Edwin Bliss Hill Papers 1882-1973

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Edwin Bliss Hill Papers 1882-1973

MS SC HI


Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Hill, Edwin Bliss, 1866-1949
Title:	Edwin Bliss Hill Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1882-1973
Quantity:	21 Boxes (12.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract:	The Edwin Bliss Hill Collection houses correspondence, genealogical materials, diaries, personal mementos, business records, manuscripts, publications, printed items, and photographs collected and created by Edwin B. Hill and his daughter, Gertrude (Hill) Muir. Also included are items showing Hill's wife, Clara Ella (Hood) Hill; his father, inventor Alva Thomas Hill; his mother, Frances (Bliss) Hill; and his brother, Louis C. Hill.
Identification:	MS SC HI
Language:	Material in English
Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!

Biographical Note

Edwin Bliss Hill was born to Alva Thomas and Frances (Bliss) Hill in Michigan on August 17, 1866. He was one of four children, including Hattie Bliss (1863-1863), Louis Clarence (1865-1938), and Edith (1868-1868). By the age of 6, Hill had become interested in what became his life's work: printing. He acquired his first press, a Daisy Printing Press, in 1882.

At the age of eighteen, Hill became a "printer's devil" at the Michigan Christian Herald. He worked in Detroit newspapers for nineteen years while continuing to learn the printing trade. His greatest passion was the work of Henry David Thoreau, on whom he published an anthology of articles entitled Pertaining to Thoreau. Hill developed a tubercular condition in 1901 and spent seven years living in the Michigan woods to rest and recover.

In 1908 Hill married school teacher Clara Ella Hood and the couple moved to Mesa, Arizona, which offered the dry air believed to alleviate tuberculosis. Hill acquired a job with the U.S. Reclamation Bureau through his brother Louis and continued to operate his printing press. The couple had one daughter, Gertrude Frances (1909-1981), who married Robert Muir in about 1963.

In 1918, the Hill family moved to Ysleta, Texas so that Edwin Hill could continue his work for the Reclamation Bureau as the first gate-tender of the International Dam. Hill printed on a part-time basis until 1945, when he retired from government service. He planned to move back to Arizona, but before his presses could be sent they and many of his books were destroyed by fire. Hill acquired new presses and continued to print in Tempe, Arizona until his death on April 6, 1949. His signature (printer's mark) was a tiny cowboy hat. Hill's press is believed to be the longest running private press in American history.

In addition to his printing work, Edwin B. Hill wrote many biographical sketches and a collection of fictitious stories of the southwest entitled Range Tales. Hill was a member of several literary societies and served as President of the Frank Holme Memorial Group.

Scope and Content Note

The Edwin Bliss Hill Collection houses correspondence, genealogical materials, diaries, personal mementos, business records, manuscripts, publications, printed items, and photographs collected and created by Edwin B. Hill and his daughter, Gertrude (Hill) Muir. Also included are items showing Hill's wife, Clara Ella (Hood) Hill; his father, inventor Alva Thomas Hill; his mother, Frances (Bliss) Hill; and his brother, Louis C. Hill.

Arrangement

This collection consists of twenty-one boxes divided into fourteen series:

Series I: Bibliographic and Biographic Materials
Series II: Diaries of Edwin B. Hill
Series III: Correspondence of Edwin B. Hill
Series IV: Correspondence of Gertrude Hill Muir
Series V: Personal Miscellany of Gertrude Hill Muir
Series VI: Personal Miscellany of Edwin B. Hill
Series VII: Correspondence of Clara Ella (Hood) Hill
Series VIII: Family Correspondence and Genealogical Information
Series IX: Business Records of Edwin B. Hill
Series X: Materials Compiled by Edwin B. Hill Pertaining to Persons He Admired (Holme, Lamb, Lockwood, Stevenson, Thoreau)
Series XI: Manuscript Collection

Sub-Series A: General

Sub-Series B: Southwest Stories and Range Tales

Sub-Series C: Manuscripts from which Edwin B. Hill Printed

Sub-Series D: Publications Containing Articles by Edwin B. Hill

Sub-Series E: Gertrude Hill Muir Manuscripts

Series XII: Items from Press of Edwin B. Hill
Series XIII: Photographs
Series XIV: Other Materials

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Related Material

Interested researchers may also wish to consult MSS-61: Gertrude Hill Muir Papers, 1862-1980.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Hill, Edwin Bliss, 1866-1949 -- Archives.

Muir, Gertrude Hill.

Subject(s)

Printers -- United States -- Archives.

Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Archives.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edwin Bliss Hill Papers, MS SC HI, Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

Gertrude Hill Muir donated these papers to Special Collections in 1978 (Accession #2004-03168).

Container List


Series I: Bibliographic and Biographic Materials
Box	Folder
1A	1	"Catalog Six" by Herbert West, Bookseller and "American Book Collector: Edwin Bliss Hill, Pioneer Private Printer of the Southwest" by Gertrude Hill Muir, 1967
1A	2	Miscellaneous Biographies, Undated
			Includes:
			Handwritten biographical poem by Frank C. Lockwood "Silhouette of the Spectator" by E. A. Edkins "Edwin B. Hill: Printer and Personality" by Rheinhart Kleiner Biographical notes

1A	3	Bibliographical Information and Chronological Lists Compiled by Edwin B. Hill, Undated (Typewritten and Handwritten)
1A	4	Biography of Edwin B. Hill by Gertrude Hill Muir, Undated (Handwritten Notes; Rough Drafts; Typescripts)
1A	5	University of Arizona Exhibit honoring Edwin B. Hill, Undated
			Includes:
			Photo of display Photo of printer Chronology of life of Edwin B. Hill Caption cards Write up on exhibit (rough copy)

