Inventory of the Nancy Hanks Papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1945-1983)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleNancy Hanks Papers,
1894-1987
(bulk
1945-1983)
Creator
Hanks, Nancy,
1927-1983
Extent
77.3 Linear Feet
58,000 Items
Repository
58,000 Items
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsPortions of the collection are restricted, in
particular some of the Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center
interviews and questionnaires.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in the papers of Nancy
Hanks have not been transferred to Duke University. For
further information, see the section on copyright in the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Nancy Hanks Papers,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University.
Provenance
The papers of Nancy Hanks (1927-1983), arts
organization administrator and consultant, were a series of
gifts to the Duke University Library from 1980 to 2000.
Processing Information
Processed by: Sharon Knapp, Lynne Derhammer, and
Kelly Cottrell
Additional processing by Walt Evans
Date Completed: June 14, 1991
Last updated: June 11, 2001
Encoded by Jackie Dean, Josh Kaiser and Walt Evans
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1927, Dec. 31 | Born, Miami Beach, Fla. |
| 1945 | Graduated, Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey |
| 1946, summer | Attended the University of Colorado |
| 1948, summer | Attended Oxford University |
| 1949 | B.A., magna cum laude, Duke University |
| 1951-1952 | Secretary to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization |
| 1953 | President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization |
| 1953-1954 | Assistant to the Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare |
| 1955-1956, Feb. | Assistant to the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs |
| 1956-1959 | Assistant to Nelson A. Rockefeller |
| 1959-1969 | Associate, Laurance S. Rockefeller; Executive Secretary, Special Studies Project, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Project Coordinator, The Performing Arts: Problems and Prospects; and Staff Coordinator, Prospect for America |
| 1969-1977 | Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts and National Council on the Arts |
| 1977-1983 | Vice Chairman, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation |
| 1983, Jan. 7 | Died |
Board of Directors: Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., Continental Oil Company (Conoco), Scholastic, and Salzburg Seminar in American Studies
Member: American Council for the Arts (President, 1968-1969), American Association of Museums (Member council, 199), American Society of Landscape Architects, National Commission for Urban Recreation, Indo-U.S. Sucommission on Education and Culture, and White House Conference on Aging
Trustee: Duke University (also on executive committee), Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc., and Conservation Foundation
Numerous awards and honorary degrees
[top]Collection Overview
The papers of Nancy Hanks span the years 1894-1987
with the bulk occurring during the 1940s to 1983. Included
are correspondence; minutes; reports; typed, mimeographed,
and printed material; financial papers; clippings; mail
logs; telephone records; calendars; office files;
interviews, questionnaires; and diaries. In addition there
are scrapbooks, pictures, photograph albums, slides, audio
cassettes, videocassettes, and electronic documents. One
series contains awards, honorary degrees, and
memorabilia.
The Nancy Hanks collection is useful as a study of
the development of private and governmental arts programs,
in particular through the National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA), and the personal life and career (1950s-1970s) of an
upper-class single woman. Arts and the federal government
is a recurrent theme. The collection also contains
information about a variety of arts organizations in which
Hanks was involved, often as a board member. Although the
papers here document both her personal and professional
life and present a balanced account, there are relatively
few professional papers in the collection concerning her
early career, 1951-1968.
The private life of Nancy Hanks is chiefly
documented in the Personal
Series. Although there are no diaries in the
collection, the letters she wrote to her parents from the
1940s through the 1970s form a type of diary. This
correspondence in the Personal
Series often contains a detailed accounting of daily
events from her college years at Duke University, where she
majored in political science, and her early career in
Washington, D.C., through the NEA years. Letters from her
parents reveal their influence on her and often note their
advice to her. Other correspondence is from friends, some
during World War II, including extensive correspondence
from 1946 to 1949 with William A. Carpenter, a former
college friend. Other correspondents were Louis E. Reid,
1955-1961; John F. Watkins, 1949-1950; and Duke University
Dean of Chapel James T. Cleland, 1949-1969. The financial
papers in that series reveal her wealth, such as in real
estate and stocks, as well as her long illness. There are
gaps in the tax returns and bank statements from 1966-1975
and after 1979.
The Duke University,
Bryan and Virginia Hanks,
Larry Hanks, and
Pictures Series all complete the
story. In the Duke University
Series, Hanks' financial contributions to the
university are documented, including the Hanks Family
Endowment Fund and the Hanks Family Chapel Fund.
The Bryan and Virginia Hanks
Series and Larry Hanks
Series contain records of Hanks' parents, Bryan
Cayce Hanks, Virginia Wooding Hanks, and brother Lawrence
(Larry) Wooding Hanks. Included in the Bryan and Virginia Hanks Series are
late-nineteenth century documents, letters of Hanks' father
from France during World War I and from a Colorado
sanatarium, 1931-1932, as well as their courtship letters.
Bryan Hanks was a lawyer in New York, Miami, and Fort
Worth, and became president of Florida Power and Light
Company in 1937. Also there is some Hanks and Wooding
families history, including a few papers of Benjamin
Franklin Wooding, Nancy's maternal grandfather. He was a
medical doctor and inventor who developed an automatic
train control device and automatic block controls for
prevention of railroad accidents. The Larry Hanks Series tells the story of
the early death of Nancy Hanks' younger brother, who was
killed in a truck accident in California in June, 1950 at
the age of eighteen while a student at Southwestern
University.
