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J. Gordon (James Gordon) Hanes

1916–1995 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. Hanes family establishes the Hanes Foundation for the Study of the Book at UNC In memory of their parents John Wesley and Anna Hodgin Hanes, the Hanes children set up at the University a foundation for the study of the origin and development of the book, with an initial gift of $30,000. Dr. Fred M. Hanes announced it in an address to the Graduate Club; the collection was to range from rare volumes to tablets, papyri and manuscripts. Place: University Library, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Fred M. Hanes, Robert M. HanesSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 12, 1929, p. 4

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By J. Gordon (James Gordon) Hanes

J. Gordon Hanes papers on the Speaker Ban Study Commission, 1963; 1965-1966.

Hanes, J. Gordon (James Gordon), 1916-1995 · 1963

Files kept by J. Gordon Hanes, 1916 to 1995, on the North Carolina Speaker Ban Study Commission, dated 1963 and 1965 to 1966, about 600 items in 1.5 linear feet, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3765. Topics include academic freedom, the state Speaker Ban Law, the law and legislation of universities in North Carolina, and the Board of Trustees at Chapel Hill.

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