1A	6	Northern Illinois University Private Press Exhibit Materials and Correspondence, 1973
1A	6A	Tribute to E. B. Hill by Herbert F. West: "The Alchemy of Books"


Series II: Diaries of Edwin B. Hill
Box	Folder
1	7	Handwritten Diary Entries of Edwin B. Hill, 1933 (Handwritten)
1	8-25	Diaries of Edwin B. Hill, 1932-1949
1	26	Diary Entries Cut from El Paso Valley Water Users Association Account Book, 1933


Series III: Correspondence of Edwin B. Hill
Box	Folder
2	1	Correspondence with Adams, Raymond, 1930
2	2	Correspondence with Bliss, Leslie E., 1947
2	3	Correspondence with Bay, J. Christian, 1941, 1946-1947
			Includes "J. Christian Bay at Seventy, A Review and a Bibliography" by K. L. Taylor (1941).

2	4	Correspondence with Comfort, Will Levington, 1921-1927
2	5	Correspondence with Cunningham, Scott, 1923
2	6	Correspondence with Dean, Eva, 1943
2	7	Correspondence with Dobell, A. E., 1915-1940
2	8	Correspondence with Edkins, Ernest Arthur, 1939
2	9	Correspondence with Ellsworth, William W., 1919
2	10	Correspondence with Emerson, E.W., 1917-1919
2	11	Correspondence with Gilman, Henry, 1902-1908
2	12	Correspondence with Falk, Bernard, 1934
2	13	Correspondence with Finch, E. J., 1945
2	14	Correspondence with Grant, Will Bates, Undated
2	15	Correspondence with Guiney, Grace, 1923
2	16	Correspondence with Guest, Edgar Albert, 1914
2	17	Correspondence with Howells, William Dean, 1894-1915
2	18	Correspondence with Kennedy, Harris, 1941
2	19	Correspondence with King, Grace, 1919
2	20	Correspondence with Kleiner, Rheinhart, 1940
			Includes manuscript poems.

2	21	Correspondence with Knox, Mertice M.C. Buck (Mrs.), 1933
			Includes photo.

2	22	Correspondence with LeGallienne, Undated
2	23	Correspondence with McDonald, Edna Hyde, circa 1925-1926
2	24	Correspondence with Miner, William Harvey, 1927
2	25	Correspondence with Redway, George W., Undated
2	26	Correspondence with Roosevelt, F. D., 1918-1919
2	27	Correspondence with Rosenbach, Abraham Simon Wolf, 1938
2	28	Correspondence with Russell, Arthur J., 1926-1937
2	29	Correspondence with Sanborn, F. B., 1908
			Includes explanation notes by Edwin B. Hill.

2	30	Correspondence with Salt, Henry Stephens, 1920
			Also includes a letter to Hill from Salt (1920 March 9) mounted in book - D-15.

2	31	Correspondence with Sloan, Charles H., 1946-1948
2	32	Correspondence with Starrett, Vincent, 1922-1948
			Includes related materials.

2	33	Correspondence with Stedman, Edmund C., 1888
2	34	Correspondence with Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1913
2	35	Correspondence with West, Herbert Faulkner, 1936-1949
2	36	Correspondence with White, Viola C., 1933-1941
2	37	Correspondence with Williams, Jessie Lynch, 1904
2	38	Correspondence with Woodberry, George E., 1915-1917
2	39	Correspondence with Others, 1903-1949


Series IV: Correspondence of Gertrude Hill Muir
Box	Folder
2	40	Correspondence with Goldblatt, Kenneth A., 1967-1968
2	41	Correspondence with Goldstone, Adrain Homer, 1967-1969
2	42	Correspondence with Harte, John Bret, 1966-1968
2	43	Correspondence with Huntington Library, 1951-1966
2	44	Correspondence with Edwin B. Hill, 1941-1948
2	44	Telegrams to and from Edwin B. Hill, 1934-1936
2	45	Correspondence with Lippincott, Sallie, 1946
2	46	Correspondence with Myers, John Myers, 1954-1966
2	47	Correspondence with Powys, Elizabeth Myers, and Littleton Powys (Husband), 1946-1947
2	48	Correspondence with Starrett, Vincent, 1942-1946
Box	Folder
3	1	Correspondence with Trovillion, Hal, 1949-1959
			Trovillion printed "At the Sign of the Silver Horse". Folder includes copies pertaining to Edwin B. Hill.

3	2	Correspondence with West, Herbert Faulkner, 1949-1958
			Includes "John Sloan's Last Summer" by West (1952).

3	3	Correspondence with White, Viola C., 1949
3	4	Correspondence with University of Wyoming and Receipt for Donation of Thoreau Collection, 1959-1963
3	5	Correspondence with Others, 1945-1973


Series V: Personal Miscellany of Gertrude Hill Muir
Box	Folder
3	6	University of Arizona Commencement Programs, 1937-1938
3	6	War Information Center Compilation for Flagstaff Public Library, Undated
3	7	Clippings collected by and about Gertrude Hill Muir, 1938-1950


Series VI: Personal Miscellany of Edwin B. Hill
Box	Folder
3	8	Hill Bookplate, Undated (Original Drawing)
3	9	Printing Samples Collected by Edwin B. Hill, 1929-1936, Undated
3	10	Address books, Undated (2 Small Books)
3	11	Notebook and Address Book, Undated
3	12	Miscellaneous Clippings Collected by Edwin B. Hill, 1911-1948, Undated
3	13	Clippings Collected by and about Edwin B. Hill, 1934-1956
3	14	Bibliographic Notes, Rough Drafts, and List of Presses Owned, Undated (Handwritten and Typed)
3	15	List of Holdings of Books and Manuscripts (Handwritten and Typed)
3	16	Edwin B. Hill's Southwestern Collection, Undated (3 x 5 Card File; Incomplete)
Box	Folder
4	1-2	Miscellaneous Printed Matter by and about Printers and Printing, 1876-1966
4	3-4	Newsletters, Pamphlets, Journals, Clippings, Magazines, Bulletins, and Play Programs Collected by Edwin B. Hill, 1886-1948
			Includes some early Arizona periodicals.

