Laura Coombs Hills Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hills, Laura Coombs, 1859-1952
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content: Laura Coombs Hills papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1863-1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hilllaur, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Artworks include small oil sketches, watercolors, needlepoint designs, and sketches of fairies and ladybugs, possibly for children's books. Of note is a watercolor landscape noted to be Hills's first watercolor done at the age of four. Biographical materials include a biographical sketch and a diploma. Letters are written by Hills to her niece, Elizabeth McKay. Photographs depict Hills, her studio, Hill at events, and Hill's  family. A tintype is of Hills as a young child with Laura Stevens. Many of the photos are of sisters Laura Coombs Hills, Louise Hills, and Lizzie Hills. Some photos of events include invitations. Printed material consists of clippings, published needlepoint designs and reproductions of works of art.