Max and Jean Hanks papers
Scope and Contents
Papers of Max and Jean Hanks, including letters sent between Max and Jean while Max was serving in the military, Max Hank's certificates and military and flight records, family photographs in black and white and color, including photographs of ancestors, scrapbooks, family history letters and documents, legal papers, diplomas, and a journal kept by Jean. Also contains DVDs, CDs, and a VHS. Materials dated approximately 1850-2008.
Dates
- approximately 1850-2008
Creator
- Hanks, Max, 1926-2003 (creator, Person)
- Hanks, Jean, 1924-2018 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Photographs in Box 2 and oversize folder 8 are condition restricted. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice. All other materials are open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Donald Max Hanks was born June 7, 1926, in Shelley, Idaho to Edward Hanks and Hannah Hanson. Max worked the fields in Idaho as a teenager instead of attending high school and earned his GED during United States Army basic training. He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Army in the 1960s, working in the National Guard Engineer Unit. Max married Barbara Jean Poll on June 20, 1944, in Idaho. They lived in Walla, Walla, Washington, and Sunnyside, Washington from 1964 to 1979, where they owned Valley Air Service, Inc. They had four daughters: Susan, Alison, Maxine, and Jeanie. Max died on December 20, 2003, in Shelley, Idaho.
Biographical / Historical
Barbara Jean Poll was born July 7, 1924, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She married Donald Max Hanks on June 20, 1944, in Idaho. They lived in Walla, Walla, Washington, and Sunnyside, Washington from 1964 to 1979, where they owned Valley Air Service, Inc. They had four daughters: Susan, Alison, Maxine, and Jeanie. Max passed away in 2003, and Jean died June 5, 2018, in Shelley, Idaho.
Extent
3 boxes (2 linear ft.)
4 oversize folders (0.6 linear ft.)
1 half box (0.25 linear ft.)
1 carton (1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Maxine Hanks inherited material from her parents, Donald Max Hanks and Barbara Jean Poll, and donated them in August 2022.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation; Maxine Hanks; August 2022.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Sydney Gee and Karen Glenn; July 2023.
- Acetate negatives
- Army officers
- Certificates
- Copy prints
- Diaries
- Gelatin silver prints
- Hand coloring
- Hanks, Jean, 1924-2018
- Hanks, Max, 1926-2003
- Letters
- Lithographs
- Military
- Military
- Military records
- Military spouses
- Photographs
- Platinum prints
- Poetry
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Scrapbooks
- Shelley (Idaho)
- United States. Army
- Washington (State)
- Title
- Max and Jean Hanks papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Karen Glenn
- Date
- 2023 July 7
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States