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Title: Irving Hill Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1930-1998
Bulk dates: 1960-1998
Collection Number: mssHill Irving papers
Creator:
Hill, Irving,
1915-1998.
Extent:
16,617 pieces in 58 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains the personal and professional papers
of Judge Irving Hill (1915-1998), who served as a United States District Judge in
California, chiefly dating from 1960 to 1998. The vast majority of the professional
papers originated from Hill's tenure as a U.S. District Court judge.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
Box 27 contains miscellaneous documents that are sealed due to the personal nature of information present in the documents.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Irving Hill Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Gift of the Hill 1982 Trust, April 26, 2002.
Irving Hill (February 6, 1915-March 18, 1998) was a United States federal judge based in
Los Angeles, California. Hill was born on February 6, 1915 in Lincoln, Nebraska,
eight years after his parents had immigrated to the U.S. from Russia in 1907. After
his graduation from Lincoln High School in 1932, Hill spent the next four years
(1932-36) at the University of Nebraska. In his senior year Hill was named the
state’s sole nominee for the Rhodes Scholarship. In 1936 Hill entered Harvard Law
School and graduated cum laude in 1939. He was an editor of the Harvard Law Review
and president of his graduating class. Hill married his college sweetheart Maydee
Taylor in 1939.
From 1939 to 1944, Hill worked for the Department of Justice in
Washington, D.C., including assignments in the Anti-Trust (1939-40) and the Criminal
(1942-44) division. From 1940-1942, Hill was on the legal staff of the Bonneville
Power Administration, U.S. Department of the Interior, at Portland, Oregon. In 1944,
Hill volunteered for combat service as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He was assigned
to sea duty in the Armed Guard Branch of the Navy which placed Navy personnel aboard
merchant chips to operate their guns and communication equipments.
Following his
U.S. Navy duties, Hill returned in 1946 to the Justice Department in the Office of
the Assistant Solicitor General. He retired from the Justice Department in the Fall
of 1946, moved to California, and became associated with the firm Pacht, Warne, Ross
and Bernhard. In 1947 Hill and his partners formed their own legal firm, originally
named Hill, Jones, and Attias and later renamed Hill, Greenberg and Glusker. In 1961
Hill was appointed to the California Superior Court by Governor Pat Brown. He was
appointed in 1965 by California Chief Justice Roger Traynor to the Appellate
Department of the Superior Court. In late 1965, Hill received from President Lyndon
Johnson an appointment to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
California. He was reassigned to the newly-authorized U.S. District Court, Central
District of California in 1966. From 1979-1981 Hill served as Chief Judge for the
Central District Court. He achieved senior status in 1980 but chose to remain on the
bench.
Hill died in his chamber on May 18, 1998. Irving and Maydee Hill had
three sons: Lawrence, Steven, and Richard.
This collection contains the personal and professional papers
of Judge Irving Hill (1915-1998), chiefly dating from 1960 to 1998. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera,
committee files,
legal case files and trial notes, and color slides.
The Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Series contains Irving Hill’s personal
and professional papers, including correspondence, dockets, court instructions and
orders, newspaper clippings, photos, and speeches. The vast majority of the
professional papers originated from Hill’s tenure as a U.S. District Court judge.
This series is arranged alphabetically by genre.
The Committees Series includes papers related to Hill’s involvement in various
committees of the U.S. District Court and civic organizations. This series is
organized alphabetically by committee names.
Legal Cases and Trial Notes make up the entirety of the third series. Legal case
files are subject files of U.S. District Court cases presided by Judge Hill. The
legal case files are organized alphabetically by name. Trial notes are handwritten
notes kept by Judge Hill in his courtroom. Most of the trial notes are individually
labeled with the case name and the date of the trial. Trial notes are organized by
date, per original order.
The Color Slides Series documents Irving and Maydee Hill’s personal travel
narratives. As avid photographers and travelers, the Hills have traveled to Europe,
Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America. They have also traveled
extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. This series is arranged
alphabetically and chronologically.
The Oversize Series contains items that need special housing. They include card
files, certificates, large photos, commemorative plaques and gavel, and
resolutions.
Arrangement
The Irving Hill papers are organized into five series:
- 1) Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera
- 2) Committees
- 3) Legal cases and Trial Notes
- 4) Color Slides
- 5) Oversize
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Hill, Irving,
1915-1998
Alaimo, Anthony
A.
American Bar
Association
American Board of Trial
Advocates
American Jewish
Committee
Anti-defamation
League
Arizona State
University. College of Law
Arnold, Kenneth
James
Baird, Lourdes
Gillespie, 1935-
Benamou,
Jean-Pierre
Boldt, George H.
(George Hugo), 1903-1984
Boy Scouts of
America
Braun, Jerome
I.
Brookings
Institution
Brown, Edmund G.
(Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996
Browning, James R.,
1918-2012
Burger, Warren E.,
1907-1995
Burris, Donald S.,
1943-
California. Office of
the Attorney General
California. Superior
Court (Los Angeles County)
California Club (Los
Angeles, Calif.)
