Bert Hodge Hill Papers, 1906-1958

ACQUISITION

The Bert Hodge Hill papers were transferred to the American School of Classical Studies when the Blegen House was sold, after the death of Carl Blegen in 1971. Bert Hodge Hill had lived in the Blegen House together with his wife Ida, and his long time friends Carl and Elizabeth Blegen.

BIOGRAPHY

Bert Hodge Hill was born on March 7, 1874, in Bristol, Vermont. He received his A. B. from the University of Vermont in 1895 and his M. A. from Columbia University in 1900. His association with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) started when he attended the ASCSA as a Drisler Fellow of Columbia University in 1901. He remained at the ASCSA as a Fellow of the Archaeological Institute of America for the two following years (1902-1903). After a brief interval, during which he was Assistant Curator of Classical Antiquities at the Museum of Fine Arts and Lecturer in Greek Sculpture at Wellesley College, he returned to the ASCSA and served as its director for twenty years (1906-1926). Hill remained an active participant in the ASCSA’s affairs even after his official retirement from the directorship. He later served as director for the University of Pennsylvania Archaeological Expedition in Cyprus at the excavations in Lapithos and Kourion (1932 and from 1934 to 1952). In 1936-1937 he traveled widely in the United States as a Charles Eliot Norton Lecturer of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Hill’s academic interests were broad and diverse. As the director of the ASCSA he was in charge of the Corinth excavations where he concentrated on the study of the springs of Peirene, Glauke and the Sacred Spring. He was also closely involved with the study of the monuments of the Athenian Akropolis, especially the Erechtheum and the Parthenon, as well as with the study of various issues related to the topography of Athens. In addition to architecture, sculpture, and topography, he was engaged in studies of epigraphy and worked on the publication of many inscriptions. His knowledge of Greek archaeology, in particular that of Athens, was widely recognized and, consequently, he was consulted by everyone publishing on these topics. His contribution to the publication of the Erechtheum, for example, is well known.

His impact on the field of archaeology did not go unacknowledged. He received honorary degrees and memberships from many institutions, such as the University of Vermont, the University of Thessaloniki, the Archaeological Society of Athens, the German Archaeological Institute, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and others. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philological Association and of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Hill married Ida Carleton Thallon in 1924. He lived in Athens almost continuously from 1900 to his death in 1958, and was always an active participant in the intellectual and social life of the city, offering his services to many humanitarian and educational agencies. Hill served with the Red Cross during World Wars I and II and as an official of the Greek Refugee Settlement Commission under the League of the Nations in the 1920s. Moreover, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Athens College since its foundation in 1925 and, as an executive officer of the United States Educational Foundation in Greece, helped promote the Fulbright program in Greece.

Bert Hodge Hill died on December 2, 1958. He is buried in the Protestant Section of the First Cemetery of Athens.

COPYRIGHT

Requests to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archivist of the ASCSA.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Bert Hodge Hill was involved with the American School of Classical Studies throughout his career. He was a fellow of the School (1900-1903), Director (1906-1926), advisor to the publications of the Corinth excavations and other School projects, and Director Emeritus (1947-1958). The papers in the collection cover the period from the time he was a student at the University of Vermont and Columbia University (1895-1900) up to his death in 1958. They comprise a mix of professional and personal papers and are divided into five series.

Series I: Correspondence. This series contains both professional and personal correspondence. Subseries I.1 contains the correspondence with individuals organized alphabetically according to correspondent’s name. Subseries I.2 contains correspondence with various institutions, such as universities, museums, government offices and companies, organized in alphabetical order.  Subseries I.3 consists of letters of introduction of people introduced to Hill from the time he served as the Director of the ASCSA and after. They are organized in chronological order. Subseries I.4 contains professional correspondence classified by subject, concerning the University of Pennsylvania excavations at Lapithos and Kourion in Cyprus (where Hill was the director), the publication of the Erechtheum by the ASCSA, the proposed revision of Ida Thallon Hill’s book The Ancient City of Athens, the publication of inscription IG I2 66, and telegraphs exchanged between various people and Hill about the excavations at Nemea. Subseries I.5 is comprised of Hill’s personal correspondence, with his wife Ida Thallon Hill, various members of the Hill family, his close friend Elisabeth Blegen, letters to his friends while he was a student at the ASCSA, invitations to social and professional events, visitor’s cards given to him as well as postcards sent to him by friends.

Series II: Directorship of the ASCSA (1906-1926). This series contains correspondence and documents relating to the administration of the ASCSA during the years Hill was the Director.  For correspondence between Hill and the Chairmen of the Managing Committee see above, Series I. The remaining documents concerning the ASCSA’s administration constitute Subseries II.1. Subseries II.2 contains documents concerning Hill’s termination of his directorship. These records are valuable not only for the termination issue, but because they contain much information about the administration of the ASCSA during Hill’s directorship. The documents pertaining to the termination of Hill’s directorship are a collection of mixed papers, including correspondence and documents from the papers of Edward Perry and Lacey Caskey. It is unclear whether this material was gathered by Hill or by someone else after his death.

