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Edward Coke Hill papers, 1927-1956.
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Title:

Edward Coke Hill papers, 1927-1956

Creator/Contributor:

Hill, Edward Coke, b. 1866, creator

Abstract:

Papers concerning insurance, banking, and probate. Also includes Edward Coke Hill's high school and univerity diplomas and two official federal judge presidential appointment certificates.One appointment certificate is signed by Calvin Coolidge and the other by Herbert Hoover. Also includes a handmade book of pressed Alaska flowers compiled by Hill's wife, Ella (Billie) Hill.

Date:

1927 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us-ak -- n-us---
Hill, Edward Coke -- b. 1866 -- Archives
United States. -- District Court (Alaska)
Judges -- Alaska
Judges -- United States
Lawyers -- Alaska
Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco
Insurance
Banks and banking
Probate courts

Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
Edward Coke Hill papers, BANC MSS C-B 907, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Edward Coke Hill (b. Jan. 18, 1866 in Grant County, Oregon) was a lawyer in both Alaska and San Francisco, California. He served as a federal judge in the third judicial district of Alaska, appointed by Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and reappointed by Herbert Hoover in 1931.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Temporary list of contents available available in the library.

Type:

Diaries.
Legal instruments.
Legal documents.
Diplomas.

Physical Description:

print
14 cartons, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder (17.55 linear feet)

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.