sv000012.xml HILL-BOECKMANN FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Photograph Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Huebscher Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Sound and Visual Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Jennifer HuebscherDecember 2008 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Hill-Boeckmann family photograph collection [graphic] ca. 1856-1907. Collection was copied from an album loaned by the Ffolliots, descendents of Rachel Hill Boeckmann. Includes views of James J. and Mary T. Hill, their children and grandchildren, family friends, and church clerics. Views consist of informal plays, weddings, family members in costume, hunting expeditions, family outings, family members relaxing at home and at North Oaks, and vacations. Locations include the interior and exterior of the Hill House at 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota; the Louis W. Hill farm in North Oaks; and vacation spots in Aiken, South Carolina; Jekyll Island, Georgia; and Paris. 134 photoprints : b&w ; 8x10 in. I.381. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

James Jerome Hill was born near Guelph, Ontario on September 16, 1838. He came to St. Paul in 1856, where he first worked as a shipping clerk for J. W. Bass and Company. Between 1856 and 1859 he prospered in a series of wood and coal merchandising partnerships. He was general manager (1879-1882) and president (1883-1890) of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company. In 1890 the railroad became the Great Northern Railway Company, with Hill as president (1890-1907) and later chairman of the board (1907-1912). Hill died in St. Paul on May 29, 1916.

Mary Theresa Mehegan was born in New York City on July 1, 1846. In 1850 she came with her family to St. Paul. She attended finishing school at St. Mary's Institute (Milwaukee, Wis., 1864-1867) and married James J. Hill on August 19, 1867. Mary Hill was long active in St. Paul's Catholic community. She died on November 22, 1921.

The Hills' children included: Mary Francis, known as "Mamie" (Mrs. Samuel Hill, 1868-); James Norman Hill (1870-1932); Louis Warren Hill (1872-1948); Clara Anne, or Anna (Mrs. Erasmus C. Lindley, 1873-1947); Charlotte (Mrs. George T. Slade, [ca.1876]-1923); Ruth (Mrs. Anson Beard, 1879-); Rachel (Mrs. Egil Boeckmann, [ca.1882]-1967); Gertrude (Mrs. Michael Gavin, [ca.1884]-1961); and Walter J. Hill (1885-1944). A daughter, Katie, died in infancy (1876).

Rachel Hill married physician Egil Boeckmann in 1913 at the Hill House at 240 Summit. Boeckmann had been a football hero for the University of Minnesota. They lived at 366 Summit Avenue in a home that is still standing. They frequently entertained Rachel's parents at their home and Rachel and her daughters lived at 240 Summit for a few years ca 1918-1922. Egil and Rachel had two daughters, Mary and Gertrude. Gertrude married Peter Harvie Ffolliott in 1942.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

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Persons: Beard, Ruth Hill, 1879-1959 -- Pictorial Works. Boeckmann, Rachel Hill, 1881-1967 -- Pictorial Works. Gavin, Gertrude Hill, 1883-1961 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, James Jerome, 1838-1916 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, James N. B., 1893-1975 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, Jerome, 1905-1972. -- Pictorial Works. Hill, Louis Warren, 1872-1948 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, Mary Frances, 1868-1947 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, Mary M., 1889-1941 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, Mary Theresa Mehegan, 1846-1921 -- Pictorial Works. Hill, Walter J., 1885-1944 -- Pictorial Works. Hill family -- Pictorial Works. Lindley, Clara Hill, 1873-1947 -- Pictorial Works. Slade, Charlotte Hill, 1877-1923 -- Pictorial Works. Slade, George Norman, 1902-1975 -- Pictorial Works. Slade, Georgiana Mary, 1903-1993 -- Pictorial Works. Organizations: James J. Hill House (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Pictorial Works. Places: North Oaks (Minn. : Farm) -- Pictorial Works. Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Alternate Form Available:

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Accession number: AV2007.119

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Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, December 2008.

