Guide to the Alice Hill Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Alice Hill Papers

Inclusive Dates

1929-1982

Bulk Dates

1950s-1970s

Call Number

RG 499

Creator(s)

Hill, Alice, 1911-1982.

Quantity

1.92 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 oversize flat box)

Language

Materials primarily in English with some material in Sindhi and Urdu

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Digital Content

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Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Alice Grace Hill, Presbyterian missionary to India and Pakistan, was born July 23, 1911, in Greensboro, Vermont. She graduated from Muskingum College (New Concord, Ohio) in 1934, and from Biblical Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) in 1938. Appointed by the United Presbyterian Church of North America Board of Foreign Missions in 1938, she remained in Pakistan after partition in 1947, and worked as an evangelist in Sargodha until her retirement in 1976. Hill died July 5, 1982.

Collection Overview

The collection chiefly consists of Alice Hill's diaries, which document her evangelistic work among women and girls in Sargodha. The brief diary entries reflect Hill’s day-to-day activities promoting adult literacy, such as administering Bible lessons and exams, distributing literature, teaching accounting, and visiting schools and hospitals.

Hill’s papers include photographs documenting gatherings of missionaries, rural agricultural projects, schools, hospitals, village life, travels across Pakistan and India, and eye surgeries at the Christian hospital in Taxila, Pakistan.

The audio recordings include sermons, hymns, interviews, and lectures.

The biographical scrapbook includes photographs, news clippings, diplomas, certificates, and a power of attorney document, 1973, relating to the Sialkot Mission.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged in four series:

SERIES I: DIARIES, 1951-[1952], 1954, [1957]-1964, 1966-1976, 1978

SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, 1938-1970s

SERIES III: AUDIO MATERIALS, 1970s

SERIES IV: PERSONAL MATERIALS, 1929-1982

Alternative Formats

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Related Material

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Received from Nancy Hill in 2013.

Processing Information

Two New Wilmington Missionary Conference audio cassettes were removed during processing and transferred to accession 07 0716.

Collection processed and guide prepared in 2017 by Charlene Peacock, Reference Archivist.

Preferred Citation

Alice Hill Papers, RG 499, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Hill, Alice, 1911-1982.

Corporate Subject

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Pakistan Mission.

United Presbyterian Church of North America. India Mission.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Pakistan Mission.

Topical Subject

Missions--Pakistan--20th century.

Women missionaries--Pakistan--20th century.

Women missionaries--India--20th century.

Geographic Subject

Sargodha District (Pakistan)

Pakistan--Missions--20th century.

Genre-form

Audiocassettes. aat

Audiotapes. aat

Diaries. aat

Photographs. aat

Photograph albums. aat

Scrapbooks. aat

Slides (photographs). aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

		SERIES I: DIARIES, 1951-[1952], 1954, [1957]-1964, 1966-1976, 1978

1	1	Diary, 1951
1	2	Diaries, [1952], 1954
1	3	Diary, [1957]
1	4	Diaries, 1958-1959
1	5	Diary, 1960
1	6	Diary, 1961
1	7	Diary, 1962
1	8	Diaries, 1963-1964
1	9	Diaries, 1966-1967
1	10	Diaries, 1968-1969
1	11	Diary, 1970
1	12	Diary, 1971
1	13	Diary, 1972
1	14	Diary, 1973
1	15	Diary, 1974
1	16	Diary, 1975
1	17	Diary, 1976
1	18	Diary, 1978

		SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, 1938-1970s

2	1	Photographs, 1940s-1950s
2	2	Photographs, 1960s
2	3	Photographs, 1970s
2	4	Slides, 1952-1975
2	5	Postcards, 1970s

3	3	Photograph album, 1938-1968
3	4	(oversize) The Biblical Seminary in New York Class of 1938; Christian Youth Group, Sargodha, 1970, 1974

		SERIES III: AUDIO MATERIALS, 1970s

2	6	Cassette 1, 1970s	Digital
2	6	Cassette 2, 1970s	Digital
2	6	Cassette 3, 1970s	Digital
2	6	Cassette 4, 1970s	Digital
2	6	Cassette 5, 1970s	Digital
2	6	Cassette 6, 1970s	Digital
2	7	Cassette 7, 1970s	Digital
2	7	Cassette 8, 1970s	Digital
2	7	Cassette 9, 1970s	Digital
2	7	Open-reel audio tape 1, before 1975	Digital
2	7	Open-reel audio tape 2, before 1975	Digital
2	8	Phonograph record, before 1975 [fragile, handle with care]	Digital

		SERIES IV: PERSONAL MATERIALS, 1929-1982

2	9	Biographical scrapbook, 1929-1982
2	10	Passports, 1945-1975
2	11	Reprint of Report of 1910 Sialkot Convention, undated

3	1	Tinsel decorations, undated
3	2	Tinsel decorations, undated

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