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Robillard, Edna Hill

 Person

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 retirement 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 45 Collections and/or Records:

Nightingale-Bamford School alumnae directory, 1986

 Item — Box: 04004
Identifier: 004 001 000 17 0004
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This group of records includes alumnae directories and supplements printed by the Nightingale-Bamford School Alumnae Association, one Alumnae Board directory, a directory of Chicago-area alumnae from 1992, and related correspondence and forms.

Dates: 1986

Pamphlet, "The Alumnae Association of The Nightingale-Bamford School presents recollections of the first fifty years, 1920-1970", 1970

 Item — Box: 04008
Identifier: 004 001 000 29 0001
Scope and Contents

Compiled primarily from interviews. Includes a timeline of "significant dates" on inside back cover from 1906 to 1970.

Dates: 1970

Photograph of Edna Hill Robillard, c. 1947 - 1958

 Item — Box: 05013
Identifier: 006 003 000 03 0004

Photograph of Edna Robillard, c. 1947 - 1958

 Item — Box: 06001
Identifier: 006 003 000 03 0002

Photograph of Edna Robillard (photocopy), c. 1940 - 1945

 Item — Box: 06001
Identifier: 006 003 000 03 0001

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Archival Object 44
Collection 1
 
Subject
correspondence 16
black-and-white photographs 10
biography files 8
commencements 6
school history 6