4	5	Society Memberships, Publications and Related Materials
Box	Folder
5	1	Handwriting Analysis of Edwin B. Hill, 1932-1933
5	2	Pencil Drawings of Portage Lake area near Lakeland, Michigan by Louis C. Hill, 1885
5	3	Profile of Edwin B. Hill Titled "Daddy" with Initials G.H., Undated
5	4	Almanac and Lesson Book (undated) Belonging to Edwin B. Hill, 1826, Undated
5	5	Poetical works of Dowson edited by Desmond Flower, 1949
			Mentions Edwin B. Hill on page 286. Includes note to Gertrude Hill Muir.

5	6	Catalogs collected by Edwin B. Hill, 1922-1944
			Includes William Winter catalog and bookplate.

5	7	Notes, Sayings, Poetry, Addresses of Members of Various Book Lovers' Clubs, and List of "Historic Slides of Dan R. Williamson's Collection" Collected by Edwin B. Hill, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
5	8	Washburn Miniatures Collected by Edwin B. Hill, 1940, Undated
5	9	Mementos, Miscellaneous Autographs, Flowers, Ration Stamps, U.S. Flag, Original and Printed Drawings, and Tributes to Edwin B. Hill, 1944, Undated
5	10	Leather Book Covers (2 Items)
5	11	Horseshoes (2 Items)
5	12	Tweezer in Leather Case and Pocket Knife
5	13	A. T. Hill Nameplate, Scribe, and U.S. Uniform Button
5	14	Copperplate Photo of Edwin B. Hill, Wax Stamp, Bookplate Ink Stamp
Box	Folder
6	1	Napkin Rings (3 Items)
6	2	Hunting Knife, Opera Glasses, and Hand Drill
			Used at Granite Reef by Edwin B. Hill.

6		E. B. Hill Desk Nameplate
			Probably used in Ysleta, TX.


Series VII: Correspondence of Clara Ella (Hood) Hill
Box	Folder
7	1	Correspondence, 1919-1954
7	2	Memory Book from Funeral of Clara Ella Hill, 1965


Series VIII: Family Correspondence and Genealogical Information
Box	Folder
7	3	Early Family Correspondence, Receipts, Death Notices, Clippings, Wills, and Deeds, concerning the Wheeler, Johnson, Bliss and Hill Families, 1831-1949
7	4	Correspondence and Genealogy Information Regarding the Hill Family, 1898-1947
7	5	Correspondence between Alva T. Hill and E. S. Wheeler, 1909-1912
7	6	Record Book kept by Alva Hill, 1835-1840
7	7	Patents for Railroad Signals, Alva T. Hill, 1900-1905
			Includes correspondence and related materials.

7	8	Scrapbook Belonging Alva T. Hill's Mother [Margaret Barnes], Undated
7	9	Miscellaneous Genealogical Information Regarding the Bliss and Hill Families, 1808-1909
7		Genealogy of Bliss Family in America [1550-1800] Compiled by John Homer Bliss


Series IX: Business Records of Edwin B. Hill
Box	Folder
7	2	Business Records, Receipts, Cancelled Checks, Reports, Agreements, Stock Certificates, Permits, Passports, Daily Expense Record (1917-1921), and El Paso Valley Water Users Association Account Book (1905 June-1911), 1910-1948


Series X: Materials Compiled by Edwin B. Hill Pertaining to Persons He Admired (Holme, Lamb, Lockwood, Stevenson, Thoreau)
Box	Folder
8	3	Holme, Frank: Bookplates, Clippings, Bandar Log Press Materials, Bibliographies, and Rough Drafts, 1968, Undated
8	4	Index to the Frank Holme Collection, Undated (3 x 5 Cards; Handwritten)
Box	Folder
9	1	Holme Memorial Group Membership List, Lists of Books of Frank Holme, and Collected Quotes of Various Persons, 1936 June 4, Undated (Bound Volume)
9	2	Lamb, Charles: Articles, Publications, Materials from a Lamb Display, and Photo of Lamb's Home, 1848-1935
9	3	Lockwood, Frank C.: Portrait Inscribed to Edwin B. Hill, Poetry, Publications, and Thesis on Emerson, 1896, Undated
9	4	Stevenson, Robert Louis: Portrait, Typescripts of Speeches on Stevenson, and Article by Stevenson, 1880-1928
9	5	Thoreau, Henry D.: Society Bulletins, Membership Lists, Articles, Monographs, Booklet, Quotes, Poetry, Articles, Checklist, Portraits, List of S. A. Jones' Thoreau Collection, and Bibliographic Information, 1839-1963
9	6	"April Days. Extracts from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau" in The Atlantic Monthly, 1878 April
9	7	"Henry David Thoreau" by John Burroughs in The Chautauquan, 1889 June
9	8	"Thoreau: A Glimpse" by S. A. Jones in The Unitarian, 1890 January
9	9	"Winter Rambles In Thoreau's Country" by Herbert W. Gleason in The National Geographic Magazine, 1920 February
9	10	Sophia Thoreau's Scrapbook, 1964


