Guide to the Alice Hill Papers
Open for research.
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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.
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.
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
To browse this collection's digitized materials visit Pearl.
Materials marked "Digital" in the Collection Inventory may not have been digitized in their entirety.
Researchers should also consult United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Records, 1833-1966 (RG 209).
Received from Nancy Hill in 2013.
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.
Alice Hill Papers, RG 499, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| 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 |