Stedman Shumway Hanks papers, ca. 1889-1970.

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Stedman Shumway Hanks papers, ca. 1889-1970.

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Materials concern Hanks personal life, military career, Hanks' extended family, breeding borzoi dogs, career as an aviation engineer (especially on the development of the flight strip), and all other aspects of his life. Volumes are essentially scrapbooks with pasted, stapled, and bound-in correspondence and memorabilia, including: correspondence with Hanks, telegrams, certificates, photographs, daily travel diary, reports, compositions, financial records, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, family papers, government documents, maps, menus, visiting cards, business cards, wine bottle labels, wills and other legal documents, diplomas, tickets, membership cards, pins, report cards, buttons, medals, badges, genealogical materials, notes, and much other ephemera. Materials are in the formats of: autograph manuscript, typescript, typescript carbon, photostat, realia, and printed material.

83 volumes in 11 boxes (12 linear ft.)

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