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. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. | |
| Use Policies: | Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers 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. |
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Container List
| 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. | Container osb 1 |
| Request entire Container osb 1 |