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Inventory of the Nancy Hanks Papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1945-1983)

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Nancy Hanks Papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1945-1983)
Creator
Hanks, Nancy, 1927-1983
Extent
77.3 Linear Feet
58,000 Items
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Portions 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. 31Born, Miami Beach, Fla.
1945Graduated, Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey
1946, summerAttended the University of Colorado
1948, summerAttended Oxford University
1949B.A., magna cum laude, Duke University
1951-1952Secretary to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization
1953President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization
1953-1954Assistant to the Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare
1955-1956, Feb.Assistant to the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs
1956-1959Assistant to Nelson A. Rockefeller
1959-1969Associate, 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
1969-1977Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts and National Council on the Arts
1977-1983Vice Chairman, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
1983, Jan. 7Died

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

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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.
List of Series in Collection
American Film Institute Series, 1967-1979and undated(2.5 boxes)
Commission on Critical Choices for Americans Series, 1960-1976(bulk 1973-1976) (5 boxes).
Duke University Series, 1947-1984(bulk 1970-1982) (3 boxes).
National Council on the Arts Series, 1965-1977(20 boxes).
National Endowment for the Arts Series, 1965-1982and undated(bulk 1969-1977) (47 boxes)
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Series, 1965-1983and undated(bulk 1977-1983) (6 boxes).
Personal Series, 1927-1983and undated(bulk 1940s-1970s)(59 boxes).
Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center, Inc. Series, 1971-1987(13 boxes).
Virginia and Bryan Hanks Series, 1894-1983(bulk 1920s-1983)(8 boxes).
Larry Hanks Series, 1938-1961(1 box).
Pictures Series, 1927-1982and undated(6 boxes).
Awards and Memorabilia Series, 1955-1982and undated(5 boxes).
Oversize Materials
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Detailed Description of Collection

Box 1-3

American 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
Box 8
1947, 1958-1973   (6 folders)
Box 9
1974-1982   (5 folders)

Subject Files
Box 9
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
Box 30
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
Box 33
1966-1969   (5 folders)
Box 34
1970-1971   (8 folders)
Box 35
1972-1973   (6 folders)
1974-1977   (5 folders)

Clippings
Box 36
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
Box 59
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
Box 66
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
Box 71
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
Box 73
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
Box 76
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
Box 107
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
Box 130
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)
Stocks:
S-Z
Correspondence, 1958-1981, undated
Miscellaneous, 1954-1982, undated   (2 folders)
Tax papers, 1951-1963   (10 folders)
Box 134
Tax papers, 1964-1981 1964-1981   (9 folders)
Miscellaneous (City Tavern Club), 1973-1982
Box 135
Miscellaneous:
(Cosmopolitan Club), 1979-1981
General, 1957-1981, undated
Property taxes, 1974-1982

Scrapbooks, 1949, 1951

Speeches
Box 135
1977-1979 May
Box 136
1979 Dec.-1982   (4 folders)
Background material, 1971-1981

Student Papers
Box 136
Junior-Senior High School, 1934-1945
Box 137
High School Yearbook, 1945
Duke Univeristy, Papers, 1945-1949
Duke University:
Address books, 1948-1949, undated
Calendars, 1947-1949
Notebooks, 1946, undated
Box 138
Duke University, Scrapbook, 1946-1947
Oxford University, 1948

Miscellaneous, 1944-1982, undated
  (2 folders)

Alphabetical
Box 139
Aspen Institute, 1977-1979
Cleaners, 1977-1981
Council and Conference for the Arts, 1977-1978
Keepsake Items of Nancy Hanks, 1939-1981 and undated
Luce (Henry) Foundation, 1982
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1981

Correspondence
Furst, Dr. William, 1953 Apr.-Dec.
Hanks-Kester Trip, 1957-1965   (2 folders)
Landau, Sonia, 1977-1979
Rockefeller, Laurance, 1959-1967
Box 140
Rockefeller, Nelson, 1954-1977, undated
Miscellaneous, 1954-1977

Financial Papers
Stocks: Nancy Hanks, 1954-1961
Box 141-153

Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center, Inc. Series, 1971-1987(13 boxes).