Series III: Member of various committees and organizations. This series contains documents and correspondence pertaining to Hill’s activities in various committees and organizations of humanitarian and educational character. The documents in Subseries III.1 document Hill’s activities as member of the Refugee Settlement Commission, after the defeat of the Greeks in Turkey in 1922 and the subsequent exchange of population between the two countries. The papers of Subseries III.2 are concerned with Hill’s activity as a representative of the ASCSA to the Red Cross Commission in Greece during the World War I, and as a member of the Red Cross during World War II. [During WW II Hill also served as an official of the American Repatriation Committee, but no relevant papers were found in his collection (see ADM REC)]. Subseries III.3 and Subseries III.4 contain papers related to Hill’s activities as a member of the Board of the Trustees of Athens College and as a member of the Board of Directors of the U. S. Educational Foundation in Greece (Fulbright) where he also served as an executive director.

Series IV: Archaeological notes and papers. This series contains notes, manuscripts, plans and drawings, photographs and some printed material relating to Hill’s archaeological work (most of HIll’s work never reached publication stage). Some related correspondence is included in these folders (if found mixed with the notes, it was retained within the same folder). The remainder is in Series I, Subseries I.4. Most of the photographs within this series belong to the original documentation of Hill’s archaeological work and accompany specific folders. Photos found scattered among unrelated papers have been placed within the folders thought appropriate and are noted after the description of the folder. Subseries IV.1 contains notes on the Peirene fountain, manuscripts of the excavation reports for 1896-1897, and studies concerning material from these excavations (terracotta figurines and reliefs, and a Corinthian vase.)  Subseries IV.2 contains papers concerning Hill’s detailed studies of the Erecththeum. Subseries IV.3 contains personal notes on various inscriptions. Subseries IV.4 contains papers concerning Hill’s work on the Athena Nike temple   Subseries IV.5 contains papers concerning Hill’s detailed studies on the Parthenon.  Subseries IV.6 includes his notes and plans from his work at Tegea and Subseries IV.7 contains his work on the temple of Hephaistos in the Athenian Agora.  Subseries IV.8 consists of Hill’s notes on the revision of the Ida Thallon Hill’s book The Ancient City of Athens. Subseries IV.9 contains archaeological notes on various projects.

Series V: Personal papers. This series contains Hill’s personal papers other than correspondence. Subseries V.1 is composed of various documents such as papers relating to his annuity arrangements, his residence permits for Greece during WW II, passports, identity cards and various passes, paperwork relating to his death, and various papers such as newspaper clippings, theater and cruise programs and various catalogs. A few papers that relate to Hill’s professional life but could not be included in any other series are placed here. These include a list of the ASCSA’s students from the foundation of the ASCSA up to the 1940s, a circular of information for prospective students of the ASCSA (postdating his directorship of the ASCSA), a proposal for the exploration of Asia Minor by R. S. Sterrett with corrections (possibly by Hill), a document referring to the American Journal of Archaeology’s (AJA) editorship, some pamphlets for the American Institute of Archaeology and a reprint of the 1925 excavation report for Corinth. Subseries V.2 contains his class notes on various subjects from his year as a graduate student at Columbia University. Subseries V.3 contains his personal diaries and agendas covering the years from 1888 to 1958; Subseries V.4 contains a few personal items. Subseries V.5 contains the honorary diplomas awarded to B. H. Hill.

CONTAINER LIST

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE

Subseries I.1: Correspondence, general

BOX 1

Folder

1 Correspondence A-B (C. W. Blegen separate)

- Adossides, N.

- Allen, James T.

-Allinson, Francis, G.

- Anderson, George P.

- Andronikidou, Elpida

- Archer, Laird

- Askew, N. E.

- Babbitt, Frances

- Bacht, Charlote N.

- Barla, J. (?)

- Bassett, Samuel E.

- Battle, William J.

- Beagley, J. D.

- Beazley, J.

- Bellinger, C. B.

- Bens, Howard W.

- Benson, Jack

- Berenson, Mary

- Black, Henry W.

- Bonner, Campbell

- Bosworth, Grace M.

- Bosworth, Helen M.

- Bosworth, Phoebe M.

- Brom, Alice van V. (?)

- Broneer, Oscar

- Broneer, Verna

- Buck, Carl D.

- Bunker, Minnie

- Buschor, Ernst

2 Correspondence with Blegen, Carl W.

- 1911-1926

- 1930-1940, 1958

3   Correspondence C (E. Capps and A. Curtis filed separately)

- Carratelli, Giovanni P.

- Carroll, Mitchell

- Carpenter, Marjorie

- Carpenter, Rhys

- Caskey, Lacey D.

- Catlin, Stanton L.

- Caverno, Julia

- Chase, George H.

- Clark, C. U.

- Clark, Paul

- Cole, E. E.

- Coolidge

- Cooper-Prichard, A. H.

- Cox

- Crosby, Lamar H.

- Cuane, C.