In this collection it is primarily the NEA portion
of Hanks' career, 1968-1977 during the Nixon and Ford
years, that is represented. However, there is some
information in the letters to Hanks' parents in the
Personal Series which reflects
her early work, 1951-1968. During her tenure at NEA there
were vast increases in NEA funding. The NEA was established
in 1965 with the National Endowment for the Humanities as
components of the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities. In the National Endowment
for the Arts Series there is a narrative entitled,
"Ten Years for Tomorrow," which contains much biographical
information about Hanks' NEA years. While at NEA Hanks
delivered numerous speeches; in fact from 1971 to 1974 she
made about 100 addresses. These years are also documented
in the American Film Institute
(AFI), Commission on Critical
Choices for Americans, and National Council on the Arts series,
which depict related responsibilities of Hanks. AFI files
document the organization's efforts to preserve the
heritage and art of both film and television in America.
National Council on the Arts files reflect programs in the
areas of architecture, dance, education, expansion arts,
literature, museums, music, visual arts, exhibitions, and
theater. The Personal Series,
Pictures Series, and
Awards and Memorabilia Series
provide supplemental information. Letters Hanks wrote to
her parents as well as other correspondence and notes in
the Personal Series relating to
the NEA show her continuing interest in the agency after
retirement. Related papers for the NEA are housed at the
National Archives.
The alphabetical files in the Personal Series document her board
work, memberships, and interest in a variety of
organizations and institutions, including those related to
the arts. They include the Awards in the Visual Arts,
Commission on Museums for a new Century, Continental Oil
Company (Conoco), the Conservation Foundation, the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., the
Independent Sector, the Indo-U.S. Subcommission on
Education and Culture, Partners for Livable Places, the
Phillips Collection, Presidential Task Force on the Arts
and Humanities, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies,
Scholastic, Inc., and Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution. One measure of the public recognition of
Hanks' work is the fact that during 1970 to 1981 she
received 27 honorary doctoral degrees. The
National Endowment for the Arts
Series office files, Rockefeller
Brothers Fund Series, and the Personal Series alphabetical files all
contain single folders for a variety of art, dance, and
music organizations.
Papers relating to Nelson Rockefeller are
scattered throughout the collection. The
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Series
contains material relating to Nelson A., John D., 3rd, and
Laurance. In the Personal Series
is information on Nelson A. Rockefeller and the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund; Hanks' correspondence with her parents also
discusses her relationship with Nelson Rockefeller.
There are papers in the collection that reflect
both Hanks' retirement years as well as activities of
colleagues after her death in 1983. One measure of Hanks'
post-NEA involvement is that in 1982 she was on the boards
of three corporations and a foundation, as well as being
trustee or advisor for 20 non-profit organizations. Related
materials are in the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund and Friends of the
Nancy Hanks Center, Inc. series. The papers of the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, where Hanks was a vice chairman,
do not appear to provide a complete record of her work
there. These files are probably scattered ones that she
kept at home and often were not clearly defined.
The U.S. government designated the Old Post
Office space on Pennsylvania Avenue as the Nancy Hanks
Center. The Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center was formed to
initiate programs commemorating Hanks' life and advancing
her values. Most of the interviews in this series were
conducted by Peter Jessup, but Donna Mitchell conducted a
number of them. Many of these interviews exist as
electronic files and are available to researchers. These
files are listed in the container list for the
Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center, Inc.
Series.
A related collection in the Duke University
Special Collections Department is the Philip Hanes
collection. In addition, Hanes material appears in the
Hanks Papers in the Personal
Series both under his name and in the Awards in the
Visual Arts folders.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Art and state.
- Art societies.
- Arts--Endowments.
- Arts--United States.
- Arts administrators--District of Columbia--Washington.
- Awards in the Visual Arts.
- Federal Aid to the arts.
- Independent Sector.
- Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Education and Culture.
- Single women.
- Women government executives--District of Columbia--Washington.
- Women in public life.
- American Film Institute.
- Hanks, Nancy, 1927-1983
- Biddle, Livingston, 1918-
- Booth, John E. (John Erlanger).
- Cleland, James T.
- Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.
- Commission on Museums for a New Century.
- Conservation Foundation.
- Continental Oil Company.
- Duke University. Board of Trustees.
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-
- Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center (Washington, D.C.).
- Hanes, R. Philip, 1926-
- Hanks family.
- Hayes, Helen, 1900-
- Horowitz, Harold.
- Irwin, George M.
- Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
- National Council on the Arts.
- National Endowment for the Arts.
- Partners for Livable Places.
- Pell, Claiborne, 1918-
- Phillips Collection.
- Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities.
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
- Salzburg Seminar in American Studies.
- Scholastic.
- Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent.
- Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents.
- Stover, Carl Frederick, 1930-
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- Wooding family.
Detailed Description of Collection
Box 1-3American Film Institute Series, 1967-1979and undated(2.5 boxes)
Minutes, memoranda, letters, reports,
contracts, and budgets; much mimeographed material. Papers
begin in the year the
AFI became a private,
non-profit corporation, although still relying on
government funds, and run through Hanks' years as
National Endowment for the Arts
chairman. Arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box 1
Appropriations: Fiscal Years,
1978-1979
Center for Advanced Film Studies,
1975
Conference Report to H.R. 8773,
1975-1976
Congressional Letters,
1975-1976
Contracts,
1974-1976
Correspondence,
1972-1977
Establishment,
1967
Film and Television Presentation,
1975
Hearings,
1975
Box 2
Letters and Testimony,
1970-1972 and undated
Meeting Information,
1973
and undated
Notes (Nancy Hanks),
1971-1974 and undated
Program and Financial Plan, and
Education Proposal, Fiscal Years
1976-1977
Box 3
Public Media Advisory Panels,
1975-1976
Reorganization,
1975
Revenues,
1975
Box 4-8
Commission on Critical Choices for Americans Series, 1960-1976(bulk 1973-1976) (5 boxes).
