Autographs of the Presidents of the United States from the Hanley
Collection:
An Inventory of the Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
United States.
President
Title:
Autographs of the Presidents of the United
States from the Hanley Collection
Dates:
1796-1936
Extent:
1 oversize box (osb) (2.00 linear
feet)
Abstract:
A collection of thirty-one letters and
legal documents signed by each president from George Washington through Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. The items are arranged chronologically in order of presidential term on
pages in
an oversize bound volume.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-54159
Language:
English with small amounts of
Dutch, French, and Spanish
Access:
Open for research.
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using
archival materials.
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Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information
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are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable
living
individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals
may have
legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy
may
arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be
deemed
highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University
of
Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Collection of Autographs of the Presidents of the United States from the Hanley Collection
(Manuscript Collection MS-54159). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Acquisition:
Purchase, Hanley I Collection,
1958
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2020
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card
catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information
regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly
used in
descriptions.
Autographs of the Presidents of the United States. A Collection of Letters and
Official Documents including every President, each signed during his Presidency,
1789-1938 (sic, 1796-1936). From the Hanley Collection. Formerly cataloged as MS
X-12.
