Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (1859 - 1924) Papers 1883-1955

Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (who referred to himself as D. H. Hill), the second son of Confederate General Daniel Harvey Hill and Isabella Morrison, was born at Davidson, North Carolina, on 1859 January 15. In 1880, D. H. Hill Jr. graduated from Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts degree; shortly thereafter, he began teaching as a professor of English at the Military and Agricultural College at Milledgeville, Georgia. During the nine years he taught at that institution, Hill married Pauline White of Milledgeville (1885) and received a Master of Arts degree from Davidson College (1886). He received a Doctor of Literature from Davidson in 1905 and a Doctor of Laws from the University of North Carolina in 1910.

Hill returned to North Carolina in 1889 when he was hired at the recently-established College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now North Carolina State University). For almost twenty years, he served as professor of English and bookkeeping, faculty secretary, and treasurer. In 1905 he was elected Vice-President, a position he fulfilled while remaining professor of English. Three years later, Hill became the third president of the College. He held that position for eight years, resigning in 1916 to write a history of North Carolina troops during the Civil War entitled Bethel to Sharpsburg (1926).

Hill's lengthy academic career was coupled with an equally extensive literary career. His interest in North Carolina history manifested itself in his book about the state in the Civil War for the twelve-volume Confederate Military History (1899). Collaborating with colleagues, he wrote the textbooks Young People's History of North Carolina (1907) and Agriculture for Beginners (1903); a series of five schoolbooks collectively known as Hill Readers (1906); and Corn Book for Young Folk (1920). Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Hill served as editor of The Southern Home, a weekly newspaper that had been founded by his father.

Hill participated in numerous organizations, mostly those with a historical or literary focus, during his time at the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He was a member of the North Carolina Historical Commission, the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the Revolution, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Southern Educational Association. He was the president of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly, the North Carolina Folklore Society, and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Hill also served as chairman of the state council of defense during World War I.

Following his retirement, Hill remained in Raleigh until poor health compelled him to relocate to the western mountains of the state. He died on 31 July 1924 July 31 at Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and was survived by his wife and five children. The D. H. Hill Library on the NC State campus was named for him.

This collection contains material relating to Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. and his career at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, where he held positions as English professor (1889-1908), Vice-President (1905-1908), and President (1908-1916). The collection contains personal correspondence, copies of a short pamphlet written by Hill on North Carolina history, and newspaper articles about Hill, his career, and the College more generally. Many of the materials document Hill's professional career, particularly his appointment to and resignation from the presidency of the College. There are also manuscript drafts of texts Hill wrote on the Civil War and on his father, General Daniel Harvey Hill. A small number of personal materials are also included. The bulk of the materials date from 1908 to early 1920s.

The collection is organized into two principal series:

• The Personal Materials series is divided between correspondence and biography.
• The Professional Materials series contains three subseries, namely Correspondence, Collected Newspaper Articles, and Writings.

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[Identification of item], Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (1859 - 1924) Papers, MC 00022, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

• Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr. (1859 - 1924) Papers, P. C. 94,State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh
• Daniel Harvey Hill (1821 - 1889) Papers (2035), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Daniel Harvey Hill (1821 - 1889) Diary (882), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Daniel Harvey Hill (1821 - 1889) Papers, P. C. 93, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh

Gift of Randolph Isabel Hill, Accessions 1967.0006, 1969.0009, and 1970.0002 (1967-1970). Additional gifts made by North Carolina State University Office of Foundations and Development, Accession 1984.0003 (1984) and by Randye Finigan and Wendy Lawton, Accession 2013.0193 (2013).

Processed by: Caitlin Donnelly, 2005; machine-readable finding aid created by: Caitlin Donnelly, 2005. Addition to collection processed and finding aid updated by: Todd Kosmerick, 2013 July.