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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 43 Collections and/or Records:

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

Photograph of Elizabeth Porter Seefeld, secretary to Maya Stevens Bamford and Edna Hill Robillard. Includes photo showing Seefeld's husband George and Audrey Goode '39, c. 1960 - 1980

 Item — Box: 01101
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0526
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates: c. 1960 - 1980

Photograph of Miss Porter, secretary to Mrs. Robillard, c. 1947 - 1958

 Item — Box: 01099
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0371
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates: c. 1947 - 1958

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