Cassette tapes, videocassettes, correspondence, questionnaires, and interviews. Major categories: interviews (transcripts and cassette tapes), questionnaires, and Old Post Office building. Interviews and questionnaires arranged alphabetically by surname. Categories arranged alphabetically. Some interviews are restricted.
Many of the interviews in this series also exist as electronic files dispersed throughout twenty-one computer disks. Disks were assigned consecutive numbers reflecting the original order in which they were received. If an interview has an identical electronic file(s), the file is included in the alphabetical list below. In such cases, the electronic file's name is listed, followed by the year of the interview, then the file's disk (subdirectory) name.
The contents of each disk was migrated to the Specoll server. Consequently, the text of these electronic files is available in correspondingly numbered electronic subdirectories. Consult a reference archivist for access to the electronic files.
Box 141
Audio Visual: An American Portrait, 1985, Dec. 19
Box 142
Interviews: Tapes, A-GA
Box 143
Interviews: Tapes, Gi-Mitchell
Box 144
Interviews: Tapes, Mitchell-Thrailkill
Box 145
Interviews: Tapes, Alexion-Steele (RESTRICTED)
Box 146
Interviews and Transcripts
Aaron, Chloe
Allen, Raye Virginia   (2 folders)
Allen.b, Allen.c, Allen.d and Allen.e, 1986 (on Disk007), Allen.2a, Allen.2b, Allen.2c and Allen.2d, 1986(on Disk002), Allen.e and Allen.f, 1986 (on Disk006)
Anderson, Walter
Arey, June
Arey.a, Arey.b and Arey.c, 1986, on Disk008
Baber, Adin
Baber.a, 1984, on Disk013
Benedict, Stephen
Benedict.1a, Benedict.1b and Benedict.1c, 1985, on Disk016
Biddle, Livingston
Biddle.2a, 1985, on Disk012
Bishopric, Anne
Bishop.a and Bishop.b, 1986, on Disk014
Burnett, Nancy Hanks
Burnett.a, undated, on Disk003
Clark, Tobe
Creel, Dana (in electronic format only)
Creel.a and Creel.b, 1986, on Disk015
Duke, Leilani Lattin
Duke.a, Duke.b and Duke.c, 1987, on Disk011
Eells, William
Eels.a and Eels.b, 1986, on Disk020
Fisher, Pat
Furst, William
Furst.a, 1985, on Disk013
Box 147
Interviews and Transcripts
Garment, Leonard
Garment.1a, 1985 (on Disk012) and Garment.2a, 1986 (on Disk013)
Gillespie, Dorothy
Gillespi.a, 1984, on Disk003
Golodner, Jack
Gol.a and Gol.b, 1985, on Disk001
Gracey, Janet
Gracey.a and Gracey.b, 1985, on Disk014
Hansen, Orval
Hansen.a, 1986, on Disk001
Hayes, Helen
Hayes.a, 1986, on Disk009
Horowitz, Harold
Irwin, George
Irwin.a, Irwin.b, Irwin.c and Irwin.d, 1986, on Disk019
Kane, Constance
Kane.a, undated, on Disk003
Kennedy, John R.
Kennedy.1a, 1984, on Disk012
Kissinger, Henry
Kissinge.a, 1986, on Disk009
Krakora, Polly
Kyros, Peter
Kyros.2a and Kyros.2b, 1985, on Disk015
Lacy, Bill
Lacy.1a and Lacy.1b, 1985, on Disk015
Lazarus, Mr. and Mrs. Fred, III and James Edgy
Lazarus.a, Lazarus.b, Lazarus.c and Lazarus.d, 1986, on Disk021
Lazarus, Fred, III
Lazarus.1a, Lazarus.1b and Lazarus.1c, 1985, on Disk019
Lazarus, Fred, IV
Lowry, McNeil
Lowry.a and Lowry.b, 1985, on Disk005
Mark, Charles
Mayleas, Ruth
Bak.aa, 1985, on Disk013
Box 148
Interviews and Transcripts
Mitchell, Donna   (5 folders)
Mitchell.4a and Mitchell.4b, 1986 (on Disk008), Mitchell.a, Mitchell.b and Mitchell.c, 1986 (on Disk009), Thrail.3a, Thrail.3b and Thrail.3c, 1986 (on Disk017)
Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell.a, 1986, on Disk001
Mitze, Clark
Mitze.a, 1986, on Disk015
Murphy, Anne
Pell, Claiborne
Pell.1a, 1985, on Disk012
Randolph, Leonard
Randolph.2a, Randolph.2b and Randolph.2c, 1986, on Disk020   (3 folders)
Reger, Lawrence
Reger.a, Reger.b and Reger.c, 1985, on Disk001
Rice, Leroy and Nell
Rockefeller, Laurance
Rock.1a and Rock.1b, 1986, on Disk015
Ruebhausen, Oscar
Rueb.a, 1986, on Disk009
Rutledge, Jay
Box 149
Interviews and Transcripts
Sell, Steve
Sell.1a and Sell.1b, 1986, on Disk017
Semans, Mary
Semans.a and Semans.b, 1986, on Disk006
Sheets, Robert
Sheets.a and Sheets.b, 1986, on Disk014
Spencer, John
Spencer.a and Spencer.b, 1986, on Disk006
Thomas, John
Thomas.a, 1985, on Disk013
Thompson, Frank
Thrailkill, Jane   (2 folders)
Thrail.2a, 1984 (on Disk010), Thrail.1a and Thrail.1b, 1985 (on Disk016), Thrail.3a, Thrail.3b and Thrail.3c, 1986 (on Disk017), Thrail.3d and Thrail.3e, 1986(on Disk008)
Weil, Elizabeth
Weil.a and Weil.b, 1986, on Disk020
Weil, Suzanne
Weil.a and Weil.b, 1985, on Disk009
Whitfield, Vantile
Whit.2a, 1985 (on Disk001) and Whit.2b, 1985 (on Disk002)
Williams, Nadia
Williams.a, Williams.b and Williams.c, 1986, on Disk004
Box 150
Interviews and Transcripts; Questionnnaires (RESTRICTED)
Brademas, John
Brademas.a and Brademas.b, 1986, on Disk018
Lowe, Florence
Prince, Joseph and Marjorielaine
Prince.1a and Prince.1b, 1985 (on Disk010) and Prince.1c, 1985 (on Disk018)
Steele, Ana (Clark)
Questionnaires (RESTRICTED)
Reilly, William K.
Lee, Maryat
Box 151
Old Post Office
Bills, Public Laws, Congressional Records, 1972-1976, undated
Correspondence, 1972-1986   (3 folders)
Dedication, 1986, Oct.
Memorial Proposals, undated
Miscellaneous, 1972-1986, undated   (2 folders)
Statements, 1971-1977, undated
Photographs, 1971-1977
Box 152
Questionnaires
A-G   (3 folders)
Ford, Gerald R.
Gaus, David S.
Graham, Florence
Gray, Barbara Ann
Guyton, John
H-L   (3 folders)
Box 153
Questionnaires
M
Mavis, Sylvia
Mitchell, Donna and Victor
Morris, Mabel and Frank
N-R
Pell, Claiborne
Riggs, Polly
S
Sennema, David
Stoddard, Richard
T-V
Ticknor, Jane
W-Z
Waldrop, Gayle
White, Lawrence
Wilde, F. B.
Box 154-161