4 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1913-1920)

5 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1921-1923)

BOX 2

Folder

1 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1922-1923)

2 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1923-1924)

3 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1923-1924)

4 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1924-1925)

5 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1924-1925)

6 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1925-1926)

7 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1925-1926)

BOX 3

Folder

1 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1926-1927)

2 Correspondence with Capps, Edward (1926-1927, 1935-1937)

3 Correspondence with Curtis, Allen (1918-1927)

4 Correspondence D-F

- Davidson, G.

- Davis, Homer

-Davis, Philip

- Day, John

- Della Seta, A.

- Delta, E.

- Demetrakopoulou, E.

- Derara, J. (?)

- Devon, Homer W.

- Dewing, Henry B.

- Dickerman, Sherwood O.

- Dikaios

- Dinsmoor, William B.

- Dinsmoor, William B., jr.

- Dixon, Ismene P.

- Dohan, Edith H.

- Douglas, Mary D.

- Dow, Elisabeth

- Dow, Sterling

- Dragoumis, Marie

- Drakidis, Gerasimos

- Droppers, Jean

- Duell, Prentice

- Elderkin, George W.

- Ellis, Alice W.

- Evans, Helene R.

- Fairbanks, Arthur

- Fairelough, H. R. (?)

- Ferguson

- Finley, John, jr.

- French, Lucy B.

- Fowler, Harold N.

- Fry, (Franklin C.?)

5 Correspondence G-H (Hetty Goldman filed separately)

- Galt, Caroline M.

- Ganett, Ethel

- Garland, Paul

- Gary, Elbert

- Grace, Virginia

- Haas, J. H. (?)

- Haggard, P.

- Haight, Elisabeth H.

- Hall, Frederic

- Haley, J.

- Halsh, Kathleen(?)

- Hansen, Hazel D.

- Hapwood

- Harland, James P.

- Harrington, K. P.

- Hart, Charles R.

- Hart, H. B.

- Hatch, William H. P.

- Hill, Dorothy

- Hiller, F. von

- Hilman, Charlotte

- Hirst, Gertrude

- Hodge, Trevor A.

- Holland, Leicester, B.

- Hone, H.

- Hood, Rachel

- House, C. L.

- Howes, G. E.

- Hutchinson, K. W.

- Hutting, W. D. (?)

6   Correspondence with Goldman, Hetty, 1911-1936 (correspondence concerning the excavation permits for Eutresis is included here)

BOX 4

Folder

1 Correspondence J-K

- James, Alfred

- Jayne

- Jillyard, H. J. W.

- Jones, Francis F.

- Jones

- Johnson Allan C.

- Johnson, Franklin P.

- Kachros, George N.

- Kachros, Jim

- Kalopothakes, D.

- Karo, Georg

- Karousatos, Athanasios

- Karousatos, John

- Kastanatras (?)

- Kelsey, Francis W.

- Kent, R.

- Key, Helen

- Kondylios, Elias

- Kosmopoulos, Aggelis

- Kosmopoulos, George

- Kosmopoulos, Leslie W.

- Kourouniotis, K.

- Krikos, Alex

- Kuly

- Kyriakides, Aristides

2 Correspondence L-N

- Laird, A. G.

- Lands, Lewey

- Last, J. S.

- Law, Helen H.

- Laymer, Richmond (?)

- Lee, H.

- Lemers, Paul (?)

- Lentz, Johannes

- Lord, Louis E.

- Loring, Judge William C.

- Lowe, Clotilde

- Luce, Stephen B.

- Lunde, Anne

- McDaniell

- McFadden

- Macurdy, Grace

- MacVeagh

- Magoffin, Ralph, V.D.

- Mangoletsi, Electra E.

- Mayer, Charles J.

- Megaw, A. H. S.

- Mendell, C. D.

- Meritt, Benjamin D.

- Meritt, P.

- Metcalf, , Mrs J. H.

- Miller, Walter

- Miller, C. N. E.

- Mills, J. A.

- Montegu, James D.

- Morgan, Charles H. II

- Morgenthau, H.

- Moses

- Nator, Ella (?)

- Newhall, Agnes

- Noe, Ben W.

3 Correspondence O-R

- Oakley, Horace

- Offenberg, B. (?)

- Ogle, M. B.

- Oikonomos

- Palmer, Hazel

- Papadimitriou, I (?)

- Papaggylou, George

- Papaioannou, Nicholaos

- Papaioannou, Vasilios

- Parsons, Arthur W.

- Paton, James M.

- Pendlebury, J.

- Perry, Edward D.

- Pharr, Clyde

- Porter, Mary P.

- Prentice, William K

- Radeke, Elisa

- Rawson, Marion

- Richardson, Gardner

- Richter, Gisela M. A.

- Robertson, C. M.

- Robinson, David M.

- Robinson, Edward

- Robinson, Henry

- Robuett, Jane

- Rossedes

4 Correspondence S-T (R. Seager and G. P. Stevens separate)

- Sanborn, Ashton C. (a copy of a permit for excavation at Halae is included here)

- Savvidis, Christoforos

- Scranton, Robert

- Semple, W.

