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Five loose pages detailing Hill's travels in Germany.

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Twelve loose pages detailing Hill's travels throughout Italy, including Pistoia, Florence, Pompeii, Capri, Rome, and Vatican City.

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The bulk of this journal is text, but it does include some sketches by Abby Hill drawn during her travels throughout Europe in 1897.

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This sub-series contains inscribed postcards from various correspondents. The postcards are primarily from locations in the United States and Europe. Postcards that were collected but not inscribed are found in the Ephemera series.

Scope and Contents The bulk of this journal is written in French. It covers the period (1885-1886) when Abby Williams Hill was teaching painting and drawing at a school in Berthier-en-Haut (also known as Berthierville or Berthier) in Quebec, Canada. In June 1885 Hill went home to the United States for a lengthy visit. She writes about family life in Ohio and Iowa and her experience studying at the Chicago Art Institute. She returned to Berthier-en-Haut in October 1885 and remained there in her teaching...

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This 64-page journal is written in a narrative style and includes Hill's experience joining a 26-day expedition to Mount Rainier, a trip to the Hood Canal in Washington State with friends, and her travels east to visit her husband Frank's family in Ohio. The journal dates from July 23, 1895 to October 9, 1895.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.

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This 103-page journal is written in a narrative style and dates from September 1895 to July 1896. It includes Frank and Abby Hill's travels in Germany, where Frank studied medicine. Their son, Romyane, was left with relatives in Ohio for the duration of their trip.

A typed transcription is available for this journal.