Ida Thallon Hill Papers

The collection contains correspondence, journals and notebooks, drafts for books and articles, and photos. The bulk of the material dates back from 1899-1954, with a big gap between 1901 and 1920, when Ida Thallon Hill was living in the United States. Ida was born in Brooklyn in 1875. she studied at Vassar College, where she received her M.A. in 1901. In 1899-1901 she was a student at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. From 1903-1905, she read at Columbia University for a Ph.D in 1905. She taught Greek, Latin and History at Vassar College. In 1924 married distinguished archaeologist, Bert Hodge Hill, and both moved to Athens.