Chiefly printed material, including draft
reports and background papers of six panels. Panel areas of
responsibility included energy; food, health, world
population, and quality of life; raw materials, industrial
development, capital formation, employment, and world
trade; international trade and monetary systems; change,
national security, and peace; and quality of life of
Americans. Arranged alphabetically; folders for panels
arranged numerically.
Box 4
Introduction,
1973-1975
Correspondence,
1973-1976
Members,
1973-1974
Newspaper Clippings,
1973-1975 and undated
Panel I,
1974-1975
(3
folders)
Panel II,
1974 April
(2
folders)
Box 5
Panel II,
1974 May-1975 Nov.
(7
folders)
Panel III,
1974-1975
Box 6
Panel IV,
1974
(2
folders)
Panel V,
1974-1975
Panel VI,
1974 May-July
(5
folders)
Box 7
Panel VI,
1974 July-1975 June
(5
folders)
Panel VII,
1974
Printed Material
1960-1973 and undated
(3
folders)
Box 8
Third Century Corporation,
1973
Box 8-10
Duke University Series, 1947-1984(bulk 1970-1982) (3 boxes).
Correspondence, chiefly letters to Hanks, and
subject files, reflecting her board of trustees service at
Duke,
1966-1983. Correspondence is filed chronologically,
followed by alphabetically-arranged subject files.
Correspondence
1947, 1958-1973
(6
folders)
Box 9
1974-1982
(5
folders)
Subject Files
Art Museum,
1980-1982
Arts Material (general),
1978-1980 and undated
Board and Executive Committee,
undated
Board of Trustees Meeting,
1982
Center for the Study of Aging,
1978-1982
Commencement Address by Nancy
Hanks,
1971
Contributions:
Hanks Family Endowment Fund,
1976-1982 and undated
Loyalty Fund,
1978-1982 and undated
Box 10
Miscellaneous,
1970-1982 and undated
University Center,
1978-1981 and undated
Contributors for Chairs,
1982 and undated
Development,
1978-1982 and undated
Founders' Society,
1982-1983
Hanks Family Chapel Fund,
1980-1982 and undated
Hanks Family Fund,
1981-1982 and undated
Hayes, Helen,
1980
Institute of Policy Sciences and
Public Affairs
Nixon Library,
1981
and undated
Papers of Nancy Hanks,
1979-1980
Rockefeller, Laurance S.,
undated
School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies,
1976-1977 and undated
School of Nursing,
1978-1981
Student and Campus Affairs,
1977-1982
University Center,
1978-1982 and undated
University Medical Center,
1978-1982
Miscellaneous,
1978-1982 and undated
Box 11-30
National Council on the Arts Series, 1965-1977(20 boxes).
Notebook contents and folders chiefly while
Hanks was chairman of the Council. It is comprised of the
chairman of the
NEA and 26 other members
appointed by the President. Primarily concerns meetings,
1970-1977,but also includes a briefing book for new
Council members, memoranda, and letters. Meeting
information includes primarily mimeographed minutes,
agendas, guidelines for and descriptions of programs,
financial information and budgets, resolutions, statements,
policy statements, memoranda, and allocations. Two major
sections: meetings, and memoranda and letters; each section
is filed chronologically.
Box 11
Briefing book for new council
members,
1965-1975
Meetings,
1970:
Jan.24-26
(2
folders)
May 22-24
(3
folders)
Box 12
May 22-24
Oct. 30-Nov. 1
(3
folders)
Meetings,
1971:
Feb. 12-14
(3
folders)
Box 13
13 May 21-23
(4
folders)
Sept. 10-12
(3
folders)
14 Nov. 6-8
(3
folders)
Meetings,
1972:
Feb. 18-20
(4
folders)
Box 15
May 6-8
(4
folders)
Aug. 11
(2
folders)
Box 16
Sept. 22-24
(3
folders)
Nov. 30-Dec. 3
(3
folders)
Meetings, 1973:
Feb. 9-11
Box 17
Feb. 9-11
(2
folders)
May 11-13
(4
folders)
Box 18
July 29
(2
folders)
Sept. 14-16
(3
folders)
Nov. 30-Dec. 1
Meetings,
1974:
Feb. 8-10
Box 19
Feb. 8-10
(5
folders)
May 2-4
(2
folders)
Box 20
May 2-4
(2
folders)
Sept. 3-5
(4
folders)
Box 21
Nov. 22-24
(3
folders)
Meetings,
1975:
Feb. 7-9
(4
folders)
Box 22
May 1-4
(5
folders)
July 25-27
Box 23
July 25-27
Sept. 25-27
(3
folders)
Nov. 21-23
(2
folders)
Box 24
Nov. 21-23
(2
folders)
Meetings,
1976:
Feb. 6-8
(4
folders)
Box 25
May 14-16
(4
folders)
July, Parts 1 and 2
(2
folders)
Box 26
Sept.
(3
folders)
Box 26-27
Nov.