- Severis, D.

- Shear, Josephine

- Shear, Nora

- Shear, Theodore L.

- Shelley, Joseph

- Siegel, U.

- Slauphler, S.

- Smith, John, jr.

- Sophianos, M. N.

- Spaeth, John W. jr.

- Spaulding, C. W. (information on Hill’s family tree is included here)

- Spitzer, Carl B.

- Stillwell, Richard

- Swindler, Mary H.

- Talcott, Lucy

- Tanner, Robin

- Taylor, Henry O.

-Thomas, M. Carey

- Thompson, George C.

- Thompson, Homer A.

- Thompson, Malcolm

- Thompson, W. Stuart

- Toynbee, A., (re: report on the situation in Sardis during the Greek- Turkish war of the early 1920s)

5 Correspondence with Seager Richard (1907-1920)

6 Correspondence with Stevens, Gorham P. (1920-1954)

7 Correspondence U-Z ( J. R. Wheeler filed separately)

- Ure, P. N.

- Vallois, R.

- Van Buren, A. W.

- Van der Mynsbrugge

- Van Hook, La Rue

- Vanderpool, Eugene

- Vanderpool, Joan

- Wace, Alan

- Walter, Otto

- Walton, Alice

- Wasserman, Earl R.

- Waywood, Dorothy

- Weeks, Mabel F.

- Weld, W. Winsor

- Welda, L.

- Weller, C. H.

- Welter, G.

- Wheeler, Amy W.

- Whiting, Marion

- Wilhelm, Adolf

- Wilson, John A.

- Young, Clarence

- Young, Suzanne

BOX 5

Folder

1 Correspondence with Wheeler James R. (1906-1911)

2 Correspondence with Wheeler James R. (1912-1913)

3 Correspondence with Wheeler James R. (1914-1917)

4 Letters not signed or with signatures that cannot be recognized and a few drafts of Hill’s letters, including a draft of a telegram to John Gennadius, dated 1926.

Subseries I.2: Correspondence with institutions, universities, museums, societies and associations, governmental agencies, the Royal family of Greece, various companies

BOX 6

Folder

1   - Adams and Peck (stock brokers)

- Alumni Council of the University of Vermont

- American Academy of Arts and Sciences

- American Academy in Rome

- The American Association of Museums

- American Commission to Negotiate Peace

- American Council of Learned Societies

- American Embassy (including American Legation)

- The American Express Company

- American Express travel and shipping, re: J. Karousatos

- American School of Classical Studies in Athens (correspondence with the Managing Committee)

- Archaeological Institute of America (correspondence regarding Hill as the C. E. Norton AIA lecturer for 1936-1937 is included here)

- Archaeological Society at Athens

- Athens College

2 - The Bank of Athens Trust Company

- The Byzantine Institute

- Cambridge University Press

- The Columbia University Club

- Connecticut General (life insurance company)

- Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company

- Delta Psi Fraternity

- Evangelismos Hospital

- Fogg Art Museum (re: agreement with ASCSA to excavate in Greece)

- Greek Governmental Offices including various ministries, the Archaeological Council

- Hill Memorial School

- Idryma Alexandrou Zachariou

- The Institute of Group Psycotherapy

- Ionian Bank

- The A. N. Marquis Company ( publishers of Who’s Who in America)

- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (E. Robinson, director)

- Museum of Fine Arts

- Mutual Subscription Agency

- National Council of Greek Women

- Near East College Association

- Near Eastern Foundation

- Norwich Union Fire Insurance

- Phi Beta Kappa

- The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago

- Phoenix Assurance Company

- Rockland High School

- The Royal Family of Greece

- The School of Religion

- Societe des Nations

- The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies

- Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association

- Thomas Cook and Son (Athens)

- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association (re: visit of Governor Lehman in Greece, including three photographs of Lehman and Hill at the Akropolis).

- Walters Art Gallery

- Williams College

- Worcester Art Museum

Subseries I.3: Letters of Introduction

3 Letters of introduction of various people introduced to Hill both from the period he served as director of the ASCSA and the post-directorship period.

Subseries I.4: Correspondence about various professional issues

4 The Ancient City of Athens, by Ida Thallon Hill - correspondence regarding the proposed revision of the book with Methuen and Co. Publishers and R. M. Cook of the Museum of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge, 1955-1956. See also Subseries IV.8.

5 Cyprus - correspondence about the University Museum (University of Pennsylvania) excavations at Lapithos and Kourion under the directorship of B.H. Hill,1931-1953.

-Lapithos, 1931-1932.

-Kourion, 1936-1940.

6 Cyprus - continued

Kourion, 1947-1955.

7 Erechtheum - correspondence regarding the publication of the Erechtheum, organized first by correspondent and then chronologically, 1908-1935. See also Subseries IV.2.

- with James M. Paton, appointed editor of the Erechtheum publication. Also included here is some correspondence between Paton, Holland and Fowler. For Hill’s notes and proofs see Series IV, Boxes 14 and 15.