Virginia and Bryan Hanks Series, 1894-1983(bulk 1920s-1983)(8 boxes).

Chiefly correspondence among Bryan and Virginia, other family members (including Wooding family letters), their friends, and associates. Includes also clippings, legal and financial papers, Virginia Hanks' diaries, patent papers of Benjamin F. Wooding (Virginia's father), family information, and photographs. Categories arranged alphabetically; correspondence arranged chronologically.
Box 154
Clippings, 1972 Dec.
Correspondence:
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan, 1894-1931   (7 folders)
Box 155
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan, 1931 (no month)-1932 Mar.   (6 folders)
Box 156
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan, 1932 (no month)-1954 Nov.   (6 folders)
Box 157
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan, 1955 Feb.-1960 June   (6 folders)
Box 158
Hanks, Virginia and Bryan, 1960 July-1982   (6 folders)
Box 159
Lynn, Herman and Jessie, 1950-1960
Wooding, Benjamin F., 1903-1926
Diaries (Wooding, Virginia), 1918-1922
Family History, 1924-1952
Financial papers, (Virginia's), 1916-1983
Groves, Wallace family, 1953-1967
Legal and financial papers (Wooding, Benjamin F.), 1903-1930
Box 160
Miami Bribery Case, 1938-1939
Patents of Benjamin F. Wooding, 1924-1929
Photographs: Wooding family and friends, including albumen prints, undated   (2 folders)
Photographs: 1936-1977 and undated   (2 folders)
Box 161
Photographs: 1978-1982 and undated   (2 folders)
"Virginia Woodings Book--University of Colorado," 1918-1920
Miscellaneous, 1918-1972 and undated
Box 162

Larry Hanks Series, 1938-1961(1 box).