(2
folders)
Meetings,
1977:
Box 27
Feb. (4 folders)
April
Meetings,
1977:
Box 28
April
May
(3
folders)
August, Part 1
Meetings,
1977:
Box 29
Aug. Parts 2-4
(3
folders)
Memos, letters, etc.,
1970 Sept.-1976 Nov.
(5
folders)
Box 30
Memos, letters, etc.,
1977 Feb.-Nov., undated
(3
folders)
Nominations,
1976
Box 30-76
National Endowment for the Arts Series, 1965-1982and undated(bulk 1969-1977) (47 boxes)
The second largest series, it reflects Hanks'
career as the second Chairman of the Endowment,
1969-1977. Includes memoranda, chiefly carbon copies of
Hanks' out-going letters, mimeographs, typed, and
photocopies. Major categories include: administrative
services memoranda, budgets, clippings (about Hanks,
interviews, and her speeches), correspondence (arranged
chronologically), honorary degrees, invitations index
(notes whether accepted or declined), legislation, mail
log, office files (arranged alphabetically by topic),
speeches (arranged chronologically), telephone records
(include brief remarks and messages about the topic of the
calls and a few memoranda), trips (chiefly correspondence
and speeches, arranged chronologically), and
post-chairmanship (reflects continued
NEA involvement after
Hanks' chairmanship tenure expired). Office files, the
largest section, include several folders for the
Support the Arts Program, a
national meeting in
1977,and a draft of
"Ten Years for
Tomorrow,"
a ten-year history of the
NEA. Arranged alphabetically
by category, then generally chronologically within.
Administrative Services Memoranda
1972-1976 Feb.
(3
folders)
Box 31
1976 Mar.-Aug.
(5
folders)
Box 32
1976 Sept.-1977 Mar.
(5
folders)
1977 Apr.-Dec. undated
(3
folders)
Budget
1966-1969
(5
folders)
Box 34
1970-1971
(8
folders)
Box 35
1972-1973
(6
folders)
1974-1977
(5
folders)
Clippings
1969-1975
(3
folders)
Box 37
1976-1977 and undated
(2
folders)
Correspondence
1969-1972 Sept.
(4
folders)
Box 38
1972 Sept. 8-1973
(5
folders)
Box 39
1974, Jan.-1975
(5
folders)
Box 40
1976 Jan.-1977 Mar.
(5
folders)
Box 41
1977 June-Sept. 17
(5
folders)
Box 42
1977 Sept. 30-Dec. and undated
(2
folders)
Congratulatory:
1969, A-K
(4
folders)
Box 43
1969, L-Z
(5
folders)
1973, A-Z
Crank,
1976
Gifts,
1972-1977
Box 44
White House,
1969-1977
(2
folders)
Invitations
Declined,
1975-1977
Index.
1970-1977 Nov.
(4
folders)
Legislation
1965-1971
Box 45
1973-1976
Mail log
1975-1977
(3
folders)
Office Files
American Ballet Theatre,
1976-1977
American Crafts Council,
1976
American Symphony Orchestra
League,
1974-1976
American University,
1976
Appalachian Regional Commission,
1976
Box 46
Appropriations for Fiscal Year
1974-1977
(3
folders)
Architecture and Environmental
Arts,
1975
Artists-in-Schools,
1976-1977
Artrain,
1977
The Arts Councils and Endowment:
Overview for Discussion of Future
Directions,
1977
"The Arts in Europe,"
1976
Arts/Media Program,
1972
Box 47
Arts Trend Data Study,
1976
Associated Councils of the Arts,
1969-1971
Audience Development Grants,
1977
Benedict's Survey,
1976
Bicentennial,
1972-1977 and undated
Board of Directors Training,
1977
California Arts Legislation,
1975
Carter on the Arts,
1976
CEMREL Project, St. Louis, MO,
1974-1975
CETA,
1973-1977
Box 48
The Corbet Foundation,
1976
Challenge Grants,
1976-1977
Chairman's Office:
Survey,
1974
Closing of,
1977
City Spirit,
1976-1977
Community Arts Agencies,
1976-1977
Congressional Liaison Office,
1975-1977
Congressional Task Force,
1975
Box 49
Council on Foundations: Goals,
1976-1981
Dance,
1976-1977
Design,
1977
Economic Survey of Arts
Organizations,
1977
Education Program,
1976-1977
Emergency Employment Act,
1975-1976
Expansion Arts Grants
1972, 1976-1977
Federal Agencies and the Arts
1972, 1977
Federal-State Partnership,
1977
Fellowships,
1975
Box 50
Fellowship in Performing Arts
Administration,
1976
Financial Management for the Arts,
1976
Fine Arts Commission,
1975-1976
Folk Arts,
1977
Funding (case studies),
undated
General Educational Activities of
the Arts Endowment, Draft,
1976
General Operating Support,
1975
General Services Administration,
1975-1976
Graham, Martha, Gala,
1972-1973, 1976
Grant Processing,
1975,
undated
Grants from Private Sector,
1975-1976
Grants to New York State and other
states,
1975
Box 51
Inaugural Committee Cultural
Events,
1976-1977
Jefferson Award and Speech,
1977
Labor/Management Relationship in
the Arts,
1975-1977
Literature,
1972, 1976-1977
Livable Cities Program,
1977-1978
Media/Arts Information Project,
1976-1977
Miami's Expansion Arts Program,
1975
Mondale, Joan,
1977
Museum Indemnity Act,
1975
Museums,
1976-1977
Music,
1975, 1977
National Bicentennial Photography
Project,
1975
A National Corporate Fund,
1976-1977
Box 52
National Executive Service Corps,
1977
National Festival of the Arts,
1977
National Report on the Arts,
1975
New Jersey State Council on the
Arts,
1975-1976
New York State Council's Formula
Funding,
1976
Notebook,
1969
OPERA America,
1977
Outreach Programs,
1974-1975
Panel Selection,
1972-1975
Personnel,
1971-1975, undated
(2
folders)
Box 53
Photography/Film Project,
1975-1977
Presidential Resolution,
1976
President's Commission on Mental
Health,
1977
Press Releases,
1969-1977 and undated
Program Directors' Meetings,
1975
Programming in the Arts,
1977
Public Media Program,
1972, 1975-1976
Public Radio,
1976
Public Service Awards,
1977
Reappointment,
1969-1973, 1977
Reauthorization,
1975-1976
Reorganization of N.E.A.,
1977
Box 54
Resumés,
1976
Scrapbook,
1970, 1977
(2
folders)
Shared Opera Productions,
1975-1977
(2
folders)
Small Groups,
1977
Special Projects,
1970-1977, undated
(2
folders)
Special Projects Office,
1976
Spoleto Festival,
1977
Box 55
Star Track: An automated Spotlight
Control System,
1975
State Arts Agencies,
1975-1977
State Arts Councils,
1977
Stover, Carl E., Summary Activity
Reports,
1976-1977
Support the Arts Program,
1977 Mar.-June 1-16
(3
folders)
