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Guide
to the Hanley (Waverly D.) Papers
Overview of
the Collection
Repository: McCain Library and Archives, The University
of Southern Mississippi.
Creator:
Waverly Dunlap Hanley
Collection
Number: M429
Title:
Hanley (Waverly D.) Papers
Dates:
1859-1991
Quantity:
1.35 cubic feet
Abstract:
This collection contains personal and business correspondence, documents,
photographs, and miscellaneous materials kept by Waverly Dunlap Hanley.
Historical Sketch
Waverly Dunlap Hanley,
son of William C. and Juliet Balfour Hanley, was born on August 13, 1911,
and grew up in Como, Mississippi. Hanley graduated from the Gulf Coast
Military Academy in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1929. At the start of World
War II, he entered the United States Army on April 24, 1942. Hanley was
a member of Company B of the 22nd Battalion, 3rd Platoon. He was first
stationed at Branch Immaterial Replacement Training Center (BIRTC) at
Fort McClellan, Alabama in May of 1942. By September of 1942, he was in
Liverpool, England. From 1943-1946 he was stationed in Northern France,
Rhineland, and Central Europe, however, the exact locations are unknown.
Over the course of his time in the Army, Hanley kept in close contact
with his mother. Sadly, Juliet Hanley passed away on August 19, 1943.
Hanley was on active duty at the time and was unable to attend the funeral
service.
On June 13, 1946, Hanley was granted an honorable discharge. He was awarded
the Eameto Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Soon after his discharge,
he married Marie Wicker, but the two divorced in December of 1946. He
then married Martha Childress, and they settled in Como, Mississippi.
Hanley was a member of Como United Methodist Church and the Memphis Rose
Society.
Waverly Hanley died
on Thursday, May 22, 1975 at North Panola Regional Hospital in Sardis,
Mississippi. He was 63 years old. He was survived by his wife, Martha,
and five cousins: Mrs. Wayne Johnson (Juliet), Mrs. Kathryn Balfour, Jeff
and Andrew Balfour and Mrs. Ernest Pokorski.
Sources:
Contents of the Collection.
Scope and Content Note:
The Waverly Dunlap
Hanley Papers consist of a variety of papers, letters, personal and financial
documents, and some photographs. Although the inclusive dates are from
1859-1991, the bulk of material in this collection dates from 1908-1985.
The majority of the collection deals with W.D. Hanley’s papers.
Other parts of the collection refer to the families to whom Hanley was
related, or who had an impact on him in some way.
The collection is
arranged in five series:
Series I: The Hanley
Family
Series II: The Dunlap Family
Series III: The Balfour Family
Series IV: The Simpson Family
Series V: The Maddox Family
Series I is the bulk
of the collection. It consists of name cards, business papers, financial
documents, payment records, deeds and leases, and property maintenance
records. There is correspondence between W.D. Hanley and his mother, as
well as greeting cards. There is also correspondence between Hanley and
friends and between Hanley and girlfriend Marie Wicker. Most of the correspondence
dates to Hanley’s time in the Army during World War II. Two items
of interest are a handwritten will penned by Hanley, as well as a copy
of his obituary.
Series II deals with
the Dunlap family. Hanley’s aunt, Kathryn Balfour, married into
this family. This series consists of Dunlap name cards, property research,
business papers and correspondence. An item of interest is Kathryn Dunlap’s
wallet.
Series III consists
of the genealogy and name cards of the Balfour family. Rounding out the
series is correspondence concerning Juliet Balfour, E.W. Balfour, and
Mrs. C.M. Balfour.
Series IV is composed
of a newspaper clipping naming E.W. Balfour as the executor in Mrs. S.
Simpson’s estate. There are also notes referring to Juliet Balfour
that pertain to the settlement of Mrs. Simpson’s estate.
Series V consists
of a letter written by John E. Maddox to his wife. The letter was written
in 1859 and describes how Maddox will soon be returning from a long trip.
He also makes reference to a remodeling project on the gin house. This
letter is the only paper from this particular time period, or that refers
to the Maddox family.
Topics Covered:
World War II
The Hanley Family
The Balfour Family
The Dunlap Family
The Simpson Family
The Maddox Family
Administrative Information
Immediate
Source of Acquisition:
Donated to McCain
Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi by Mr. Jeff Balfour
on June 14, 2004.
Restrictions
Governing Access:
No restrictions. Open
for research.
Restrictions
Governing Use:
This collection may
be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United
States (Title 17, United States Code).
