Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Guide to the Knute Hill Papers
1909-1963
Cage
194
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Hill, Knute
- Title
- Knute Hill Papers
- ID
- Cage 194
- Date [inclusive]
- 1909-1963
- Extent
- 16 containers., 8 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Correspondence and printed material relating to Hill's activities as school teacher, administrator, legislator; United States Representative, speaker to secular and religious groups, author of "Letters to the Editor" in diverse newspapers, Indian agency superintendent, Radio Farm Program reporter and commentator, and consulting appraiser for the Columbia Basin Project.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 194, Knute Hill Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
1876 | Born, Creston, Illinois |
1906 | LLB. University of Wisconsin |
1908 |
Lawyer, Eau Clair, Wisconsin
Married Helen Jensen, deceased 1936 |
1911 | Teacher, Principal, Superintendent, public schools of Benton County, Washington |
1923 | Farmer, Lecturer of the Grange |
1927 | Representative, Washington State Legislature |
1933 |
Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943)
Member of the House committees on Executive Departments Expenditures, Indian Affairs, Irrigation and Reclamation, and Public Lands. |
1943 | Superintendent of the Uintah-Ouray Indian Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah |
1944 | Farm Reporter and Commentator, KHQ-KGA, Spokane, Washington |
1946 | Director of Information and Consulting Appraiser, Columbia River Project, Ephrata, Washington |
1951 | Retired |
1963 | Died |
Scope and Content
In a very real sense this collection is one of personal papers insofar as the bulk of the items is concerned with Mr. Hill and his friends without having the status of working papers or office records. The items are those that were meaningful to Mr. Hill over the years and express his selection of the papers he wished to preserve.
Here is correspondence to and from Mr. Hill interfiled and combined with other printed materials used during his tenure as school teacher and administrator, politician, Representative in the Washington State Legislature and in the U.S. Congress, speaker and lecturer to secular and religious audiences, author of "Letters to the Editor" in diverse newspaper, Indian Agency Superintendent, Radio Farm Program reporter and commentator, and Consulting Appraiser for the Columbia River Project.
The collection consists of: Letters sent and received. Here are personal and/or business or official letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, James A. Farley, Harold L. Ickes, Henry M. Jackson, Warren G. Magnusson, William L. La Follette, William O. Douglas, Hamilton Fish, Albert Gore, Walt Disney, Henry Dvorshak, Estes Kefauver, Clarence C. Dill, Sam Rayburn, John W. McCormack, Clarence D. Martin, Adlai E. Stevenson, Linus Pauling, Roland H. Hartley, Robert Ripley, Ted Malone, and others; Speech and lecture manuscripts; Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings that served as a source-file for speeches and writings; Newsletters and press releases while a member of Congress; Pamphlets relating to scenic, economic, and agricultural Washington State and the Columbia River Project; Campaign and personal newspaper clippings; Pictures, both personal and official; and Miscellaneous items, including a manuscript of an extended essay entitled "Why I Broke with Roosevelt."
Arrangement
The content of containers numbered 1 through 8 consists of correspondence, speech and lecture manuscripts and outlines, and "Letters to the Editor" interfiled and arranged chronologically by years. The content of the remaining containers is described for each.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) © 1966
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
The papers of Knute Hill, Representative in Congress from the 4th District of the State of Washington, were given in part to the Washington State University Library in 1961-1962 by Mr. Hill. The remainder was received in 1965 after probate of his estate.
Processing Information
The papers were processed by Earle Connette in 1965 and 1966.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)
- United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)
- United States. Congress. House
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945 -- Sources
Occupation(s)
- Legislators--United States--Correspondence
- Legislators--United States--Archives
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Hill, Knute, 1876-1963 --Archives
Subject(s)
- Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)--Archives
- Irrigation
- Government and Politics
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence; Speech and lecture manuscripts and outlines; and "Letters to the Editor" |
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1909-1930 |
1 | |||
1931-1934 |
2 | |||
1935-1939 |
3 | |||
1940-1941 |
4 | |||
1942-1943 |
5 | |||
1944-1945 |
6 | |||
1946-1949 |
7 | |||
1950-1963 |
8 | |||
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box | ||||
Newsletters and Press Releases 1939-1940 |
9 | |||
Newspaper clippings and Campaign Materials |
10 | |||
Radio Scripts 1944-1945 |
11-12 | |||
Grand Coulee pamphlets and materials |
13 | |||
Washington State and Pacific Northwest pamphlets and materials |
14 | |||
Picture file |
15 | |||
"Why I Broke with Roosevelt" and miscellaneous |
16 | |||