Box 56
Support the Arts Program,
1977 June17-30 - Oct.
(2
folders)
Symphony Orchestras,
1976-1977
Task Force on Policies and
Operations--Report,
1973
Task Forces,
1977
Task Force on The Education,
Training and Development of Professional Artists and Arts
Educators,
1977
Taxation and Art,
1977
"Ten Years for Tomorrow," Pts.
1-2,
1975
(2
folders)
Box 57
"Ten Years for Tomorrow," Pts.
2-3,
1975
(5
folders)
Theatre,
1972-1977
(2
folders)
Box 58
Theatre,
1978
Theatre Panel Meeting,
1971, Apr. 27-28
A Tourism Plan for New York,
1977
Transition,
1976-1977
(2
folders)
Transportation, Dept. of,
1975-1978
Van Cliburn Competition,
1977
Vice President's Residence,
1977
"Visions" - TV's Original Plays
for Public TV,
1976
Box 59
Visual Arts,
1976-1977
White House,
1975-1977
White House Christmas Tree,
1975-1976
Winston-Salem Arts Council,
1976-1977
Writings,
1970-1976, undated
Speeches
List,
1970-1975
1969-1970 Dec.
(3
folders)
Box 69
1971 Jan.-1972 Feb.
(5
folders)
Box 61
1972 Mar.-1973 Mar.
(4
folders)
Box 62
1973 Apr.-1974 Dec.
(5
folders)
Box 63
1975 Jan.-1975 Dec.
(5
folders)
Box 64
1976 Jan.-June
(4 folders, 1 video
cassette tape)
Box 65
1976 July-1977 Sept.
(4
folders)
Incomplete and/or undated
Telephone Records
1971 July-1972 Dec.
(5
folders)
Telephone Records,
1973-1974, A-B
Box 67
1973-1974, C-Q
(6
folders)
Box 68
1973-1974, R-Z
(4
folders)
1975,
(A-L
(4
folders)
Box 69
1975,
M-Z
(4
folders)
1976,
A-H
(3
folders)
Box 70
1976,
I-Z
(5
folders)
1977,
A-G
(2
folders)
Box 71
1977,
H-Z
(4
folders)
Trips
List,
1970-1974
Europe,
1971
Sweden/Finland,
1973
Winston-Salem, NC; Jackson, MS.,
Louisville, KY.
1974 Sept.
(3
folders)
Box 72
Durham, NC,
1974 Oct.
Columbia, SC,
1974 Nov.
Alaska; California; Philadelphia,
1975 Mar.
(3
folders)
Lubbock, TX; New York; Washington,
DC; New Brunswick, NJ,
1975 Apr.
(4
folders)
Seattle, WA,
1975 Apr./May
South Bend, IN,
1975 May
Amherst, Boston, MA,
1975 May/June
Cleveland,
1975 July
New York, NY,
1975 Dec.
Box 73
Richmond, VA,
1976 Jan.
Philadelphia,
1976 Apr.
Washington, DC; Boston,
1976 June
(2
folders)
Allentown, PA; New York, NY;
College Park, MD,
1977 May
(3
folders)
Washington,
1977 June
San Antonio, TX,
1977 Sept./Oct.
Post-Chairmanship
1977-1978 Sept.
1978 Oct.-1980 Oct.
(4
folders)
Box 74
1980 Nov.-1981 Nov.
(8
folders)
Box 75
1981 Nov.-1982 Nov. undated
(5
folders)
Edward Banfield Manuscript,
1980-1981
(2
folders)
Correspondence:
1980-1982, undated
Parties,
1978-1982
Miscellaneous
1969-1977, undated
(2
folders)
Box 76-81
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Series, 1965-1983and undated(bulk 1977-1983) (6 boxes).
Records Hanks' involvement in the organization
after her tenure at NEA, and includes information on arts
organizations and the Rockefeller brothers: John D., 3d;
Laurance S.; and Nelson. Includes typed, printed, and
mimeographed material; correspondence; clippings; and
telephone records. Arranged alphabetically by organization,
topic, or person.
