill, George Watts Hill, John Sprunt Hill, John Sprunt Hill II, George Watts Hill Jr., and George Watts.
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Subseries 4.2.6.1. Donations to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 1963-1988.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Contains information on the Hill family's philanthropic giving to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill through the Carolina Inn, special funds for partiular projects, and general financial donations.
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Subseries 4.2.6.2. Homes, 1947-1963.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Contains information about the Chapel Hill, N.C., and Virginia Beach, Va., homes of George Watts Hill. Includes interior decorating samples and correspondence, servants' responsibilities, and gardening instructions. For information about the Quail Roost home in Durham County, N.C., see Series 6. Quail Roost.
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Subseries 4.2.6.3. Travel, 1949-1960.
Arrangement: chronological.
Includes correspondence and writings about several European trips taken by the Hills between 1949 and 1960. Includes lodging and restaurant information, as well as some souvenir papers.
Folder 431-433
Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
European itineraries and letters, 1949-1952 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.6.3. Travel, 1949-1960." Folder 431-433 |
Folder 434-435
Folder 434Folder 435 |
European trips, 1955-1956, 1960 #04202, Subseries: "4.2.6.3. Travel, 1949-1960." Folder 434-435 |
| Folder 436 |
"Paris," undated #04202, Subseries: "4.2.6.3. Travel, 1949-1960." Folder 436 |
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Subseries 4.2.6.4. Other Materials, 1859-2000.
Arrangement: alphabetical by name.
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, biographical and genealogical materials, and legal and financial documents related to family members, including Ann McCulloch Hill, Annie Watts Hill, Dudley Hill, George Watts Hill, John Sprunt Hill, John Sprunt Hill II, Watts Hill Jr., and George Watts. There are also general Hill family materials.
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Subseries 4.2.7. Architechural Drawings and Plans, 1931-1992.
Architectural drawings and related materials for a variety of buildings, including Quail Roost Farm and the Hill family's personal residence on the property, their Virginia Beach residence, the Jack Tar Motor Lodge, and Watts Hospital.
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4202/8 |
#04202, Subseries: "Quail Roost Farm, 1940-1992" XOPF-4202/8Architectural drawings |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4202/9 |
#04202, Subseries: "Quail Roost Farm, 1940-1992" XOPF-4202/9Architectural drawings |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4202/10 |
#04202, Subseries: "Quail Roost Farm, 1940-1992" XOPF-4202/10Architectural drawings |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4202/11 |
#04202, Subseries: "Quail Roost Farm, 1940-1992" XOPF-4202/11Architectural drawings |
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Subseries 4.3. Papers (Additions of November 2008 (Acc. 101025) and April 2009 (Acc. 101082)).
The Addition of November 2008/April 2009 contains correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings relating to Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, the Chapel Hill Weekly newspaper, the Hospital Care Association, and the Health Planning Council (HPC), and other organizations. Correspondence and related materials, 1913-1992, include early letters from George Watts Hill's mother, Annie Watts Hill, and sister, Frances Faison Hill. Correspondence from 1939 to 1945 contains items received by Hill during his service in World War II. Later correspondence includes letters, clippings, and other items documenting the wide variety of Hill's activities in the Durham area. Also included are five propaganda posters illustrated by the British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), who used the pen name Fougasse; materials related to Hill's ten-month honeymoon around the world with his first wife, Ann McCulloch Hill, in 1924, with a detailed itinerary and travel guide with information about Japan, Korea, China, and India, among other locations; genealogical, legal, and financial materials relating to members of the Watts and Hill families, including George Watts Hill, George Washington Watts, John Sprunt Hill, and Annie W. Watts; and clippings and other printed material.
The Addition also includes audiovisual materials related to George Watts Hill, the Hill family and Durham, as well as a large collection of photographs. Photographs were largely taken by George Watts Hill while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1918-1924. Many photographs are related to UNC and depict athletic events, especially track and football, as well as baseball, tennis, and gymnastics; fraternities and student organizations; and photographs of the UNC campus, including buildings and athletic fields. Other subjects include commencement ceremonies, University Day, and the fire at the old University Inn, which occurred in November 1921 and preceded the 1924 construction of Graham Memorial. Some of the photographs appear to have been taken in Europe, where Hill traveled on two occasions: in 1922, and again in 1924. There are also later photographs, including aerial photographs of Durham and the Research Triangle Park area.
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Subseries 4.3.1. Professional Materials, 1945-1992.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and scattered photographs related to the professional activities of George Watts Hill. Topics include Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, the Chapel Hill Weekly newspaper, Hospital Care Association, Health Planning Council (HPC), Duke University, and many other topics. Also included is information on the Durham Charter Commission, which campaigned to merge Durham city and county governance, but was defeated in a county-wide ballot measure in 1961.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 4.3.2. Correspondence, 1913-1992.