Preferred
Citation Method:
Item, Title of Collection,
McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Language of
Materials:
English
Processing
information:
Processed by Jessica
Clark
Related
Material:
AM
96-25 Balfour (Jeff) Papers
Other Finding Aids:
Container
List
Photograph Log
Container List:
Box
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Folder
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1 |
1 |
Hanley Name Cards |
1 |
2
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Juliet Balfour
Hanley Correspondence (1914-1941) |
1 |
3 |
Mrs. J.B. Hanley
Lease Contract (January 1932) |
1 |
4 |
Correspondence
from W.D. Hanley to Mother (undated) |
1 |
5 |
Correspondence
from W.D. Hanley (November 10, 1920; undated) |
1 |
6 |
Unidentified
Letter (ca. December 1918) |
1 |
7 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Mother (November 1927) |
1 |
8 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Aunt Tetess (undated) |
1 |
9 |
Gulf Coast Military
Academy (1929) |
1 |
10 |
Memo Regarding
Inspection/Protocol (undated) |
1 |
11 |
Hanley Military
Memorabilia (1942-1943) |
1 |
12 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Mother (April 1942-July 1942) |
1 |
13 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Mother (August 1942-March 1943) |
1 |
14 |
Greeting Cards
to W.D. Hanley from Mother (1942-1943)
15
|
1 |
15 |
V-Mail to W.D.
Hanley from Mother (August 10, 1942) |
1 |
16 |
V-Mail to W.D.
Hanley from Aunt Tetess (Celeste McKenzie Balfour) (August 20, 1943-September
27, 1943) |
1 |
17 |
V-Mail Minis
to W.D. Hanley from Family (August 1942-1943) |
1 |
18 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Family (January- December 1943) |
1 |
19 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Friends (July 28, 1942-June 5, 1944) |
1 |
20 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Marie Wicker (April 1942-June 1942) |
1 |
21 |
Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Friends (September 1942-1944) |
1 |
22 |
V-Mail Correspondence
to W.D. Hanley from Bill Beezley (May 26, 1943-February 2, 1944) |
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Box
|
Folder |
|
2 |
1 |
Unidentified
Letter mentioning Bill Beezley (undated) |
2 |
2 |
Letter to Mrs.
Hanley mentioning Bill Beezley (undated) |
2 |
3 |
Hometown Newsletter
to W.D. Hanley |
2 |
4 |
Greeting Cards
to W.D. Hanley from Aunt Tetess (December 1943-February 1944) |
2 |
5 |
Christmas Cards
to W.D. Hanley from Friends (November 1943-December 1943) |
2 |
6 |
Unidentified
Greeting Cards (undated) |
2 |
7 |
Thank You Letter
to W.D. Hanley (January 20, 1945) |
2 |
8 |
W.D. Hanley Discharge
Papers (June 13, 1946) |
2 |
9 |
W. D. Hanley/Marie
Wicker Divorce Notice (December 10, 1946) |
2 |
10 |
Hanley Warranty
Deeds |
2 |
11 |
Hanley Business
Correspondence (1950-1975) |
2 |
12 |
Misc. Purchase
Orders and Promissory Notes (1943-1991) |
2 |
13 |
Hanley Insurance
Papers (1948-1981) |
2 |
14 |
Hanley Loan Information
(1961, 1964, 1970) |
2 |
15 |
Hanley Deed of
Trust (September 1947-March 1991) |
2 |
16 |
Hanley Lease
Contracts (1946-1981) |
2 |
17 |
Hanley Housing
Estimates/Installation Fees on Como, MS Property (1964) |
2 |
18 |
Hanley Property
Refurbishing (ca. 1960-1970) |
2 |
19 |
Hanley Property
Maintenance Records (1957-1983) |
2 |
20 |
W. D. Hanley’s
Will (October 30, 1972) |
2 |
21 |
W. D. Hanley’s
Obituary (May 29, 1975) |
2 |
22 |
Hanley Special
Assessment Property (August 18, 1975) |
2 |
23 |
Hanley Property
Land Survey (1981) |
2 |
24 |
Selling Proposals/Agreements
to Mrs. Martha Childress Hanley (1981) |
2 |
25 |
General Land
Survey (1982) |
Box |
Folder |
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3 |
1 |
Hanley Quitclaim
Deed (1982) |
3 |
2 |
May’s Option
to Purchase Hanley Lot (undated) |
3 |
3 |
Mrs. Martha Hanley
Business Correspondence (1970-1982) |
3 |
4 |
Martha Hanley
Payment Records (1982-1985) |
3 |
5 |
Correspondence
to Mrs. W.D. Hanley (Martha) (1981, 1985) |
3 |
6 |
Correspondence
to Mrs. Juliet Balfour Johnson (1982) |
