Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Hilles, Susan Morse, 1905-2002
| title | Susan Morse Hilles Oral History, 1986 |
| repository | Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute |
| description | Transcript of interview of Susan Morse Hilles, art collector and philanthropist, by Jane S. Knowles, Radcliffe College Archivist, 1986. Hilles was the wife of Frederick Whiley Hilles, a professor of English who served with U.S. intelligence during World War II. Sponsored by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College. |
| extent | 1v. (v, 120 p.) |
| formats | Transcript |
| access | Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:37 |
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| title | Susan (Morse) Hilles Papers, 1839-1995 (inclusive) |
| repository | Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute |
| description | Collection spans five generations and consists of family, courtship, and other personal correspondence; family photographs; and clippings and correspondence relating to her art collection and gifts to Yale, Harvard, Radcliffe, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and other institutions. History notes : Susan (Morse) Hilles, art collector and philanthropist, was born in Simsbury, Conn., on July 4, 1905, the daughter of Susan Ensign and Rev. William Inglis Morse. After study at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1924-1925) and the Sacker School of Design (1926-1929), she married Frederick Whiley Hilles, who became a professor of English at Yale University. They had two children. In the 1950s she began to collect the work of post-war, mostly American, artists, including Helen Frankenthaler, David Smith, and Willem de Kooning. Paintings and sculpture from her art collection have been frequently exhibited at, loaned or given to museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, Boston, Yale Art Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Boston Athenaeum, and Fogg Museum. Hilles has been a major supporter of education, libraries, music, medicine, and the arts; among her gifts is the Hilles Library at Radcliffe College. |
| extent | 19.25 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Clippings |
| access | Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use. ; Box 20 is closed until thirty years after the death of the donor. |
| record link | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00041 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished and electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00041 |
| acquisition information | Gift of Susan (Morse) Hilles, 1987-1998. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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