Early correspondence includes letters from George Watts Hill's mother, Annie Watts Hill, and sister, Frances Faison Hill, as well as other scattered correspondence and materials documenting Hill's academic and early business activities. Correspondence from 1939 to 1945 contains items received by Hill during his service in World War II. Later correspondence contains letters, clippings, and other items documenting the wide variety of George Watts Hill's activities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, Quail Roost Farm, and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, among others.
Folder 565-568
Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568 |
Correspondence and related materials, 1913-1929 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.2. Correspondence, 1913-1992." Folder 565-568Early letters from George Watts Hill's mother and sister and scattered letters documenting his academic activities and involvement in the University of North Carolina yearbook, the Yackety Yack. There is also one letter from the Order of Gimghoul, a campus student organization. Other correspondence includes letters from friends and family congratulating Hill on passing the North Carolina bar exam in 1924, and several items pertaining to Watts Hospital. |
Folder 569-575
Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575 |
Correspondence and related materials, 1939-1945 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.2. Correspondence, 1913-1992." Folder 569-575Letters received by George Watts Hill during his service in World War II. Correspondence relates to the sale of cattle from Quail Roost Farm in Durham, letters from his wife Ann McCulloch Hill, and pamphlets and essays promoting United States involvement in World War II, among other items. |
Folder 576-579
Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578Folder 579 |
Correspondence and related materials, 1961-1992 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.2. Correspondence, 1913-1992." Folder 576-579Letters, clippings, and other items documenting the wide range of Hill's activities with institutions, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, Central Carolina Bank, Quail Roost Farm, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, and others. Also included are letters documenting Hill's deteriorating mental and physical condition prior to his death in 1993. |
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Subseries 4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992.
Childhood drawings and other early materials of George Watts Hill and pamphlets and other documents related to his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1922-1923. Also included are brochures, travel guides, maps, and additional materials from George Watts Hill's ten-month honeymoon around the world with his wife, Ann McCulloch Hill, in 1924, among them a detailed itinerary and travel guide created for the East-Asian leg of the honeymoon, covering Japan, Korea, China, and India, among other countries. The itinerary contains specific information on where to stay, what to see, and how to best navigate foreign lands as an American tourist. There are also clippings and scattered articles, pamphlets, and other printed materials concerning business and manufacturing, hospitals and health care, and cattle and dairy farming. There are a large number of clippings assembled during George Watts Hill's tenure with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in England, Scotland, and Washington D.C. during World War II and five propoganda posters illustrated by the British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), who used the pen name Fougasse. There are also legal and financial materials from George W. Watts, John Sprunt Hill, and Annie W. Watts; Christmas cards from 1922 and 1923; and genealogical materials for the Watts and Hill families; among other items.
| Folder 580 |
Durham, N.C., postcards, 1907-1908 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 580 |
| Folder 581 |
Childhood drawings, 1910-1911 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 581 |
| Folder 582 |
Watts, Laura Valinda: Funeral program, 1915 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 582 |
| Folder 583 |
Blue Ridge Camp yearbooks, 1915-1916 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 583 |
| Folder 584 |
Address books, 1919 and undated #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 584 |
Folder 585-586
Folder 585Folder 586 |
"Private Property" box materials, circa 1920 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 585-586Collected items by George Watts Hill from his childhood, contained in a box labelled "Private Property: For Your Own Sake Keep Out." |
| Folder 587 |
Watts, George W. estate materials, 1921-1929 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 587 |
| Folder 588 |
Sigma Alpha Epsilon pocket directory, 1922 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 588 |
Folder 589-590
Folder 589Folder 590 |
Sigma Alpha Epsilon materials, 1922-1923 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 589-590 |
Folder 591-594
Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594 |
Christmas cards, 1922-1923 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 591-594 |
| Folder 595 |
Travel materials, 1922-1924 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 595Letters of introduction, congratulatory greeting cards, reciepts, labels, and other fragments related to a trip taken by George Watts Hill to Europe in 1922. There is a letter from Garland F. Mayes of the Southern Commercial Company, informing Hill of several ongoing business ventures in Europe, as well as materials related to the ten-month, global honeymoon that George Watts Hill and Ann McColloch Hill took in 1924, including a copy of George Watts Hill's passport. |
| Folder 596 |
East Asia travel itinerary, 1924 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 596Two copies of a detailed itinerary for the East Asian leg of the Hills' extended honeymoon. The itinerary contains detailed information about travelling in a number of countries, including Japan, Korea, the Phillippines, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and India. This information includes suggestions on places and things to see, at which hotels to stay, and other generally useful information. The author of the itinerary is unknown. |