3 |
7 |
Assorted Name
Cards |
3 |
8 |
Monthly Time
Book (Owner Unknown) |
3 |
9 |
Poetry (No Author,
No Date) |
3 |
10 |
“Our Country
Long Ago” Essay (No Author, No Date) |
3 |
11 |
Notes (undated) |
3 |
12 |
Sympathy Letter
Unsigned (undated) |
3 |
13 |
Dunlap Name Cards |
3 |
14 |
Dunlap Property
Research (1881-1896) |
3 |
15 |
Dunlap Property
Research (1922-1946) |
3 |
16 |
Dunlap Medicine
Company (ca. 1929) |
3 |
17 |
Dunlap Chemical
Company (1929) |
3 |
18 |
Dunlap Chemical
Company: Purchase Orders and Promissory (1928-1930) |
3 |
19 |
E. H. Dunlap
Land Warranty Deeds/Leases (1882-1914) |
3 |
20 |
Mrs. E.H. Dunlap
Deeds (1901, 1904) |
3 |
21 |
Dunlap Business
Papers (1915, 1929, undated) |
3 |
22 |
Letter from Ethel
(September 16, 1932) |
3 |
23 |
E.H. Dunlap Estate
Settlement (1934) |
3 |
24 |
Unidentified
Letter Written on Dunlap Stationary (undated) |
3 |
25 |
Correspondence
to Mrs. E.H. Dunlap (January 1915-July 1926) |
3 |
26 |
Kathryn Balfour
Dunlap’s Wallet |
3 |
27 |
Correspondence
to Juliet Balfour Dunlap (December 24, 1915) |
3 |
28 |
Balfour Genealogy
and Name Cards |
3 |
29 |
Correspondence
to Juliet Balfour from I.J.N. (April 1908-April 1909) |
3 |
30 |
Correspondence
to Miss Juliet Balfour (ca. 1910) |
3 |
31 |
Miscellaneous
Memorabilia |
3 |
32 |
E.W. Balfour
Correspondence (November 16, 1920) |
3 |
33 |
Correspondence
to Mrs. C.M. Balfour (1920, 1946) |
3 |
34 |
Simpson Estate
|
3 |
35 |
Letter from John
E. Maddox to His Wife (August 3, 1859) |
3 |
36 |
Unidentified
Photographs |
3 |
37 |
Nuremberg Photographs
(ca. April of 1945) |
M429
Hanley (Waverly D.) Papers
Photograph Log
| M429-1 |
Dulcie |
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3.5
X 5.5 |
B&W |
June
28, 1943 |
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A
formal head and shoulders portrait of a woman in her late 30s or early
40s. Handwritten in the bottom right hand corner is “Yours,
Dulcie.” (Box 3, Folder 36) |
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| M429-2 |
Woman
on Porch Steps |
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2.5 X 2.75 |
B&W |
circa 1940’s |
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A
woman in a knee length dress stands on a set of steps leading to a
residential dwelling. (Box 3, Folder 36) |
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| M429-3 |
Army
Men |
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3.5 X 5.5 |
B&W |
circa 1940’s |
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A
group of men in army uniforms are posed in front of a train.
(Box 3, Folder 36) |
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| M429-4 |
Luitpold
Arena, Nuremberg, Germany |
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9.5 X 12 |
B&W |
circa 1945 |
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This
photo was taken in Nuremberg, Germany and is of the Luitpold Arena.
In April of 1945, the Luitpold Arena was dismantled. It was used as
a rally arena and demonstration field in World War II. (Box 3, Folder
37) |
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| M429-5 |
Zeppelintribune
Grandstand |
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9.5 X 12 |
B&W |
circa 1945 |
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This
is a photo of the Zeppelintribune Grandstand. The Zeppelinfeld, in
Nuremberg, Germany was a demonstration field used by Hitler’s
regime in World War II. (Box 3, Folder 37) |
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| M429-6 |
Kongresshalle
Construction |
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9.5 X 12 |
B&W |
circa 1945 |
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The
Kongresshalle in Nuremberg, Germany, was constructed near the Danube
Canal. In the photo, one can see the Kongresshalle was still under
construction. An inscription on the back of the photo reads “Fur
Erinneruug an Drine”. This has been tentatively translated as
“In memory of the inside.” (Box 3, Folder 37) |
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