Catalog ID number: 006728874

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION I.381. 1 Mary T. and James J. Hill with unidentified cleric on the Hill House veranda, ca. 1900. 2 Gertrude Hill Gavin, 1906. 3 Mary T. Hill, ca. 1880. 4 From left: Mary Boeckmann, Gertrude Hill Gavin, Mrs. Boeckmann, Egil Boeckmann, Gertrude Boeckmann, Rachel Hill Boeckmann, and Mary T. Hill, ca. 1918. 5 Anne Danbar Hill, mother of James J. Hill, 1856. 6 Mary Riggs (1780-1857), grandmother of James J. Hill, ca. 1857. 7 William Wetherold, teacher of James J. Hill, ca. 1880. 8 Back row, from left: Clara Hill, Walter Hill, "Jo," and Gertrude Hill. Front row, from left: Ruth Hill, Annie Granger, and Charlotte Hill, June 1888. 9 Hill daughters at the Hill House, ca. 1895. 10 Rachel Hill Boeckmann and Egil Boeckmann in the Hill House music room, ca. 1913. 11 Rachel and Mary T. Hill, 1881. 12 Gertrude Hill (lying down) and unidentified Hill daughter on Hill House veranda, ca. 1905. 13 Two Catholic dignitaries on the Hill House veranda, ca. 1900. 14 Gertrude Hill - Michael Gavin wedding party in the Hill House drawing room, 1906. 15 Clara and Ruth Hill with unidentified man and woman, France, ca. 1905. 16 Hill daughter by northwest porch balustrade in front of Hill House, ca. 1905. 17 Hill daughter on board the steamer Wacouta, ca. 1905. 18 Hill daughters and others aboard the steamer Wacouta, ca. 1905. 19 The steamer Wacouta, ca. 1905. 20 Hill daughter in front of Hill House, ca. 1905. 21 Egil Boeckmann at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 22 Walter Hill at the Hill House gates, 1903. 23 George Slade at the Hill House, 1903. 24 Walter Hill and George Norman Slade at the Hill House 1903. 25 Walter Hill at the Hill House, 1903. 26 Walter Hill and Hill daughter at the Hill House, 1903. 27 Hill daughters with Georgiana and George Norman Slade at Hill House, 1903. 28 Walter Hill at the Hill House, 1903. 29 Walter Hill and Georgiana Slade at the Hill House, 1903. 30 St. Mary's Church in St. Paul, ca. 1905. 31 Hill grandchild on first floor veranda at Hill House, ca. 1905. 32 Hill daughter on horseback in front of the lilacs at the Hill House, ca. 1905. 33 Walter Hill with horse in front of Hill House, ca. 1905. 34 back yard at Hill House, ca. 1905. 35 Hill daughter in Thonet chair, ca. 1905. 36 Hill daughter at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 37-38 Hill family and friends at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 39 Clara Hill and George Norman Slade on porte couchere at Hill House, ca. 1905. 40 Walter Hill and companions hunting at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 41 Walter Hill at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 42 Ruth Hill and George Norman Slade, Hill House, ca. 1905. 43 George Norman Slade and Charlotte (?) Hill, Hill House, ca. 1905. 44-45 Georgiana Slade and Gertrude Hill with group in Hill House music room, 1904. 46 Gertrude Hill and Hill daughter in costume on second floor balcony (Gertrude's bedroom), Hill House, ca. 1905. 47 Hill daughter in costume on second floor balcony, Hill House, ca. 1905. 48-49 Scene at Chicago World's Fair, 1893. 50 View of North Oaks, ca. 1905. 51 K. Abbott and Walter Hill with a redtail owl, North Oaks, ca. 1905. 52-53 Sheep at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 54 Cattle at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 55 Rachel Hill at door to guest room leading to dressing room, Hill House, ca. 1905. 56 Clara and Rachel Hill in east guest room, Hill House, ca. 1905. 57 Charlotte Hill in Hill House library, ca. 1905. 58 K. Abbott and Walter Hill wearing kimonos in Hill House music room, ca. 1905. 59-60 Rachel Hill with horse in back yard of Hill House, ca. 1905. 61 Georgiana Slade and Rachel Hill at the gatehouse, Hill House, ca. 1905. 62 Auntie Phelps in back yard of Hill House, ca. 1905. 63 Gertrude Hill with unidentified man in library, Hill House, ca. 1905. 64 Walter Hill in library at the Hill House, ca. 1905. 