UQFL472 Edna May Hill Collection

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1 UQFL472 Edna May Hill Collection Size Contents 9 boxes, 1 parcel Documents and photographs collected by Edna Hill in the course of researching the history of the Hill family. Papers relating to Hill's work in early childhood education. Personal items and realia of Dorothy Hill. Includes family history of the Rigby and Hill families. Date range 1922 to Biography Notes Edna Hill was a kindergarten teacher and lifelong advocate for early childhood education. She was involved with the Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland and the Queensland Spastic Children's Welfare League. Her sister Dorothy was professor of Geology at the University of Queensland. Open access More information relating to Dorothy Hill can be found in UQFL25 Dorothy Hill Collection. The collection was rehoused in 2014 and box numbers were reallocated. Refer to the chart at the end of this listing to convert old box numbers to new numbers. Box 1 Family history research material and correspondence 1970s to 1980s Items relating to the Kemp family (William married Esther Rigby) Includes letters to E Hill by B Ward and Nellie McKee and items relating to Bainberry Weir families Adelaide, Rigby Rigby, Edwin George II Rigby, Mary Anne Kleeman Rigby, William Charles II Rigby, Mary Anne Beatrice Eugenie Parnacott Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 1

2 Rigby, list of land held Surnames distribution map, Rigby-Lott, hand drawn map Rigby, James Hayes Rigby - Reid Church records Ipswich, Warwick Births, baptisms, marriages, deaths Rigby, Kington Folder 8 Rigby Family Tree Folder 9 Rigby - Blades 0 Rigby William Charles I 1 Rigby John Robert 2 Rigby Catherine Susannah 3 English genealogy Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 2

3 4 Rigby Kemp 5 Rigby Hurford 6 Miscellaneous items Box 2 Rigby, hand written notes and newspaper cuttings King, Samuel, b 1824 Rooper, Constance, b 1831 Family history information provided by Glenda Anderson Letters to Edna and Dorothy Hill Electoral Rolls Notes taken from late 1800s -1970s Family of James Kington 8 notebooks and papers, family research notes Folder 8 6 notebooks, family research notes Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 3

4 Folder 9 Family history research notes, including historical timeline 0 Obituary for Edna May Hill, 25 Sept Aug 1998, 1A Life Well Spent Box 3 Kington Family Kington, William Kington Kington Kington Family Tree Kington Correspondence and family tree Folder 8 Kington, James Folder 9 Newspaper cuttings Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 4

5 0 Kington, John 1 Kington, sheets of families 2 Correspondence and Kington family trees Box 4 Robb S Hill, Travel Diary of around the World trip departing from Brisbane, 11 March 1922 Pen Carbon copying letter book, travel diary of around the World trip departing from Brisbane, 11 March 1922? Albums: Toyne family correspondence, photos and cards The Rigby Family History, compiled by Edna Hill (typed by Dorothy Hill) The Hill Family History, compiled by Edna Hill (typed by Dorothy Hill). Hill family tree Box 5 Albums: Maps, newspaper cuttings and other genealogical materials gathered by Edna Hill for family history of Rigby, Kington, Hill families The Kington Family History, compiled by Edna Hill (typed by Dorothy Hill) Certificates concerning Rigby, Kington, Hill families, gathered by Edna M Hill as family history records Box 6 Family history research cards Box 7 Ancestors of Robert and Sarah Hill, handwritten chart by D Kemp, 2003 Descendants of Robert and Sarah Hill, handwritten chart by D Kemp,2003 Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 5

6 Edna Hill, Diploma Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria, 7 Dec 1938 Project, carried out at the Brisbane Hospital for Sick Children, by Marjorie Shackleton, B A. Letter to Mr Hirschberger from Edna Hill, 10 Feb 1970 Lifetime Memories Newspaper articles relating to Ruth Don Papers relating to Dr Alfred Turner Manuscript: Personality deviations occurring in preschool children in a children s home, 1950 Maps, log book, miscellaneous papers including reports and early childhood tests Street maps and locality guides including Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia Galley proofs, Personality Deviations Occurring in Children of Pre-School Age Material relating to Edna Hill s work as Vice-President Qld Spastic Children s Welfare League Box 8 Personal items of Dorothy Hill, including aviator s certificates, driver s licences, the constitution of the Naval Association of Australia, a certificate of commission as an officer of the Women s Royal Australian Naval Service, a beaded evening bag and a presentation copy of University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Brian Wilson s speech at a jubilee function in Hill s honour. Australian Academy of Science, Year Book Dorothy Hill memoirs Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 6

7 Dorothy Hill, newspaper cuttings Dorothy Hill, photographs and miscellaneous Dorothy Hill, Certificates of Appointment Kindergarten files Kindergarten files Kindergarten correspondence, original copies Folder 8 Newnham College Folder 9 Newnham College rolls, 1944, 1967, 1974, Greeting cards, postcards and personal letters to Edna and Dorothy Hill 1 Transcribed excerpts of the diary of Elizabeth Dampier Bide, some Hill family correspondence, newspaper articles relating to William Dampier 2 Photographs of Lady Gowrie Centre, Brisbane; Edna Hill s cottage at Mt Nebo; Edna Hill at Mt Nebo; Melbourne Kindergarten Training Centre, Adelaide Kindergarten Training College; children undergoing cognitive testing Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 7

8 3 Personal papers and certificates of Edna Hill Publication: Allan D Fazldeen, Creche & Kindergarten Association of Queensland: A Brief History Newspaper cuttings and other documents relating to kindergartens and early childhood education Box 9 Family photographs Ephemera and realia from Dorothy Hill, including: 2 wood craft pictures, hand crafted wood burned container, University of Queensland academic dress gold stole, navy uniform buttons, badges and sharpening steel from the Hill family home Parcel 1 Album entitled Miss Edna Hill The Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland, contains a collection of letters Box number conversion chart Old no. New no. 1 5 same Parcel 12 Parcel 1 Last updated: 15/02/2014 University of Queensland 8