Robillard, Edna Hill, 1904-1958
Biography
Miss Edna Marion Hill was born December 22, 1904 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England to Edward Archibald Hill, an insurance agent, and Florence Minnie (Hobbs) Hill. She graduated in 1925 from the Gypsy Hill Training College in London. She later received a B.S. degree from Columbia University in New York and taught at Ethical Culture and the Dalton School, where she was promoted to English teacher and director of the elementary department in 1931.
Miss Hill joined the Nightingale-Bamford School in 1935 as director of the Lower School. In 1937, she added the duties of director of Middle School, and became Assistant Head of School when Miss Nightingale retired in 1939. She succeeded Maya Stevens Bamford as Head of School in 1947, serving in that role until her death in 1958.
In December 1954, Miss Hill married Basil Robillard, a lawyer.
Edna Hill Robillard was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1956, and Catherine Woodbridge was appointed in March 1958 to serve as co-head of Nightingale as the disease progressed. To the shock of most of the school community, who were unaware of her diagnosis, Mrs. Robillard died on June 23, 1958 at the age of 53.
The 1945 and 1959 yearbooks were dedicated to Miss Hill/Mrs. Robillard by Nightingale senior students.
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Absentee speech for Edna Hill Robillard, c. 1947 - 1958
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Announcement, death of Headmistress Edna Hill Robillard, 1958
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Article relating to Nightingale-Bamford history and mission, c. 1947 - 1958
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Bulletin of the Parent-Teacher Association, 1958 Nov
Bulletin, Spring number, 1945 Spring
Circular letter relating to establishment and contributions to Edna Hill Robillard Scholarship Fund, 1958
Compilation of quotes from interviews conducted by Marea Adams '74 for NBS oral history project, 1987
Correspondence relating to Assistant Head Mistress candidates, Jackson Laboratory Association, and American Association for Gifted Children, 1949 - 1953
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Edna Hill Robillard obituaries and memorial resolution, 1958 - 1959
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Edna Hill Robillard obituary, 1958
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