Box 76
Alcoholics (Alcohol and Drugs),
1982 July
The American Ditchley Foundation,
1978-1982
Articles by or about associates of
interest to Nancy Hanks,
1979
Arts International,
1978-1982
Awards,
1981-1982, undated
Bluhdorn, Charles,
1981
Business Committee for the Arts,
1981
Catalyst,
1979-1981
Box 77
Chicago Lyric Opera and Robert Leys,
1980-1982, undated
Colonial Williamsburg,
1981
Columbia University Centennial,
1980
The Conservation Foundation,
1980
Contributions: Rockefeller Memorial
Fund,
1979-1980
Correspondence,
1978-1979
Dartmouth College, Rockefeller
Center for the Social Sciences,
1980-1981
Erick Hawkins Dance Company,
1978-1983, undated
Grants,
1977-1982, undated
Gulf and Western (Levinson),
1978-1981
Hudson River Valley Project,
1982
The Institute for Art and Urban
Resources, Inc.,
1977-1979
Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc.,
1977-1981
Box 78
Japan Society Seventy-Fifth
Anniversary Committee,
1979-1982
Bob Kingston,
1980-1981
Lacy, Bill,
1979-1982
Lincoln Center,
1978-1981
MacDowell Colony,
1979-1981
Mannes College of Music,
1981-1982
Meetings,
1980
Michigan Artrain,
1979-1982
Miscellaneous,
1977-1982, undated
National Council on the Arts--Past
Members,
1977-1982
Notecards,
1979-1982, undated
Planning and Review; Annual Report,
1977-1980, undated
Pocantico; Kykuit,
1980-1981
Box 79
Portfolio Magazine,
1977-1981, undated
Proposals,
1978-1982, undated
(3
folders)
Public Benefit Corporation,
1981 June
Puerto Rican Travelling Theatre,
1978-1981
Requests and/or Invitations
Declined,
1978-1981, undated
Resumés,
1978-1980 Feb.
Box 80
Resumés,
1980 Mar.-1982, undated
Rockefeller Farm,
1981
Rockefeller, John D., 3rd,
1978
Rockefeller, Laurance,
1975-1983, undated (2
folders)
Rockefeller (Nelson) Collection,
1978-1979, undated
Rockefeller, Nelson A.:
Memorial Fund for the New York
College of Osteopathic Medicine,
1978-1982, undated
Memorial Service,
1978-1982, undated
Miscellaneous,
1978-1982
Special Studies Project,
1968
Speeches,
1977-1978, undated
Box 81
Speeches:
Background Material,
1976-1982, undated
Delivered by others on topics of
interest to Nancy Hanks,
1978-1981
Telephone Records,
1977-1982
(3
folders)
Box 81-140
Personal Series, 1927-1983and undated(bulk 1940s-1970s)(59 boxes).
The largest series, it includes mimeographed,
printed, and typed material; correspondence and memoranda;
telephone records; calendars; clippings (biographical
information about Hanks); resumes; and trips information.
Major categories are the alphabetical files, chiefly
1970sand
1980s,(arranged by topic) and correspondence (arranged
alphabetically by correspondent's surname, then
chronologically). Other categories include financial
papers, scrapbooks, speeches, and student papers (chiefly
high school and college). Financial papers include bank
records, medical bills, expenses and contributions such as
to the
National Republican Senatorial
Committee, tax returns, stock certificates and
information, and real estate papers. Arranged
alphabetically by topic. Includes a small amount of
restricted material at the end.
Alphabetical Files
Box 81
Address file, undated
Addresses and telephone numbers,
1976-1977, undated
The American Assembly,
1977
Box 82
American Association of Museums
Council,
1974-1982, undated
American Institute of Architects,
1979-1982
Ancestry,
1969-1977
Anderson, Walter,
1982
Andrew Mellon Collection, National
Gallery of Art, Film transcript, undated
Arena Stage,
1980,
undated
Art,
1980-1981, undated
Arts in Education,
1978-1982
Arts International,
1980-1982, undated
Associated Councils of the Arts,
1971-1980
Association of Governing Boards of
Universities and Colleges,
1981-1982
Audio-visual:Cassette tapes,
1977
Transcript, undated
Box 83
Audiovisual (General),
undated
Autobiographical article, Lynn
Gilbert,
1981,
undated
Automobiles,
1941-1982
Awards in the Visual Arts,
1979-1980
Box 84
Awards in the Visual Arts:
1980-1983, undated
(2
folders)
Baber, Alice,
1982,
undated
Battersby, Jean,
1981
Benedict, Steve,
1978-1980, undated
Biographical information,
1958-1977
Birth cards,
1927
Box 85
Booth, John,
1981-1982
Brandywine Conservancy,
1979-1981, undated
Brooklyn Academy of Music,
1979
Calendars,
1953-1974
(4
folders)
Box 86
Calendars,
1975-1982
(4
folders)
Cards,
1967-1981, undated
Cashiers, N.C.,
1982
Catalyst awards,
1978-1982
Center for Arts information,
1980
Clippings,
1934-1986, undated
Box 87
Columbia University,
1979-1980
Committee to Fight Inflation,
1980
Commission on Museums for a New
Century,
1981-1982
(6
folders)
Congressional Arts Caucus,
1981
Conoco:
Board and committee material,
and board trips,
1978-1982
Continental oil,
1957-1981, undated
Corporate contributions, films,
1979-1982
Conoco Inc., Du Pont Merger,
1981
Box 88
Conoco:
Miscellaneous,
1979-1982, undated
Special meeting of the Board of
Directors,
1981 May
U.S. Board Trip,
1980 Oct.
The Conservation Foundation,
1978-1982, undated
(2
folders)
Corporation for Older Americans,
1980-1982
Cosmopolitan Club,
1969-1979, undated
Council on Foundations, Inc.:
Summary of selected decisions...,
1977
Box 89
Council on Foundations,
1977-1978
Cultural Resources,
1979,
undated
Davis, Hal: Memorial Symphony
programs,
1978,
undated
The Discovery: Five Centuries,
1982
Ditchley Foundations,
1978-1982
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,
1980
Equitable Life Insurance Society
of the United States (ELAS):
Age Discrimination Lawsuit,
1982
Arts Acquisition Policy,
1982
Board: Committee material,
1978-1980
Board of Directors meetings,
related materials, community luncheon,
1980-1982
Box 90
Equitable Life Insurance Society
of the United States (ELAS):
Board of Directors, Meetings,
Related materials,
1982 (Nov.-Dec.)
