James J. Hanks collection, 1916-1933.

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James J. Hanks collection, 1916-1933.

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The James J. Hanks Collection has been arranged alphabetically by folder title. It contains maps showing the area of the expeditions, correspondence with Hanks' family and with expedition members, photocopied contemporary news articles, an account book from one of the expeditions, a trip diary, a film recording, and photographs, as well as other materials. During 1927 and 1928 Clyde Kluckhohn led several of his young college friends on two expeditions to the American southwest to explore the area around Wild Horse Mesa within the Navajo Indian Reservation. He later wrote a book entitled, "Beyond the Rainbow," describing these expeditions and the adventures encountered by the group's members. James Judge Hanks, who acted as the primary photographer for the groups, was a member of both expeditions. The collection provides a personal and local glimpse of contemporary reports of these expeditions, with such examples as a personal letter describing an incident to Hanks' mother contrasting with a newspaper article's descriptions of the same event. Other highlights of the collection include many of Hanks' expediton photographs, film taken during one expedition, maps of the area, one with the route traveled marked on it, and series of letters from Hanks to his mother, providing a uniquely personal description of the expedition and many of its most exciting moments.

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Northern Arizona University, Cline Library

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Northern Arizona University, Cline Library

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Sharp, Lauriston

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Anthropologist and Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, emeritus, Cornell University. Lauriston Sharp received a B.A. in 1929 at the University of Wisconsin. He studied in Vienna and at Harvard University, where he received his master's degree in 1932 and his doctorate in 1937. His early field training in anthropology was in the American Southwest and Plains areas and in the Berber regions of eastern Algeria. He began his specialization in the cultu...

Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960

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Hanks, James J.

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James Judge Hanks was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1907, the son of Stanley, a successful land-developer and his wife, Ina. During his college years, he accompanied Clyde Kluckhohn and companions including Lauriston Sharp, both later to become noted anthropologists and Harvard University faculty, on the 1927 and 1928 expeditions into the Navajo Indian Reservation, which resulted in the discovery of many ancient ruins and artifacts. Both expeditions were later described in 1933, Klu...