Carter, Gene,
1935-
Chandler, Otis,
1927-2006
Christopher,
Warren
Clark, Ramsey,
1927-
Clark, Tom C. (Tom
Campbell), 1899-1977
Clarke, Thurmond,
1902-1971
Coffin, Frank M. (Frank
Morey), 1919-2009
Conti, Samuel,
1922-
Corman, James C. (James
Charles), 1920-2000
Cranston, Alan,
1914-2000
Cyr, Conrad K. (Conrad
Keefe), 1931-
Danielson, George
E.
Debs, Ernest E.,
1904-2002
Democratic National
Committee (U.S.)
Douglas, William O.
(William Orville), 1898-1980
Federal Judicial
Center
Feikens, John,
1917-2011
Firth, Robert,
1918-1984
Fletcher, Betty Binns,
1923-
Fowler Museum at
UCLA
Gadbois, Richard A.
(Richard Arthur), 1932-1996
Gibson, Dunn and
Crutcher
Guy, Ralph B.,
1929-
Hall, Peirson M.
(Peirson Mitchell), 1894-1979
Hatter, Terry J.,
1933-
Hauk, A. Andrew,
1912-2004
Holifield, Chet,
1903-
Howard University.
School of Law
Hug, Procter,
1931-
Idaho State
Bar
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob
Koppel), 1904-1986
Jewish Federation
Council of Greater Los Angeles
Jonathan
Club
Judicial Conference of
the United States
King, Cecil R. (Cecil
Rhodes), 1898-1974
Kirkpatrick and
Lockhart
Kuchel, Thomas
H.
Lay, Donald P.,
1926-2007
Legge, Charles A.,
1930-
Letts, J. Spencer,
1934-
Lord, Joseph
S.
Los Angeles County Bar
Association
Lucas, Malcolm
M.
Magnin, Edgar F. (Edgar
Fogel), 1890-1984
McKusick, Vincent L.
(Vincent Lee), 1921-
McLaughlin, Linda Lee
Hodge, 1942-
Mecham, Leonidas
Ralph
Mikva, Abner
J.
Mosk, Stanley,
1912-2001
Muravchik,
Emanuel
Murphy, Diana
E.
Nies, Helen Wilson,
1925-1996
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Historical Society
Nussbaum, Max,
1908-1974
O'Brien, Lawrence
F.
O'Connor, Earl E.,
1922-
O'Melveny and
Myers
Orloff, Chet,
1949-
Pan American World
Airways, Inc.
Penne, James
J.
Pepperdine University.
School of Law
Perkins Coie
LLP
Quackenbush, Justin L.,
1929-
Rafeedie, Edward,
1929-2008
Raskind, Leo
J.
Real, Manuel
L.
Rehnquist, William H.,
1924-2005
Renfrew, Charles
B.
Roosevelt, James,
1907-1991
Rosenn, Max,
1910-2006
Rozelle,
Pete
Rymer, Pamela Ann,
1941-2011
Schwartz, Milton Lewis,
1920-2005
Schwarzer, William
W.
Selya, Bruce M. (Bruce
Marshall), 1934-
Seymour, Stephanie K.,
1940-
South Africa. Consulate
General (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
State Bar of
California
Stotler, Alicemarie H.,
1942-
Stuhr Museum of the
Prairie Pioneer
Tacha, Deanell Reece,
1946-
Tashima, A.
Wallace
Times Mirror
Company
Trask, Benjamin
H.
Traynor, Roger
J.
Trott, Stephen
S.
Tulane Law
School
Tunney, John V. (John
Varick), 1934-
United States.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
United States.
Bankruptcy Court (California : Central District)
United States. Bureau
of Prisons
United States. Court of
Appeals (2nd Circuit)
United States. Court of
Appeals (8th Circuit)
United States. Court of
Appeals (9th Circuit)
United States. Court of
Appeals (10th Circuit)
United States. Court of
Claims
United States. Dept. of
Health and Human Services
United States. Dept. of
Justice
United States. District
Court (California : Central District)
United States. District
Court (Hawaii)
United States. District
Court (Louisiana : Western District)
United States. District
Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District)
United States. District
Court (Virginia : Eastern District)
United States. Federal
Bureau of Investigation
United States. Marshals
Service
United States. Tax
Court
United States
Attorney's Office
United States Postal
Service
University of
California, Los Angeles
University of
California, Los Angeles. School of Law
University of
California, San Diego
University of
Judaism
University of
Kansas
University of Kansas.
School of Law
University of South
Carolina
University of Southern
California
Van de Kamp, John
K.
Wallace, J. Clifford
(John Clifford), 1928-
Watson, W. Marvin
(William Marvin), 1924-
Weinstein, James,
1953-
Wilkenfeld, Harold
C.
Williams and
Connolly
Wolff, Michael A.,
1945-
Wright, Donald R.
(Donald Richard), 1907-1985
Younger, Evelle
J.
Zeitlin and Ver Brugge
(Los Angeles, Calif.)
Bankruptcy--United States
California--History--20th
century--Sources
Clubs--California--Los Angeles
Habeas corpus--United States
Jews--United States
Judges--California--Archives
Judges--Salaries, etc.--United
States
Judges--United
States--Archives
Private clubs
Religious discrimination--United
States
California--History--20th century--Sources.
Los Angeles
(Calif.)
Letters (correspondence)--United
States
Personal papers--United States--20th
century.
Professional papers--United
States--20th century.