Stedman Shumway Hanks genealogical papers, 1801-1962.

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Stedman Shumway Hanks genealogical papers, 1801-1962.

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Stedman Shumway Hanks was an aviation engineer and genealogist. Hanks was best known for patenting "flight strips," auxiliary landing areas for aircraft alongside public highways, advocating for their development and implementation in various parts of the country in the 1930s. This collection consists of twelve volumes and other family papers containing correspondence, photographs, genealogical charts, clippings, printed material, wills and other family papers compiled by Hanks in the course of his genealogical research on the Hanks, Johnston, Shumway, and allied families.

2.94 linear feet (8 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958796

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hanks, Roger Stedman.

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Tufts, Susan Cotton.

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Hanks, Benjamin, 1702-1746.

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Johnston family.

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Hanks family.

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Shumway family.

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Hanks, Horace, b. 1780.

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Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 1784-1818

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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.) ...