Series XI: Manuscript Collection

	Sub-Series A: General
Box	Folder
9	11	Notes, Articles, Poetry, Research Notes, and Essays Collected by and Written by Edwin B. Hill and Others, Undated (Typewritten and Handwritten)
9	12	Lists, Notes, and Collected Sayings, Undated (Typewritten and Handwritten)
9	13	Notes, Drafts, and Book Reviews, Undated (Handwritten)
Box	Folder
10	1	Biography of James J. O'Connell, Undated (Typescript)
10	2	Poetry of Edwin B. Hill, 1938 (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	3-4	Rough Drafts of Articles Possibly by Edwin B. Hill and Published Articles on Various Subjects, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	5	Article on Bruce Frederick Cumings, Undated (Rough Drafts and Typescripts)
10	6	Piece concerning Robert Louis Stevenson Dedicated to Gertrude Frances Hill with a Note from Edwin B. Hill, Undated (Typescript)
10	7	Detroit Recollections, 1840-1939 (Handwritten)
10	8	Lakeland Recollections, 1933, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	9	Possible Journal of Edwin B. Hill, 1927-1932 (Handwritten)
10	9	Autobiographic Recollections, 1930-1933 (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	10	Granite Reef Recollections, Construction of Roosevelt Dam, Arizona Rangers, Stories about Louis C. Hill, Ranchers, Mexicans, Indians, Lynchings, and Cowboys, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	11	El Paso Recollections, 1940 (Handwritten)
10	12	El Paso Recollections, 1940 (Handwritten)

	Sub-Series B: Southwest Stories and Range Tales
Box	Folder
10	13	"Bugs", Undated (Typescripts)
10	14	"Happy Day" Stories, Undated (Handwritten)
10	15	Henry Lee Oswald and Bill Stories, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	16	Ira Stories, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
10	17	Jimmy O Tales, Undated (Handwritten)
10	18	"Range Tales". Boston: Severn-Wylie-Jewett, circa 1916
Box	Folder
11	1	Johnny Jones Stories, Undated (Typescripts)
11	2	Old Bill and Young Bill Stories, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
11	3	Philatelia on Wheels Stories, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
11	4	Southwest Stories, Undated (Miscellaneous Notes; Handwritten and Typewritten Drafts)
11	5	Southwest Stories, Undated (Handwritten)
11	6	Three Bar X Tales, Undated (Handwritten)

	Sub-Series C: Manuscripts from which Edwin B. Hill Printed
Box	Folder
11	7	Apologia, 1942 (Typescripts)
11	8	Costello, Frances, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
11	9	Edkins, E. A., "Brief Splendor" and Others, 1934-1939, Undated (Typescripts and Handwritten)
11	10	Haywood, Charles, "Verses", 1938 (Handwritten)
11	11	Johnson, Fanny Kemble, "Late Poems", Undated (Handwritten Booklet Inscribed to E.A.E.)
11	12	Johnson, Fanny Kemble, 1935-1943 (Typescripts and Handwritten)
11	13	Kleiner, Rheinhart, 1936, Undated (Typescripts)
11	14	Miscellaneous, Undated (Typescripts and Handwritten)
11	15	Parsons, Katherine Loomis, Undated (Handwritten)
11	16	"Paso Por Aqui" (or for Gertrude). Materials Relating to, 1929-1936, Undated
11	17	Starrett, Vincent, "Fate's A Fiddler, Sonnets and Other Verses", 1926
11	17	[Starrett, Vincent], "Sherlockiana, Three Poems", 1922-1934
			Includes related materials and typescripts.

11	17	[Starrett, Vincent], "Monody on the Death of Sherlock Holmes" by E. E. Kellett, 1934
11	18	Seymour, George Steele, "Wide Spreading Piony" and Others, Undated
11	19	"The Spectator", Undated (Rough Drafts; Typescripts; Galleys)
11	20	Woollen, Frank David, "My Garden", Undated (Typescripts)
11	21	"The Arcadians" (Draft and Typescript)
			Published in The California, 1936 Spring (Copy included).

11	22	"This Common Place Book" (Typescripts)
			Published in Cubicle, 1940 Summer (Copy included).

11	23	"Charles Lamb at the Westwoods" (Typescripts)
			Published in Cubicle, 1940 Summer (Copy included).

11	24	"To Her Memory" (Typescript)
			Published in Cubicle, 1940 Fall (Copy included).

11	25	"One of Charles Lamb's Friends" (Typescripts)
			Published in Cubicle, 1940 Winter (2 copies included).

11	26	"In Defense of Charles Lamb" (Typescript)
			Published in Cubicle, 1944 Summer (copy included).

Box	Folder
12	1	"Ernest Dowson's Biographers" (Typescript)
			Published in Cubicle, No. 22, undated (Copy included).

12	2	"Biography Up to Date" (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in Friendly Quill, 1941 March (Copy included).

12	3	"A Bookman of the Old School" (Typescript)
			Published in Friendly Quill, 1941 March (Copy in Folder 3).

12	4	"An Ill-Starred Romance" (Charles Lamb and Fanny Kelly) (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in Friendly Quill, 1944 Autumn (Copy included).

12	5	"Dave's Town" (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in The Lazarette, 1945 December (2 copies included).

12	6	"Marse Willy" (Typescript)
			Published in The Lazarette, 1948 May (3 copies included).

12	7	"Cook Prints Tribute to H. P. L. [Howard Phillips Lovecraft]" (Typescript)
			Published in National Amateur, 1942 March (Copy included).

12	8	"Dedications" (Typescript)
			Published in The Olympian, 1944 Winter (Copy included).