8 Erechtheum - continued

- with Lacey D. Caskey

- with Harold N. Fowler and L. Pallat on the Erechtheum frieze (2 photographs of part of the frieze included).

- with Leicester B. Holland.

- with Gorham P. Stevens.

- varia: Paul Wolters and copy of notes by A. C. Orlandos on the Erechtheum.

9 Excavations at Nemea: a collection of telegraphs exchanged among Hill, Robinson, Dinsmoor, De Jong and others during the excavation at Nemea, 1924.

10 Inscription IG I 2 66 (the so-called G.P. Stevens inscription)

- correspondence with Benjamin Merritt, 1938-1940. See also Subseries IV.3

Subseries I.5: Personal Correspondence

BOX 7

Folder

1 Ida Thallon Hill, 1921-1929.

2 Ida Thallon Hill, 1927.

3 Ida Thallon Hill, 1930-1935.

4 Ida Thallon Hill, 1936-1939.

BOX 8

Folder

1 Ida Thallon Hill, 1940-1949.

2 Ida Thallon Hill, 1950-1954 and undated letters.

3 Elisabeth Blegen, 1924-1955.

4 Correspondence with the Blegens and Ida Thallon Hill about the Blegen house at Ploutarchou 9, Athens.

5 Various family members: Perley R. Hill, (Hill’s brother), Ms. Raymond Morris (Hill’s sister-in-law), niece Pauline Ward, niece Ruth, Dave (Ruth’s brother?), Grace L. Thallon.

6 Copies of Hill’s letters to various persons, 1900-1901.

BOX 9

Folder

1 Various personal letters, thank you notes, various invitations

2 Postcards

3 Visitor’s cards

SERIES II: DIRECTORSHIP OF THE ASCSA (1906-1926)

Subseries II.1: Correspondence and documents concerning various issues of administration

BOX 10

Folder

1 B. H. Hill’s notes about the ASCSA’s trips, 1906-1910.

2 Copies of Hill’s correspondence with Wheeler, Fowler, Bates and others about the administration of the ASCSA. Some correspondence with L. Caskey about the Erechtheum is included here, 1905-1912.

3 Drafts of B.H. Hill’s reports to the Managing Committee of the ASCSA for the years 1923-1924 and 1924-1925.

4 Reports of the annual and summer sessions professors and the ASCSA fellows to the Director for the years 1907, 1921, 1923, 1925. Also included reports by W. B. Dinsmoor on the progress of his work on the Akropolis, 1918, 1925.

5 - E. Robinson’s letter to E. Capps about the endowment fund of the ASCSA, 1917.

- Report concerning the Sardis excavations during the Turkish-Greek war, 1921. See also the letter by A. Toynbee in Folder 20.

- Negotiations between the ASCSA and the Greek government about the undertaking of the Agora excavations by the ASCSA, 1924.

- L. D. Caskey’s correspondence with the Managing Committee about the academic program of the ASCSA, 1925.

- ASCSA’s handbooks: draft for the handbook (1909), pamphlet about the ASCSA’s fellowships (1924-1925) and correspondence and documents about the modification of the ASCSA regulations (1925).

- Varia, 1921-1925.

6 Hill’s notes pertaining to administration issues.

Susberies II.2: Termination of B.H. Hill’s directorship of the ASCSA

BOX 11

Folder

1 Correspondence with various persons concerning the issue of the termination of Hill’s directorship, 1925, 1926.

2 Correspondence with various persons on the same issue, 1927.

3 B.H. Hill’s notes and drafts of letters concerning the issue of the termination of his directorship as well as his typed answers to various accusations against him.

BOX 12

Folder

1 L.D. Caskey’s correspondence, various notes and documents and drafts of the pamphlet addressed to the Managing Committtee about the same issue, 1925-1927.

2 E. Perrys’s correspondence on the issue of B.H. Hill’s termination of his directorship, 1926, 1927.

3 The pamphlets (and some drafts) circulated both by the Managing Committee and B.H. Hill’s friends on the issue of the termination of Hill’s directorship.

SERIES III: MEMBER OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Subseries III.1: Chairman and member of the Refugee Settlement Commission, 1922-1929

BOX 13

Folder

1 Reports on the condition of the refugees and evaluations of the situation in Greece by various relief organizations, 1922.

2 Report of the YMCA activities in Greece and negotiations with the American Red Cross, 1923-1924. Two (2) photographs of refugees sheltered at the Municipal Theater of Athens are included. The YMCA report has photographs attached to it as well.

3 Various Greek documents, 1924-1927.

4 Correspondence with Charles B. Eddy, President of the Refugee Settlement Committee, and Sir Hope Simpson, Vice-president of the RSC, during the negotiations among the Greek government, the RSC and the League of Nations in Geneva, 1927.

5 Same as Folder 4.

6, 7, 8 Correspondence and documents regarding the negotiations among the RSC, the Greek government and the League of Nations about the rehabilitation of the agrarian refugee population, 1927.

