Alfred G. Hill, also known as "Scoop," was born in Emporia Kansas in 1893 and died in Pennsylvania in 1971. The son of minister and teacher Joseph Hill and his wife Sarah Frances Meldrum Hill, Alfred attended Emporia Normal school as well as the University of Kansas, where he played football.

By the time Alfred Hill was at KU, he was already acquainted with noted newspaper editor William Allen White, as he grew up in Emporia. After graduation, Alfred started working at White's newspaper, the Emporia Gazette.

With his wife Julia Gontrum Hill, born in 1895 and died in 1980, Alfred bought and made financially stable several newspapers across the country, including the Chester Times, the Oak Ridger, the Kearney Hub, and the Fremont. In addition to his newspaper work, Hill also acted as Secretary for the KU Alumni Association, and correspondence with KU Chancellors is included within his files on universities.

Alfred died in 1971. He suffered from two heart attacks prior to his death in 1971. His brother Ormond also suffered from heart attacks. The newspaper business that Alfred ran was deeply rooted in his family, as Julia and their son Tom, Alfred's brother Ormond and his son Joe, and Alfred's uncle Walter were all involved in the owning and operation of these papers.

Joseph Hill was born in 1858 and died in 1927. He was married to Frances Meldrum Hill, with whom he had 5 children: Alfred in 1893, Ormond in 1895, Muriel in 1896, Ruth in 1903, and Joe in 1904. Joe died at the age of 12 in 1917 after being hit by a truck and sustaining internal injuries in 1913. Both Alfred and Ormond served in World War I.

Extensive genealogical information on the Hill family may be found in box 7 of the collection.