Includes Larry's letters home as well as correspondence about his death, clippings, legal papers, photographs, and brief information about memorial contributions and the Larry Hanks Memorial Foundation. Categories arranged alphabetically.
Box 162
Correspondence, 1938-1958
Claim accounts for Larry Hank's Death, 1950-1952   (2 folders)
Larry Hanks Memorial Foundation, 1951-1960, undated
Memorial contributions, 1950-1952
Memorial services, 1950
Photographs, 1932-1950, undated
Southwestern University, 1949-1961, undated
Miscellaneous, 1931-1951, undated
Box 163-168

Pictures Series, 1927-1982and undated(6 boxes).

Photographs (some oversize), slides, and photograph albums. Includes pictures of Nancy Hanks, her parents and brother, her college years, homes, trips, and National Endowment for the Arts, pre-NEA work with Nelson Rockefeller, and with President Gerald R. Ford. Arranged alphabetically by person or topic.
Box 163
Hanks, Nancy, 1927-1982   (3 folders)
Family, undated
College, 1945-1948
Box 164
College Photograph Album, 1946-1948   (2 folders)
Homes (Photo Albums):
The Mountain House, 1939
North Carolina, Cashiers, 1952-1981
Miami, 1936, 1978; Key Largo, 1938, 1960, 1973
Southhampton, CT: Danbury; New Jersey: Montclair; Washington, DC
Trips:
1959-1972, undated
California scrapbook, 1950
Pre-NEA, work with Rockefeller, Nelson, 1955-1960s
Album/scrapbook, 1960s
Box 165
NEA:
1970-1974, undated   (5 folders)
Annenberg Center Dedication, University of Pennsylvania, 1971 Apr. 8
RIAA Cultural Award Dinner, 1971 Mar. 25
Screening of "See/Touch/Feel," 1971 Jan. 26
Wilderness Exhibition, 1971 Nov. 8
Convention of the American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, 1972 June 15-17
USC Honorary Degree, 1973 Feb.
Symphony Orchestra League Conference, 1974 June
Box 166
Hanks, Nancy and Gerald R. Ford, 1974 Sept.
American Federation of Musicians, 1975 June
"Overview of NEA, 1965-1977"
Photograph Album, 1965-1968   (3 folders)
Scrapbook, 1977
Photographs, miscellaneous   (2 folders)
Woodrow Wilson, undated
Box 167
Slides:
Family, 1952-1962, undated
Homes:
Cashiers, 1950-1980, undated
Hank homes and art, 1951-1968
Trips, 1950-1967, undated
Miscellaneous, 1950-1977
Box 168
Rockefeller, Nelson, 1954-1955
Slides, Miscellaneous, 1954, undated
Box 169-173

Awards and Memorabilia Series, 1955-1982and undated(5 boxes).