Contributions, subcommittees,
1978-1982
Directors' forms,
1978-1982
Harris, Dave,
1982
Public Relations, insurance
plans, letters from policyholders,
1978-1983
Real estate, travel, money
market prospectus, miscellaneous,
1970-1982
Report to board of directors,
1981 July
Securities reports,
1978-1981
Ellis Island,
1981-1982
Employment--Washington and New
York,
1949-1958
Box 91
Estate, disposition of,
1979-1985
(2
folders)
Federal City Council,
1971-1977
Focus magazine article,
1980
Folklife Center,
1977-1979
Ford, Oneil,
1980-1982
Friends,
1976-1980
Fundraising, Personnel,
1979
Getty Museum,
1982
Gilbert, Lynn,
1979-1981
Box 92
Hanes, Phil,
1978-1981, undated
Hanks/Weems/Cayce Family,
1964-1969, undated
Health Headways (Eileen Growald,
Barry Flint),
1982
Hillwood Museum,
1981
Honorary Degrees and Awards,
1979-1982
Honory degree, University of
Florida,
1979
Honors/Positions Declined,
1973-1982
Inaugural Activities Information,
1973
Independent sector,
1980-1982
(2
folders)
Indo-U.S. Subcommission on
Education and Culture (Meetings),
1975-1977
Box 93
Indo-U.S. Subcommission on
Education and Culture (Meetings),
1975-1977
Indo-U.S. Subcommission on
Education and Culture,
1975-1981
(6
folders)
Box 94
Indo-U.S. Commission on Education
and Culture,
1982
and undated
(2
folders)
Indo-U.S. Subcommission on
Education and Culture: Museum Committee,
1978-1982
Institute for Humanistic Studies,
1981
Interests,
1977-1983
Invitations,
1953-1980, undated
Junior Council of the Museum of
Modern Art,
1981
Leeper, Doris,
1978-1982
Legal papers,
1956-1968
Leys, Robert,
1978
MacDowell Colony,
1979-1981, undated
MacFolly Records,
1969-1982
Mayleas, Ruth,
1980-1981, undated
Box 95
Mayor's Arts Awards,
1981-1982, undated
(2
folders)
Memberships held by Nancy Hanks,
1966-1982
Memorials and Tributes,
1983
National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies,
1981
National Academy of Public
Administration,
1979-1983
(2
folders)
Box 96
National Artists Fellowship
Program,
1980,
undated
The National Center for Citizen
Involvement,
1980-1981
National Collection of Fine Arts,
1979
National Committee for Urban
Recreation,
1978-1982, undated
National Council of Arts
Administrators Award,
1981
National Council on the Arts,
1977-1978
National Executive Service Corps,
1978-1979
National Museum of American Art,
1981,
undated
National Museum of the Building
Arts,
1980-1981
National Museum of Women's Art,
1982
New York Botanical Gardens,
1982
North Carolina Museum of Art,
1977-1982
North Carolina Museum of Art
(Meeting),
1978-1979
Office of Defense Mobilization,
1951-1952
Old Post Office,
1977-1982
Ossabaw Foundation,
1981-1982, undated
Paintings,
1971-1982
Box 97
Parties:
1977-1982, undated
Prince, Joe; Menke, Marj,
1978
Randolpf, Len,
1982, undated
Reger, Lawrence,
1978
Thanksgiving,
1982
White, Jenny,
1982
Partners for Livable Places,
1978-1982 and n.d
(3
folders)
Box 98
Phillips Collection,
1978-1982, undated
(3
folders)
Playbills of Performances
Attended,
1957-1982, undated
(3
folders)
Box 99
Presidential Task Force on the
Arts and Humanities:
Correspondence,
1981-1982, undated
Meetings and reports,
1981
(3
folders)
Box 100
Presidential Task Force on the
Arts and Humanities: Meetings and reports,
1981-1982 and undated
(4
folders)
President's Committee on the Arts
and Humanities,
1976-1982, undated
Princeton Art Museum,
1980-1981, undated
Princeton Club, N.Y.,
1979,
undated
Randolf, Len,
1980-1982
Resumés, requests, and
recommendations,
1977, Oct.-1978
Box 101
Resumés, requests, and
recommendations,
1979 Jan.-1982 April
(7
folders)
Box 102
Resumés, requests, and
recommendations,
1982 May-1983 Jan., undated
Reunions:
Duke,
1979, undated
Godchildren,
1981-1982
Robert College of Istanbul,
1970-1972
(2
folders)
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Panel
Report II,
1958
Rockefeller, Nelson, A.,
1954-1965, undated
Rockefeller Panel Reports Tenth
Anniversary,
1975
Box 103
Russell, Rosalind Arthritis
Center,
1980-1981
Salzburg Seminar,
1977-1982, undated
(3
folders)
Sanders, Don,
1974-1977
Schmerz, Monique,
1980-1981
Scholastic, Inc.,
1980-1981 Mar.