9, 10 Correspondence and documents regarding the rehabilitaion of the urban refugee population, 1927.

BOX 14

Folder

1 Correspondence, documents and Hill’s notes about indemnities. Various studies evaluating the situation of the refugees are included, 1926-1927.

2 Reports on the situation of refugees on Lemnos, 1927.

3 Report on the situation of the refugees on Lemnos, 1928.

4, 5, 6, Correspondence, documents and Hill’s notes about indemnities. Various studies evaluating the situation of the refugees are included, 1927.

7, 8 Same as folders 4, 5, 6.

9 Correspondence, documents and Hill’s notes about indemnities, 1928.

BOX 15

Folder

1 Correspondence, documents and Hill’s notes about indemnities, 1928.

2, 3 Same as Folder 9.

4 Correspondence with Greek officials, 1928.

5 Report of the Refugee Settlement Committee to the League of Nations, 1928.

6 Correspondence, documents and Hill’s notes about indemnities, 1928-1929.

7 Report of the Refugee Settlement Committee, 1929.

Subseries III.2: B.H. Hill as a Chairman of the Repatriation Committee for American citizens in Greece, 1941-1942

BOX 16

Folder

1 Correspondence and documents relating to the Repatriation Committee.

Subseries III.3: B.H. Hill’s involvement with the Red Cross, 1918-1920, 1941-1944

2 Correspondence and documents concerning the Red Cross in Greece.

Subseries III.4: B.H. Hill as a member of the Board of Directors of Athens College

3 Correspondence and documents about the foundation of Athens College in Greece, the regulations of the college, drafts on the responsibilities of the Board of Trustees, pamphlets about other American colleges in the Near East, such as Roberts College in Constantinople and the American University in Beirut and a newspaper article on the merits of American-British education in Greece, 1925-1926.

4 The architectural proposal for the buildings of Athens College, 1927.

5 Correspondence and documents about various issues concerning the college, annual reports to the Board of Directors, correspondence with the President of the College (Homer Davis), programs of the college’s activities (1928).

6 Same as folder 5, 1927-1930

7 Same as folder 6, 1931-1933

8 Same as folder 7, 1934-1936

9 Same as folder 8, 1937-1958

Subseries III.5: B.H. Hill’s involvement with U.S. Educational Foundation in Greece, 1949-1956

BOX 17

Folder

1 Notes and documents about Hill’s work at the U.S. Educational Foundation in Greece, as the executive director of the USEFG, 1949-1952.

2 Notes and documents about Hill’s work at the USEFG as an executive director up to 1952 and then as a member of the Board of Directors, 1952-1956. One photograph of the Board of the Directors in 1953 is included here.

3 Various documents and notes about Fulbright scholarships awarded to students at the Farm School near Thessaloniki. Some printed material about the Farm School is included, 1951-1954.

4 Documents and notes about Fulbright scholarships awarded to students of Athens College, 1951-1954.

5 Documents and notes about Fulbright scholarships awarded to students of Anatolia College, 1950-1953

SERIES IV: ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES AND PAPERS

Subseries IV.1: Corinth

BOX 18

Folder

1 Manuscripts of studies on material from the Corinth excavations:

- Excavations at Corinth by R. B. Richardson, 1896.

- Excavation report on trench XIV by H.F. De Cou, 1897.

- An old Corinthian vase by R.B. Richardson, 1897.

- Terracotta figurines from Corinth by R.B. Richardson, 1897.

- Terracotta relief from the Argive Heraion by C. Waldstein and J.E. Hoppin.

2: - B.H. Hill’s notes on Peirene - 1 photograph of Peirene found among unrelated papers was added in this folder; 8 negatives with general views of Corinth excavations (PhA, N# 0247-0254).

- Hill’s notes from the excavations at Corinth, ca. 1908.

Subseries IV.2: Erechtheum

3, 4, 5, 6: B.H. Hill’s notes and plans on various issues concerning the Erechtheum, including his suggestions and corrections communicated to G. P. Stevens about Stevens’ work on the temple, 1903-1950s. One photograph is included in Folder 4. Two more photographs were added in this folder (PhA , N# 0367, 0368).

BOX 19

Folder

1 B.H. Hill’s proofreading of the manuscript for J. M. Paton

2 B.H. Hill’s notes on Dorpfeld’s Erechtheum. An original plan of the temple by Dorpfeld (1904) and Hermance’s notes on the Erechtheum are included here.

Subseries IV.3: Inscriptions

BOX 20

1 The Hekatompedon inscription: B. H. Hill’s notes, correspondence, one typescript, one photo and one oversize [kept separately] drawing of the inscription.

2 B.H. Hill’s notes on the G. P. Stevens inscription (IG I 2 66)- see also correspondence with B. Merritt in Box 8, Folder 7. Two photographs of the inscription are included (PhA, N# 0328, 0337).

3 B.H. Hill’s notes on various inscriptions including Erechtheum inscriptions, monetary inscriptions and the earlier tribute lists.

