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Name Lister Hill Certificates, Plaques, and Artifacts
Dates 1915-1980
Extent 8 cubic feet
Historical Note Lister Hill (1894-1984) was a long-time member of the United States Congress and was a strong proponent of medical facilities, healthcare institutions, medical research, and libraries, particularly health sciences libraries.  Joseph Lister Hill was born in Montgomery, Alabama, the son of Dr. Luther L. and Lilly (Lyons) Hill.  His father was a renowned American surgeon.  Hill received an undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama in 1914 and a law degree in 1915.  During the First World War, Hill served in the infantry division of the U.S. Army.  In 1923 Hill was elected to the U.S. Congress as a member of the Alabama House delegation.  In 1938 Rep. Hill was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by Dixie (Bibb) Graves.  Hill would be re-elected by the Alabama voters five times.  Senator Hill elected not to seek a fifth term and he retired from the Senate in January 1969 after a Congressional tenure that spanned 45 years.  He retired to his home in Montgomery.
Scope and Contents This collection contains certificates, honorary diplomas, plaques, awards, and other items presented to Senator Lister Hill during his long tenure in the public arena.  There are over 220 items in this collection.

Note:  The UAB Archives does not house the personal or Congressional papers of Senator Lister Hill.  The Hill Papers are in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at the University of Alabama library.
Arrangement Arranged into three series:  Certificates, Plaques, and Artifacts
Accession Number M1999-01
Provenance The items contained in this collection were donated to UAB by Senator Lister Hill or by members of the Senator's family.  The major portion of this collection was donated by Senator Hill upon his retirement from the US Senate in 1969 for display in the Lister Hill Conference Room within UAB's University Hospital.  They remained on display in University Hospital until transferred to the Lister Hill Library and the UAB Archives.  The other parts of the collection were donated to UAB by the members of Senator Hill's family following his death in 1984.  They were originally on display within the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences at UAB.
Copyright The UAB Archives maintains its proprietary rights to all material in this collection.
Fnding Aid Printed descriptive guide by Tim L. Pennycuff available in repository.
Access Points Hill, Lister (Joseph Lister),  d  1894-1984.
Document Types Artifacts.
Awards.
Certificates.
Diplomas.
Plaques.
Location Manuscript Stacks
Related Series MC56, Luther L. Hill Papers
Physical Condition Acid free folder, acid free box

This page created 2014

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