Folder 597-602
Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602 |
Travel guides, 1922-1924 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 597-602Maps, programs, pamphlets, and guidebooks from travels in Germany, France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Egypt, Jerusalem and Palestine, Italy, the Mediterranean, Japan, China, the Phillippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Hawaii. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4202/16 |
Raemaekers, Louis: World War I-era mounted prints, circa 1920 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." OPF-4202/16Two mounted prints by Louis Raemaekers, a Dutch painter and cartoonist who was a vocal opponent of the German occupation of Belgium during World War I (1914-1918). The prints are: "A Directors' Meeting, the Kaiser Presiding" and "The Prisoners." |
| Folder 603 |
Camp Mondamin yearbook, 1924 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 603 |
| Folder 604 |
Hill, George Watts: Attorney's license, 1924. #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 604 |
| Folder 605 |
Hill, George Watts and Ann McColloch Hill: Tax records, 1925-1928 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 605 |
| Folder 606 |
Hill, George Watts: Tax records, 1929-1931 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 606 |
Folder 607-612
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Miscellaneous printed material, 1925-1930 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 607-612Clippings and scattered articles, pamphlets, and other printed materials. Publications primarily concern business and manufacturing, hospitals and health care, and cattle and dairy farming. |
Folder 613-618
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Miscellaneous printed materials, 1940-1945 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 613-618Mostly clippings, periodicals, and articles about various aspects of World War II. |
| Folder 619 |
Postcards, circa 1940-1945 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 619 |
| Folder 620 |
Fougasse: "Careless talk costs lives," posters, circa 1943 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 620Five World War II-era propoganda posters illustrated by British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), who used the pen name Fougasse. The items are part of a series of eight propoganda posters, known by the caption "Careless Talk Costs Lives" printed in large letters at the bottom of the poster. Each depicts a common situation with two people talking, while an obscured representation of Adolf Hitler and/or Benito Mussolini lurks in the background. |
| Folder 621 |
Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services, 1974 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 621 |
| Folder 622 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Re-dedication of Watts Hall, 1986 #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 622 |
Folder 623-624
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John Shepardson book materials, circa 1940-1945, 1990s #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 623-624Correspondence describing research done by John Shepardson in writing a book about the experienc of his father, Whitney Shepardson, as an officer in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. There are two related audio cassette tapes (C-4202/2-3), likely containing interview material used in relation to this research. |
Folder 625-628
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Hill family genealogical materials #04202, Subseries: "4.3.3. Other Materials, 1910-1992." Folder 625-628Materials cover roughly the late 17th-20th centuries. |
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Subseries 4.3.4. Audiovisual Materials, 1953-1996.
Arrangement: Chronologically by type.
Audiovisual materials related to George Watts Hill, the Hill family, and Durham, N.C.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained and transcribed from item labels.
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Subseries 4.3.5. Photographs, 1914-1982 (bulk circa 1920s).
Arrangement: Loosely by subject; personal photographs are followed by photographs related to UNC.
Largely photographs taken by George Watts Hill while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1918-1924, with later photographs and aerial photographs of Durham, N.C. Early photographs include portraits of George Watts Hill; the Hill and Watts family homes, both in Durham, N.C.; and camps in Virginia and North Carolina where Hill worked during school. There are also a large number of photographs relating to Hill's fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and to a fraternity house near the UNC campus. There are several panels of mounted photographs that were used in the creation of the 1923 edition of the campus yearbook, the Yackety Yack. Other photographs include scenes of athletic events, especially track and football, as well as baseball, tennis, and gymnastics; other fraternities and student organizations; and portraits of unidentified classmates. There are also photographs of the UNC campus, including buildings and athletic fields, commencement ceremonies, and University Day festivities. Items of note include photographs of a fire at the University Inn that occurred in November 1921 (Graham Memorial was constructed in its place in 1924).
Many of the photographs appear to have been taken during travels in the United States, and also in Europe, where he traveled on two occasions: in 1922, and again in 1924, with his new wife Ann McCulloch Hill on their honeymoon. Later photographs include aerial photographs of the Hillandale Golf Course, the Central Carolina Bank building, the Home Security Life Insurance building, and the Hospital Care Building, all in Durham, N.C., and of Quail Roost Farm.
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Processed by: SHC Staff, Roslyn Holdzkom, Valerie Gillispie, 1978, February 1994, August 2005
Encoded by: Valerie Gillispie, August 2005
This collection was reprocessed with support from Mary L. Hill.
Additions of November 2008 and April 2009 processed by Martin Gengenbach in March 2011.
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