12	9	"The Table Round" (Typescript)
			Published in The Printer's Devil, 1941 November (Copy included).

12	10	"Tom Folio" (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1935 April.

12	11	"Clouds" (Typescripts)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1936 March.

12	12	"Saint Charles" (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1936 June (Copy included).

12	13	"On Association Copies" (Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1938 May.

12	14	"Tom Folio Again" (Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1938 June.

12	15	"Association Copies" (Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1939 January (Copy included).

12	16	"Former Owners" (Typescripts)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1939 October (Copy included).

12	17	"Charles and Mary" (Rough Drafts and Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1940 March (Copy included).

12	18	"A Shelf for Horace" (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1941 October (Copy included).

12	19	"An Uncrowned Immortal" (Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1941 October (Copy in Folder 18).

12	20	"Jason" (Typescripts)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1942 October (Copy included).

12	21	"A Neglected Essayist" (Typescripts)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1944 March (Copy included).

12	22	"A Misplaced Friendship" (Rough Drafts and Typescripts)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1945 February (Copy included).

12	23	"Charles Lamb's Bookshelves" (Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1945 April (Copy included).

12	24	"Laid In" (Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1945 April.

12	25	"Canon Ainger's Book" (Rough Draft and Typescript)
			Published in The Step Ladder, 1945 May (Copy included).

12	26	"Of Other Days" (Typescript)
			Published in Welcome News, 1943 April-May.

12	27	"As the Colonel Told It", Undated (Typescript by Edwin B. Hill, Mesa, Arizona)
			Similar to "The Colonel's Story," published in The Log, 1919 November-December (copy included).

12	28	Index of Articles, Undated
12	29	Lone War Trail of the Apache Kid: Related Correspondence, Articles, and Advertising, 1943 (Manuscript and Typescript)
12	30	Apache Kid Preliminary Notes, Undated (Handwritten and Typewritten)
12	31	Apache Kid Photos, 1883-1886
12	32	The Lone War Trail of the Apache Kid, 1947 (Published Volume and Book Jacket)
			Inscribed by Earle R. Forrest, Co-author; H.E. Britzman, Publisher; and Edwin B. Hill.


	Sub-Series D: Publications Containing Articles by Edwin B. Hill
Box	Folder
13	1	"The Memories of ELD" in The Arizonian, 1915 Christmas
13	2	"Buffalo In '89" in The Californian, 1938 Spring
13	3	"The Irresistible Appeal" in The Charm of Stamp Collection, Undated
13	4	"The Voice of the Seer" in The Cubicle, 1939 June
13	5	"In Exile" in Cubicle, 1941 Spring
13	6	"Edwin B. Hill Tells Us About "George"" in The Friendly Quill, A Hobby Magazine, 1944 Summer
13	7	"Bertha Grant Avery" in The Fossil, 1946 April
13	8	"Autobiographical" in The Fossil Fellowship, 1935 January
13	9	"Books and Brochures" in Just Our Type, 1948 July
13	10	"In Friendship" in Leisure Hours, 1929 February
13	11	"R.L.S. and W.D. Howells and his Detractors" in The Live Wire, 1947 May
13	12	"A Noble Roman and Lang vs Hearn" in The Live Wire, 1947 August
13	13	Monaco and Its Foremost Specialist, Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co., Publishers, Undated (2 Copies)
13	14	"Paso Por Aqui" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1934 September 10
13	14	"At Three Bar X" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1934 October 29
13	14	"Jimmy O': Philosopher" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1935 July 1
13	14	"Lissy" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1938 December 5
13	14	"At Three Bar X" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1939 May 22
13	14	"Conditionitis" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1939 July 24
13	14	"Philatelia On Wheels" in Meekels Weekly Stamp News, 1940 September 9 (2 Copies)
13	15	"With Press and Type, A Typographical Review of Current Amateur Papers" in The National Amateur, 1944 March
13	16	"In an Old Book Shop" in The Olympian, 1941 May
13	16	"These, My Old Folios" in The Olympian, 1945 June
13	17	Range Tales, Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co., Publishers, Undated
13	18	"One of the Immortals" in Reverie, 1941 March
13	19	"Roswell Martin Field" in The Sabine Farmer, 1948 (2 Copies)
13	20	"A Thoreau Collection" in The Step Ladder, 1938 March
13	20	"Association Copies" in The Step Ladder, 1939 May
13	20	"Tom Folio" in The Step Ladder, 1941 February
13	20	"An Uncrowned Immortal" in The Step Ladder, 1943 March
13	20	"Old Folios" in The Step Ladder, 1944 January
13	20	"Charles Lamb's Book-Shelves" in The Step Ladder, 1947 April (2 Copies)
13	21	"Back-Then" in Tryout, 1947 October

	Sub-Series E: Gertrude Hill Muir Manuscripts
Box	Folder
13	22	An Arizona Childhood, 1909-1918, Recollections of Gertrude Hill Muir (Typescript)
			Includes some biographical information on Gertrude Hill Muir.

13	23	Notes on Granite Reef Government Area
			Taken from an interview with Gertrude Hill Muir by Patricia Eyring Brown for the report entitled "An Historic Camp on the Banks of the Salt River Maricopa, Arizona" (1978 March). Available in the Arizona Historical Foundation (FE EPH A-12) and F817.M3 B76x.


Series XII: Items from Press of Edwin B. Hill
Box	Folder
13	24	American Book Collector (Vol. SVIII, No. 2), 1967 October
			Includes bibliography of Edwin B. Hill's printed work by Gertrude Hill Muir. Notes items contained in this collection and lists additional materials printed by Edwin B. Hill.