(2
folders)
Box 104
Scholastic, Inc.,
1981 Apr.-1982
(4
folders)
Small Museums,
1981-1982, undated
Smithsonian Institution: Board of
Regents,
1981-1982
(3
folders)
Box 105
Smithsonian Institution: Board of
Regents,
1982
Southeast Seven IV,
undated
Souvenirs,
1969-1973, 1976, undated
Stover, Carl,
1979-1982
Straight, Michael,
1979-1981
Sweet Briar,
1978-1979, undated
Taylor, Joshua C.,
1981-1982
Telephone Records,
1977-1980
(2
folders)
Box 106
Telephone Records,
1981-1982, undated
Trans County Cable,
1980-1982
Trips:
United Kingdom, France,
1948
Europe,
1955
Notebook,
1958-1961
World trip,
1961
Greece,
1970
India, London, U.S.,
1978
Denver,
1979
USSR,
1982
Passports and documents,
1948-1982
Miscellaneous,
1963-1981, undated
Box 107
Van Cliburn: The Rildia Bee
O'Bryan Cliburn Foundation,
1982
Volunteer,
1980-1981
University of Wisconsin,
1979-1980
Wallet cards,
1948-1980, undated
White House Conference on Aging,
1980-1982, undated
Williams, Jeff,
1982
Wolftrap Foundation,
1982
Woodstock Conservancy,
1980-1982
Yale University Program on
Non-Profit Organizations,
1978-1982
Correspondence
A,
1948-1982, undated
Box 108
Allen, Julia,
1955-1959
B,
1946-1983, undated
(4
folders)
Blackham, Bobbie and Bill,
1949-1966
C,
1945-1982, undated
(2
folders)
Box 109
Carpenter, William A.,
1946 July-1947 Apr.
(6
folders)
Box 110
Carpenter, William A.,
1947 May-1949
(3
folders)
Cleland, James T.,
1949-1969
Corl, William T. and Lynn,
1945-1960
Creel, Jane and Dana,
1961-1966
Coyne, J. William,
1948-1960
D,
1945-1982, undated
E,
1954-1982, undated
Box 111
F,
1945-1982
Farrer, William,
1948-1950
Fike, Edward L.,
1950
G,
1946-1986, undated
Gavs, David,
1948-1949
Goldwater, Barry,
1964-1971
Goodloe, Al,
1945-1949
H,
1948-1976, undated
(2
folders)
Box 112
H,
1977-1982, undated
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1935-1951 May
(5
folders)
Box 113
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1951 June-1953 April
(5
folders)
Box 114
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1953 May-1955 April
(6
folders)
Box 115
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1955 May-Oct.
(2
folders)
Box 116
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1955 Nov.-1957 April
(6
folders)
Box 117
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1957 May-1958 July
(5
folders)
Box 118
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1958 Aug.-1959 Dec.
(5
folders)
Box 119
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1960 Jan.-Dec.
(5
folders)
Box 120
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1961 Jan.-1963 Nov., undated
(5
folders)
Box 121
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1964 Jan.-1969 Aug.
(6
folders)
Box 122
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1969 Sept.-1971 Oct.
(6
folders)
Box 123
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan,
1971 Nov.-1978 June, undated
(5
folders)
Box 124
Harris, Paul,
1948-1949
I,
1972-1982, undated
J,
1950-1982, undated
Jennings, Richard G.,
1949-1975
Jones, Ruth,
1955-1959, undated
K,
1945-1981, undated
(2
folders)
Kennedy, Johy Royer,
1959-1974
Kissinger, Henry A and family,
1958-1973, n.d
L,
1945-1982, undated
(2
folders)
Lurton, Nelson,
1946-1948, undated
Lynn, Richard,
1949-1950
Box 125
M,
1945-1983, undated
(4
folders)
Mitchell, Donna,
1957-1970, undated
Moore, Virginia,
1949-1950
N,
1957-1981, undated
O,
1957-1975, undated
P,
1945-1982, undated
Box 126
Parker, Kathleen and family,
1956-1961, undated
Paulsen, Don,
1945
Persons, Elizabeth and Jack,
1949-1968
Q-R,
1945-1982, undated
(2
folders)
Reid, Louis,
1955-1961
Riggs, Polly and family,
1959-1977, undated
Robinson, Mary,
1948-1970, undated
Rockefeller family (Mary and
Laurance Winthrop, Steven, Nelson, John D.,
1948-1982
Rutledge, Jay,
1948-1960, undated
Box 127
S,
1945-1982, undated
(3
folders)
Sarratt, Martha,
1960-1967, undated
Shaw, Dorothy Patricia,
1949-1950, undated
Sites, Crawford,
1948-1950
Smith, Bobbe,
1979-1982
Smith, Preston,
1950, 1972-1975
Stewart, Verna,
1957-1960, 1971-1977
Box 128
T,
1949-1982, undated
Thomas, Jett,
1948-1950
Thrailkill, Jane,
1945-1972, undated
U,
1973-1981
V,
1960-1981, undated
W,
1949-1982, undated
(3
folders)
Walker, Dave,
1948-1956, undated
Box 129
Walton, Betty Bob and Loring,
1949-1959, undated
Watkins, John,
1949-1959
Williams, Ron,
1981-1983, undated
Wilson, John,
1949-1951
X-Z,
1959-1982, undated
Miscellaneous:
Hanks, Bryan C: Death,
1972
Hanks, Nancy: Illness,
1974
Sympathy notes,
1972-1973
First name only,
undated
Unidentified,
1948-1981 and undated
Financial Papers
Bank records,
1974-1978
(7
folders)
Box 131
Expenses (reimbursed and
unreimbursed),
1975-1978
(4
folders)
Medical,
1952-1978
(5
folders)
Real Estate:
Carillon House,
1951
24 West 55th St.,
1955-1960
Southampton, Correspondence,
1965-1968, 1970, 1976, undated
Box 132
Southampton,
1976 May 26-28
930 Fifth Ave.,
1960-1979
(3
folders)
1236 30th St.,
1969-1979
(2
folders)
Watergate,
1974-1981, undated
3265 N St., N.W.,
1978-1980
Stocks, A-R
(3
folders)