Biographical materials include Gill’s resumes and curriculum vitae, bibliographies of selected publications and bibliographic index cards, biographical sketches, personal interview transcripts, and drafts and source material for Gill’s unpublished autobiography, as well as birthday correspondence, invitations, and a biographical chronology. Gill’s uncompleted autobiography was, at one time, entitled Prison Reform is No Picnic, a title originally used for a 1934 Christian Science Monitor article on Norfolk State Prison Colony and later to refer to Gill’s larger work on the history of penology. The autobiography consists of only a few chapters focusing on the early years of Gill’s career, especially his time at Norfolk Prison Colony and the subsequent investigation. In addition to these materials, the biographical series also contains correspondence, notes, clippings, photographs, invoices, sketches, and a map of Gill family’s Nantucket home, “The Wild Goose,” and surrounding Sconset. Included are materials concerning renovation and restoration of the home, repairs made following vandalism, and Nantucket community issues of special interest to Gill.