13	25-26	Press Items from Detroit Period, 1882-1884
Box
14		Pre-Press, Detroit: Pamphlet of Poe's poems, pc, and Letter to Hill from Mulford
14	1	"The Stylus"
14	2	"The Lakeland Gazette" (Samples)
14	3	"Peradventure" (Samples)
14	4	"The Frank Holme Memorial Group Bulletin" (Samples)
14	5	"The Back Number"
14	6	Gerner, Richard. "The Terrible Snow". Detroit, 1887
14	7	Antisdel, Will R. "The Siege of Gicacho". Detroit, 1889
14	8	Edkins, Ernest A. "Amenophra and other Poems". Detroit, 1889
14	9	Jones, Samuel A. "Pertaining to Thoreau". Detroit, 1901
14	10	Salt, Henry S. "Pertaining to Thoreau". Detroit, circa 1901
14	11	Hill, Edwin B. "Frank Holme: A Friend". Lakeland, 1904
14	12	Emerson, Ralph W. "Henry D. Thoreau: Emerson's Obituary". Lakeland, 1904
14	13	Carlyle, Thomas. "Letters of Thomas Carlyle". Lakeland, 1907
14	14	Lebrun, Jean M. "Henry Thoreau's Mother". Lakeland, 1908
14	15	Woollen, Frank D. "The Child". Lakeland, 1908
14	16	Burroughs, John. "Waiting". Lakeland, Undated
14	17	Antisdel, Will R. A. "Spenserian Sonnet and Rondeau". Mesa, circa 1914 (Spectator Broadside)
14	18	Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. "How to Reach the Age of Seventy"
14	19	Lamb, Charles. "A Letter to Thomas Manning"
14	20	F.D.W. (?) and D.B.S. "Charles Lamb". Mesa, 1915
14	21	F.D.W., H.D.T. (and) Phillips, George S. "George S. Phillips on Walden". Mesa, circa 1915 (Spectator Broadside)
14	22	Thoreau, Henry David. "The Seasons"
14	23	Neal, John. "John Neal to Edgar Allan Poe" and Dowson, Ernest, "The Passing of Tennyson". Mesa, 1916 (Spectator Broadside)
14	24	Thoreau, Henry David. "Two Thoreau Letters"
14	25	Raleigh, Walter. "Farewell Letter of Sir Walter Raleigh to His Wife". Mesa, 1916
14	26	Thoreau, Henry David. "Expectation"
14	27	Starrett, Vincent. "Ballad of Brobdingnag"
14	28	Press of Edwin B. Hill. "A Spring Book of Festival, April 1 to 6" (Leaflet Printed for the El Paso Library)
14	29	"The Arcadians". Ysleta, 1926 (4 Pages; 2 Variations)
			Page 4 contains a list of brochures printed for "The Arcadians".

14	30	"This Book". Ysleta, circa 1926 (Broadside for The Arcadians)
14	31	Hill, Edwin Bliss. "In Friendship"
14	32	Starrett, Vincent. "Fifteen More Poems"
14	33	Carson, Hilda R. "R.L.S."
14	34	Johnson, Lionell. "Three Poems". Ysleta, 1928
14	35	Fr. Jerome. "To the Faithful Charles Lamb". Ysleta, 1928 (Broadside #1)
14	36	Houseman, A.E. "R.L.S". Ysleta, 1928
14	37	Johnson, Lionel Pigot. "Two poems"
14	38	Starrett, Vincent. "What's o'Clock?"
14	39	Kennedy, Thomas T. "Vincent Starrett"
14	40	Lamb, Charles. "Humble Guests"
Box	Folder
15	1	Hunt, Leigh. "To Shelley"
15	2	Russell, Arthur J. "The Rough-Barked Tree"
15	3	Woollen, Frank David. "Brittle Sticks"
15	4	Barrie, Jim. "Epilogue to the Admirable Crichton". Ysleta, 1931
15	5	Seymour, George S. "Wide Spreading Piony". Ysleta, 1932
15	6	Conrad, Joseph. "Letter on Stephen Crane". Ysleta, 1932
15	7	Seymour, George Steele. "Minor Cadence"
15	8	De La Mare, Walter. "Song of shadows". Ysleta, 1933
15	9	Reid, Mayne. "Edgar Allan Poe"
15	10	Avery, Bertha Grant. "Dream Haven". Ysleta, 1933 (Brochure; Bound in Boards)
			150 copies and one copy bound in brittle sticks.

15	11	Clendening, Logan. "The Case of the Missing Patriarchs". Ysleta, 1934
			1 copy of a suppressed first issue, printed backwards, included.

15	12	Kellett, Ernest Edward. "Monody on the Death of Sherlock Holmes"
15	13	Starrett, Vincent. "Three Poems". Ysleta, 1934
15	14	Latimer, Ray. "Three Poems"
15	15	Seymour, George Steele. "The Passing of Pan"
15	16	Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron. "Lord Macaulay's prophecy"
15	17	Fitzgerald, Edward. "Charles Lamb; Stepping-Stones"
15	18	Miller, Joaquin. "Adah Issacs Menken". Ysleta, 1934
15	19	"The Fellowship of Books (By a Lonely Monk...)"
15	20	Millard, Bailey. "Thoreau of Walden". Ysleta, 1934 (Broadside #1)
15	21	Hill, Edwin B. "Paso por Aqui". Ysleta, 1934 (Brochure)
			This items has no title page, a representation of Arizona's Four Peaks standing as substitute.

