{"id":3525,"date":"2013-01-23T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T18:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2013-01-23T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T18:06:51","slug":"125-years-in-the-stacks-lecture-series-abby-williams-hill-monday-january-28-2013-4-5-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/125-years-in-the-stacks-lecture-series-abby-williams-hill-monday-january-28-2013-4-5-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"125 Years in the Stacks Lecture Series: Abby Williams Hill, Monday, January 28, 2013, 4-5 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>125 Years in the Stacks Lecture Series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Award winning historian, educator, and living history performer Karen Haas will return to campus to perform her one-woman show No Woman Has Ventured As Far:\u00a0 The Art and Adventures of Abby Williams Hill<\/em>.\u00a0 Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943) was a painter and activist with an insatiable love of travel and learning.\u00a0 She moved to Tacoma with her husband in 1889 and began painting the beautiful landscapes that surround our area.\u00a0 Between 1903 and 1906, Hill accepted four commissions from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads which allowed for extended stays in the North Cascades and at Yellowstone National Park.\u00a0 These commissions resulted in dozens of paintings, many of which are on display in Jones Hall, Collins Memorial Library, and Thompson Hall.\u00a0 Hill was also the founding president of the Washington State Chapter of the Congress of Mothers (today\u2019s Parent Teacher Association) and advocated on behalf of disadvantaged children, African Americans, Native Americans, and other marginalized groups. Karen \u00a0Haas will assume the identity of Abby Williams Hill and discuss the painter\u2019s life in Tacoma, her adventures in the Pacific Northwest, and the significant contributions that she made to our community.\u00a0 The free performance will take place in Trimble Forum on Monday, January 28 at 4:00 PM<\/strong>.\u00a0 This event is part of the Collins Memorial Library\u2019s 125 <\/sup>Years in the Stacks Lecture Series.\u00a0 Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n

A small exhibit on Abby Williams Hill\u2019s life titled Abby Williams Hill:\u00a0 Artist and Advocate <\/em>is on display in the Jones Hall Mini Galleries (basement of Jones Hall) from January 22 through March 1.\u00a0 The exhibit focuses primarily on Hill\u2019s artwork and the commissions that she received from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads to paint Northwest scenery along their rail lines.\u00a0 These paintings were used in railroad advertisements to entice families from the East Coast to travel to the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 A self-guided walking tour of the Hill paintings displayed on campus is available at the exhibit.\u00a0 The exhibit is free and open to the public.\u00a0 For additional information please contact Laura Edgar, Curator for the Abby Williams Hill Collection at ledgar@pugetsound.edu<\/a> or 253-879-2806.<\/p>\n

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