65 Flowers in library, Hill House, ca. 1905. 66 Ruth Hill in bedroom, Hill House, ca. 1905. 67 Unidentified woman in Hill House library, ca. 1905. 68 Walter Hill in library at the Hill House, ca. 1905. 69 Hill granddaughter at Hill House, ca. 1905. 70-71 Ruth (?) Hill and Hill granddaughter in back yard, Hill House, ca. 1905. 72 Louis W. Hill, ca. 1905. 73 Rachel Hill at Jekyll Island, Georgia, ca. 1905. 74 James N. B. and Mary M. Hill, Paris, ca. 1900. 75 St. Mary's Church in St. Paul, after tornado, ca. 1905. 76 Mary T. and James J. Hill, ca. 1905. 77 Mary T. Hill with her daughters, ca. 1905. 78 Mary T. Hill with unidentified cleric, ca. 1905. 79 George Norman Slade on horse, Hill House ca. 1905. 80 Georgiana Slade on horse, Hill House, ca. 1905. 81-82 Georgiana and George Norman Slade on horse, Hill House, ca. 1905. 83 Mary T. Hill and Charlie Maitland, Aiken, South Carolina, 1905. 84 Rachel, Gertrude, and Clara Hill in Aiken, South Carolina, 1905. 85-86 Mary T. and James J. Hill with family and friends at Aiken, South Carolina, ca. 1905. 87 Hill daughters at Aiken, South Carolina, ca. 1905. 88 Mary T. Hill at Aiken, South Carolina, ca. 1905. 89 Aiken, South Carolina, ca. 1905. 90 Walter Hill with others at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 91 Walter and Hill daughters with others at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 92 Hill family and friends at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 93 Hill daughters in France (?), ca. 1905. 94 J. Jerome Hill at Hill House, 1905. 95 George Norman Slade in Rachel's bedroom at Hill House, ca. 1905. 96 Georgiana and George Norman Slade in second floor sitting room at Hill House, ca. 1905. 97 Georgiana Slade in Rachel's bedroom at Hill House, ca. 1905. 98-99 Hill children and others at North Oaks, ca. 1905. 100-101 George Norman and Georgiana Slade on the northeast porch at Hill House, ca. 1906. 102 Georgiana Slade on the northeast porch, Hill House, ca. 1906. 103 Hill children and others at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 104 Rachel Hill at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 105 Rachel Hill with unidentified women at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 106 Rachel Hill and friend at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 107 Rachel Hill playing tennis at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 108 Rachel Hill with unidentified man in North Oaks, ca. 1906. 109 Mary T. Hill with family at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 110 Hill family at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 111 Mary T. and Maud Hill with family at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 112 Deer at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 113 Hill grandchildren at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 114 Hill children at North Oaks, ca. 1906. 115 Georgiana and George Norman Slade at Jekyll Island, Georgia, ca. 1907. 116 Rachel Hill at Jekyll Island, Georgia, ca. 1907. 117 Walter Hill with family at Hill House, ca. 1907. 118 Walter and Maud (?) Hill at Hill House, ca. 1907. 119 George Norman and Georgiana Slade at Hill House, ca. 1907. 120 George Norman Slade at Hill House, ca. 1907. 121 Hill grandchildren, ca. 1907. 122-123 Walter Hill with Hill grandchildren at North Oaks, 1907. 124-125 Hill grandchildren at North Oaks, ca. 1907. 126 Hill granddaughter at North Oaks, ca. 1907. 127 Hill grandsons at North Oaks, ca. 1907. 128-129 Rachel Hill and unidentified person in Pierette costume, second floor sitting room, Hill House, ca. 1907. 130 Rachel Hill in Pierette costume, second floor sitting room, Hill House, ca. 1907. 131 Unidentified person in costume on staircase at Hill House, ca. 1907. 132 Rachel Hill in costume on staircase at Hill House, ca. 1907. 133 Rachel Hill and unidentified man in costume, Charlotte's bedroom, Hill House, ca. 1907. 134 Hill granddaughter at Hill House, ca. 1905.