15	22	Lamb, Charles. "Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning"
15	23	Saltus, Francis S. and Doten, Elizabeth. "Two Noteworthy Poems". Ysleta, 1935
15	24	Edgar, William C. "The Adventure of Dying". Ysleta, 1935
15	25	Hill, Edwin B. "Frank Holme: A Friend". Ysleta, 1935 (Leaflet)
15	26	Dean, Eva "F. H."
15	27	Hammond, John Craig. "Founder of the Bandar Log Club, and His Meteoric Career"
15	28	Hill, Edwin Bliss. "More than a Memory"
15	29	"Frank Holme Memorial Group"
15	30	Nesbit, Wilbur Dick. "God's Out-of-Doors"
15	31	Hill, Edwin B. "Confidential". Ysleta, circa 1936 (Broadside)
			Discusses a collection of books from Frank Holme's library for sale.

15	32	Doyle, A. Conan. "To an Undiscerning Critic". Ysleta, 1937
15	33	Hill, Gertrude Frances. "The Art of the Navajo Silversmith"
15	34	Wells, Carolyn. "Two ballads in praise of Sherlock Holmes"
15	35	Kleiner, Rheinhart. "Metrical M Moments". Ysleta, 1937
15	36	Clossey, Joseph P. "Red-Letter Days". Ysleta, 1938
15	37	Miller, Joseph Dana. "A Hymn of Hate..."
15	38	Press of Edwin B. Hill. Brochures. Ysleta, 1938 (Broadside)
			Partial list of publications.

15	39	Russell, Charles A. "The House of the Doll Widow". Ysleta, 1938
15	40	Goodhue, Edward Solon. "Charles Lamb"
15	41	Heywood, Charles. "The Song of the Sibyl, and other poems"
15	42	Hill, Edwin Bliss. "The Moon-Mad Maid"
15	43	La Shelle, Kirke. "Poker Rubaiyat"
15	44	Johnson, Fanny Kemble. "Gathered Lilies" and "Vale Sylvia". Ysleta, 1938
15	45	Benet, Stephen Vincent. "My Favorite Fiction Character". Ysleta, 1938 (3 Copies; 1 Autographed)
15	46	Hill, Gertrude F. "The Use of Turquoise Among the Navajo Indians". Ysleta, 1938
15	47	Johnson, Lionel Pigot. "In a copy of Yeats' poems (To Edmund Gosse)"
15	48	Wells, Carolyn. "Ballade of Baker Street"
Box	Folder
16	1	John McClure. "Ink"
16	2	Edkins, Ernest A. "A Brief Splendor and Other Futilities". Ysleta, 1939
16	3	Mack, J.J. "Writ in Water"
16	4	Tinker, Edward Larocque. "Type Fever"
16	5	Kleiner, Rheinhart, "H.P.L." Ysleta, 1940 (Broadside)
16	6	Hearn, Lafcadio. "Pere Antoíne's Date Palm". Ysleta, 1940
			Hat colophon variant.

16	7	Johnson, Fanny Kemble. "The Moore Path". Ysleta, 1940
16	8	Woollen, Frank David. "O Thou Mighty River"
16	9	Khayyam, Omar. "Rubaiyat". Ysleta, 1940
16	10	Thoreau, Henry David. "The Seasons"
16	11	LeBrur, Jean Munro. "Henry Thoreau's Mother". Ysleta, 1940 (Brochure)
			Reprint of no. 20.

16	12	Woollen, Frank David. "To W.H."
16	13	Kleiner, Rheinhart. "Nine Sonnets". Ysleta, 1940
16	14	Brochures. (Press of Edwin B. Hill.) Ysleta, 1940
			Partial list of publications.

16	15	Press of Edwin B. Hill. "Flagstaff Public Library: Bookmark". Ysleta, 1940
16	16	Hill, Gertrude. "Know Your State". Ysleta, 1940
			A reading list on Arizona for the armchair traveler.

16	17	"Bookmark: El Morro Public Library". Ysleta, 1940
16	18	Edwin Bliss Hill Press
16	19	"Epitaph". Ysleta, circa 1941
16	20	Boucher, Anthony. "On the Nomenclature of the Brothers Moriarty". Ysleta, 1941
16	21	Starrett, Vincent. "Two short stories"
16	22	"Smiling Bravery", 1941
16	23	Kerns, Ida M. "Thoreau"
16	24	Kerns, Ida M. "Golden Rd"
16	25	Starrett, Vincent. "Dupin and Another"
16	26	Neal, John. "John Neal to Edgar A. Poe"
16	27	Henry D. Thoreau. "Emerson's Obituary"
16	28	Kerns, Ida M. "Thoreau, and other poems"
16	29	Woollen, Frank David. "Keats"
16	30	Thoreau, Henry David. "Two Thoreau Letters", 1942
16	31	"The Ancient Wood". Ysleta, 1942
			The only one of Hill's anthologies to which he affixes his name.

16	32	The Bandar-Log Press Check List
16	33	Thoreau, Henry David. "Henry D. Thoreau to George William Curtis"
16	34	"Frank M. Morris"
16	35	Morley, Christopher. "A Message for Vincent Starrett". Ysleta, 1942
16	36	Emerson, R. W. "Letter to Elizabeth Hoar". Ysleta, 1942
			[Sent to Ronda for Emerson, 1997 April 4]

