Knute Hill Papers, 1909-1963

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. The papers were processed by Earle Connette between 11/4/65 and 1/21/66.

Number of containers: 16
Linear feet of shelf space: 8

BIOGRAPHY

1876 Born, Creston, Illinois 1906 LLB. University of Wisconsin 1908 Lawyer, Eau Clair, Wisconsin Married Helen Jensen, decreased 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

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."

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.

Box	Description

1	1909-1930
2	1931-1934
3	1935-1939
4	1940-1941
5	1942-1943
6	1944-1945
7	1946-1949
8	1950-1963
9	Newsletters and Press Releases, 1939-40
10	Newspaper clippings and Campaign Materials
11-12	Radio Scripts, 1944-45
13	Grand Coulee pamphlets and materials
14	Washington State and Pacific Northwest pamphlets and materials
15	Picture file
16	"Why I Broke with Roosevelt." and miscellaneous

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