4 B.H. Hill’s notes on various inscriptions

Subseries IV.4: The Nike Temple

BOX 21

Folder

1 Notes and plans on the architecture of the Nike temple - 40 photos dated to 1936 are included (one photograph depicts an unidentified individual, who is probably John Miliades, according to J. Binder’s identification).

Subseries IV.5: The Parthenon

2, 3, 4, 5 B.H. Hill’s notes and sketches on various problems relating to the stratigraphy and architecture of the Parthenon. Comments on other people’s articles and related correspondence are included. Folder 4 contains his notes and manuscripts about his article on the Older Parthenon; 47 pictures of the Parthenon with notes by Hill were left within the folder, instead of being incorporated in the general photographs folder (see below Box 23, Folder 1). A photograph depicting Hill and Stevens standing in the temple is included here. Folder 5 contains correspondence and notes about the statue of Athena Parthenos.

BOX 22

1 The Parthenon - continued.

This folder contains all the photographs of the Parthenon found among Hill’s papers. Some of them were located in the folders with Hill’s archaeological notes and others in a box that also contained many negatives. The negatives are catalogued and stored separately ((PhA, N# 0323-0327, 0329-0336, 0338-0366). Seven envelopes with photographs are included here. The number of photos each envelope contains is noted next to the envelope number. Envelope 1: 15, envelope 2: 27, envelope 3: 25, envelope 4: 11, envelope 5: 19, envelope 6: 21, envelope 7: 15, envelope 8: 19, envelope 9: 15, envelope 10: 17 and 5 loose photos. Many photographs exist in duplicates and triplicates.

Subseries IV.6: Tegea

BOX 24

Folder

1, 2, 3 B.H. Hill’s notes, plans and drawings of architectural details, 1946- 1953 - two photos of architectural details included (PhA, N# 0321, 0322).

Subseries IV.7: Theseion - Temple of Hephaistos

4, 5, 6, 7 B.H. Hill’s notes and plans constituting the basis for his article “The Interior Colonnade of Hephaisteion” in Hesperia, Suppl. VIII (T.L. Shear’s Festschrift) - A total of 146 pictures of the temple taken during its restoration in 1947 are included. Folder 7 is oversize and is located on the shelf, next to Box 24.

Subseries IV.8: Topography of Athens: notes on the revision of Ida Thallon Hill’s book, The Ancient City of Athens, 1954-1957

BOX 25

Folder

1 Various notes on the monuments of Athens, mostly of the Akropolis and the Athenian Agora

Subseries IV.9: Various archaeological notes

2 Various archaeological notes on vase-painting, architecture, topography and inscriptions

SERIES V: PERSONAL PAPERS

Subseries V.1: Various personal papers

BOX 26

Folder

1 - recommendation letters for B. H. Hill from Newport Academy Graded School, where he was principal, 1898 and his professors at the University of Vermont, 1895.

- a typed list of Hill’s archaeological publications.

- two short stories written by O. Broneer and B.H. Hill based on Pausanias’ travels and Alice in Wonderland, 1933 or 1934.

- B.H. Hill in Who’s Who in America for 1920-1921, 1948-1949.

- B.H. Hill’s annuity arrangements, 1936-1939.

- papers and correspondence with the American, Greek, Italian and German authorities related to the issue of his residence in Greece, during the Second World War years, 1941-1943. Some notes about food supplies during the war are included.

- tax form for 1954.

2 B.H. Hill’s passports (8), his ID as the chairman of the Refugee Settlement Committee, various passes for free entrance at the Greek Museums, etc., his alien registration certificate for Cyprus, travel passes for Italy and Bulgaria, membership cards.

3 Sympathy letters for Ida Thallon Hill’s death.

BOX 27

Folder

1 - circular of information for prospective members in the ASCSA list of the ASCSA’s students, 1902-1940.

- pamphlet in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of archaeological exploration in the Athenian Agora.

- report of the Agora excavations in 1946 and reports on the work of the ASCSA by the staff for the years 1952-1955.

- examination of the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Trustees for 1948.

- reports of the Auxiliary Fund Association, 1930, 1937-1938.

- letter to the Friends of the ASCSA, 1940.

- American Academy in Rome: schedule of the 1929 trip in Greece.

- two pamphlets of the AIA and a 1954 AIA Newsletter.

- a reprint of “A Tour in Sicily” by R.B. Richardson in Scribner’s magazine, 1909.

- R.P.T. Coffin: Fulbright lectures.

- one proposal for the Exploration of the Asia Minor, Syria and Cyrenaica by R.S Sterrett.

- reprint of the excavation report for Corinth, 1925.

- typescript of R.V.D. Magoffin about the editorship of the AJA.

2 - newspaper clippings with articles about excavation news, prominent archaeologists and classicists and a collection of articles and manifestos pertaining to the political situation in Greece during the Second World War, 1940-1944.

3 - notes about the national elections in Greece, 1950, 1951.

- a report on the agreement for economic cooperation between the governments of Greece and the United States, 1951.

- the Bulletin of the University of Vermont, October 1956 issue, where Hill published an article about modern Greece.

- a report to all alumni by the Alumni Committee to study UVM charter change proposals and a lecture on Academic Heritage given at UV.

- 1 program for the Alumni of Phi Beta Kappa.

- membership form and list of St. Andrew’s American Church, 1953-1954.

- documents about the English Church of St. Paul, Athens, 1934-1941.

- invitation to and program of the celebration of the Centennial of the Archaeological Society at Athens, 1938.

- annual report of the Near East College Association, 1928-1929.

- leaflets about the Propeller Club of the United States.

- a booklet about the Gymnasium at Columbia University.

- a cruise in Greece pamphlet.

- a pamphlet advertising the publication of G. Welter’s “Aigina”.

- various receipts and library tickets.

- New York-Montreal railroad timetable and information on transatlantic boat trips.

- pamphlet for tours in Manhattan.

- programs for various cultural events, such as a theater program, events organized by Athens College, Lykeio Hellenidon, etc.

- a women’s garments catalog.

- brochures of the Electricity and Water Companies of Athens.

- souvenirs from a trip in the U.S. in 1953-1954.

4 Hill’s notes on a variety of subjects

5 13 copies of a photograph of B. H. Hill and a photocopy of an unidentified family photograph, probably dated in late 19th or early 20th century.

Subseries V.2: B.H. Hill’s class notes from Columbia University, 1898- 1899

BOX 28

Folders

1, 2, 3 Notebooks and notes on vase-painting, epigraphy and classical philology

Subseries V.3: B.H. Hill’s diaries and personal agendas

BOX 29

B.H. Hill’s diaries and personal agendas, 1888-1917 (19)

BOX 30

B.H. Hill’s diaries and personal agendas, 1918-1941 (25)

BOX 31

B.H. Hill’s diaries and personal agendas, 1942-1958 (25) - among the diaries, a few include descriptions of the ASCSA’s trips and some of his personal trips.

Subseries V.4: Personal belongings

BOX 32

- souvenirs left with Hill by K. Zeileissen (German consul in Athens during the Second World War years?).

- a booklet offered to him as a gift.

- 3 books: Le Sanctuaire d’ Alea Athena Tegee par C. Dugas, J. Berchmans and M. Clemmensen, the Poetical works of John Milton and The Boston Cooking School Book.

- a small box with borings taken from below the base of the Parthenos statue on the Akropolis in 1936.

- a small box with points of mechanical pencils.

- an envelope with mounting corners.

- a few Greek banknotes of the early 20s with depictions of ancient monuments.

- 2 x-rays of Hill’s arm.

BOX 33

- Hill’s personal checks, vouchers and notes on various accounts

Subseries V.5: B.H. Hill’s honorary diplomas

- the diplomas are located in an oversize folder on top of the boxes. One red case was found empty and is located next to the boxes

Honorary diplomas offered to Hill by

- the German Archaeological Institute, 1914

- the Archaeological Institute of America, 1917

- King Alexander of Greece, 1919

- the community of Corinth, 1919

- King Paul of Greece, 1956

- the Archaeological Society of Athens, 1956

PROCESSING HISTORY

The history of the Bert Hodge Hill papers is a complex one. Originally stored at the Blegen house (9, Ploutarchou), the Hill papers were transferred to the American School building when the Blegen house was sold, after the death of Carl Blegen

In the 1970’s and 1980’s, Jerome Sperling processed Hill’s papers organizing part of the papers by subject. Sperling’s handwriting was identified by various notes clipped on the folders describing their content. All these notes were left where found. Sperling also noted that three folders with Hill’s papers were acquired from the collector Manos Haritatos, Director of E.L.I.A (Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive), in 1988, and was confirmed by related correspondence between Haritatos and the then ASCSA director Stephen Miller. Two of these folders contained Hill’s notes from his classes at Columbia University while the third one had personal and professional correspondence from 1924. The papers were purchased by Haritatos at the Monastiraki market and were given to the American School on permanent loan.

In 1996, Natalia Vogeikoff started organizing Hill’s scattered correspondence alphabetically, by correspondent’s name. In 1997, Working Fellow Evi Sikla undertook the final processing of Hill’s papers. It should be noted that part of the Hill papers were found mixed in with documents belonging to other collections, such as the papers of Edward Perry, Rhys Carpenter and Richard Stillwell.

The original order of the Hill papers is unclear. Some of the folders carry Hill’s handwriting, while Sperling created others. Therefore, the organization of the Hill papers has been partly based on the already pre-arranged topics (by Hill or Sperling) and partly on what were considered to be the main themes running through the papers. Any special arrangement of material pertaining to certain series are explained in the Scope and Content. The main goal of the present processing of the Hill papers has been to organize it in such a way so that it can be user-friendly, preserving at the same time the traces of the organizational attempts that preceded the current one.

For more information, please contact the Archivist:
Dr. Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan:
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
54 Souidias Street, Athens 106 76, Greece,
phone: 210-723-6313 Fax: 210-725-0584
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