16	37	Horatius Flassus, Quintus. "Certain Odes of Horace"
16	38	Morley, Christopher Darlington. "Sherlockiana"
16	39	Goudy, Frederic William. "Frank Holme"
16	40	Thoreau, Henry D. "Letter to Elizabeth Oakes Smith"
16	41	Parsons, Katherine Loomis. "Twelve Poems"
16	42	Dekker, Thomas. "The Wisdom of this World..." Ysleta, circa 1942
16	43	Kipling, Rudyard. "Down to Gehenna". Ysleta, 1942
16	44	"Blessed are the Realms of Silence..." Ysleta, circa 1942
16	45	"In Extremis". Ysleta, circa 1942
16	46	Thoreau, Henry D. "Friends and Friendship". Ysleta, 1943
16	47	Kleiner, Rheinhart and others. "Eugenio and three other poems". Ysleta, 1943
16	48	Lockwood, Francis Cummins. "Life as a fine art"
16	49	Hill, Gertrude. "Preservation of Unions". Ysleta, 1943
16	50	Kleiner, Rheinhart. "A trilogy of sonnets for Edwin B. Hill"
16	51	Starrett, Vincent. "Book-marker"
16	52	Ruskin, John. "A Birthday Wish"
16	53	Repplier, Agnes. "If the Unresponsive Gods..."
16	54	Davis, Elmer. "The Baker Street Irregulars: Constitution and By-Laws". Ysleta, 1944
16	55	Costello, Frances. "Lost Spring". Ysleta, 1944 (Brochure)
16	56	Fearing, Kenneth. "Sherlock Spends a Day in the Country"
			Second copy includes notes from Vincent Starrett.

16	57	Emerson, Edward Waldo. "Letters to Edwin B. Hill"
16	58	Seymour, George Steele. "Old Corner Book-shop"; Boston
16	59	Thoreau, Henry D. "Books and Reading". Ysleta, 1944
16	60	Holme, John Francis. "Just for Fun"
16	61	Wilde, Oscar. "Selfishness"
16	62	Oscar Wilde. "Selfishness". Ysleta, 1944
16	63	Hill, Edwin Bliss, comp. "In Memory of Henry D. Thoreau"
16	64	Starrett, Vincent. "Elia"
16	65	Woollen, Frank David. "Charles Lamb", 1945
16	66	Lamb, Charles. "Charles Lamb to Charles Ollier"
16	67	Edkins, Ernest Arthur. "For my Grandson Killed in Action on the Western Front"
16	68	Hill, Gertrude. "The Art of the Navajo Silversmith". Hill Press
16	69	Costello, Frances. "Contemplations". Tempe: E.B. Hill, 1947
16	70	Johnson, William. "Heraclitus". Tempe: E.B. Hill, 1948
Box	Folder
17	1-45	Press Items from Ysleta and Tempe Periods, 1945-1948
17	46	Edwin B. Hill Notes on Ysleta Press, Undated (Handwritten)
17	47	Galley Proofs and Related Materials, 1934-1942
17	48	Broadsides, Miscellaneous, Undated
17	49	Printing Cuts and Imprint Etching Samples, Undated
17	50	Print Type Samples, Undated
17	51	Miscellaneous Printed Leaves, 1882, Undated
17	52	Christmas Greetings Printed by and to Edwin B. Hill and Gertrude Hill Muir, 1932-1933, Undated
17	53	Printed Stationery of Edwin B. Hill, Samples of, Undated
17	54	Hill Imprint Business Cards, Tickets, and Programs, 1928-1930, Undated
17	55	Hill Imprint bookplates, Miscellaneous, Undated
17	56	Hill Imprint Family Bookplates and Calling Cards, Undated
17	57	Bookplate Collection, Undated


Series XIII: Photographs
Box	Folder
18	1	Hill Tintypes
18	2	Wheeler Family
18	3	Early Bliss Family
18	4	Early Hill Family Albums
18	5	Early Hill Family
Box	Folder
19	1	Alba T. Hill
19	2	Frances Bliss Hill
19	3	Louis C. Hill
19	4	Raymond Hill
19	5	Preston Hill
19	6	Patricia Hill
19	7	Kusche Family
19	8	Hill-Simpson Family
19	9	Hill-Ellsworth Family
19	10	E. B. Hill
			Photographs show Hill at a number of ages.

19	11	Clara Hill
Box	Folder
20	1	E. B. and Clara Hill
20	2	Gertrude H. Muir
20	3	E. B. Hill Presses
20	4	Lakeland, Michigan
20	5	Granite Reef, Arizona
20	6	E. B. Hill Home, Ysleta, TX
20	7	E. B. Hill Home, Tempe, AZ
20	8	Poe, E. A. Mementos
20	9	Stevenson, R. L. Mementos
20	10	Arizona Mementos
20	11	Theatrical Photos
20	12	Miscellaneous and Unidentified Photos


Series XIV: Other Materials
Box	Folder
21	l	Memo Book
			Notebook contains original verse.

21	2	Correspondence, Earle R. Forrest with Mrs. E. B. Hill, 1936, 1958 May 22
			Contains "Lest We Forget" by Hyman Bradofsky (Pomona, Calif., l936). From the Hill Memorial Collection.

21	3	"The Bells", Clay Clement, a play
			Clipped, pasted in notebook, and annotated.

21	4	"Edwin Bliss Hill", The Flying Coffin Press, 1985 February (Pamphlet)
			A tribute by Dick Fleming.

21	5	"Type Fever", E. L. Tinker, reprinted by E.B. Hill, Ysleta, Texas, 1939 April (2 Copies; 1 in Pamphlet Binder)
21	6	Correspondence and Miscellaneous
			Includes "Thoreau Society Bulletin" (Spring l978), E. B. Hill articles, and checklist of publications.


		"F. H.", Eva Dean, Ysleta, Edwin B. Hill, l935 (In Pamphlet Binder)
		"More Than a Memory", Edwin B. Hill, Ysleta, Edwin B. Hill, l936 (In Pamphlet Binder)
		"Founder of Bandar Log Club and His Meteoric Career", John Craig Hammond, Ysleta, Edwin B. Hill, l936 (In Pamphlet Binder)