Ruth Edmonds Hill is an American scholar, oral historian, oral
storytelling editor, journal editor, educator, historic preservation
advocate and spouse of Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill who is also known as
Brother Blue. Ruth Edmonds Hill is sometimes known as Sister Ruth. Her
oral history office is part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study of Harvard University. She is an iconic figure among oral
storytellers, particularly in the United States but also abroad, and
has advised storytellers' organizations. Ruth Edmonds Hill is the
daughter of Florence Edmonds of western Massachusetts, whose life
story is chronicled and has been critically analyzed as part of
African-American oral history. Hill has degrees from Simmons College
and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Hill is most widely known
among oral history researchers for conducting the Black Women Oral
History Project at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the
History of American Women at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study which has often been cited within related fields of study in
journal articles, dissertations, and in panel discussions and has been
acclaimed as a pioneering work in its genre.Hill has also made oral
history field recordings, including guided interviews, of Cambodians,
Chinese Americans and other ethnic and sociolect communities,
traveling widely in research as well as conference participation.After
the death of her husband Brother Blue in 2009, Ruth Edmonds Hill
hosted Memorial Tributes in the Blue Circle community of artists,
ministers and educators formed during his lifetime and from his joint
opus with Ruth Edmonds Hill, most recently in 2010.
storytelling editor, journal editor, educator, historic preservation
advocate and spouse of Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill who is also known as
Brother Blue. Ruth Edmonds Hill is sometimes known as Sister Ruth. Her
oral history office is part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study of Harvard University. She is an iconic figure among oral
storytellers, particularly in the United States but also abroad, and
has advised storytellers' organizations. Ruth Edmonds Hill is the
daughter of Florence Edmonds of western Massachusetts, whose life
story is chronicled and has been critically analyzed as part of
African-American oral history. Hill has degrees from Simmons College
and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Hill is most widely known
among oral history researchers for conducting the Black Women Oral
History Project at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the
History of American Women at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study which has often been cited within related fields of study in
journal articles, dissertations, and in panel discussions and has been
acclaimed as a pioneering work in its genre.Hill has also made oral
history field recordings, including guided interviews, of Cambodians,
Chinese Americans and other ethnic and sociolect communities,
traveling widely in research as well as conference participation.After
the death of her husband Brother Blue in 2009, Ruth Edmonds Hill
hosted Memorial Tributes in the Blue Circle community of artists,
ministers and educators formed during his lifetime and from his joint
opus with Ruth Edmonds Hill, most recently in 2010.
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