Stedman Shumway Hanks papers, 1889-1968, bulk (1950s-1960s).

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Stedman Shumway Hanks papers, 1889-1968, bulk (1950s-1960s).

Collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, news clippings, and other materials relating to the history of the Borzoi dog (Russian wolf hound), its introduction into the United States, and the re-establishment of Seacroft Kennels by Hanks in 1956.

4 linear feet (53 v.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6782179

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Seacroft Kennels.

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Hanks, Stedman Shumway, 1889-1979

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Stedman Shumway Hanks (1889-1979), U.S. Air Force colonel, airport engineer and prolific writer, was an early pioneer in aviation, both civil and military. He was a breeder of Borzoi dogs which his father, Charles Stedman Hanks, brought to the U.S. from the Russian czar's kennels when he established the Seacroft Kennels on Long Island, N.Y. From the guide to the Stedman Shumway Hanks papers, 1889-1968, 1950s-1960s, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Coward, Thomas R...

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Perrin, Oliver Timken

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De Craerie, Clarence R.

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Traviner, Mary M.

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