Categories: awards and honorary degrees, and official inscribed personal items. Includes a list of honorary degrees that Hanks declined. Contains certificates; silver boxes, cups, and tray; ashtrays, mounted photographs, bronze medallions and sculptures, keys to various cities; gold pin and box, plaques, and paperweights. Majority of items in off-site storage.
Box 169
Awards and honorary degrees, 1970-1982 and undated
Honorary Degrees Declined, 1973-1977
Box 170
Personal items, official
Silver box, Tiffany ("1955 - N.H. - N.A.R." with U.S. seal), 1955.
Picture of Nancy Hanks Lincoln (inscribed "To my cousin Nancy Hanks. Compliments of Adin Baber, undated")
Silver julep cups:
Inscribed "Nancy Hanks, Lexington, Kentucky", Mar. 17, 1973.
inscribed "H.H.D. Centre M. and F. Moosnick", Nov. 2, 1973.
Silver box ( Nelson A. Rockefeller), undated
Ink pen ( Richard M. Nixon), undated
Glass ashtray ( Gerald R. Ford), undated
Glass ashtray (Rep. Claude Pepper), undated
Shadowbox (mementoes of N.E.A. career), undated
Shakespeare festival (silver jubilee award, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego), 1974.
Box 171
Personal items, official
Mounted photograph (Inaugural Parade, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter), undated
Mounted photograph ( Pablo Casals and Rudolf Serkin), 1972
Mounted photograph ( John Hoare Kerr), 1978
Box 172
Awards
Bronze medallion ( Municipal Art Society, N.Y.), 1977.
"Sower" bronze statue ( Duke University Founders' Society), undated
Thomas Jefferson bust ( American Society of Interior Designers Thomas Jefferson Award),1977.
Key to the city ( San Francisco), 1975.
Key to the city ( Winston-Salem, N.C.), 1970.
Key to the city ( Savannah, Ga.), undated
Key to the city ( Indianapolis, Ind.), undated
Key to the city ( Montgomery, Ala.), undated
Key to the city ( Lexington, Ky.), undated
Key to the city ( Omaha, Neb.), undated
Key to the city ( Fort Worth, Tex.), undated
Mayor-president's key ( Baton Rouge, La.), undated
Key to Duke University ( Bryan Center Dedication), 1982.
Bronze medallion ( Marian Anderson: "Honored by Congress for Public Service through Music"), 1977.
Bronze sculpture ( Jose Limon Dance Company - Cultural Productions - U.S.A.), undated
Bronze medallion ( Michigan State University), undated
Gold pin (Presidential seal), 1970.
Bronze medal ( Texas Christian University Centennial), 1973.
Gold box ( Youth Orchestra of Fort Worth), 1974.
Bronze medallion (Churchill Medal), undated
Silver medallion ( Parliament House, New Delhi), undated
Signed program ( Founders Award, Partners for Livable Places), 1982.
Statue ( Swan Award), 1977.
Gold pendant ( Washington University Saint Louis: Inscribed "Nancy Hanks - D.F.A. 5/26/73"), 1973.
Silver medallion in Lucite ( The Federalist Society), undated
Box 173
Awards
Key to the city ( Providence, R.I.), undated
Bronze medallion ( U.S.A. Bicentennial, Finnish Committee), 1976.
Brass paperweight ( Minnesota State Arts Council Award), 1973.
Silver tray ( Opera America Award), undated
Plaque ( Utah State Institute of Fine Arts Award), 1972.
Lucite Michigan statue ( Detroit Institute of the Arts), 1975.
Plaque ( Association of American Dance Companies), 1978.
Plaque ( Arts Management Award), 1978.
Trophy base (Order of the Triton IV, University of California, San Diego), 1975.
Framed certificate ( National Council of Art Administrators), 1981.
Plaque ( Arts and Business Cooperative Council, N.Y. Board of Trade), 1971.
Plaque (Visual Communications Today, Univ. of Maryland), undated
Metal type in box ( Award of Design Recognition, Federal Design Council), 1975.
Bronze medallion ( Louisiana Council of Music and the Performing Arts), 1977.
Silver box ("To Nancy Hanks...From All of Her Friends at Lincoln Center"), 1978.
Bronze medallion ( City of New York), 1977.
Silver box ( Arts Council of Greater Fort Worth), 1970.

Oversize Materials


American Film Institute Series
   Oversize Folder 3
Budget, 1973

National Endowment for the Arts Series
Box 175
Photograph Album: Trips, 1971

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Series
Box 174
Rockefeller, John D., 1978

Personal Series
Box 5
Financial Papers (floor plans), undated
Box 175
Student Papers: High School Photograph Album, 1941-1943
Box 176
Student Papers: High School Scrapbook, 1941
Student Papers: High School Scrapook, 1942-1943

Friends of the Nancy Hanks Center, Inc. Series
Box 4
Old Post Office Memorial Proposals, 1986

Virginia and Bryan Hanks Series
Box 2
Miami Bribery Case, 1938-1942
Family History, 1958
Miscellaneous, undated
Virginia and Bryan College Degrees, 1922
Scrapbook, undated
Box 174
Scrapbook, 1941-1942
Scrapbook, undated
Photographs, undated

Larry Hanks Series
Box 174
Photographs, undated

Pictures Series
Box 174
Hanks, Nancy, undated
Rockefeller/ NEA,1955and 1977

Awards and Memorabilia Series
Box 1
Awards and Honorary Degrees, 1959-1981
Framed musical score (20th Anniversary, American Council for the Arts), signed by Bill Schuman,1980
Enlargement of Washington Post editorial, 1971