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James Millinder Hanks Diaries

Diaries, 1865-1909

Manuscript Collection MC 1335

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JAMES MILLINDER HANKS

Herbert W. Hill Jr., of Pullman, Washington, J. J. Doughtie of Memphis, Tennessee, and Mary Stigall of Paducah, Kentucky, donated the James Millinder Hanks Diaries to Special Collections on March 5, 1995.

The collection contains forty-five diaries dating from 1865 to 1907 and seven bound volumes of transcripts of the diaries for the period 1865-1896. The remaining diaries were transcribed by Special Collections and the transcriptions added to the collection.  Added to the collection in 2002 in Box 7 are Mr. Hanks's copy of the Methodist Hymnal and a glass plate photograph identified as "Mill, Anne Amelia Hanks, and John."

A microfilm copy of the diaries is held in the Periodicals Room. It is on 7 reels with the call number Microfilm F 411. H2 1981.

Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, February 1996. Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Series 1. Original diaries, 1865-1907. Boxes 1-4.

• Box 1. 1865-1876.
• Box 2. 1877-1888.
• Box 3. 1889-1900.
• Box 4. 1901-1907.

Series 2. Transcripts, 1865-1896. Boxes 5-7.

• Box 5. 1865-1874.
• Box 6. 1875-1888.
• Box 7. 1889-1896; Mr. Hanks's copy of the Methodist Hymnal; glass plate photograph identified as "Mill, Anne Amelia Hanks, and John."