Wilbur G. Hanks Family Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The collection pertains primarily to three generations of the Hanks family: Green P. and Fanny Hanks, Wilbur G. and Martha Hanks, and Ora Joe Hanks of Johnson, Arkansas. Green P. Hanks (1838, Boonsboro, Arkansas-1929) served in the US army during the Civil War and was honorably discharged in 1865. Wilbur G. Hanks (1870-1931) was justice of the peace in Johnson, Arkansas. Ora Joe Hanks graduated from the Fayetteville, Arkansas, High School in 1922 and received the Teachers' Course certificate from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1928. Hanks taught mostly in the Fort Smith and Johnson, Arkansas, public schools.
The papers contain correspondence, Civil War discharge papers, financial papers, tax receipts, warranty deeds, insurance policies, school certificates and diplomas, licenses, Ora Joe Hanks's diary, a scrapbook of handwritten poetry given to Ora as a birthday present, a notebook/travelogue which Ora kept during her family's trip from Arkansas to Illinois to the Hanks family reunion, picture postcards of Fayetteville, Arkansas, family studio portraits and photographs, and other family documents. Several of the family portraits and some of the unidentified pictures were taken by the Fayetteville, Arkansas, photographers, such as B.E. Grabill, Sowder, and C.E. Watton.
Dates
- circa 1864-1950
Creator
- Hanks, Wilbur G. (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Green P. Hanks (1838, Boonsboro, Arkansas-1929) served in the US army during the Civil War and was honorably discharged in 1865.
Wilbur G. Hanks (1870-1931) was justice of the peace in Johnson, Arkansas.
Ora Joe Hanks graduated from the Fayetteville, Arkansas, High School in 1922 and received the Teachers' Course certificate from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1928. Hanks taught mostly in the Fort Smith and Johnson, Arkansas, public schools.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thomas are aunt and uncle to Wilbur G. Hanks' children.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Acquisition Information
The Wilbur G. Hanks Family Papers were donated to the Special Collections Division by T.V. Hilt of Rogers, Arkansas, on November 1, 1993. Additional materials (Box 1, Folders 12-16) were received by Special Collections circa 1995-2015.
Processing Information
Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1998. Updated by Katrina Windon in May 2021 to incorporate additional materials (Box 1, Folders 12-16).
- Title
- Wilbur G. Hanks Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Vera Ekechukwu
- Date
- October 1998
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu