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Guide to the Hanger Family Papers,
hanger Guide to the Hanger Family Papers, 1881-1945 Processed by Sharon Brown McConnell; machine-readable finding aid created by Hilary Writt University Archives Eastern Kentucky University 126 John Grant Crabbe Library Richmond, Kentucky 40475-3102 USA Phone: (606) 622-1792 Email: archives.library@eku.edu URL: http://www.library.eku.edu/sca/ Copyright 1998 Eastern Kentucky University Libraries. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying.Date of source: 1988 Description is in English. Guide to the Hanger Family Papers, 1881-1945 Contact Information: University Archives Eastern Kentucky University 126 John Grant Crabbe Library Richmond, Kentucky 40475-3102 Phone: (606) 622-1792 Email: archives.library@eku.edu URL: http://www.library.eku.edu/sca/ Processed by: Sharon Brown McConnell Date Completed: 1988 Encoded by: Hilary Writt Copyright 1999 Eastern Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Hanger Family Papers, 1881-1945 88 Al Hanger Family 4.5 cubic feet, 6,750 items, 9 boxes Eastern Kentucky University Archives Richmond, Kentucky 40475-3102 Collection is open for research. Copyright has not been assigned to Eastern Kentucky University. [Identification of item], Hanger Family Papers, 88 Al, University Archives, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond. Harry Baylor Hanger of Virginia and Elizabeth Arnold of Richmond, Kentucky were married on January 18, 1893. They lived at Arlington, a gracious home owned by Mrs. Hanger's parents, William and Pauline Arnold. Arlington was named in honor of Robert E. Lee's ancestral home in Virginia. Mr. Hanger was born in Staunton, Virginia on November 1, 1864 and died of a heart attack on October 17, 1925. He was an engineer and joined a construction firm which he later headed: Mason-Hanger Company. Some of his achievements were construction work on the Lincoln Tunnel in New York City, Camp Zachary Taylor, Lake Charles Aviation Field, Old hickory Powder Plant, Catskill Aqueduct, and various subways, terminals, and canals. He was also associated with the State Bank and Trust Company in Richmond, Kentucky from 1897 to1925. Elizabeth Arnold Hanger was born on January 18, 1870 and died on October 10, 1921 after having been mistress of Arlington for twenty-eight years. She was reared a devout Methodist and received the finest education and upbringing that a young woman of that time had available. She traveled extensively and spent a great deal of time in New York City and Florida. Harry Baylor Hanger, Jr., the first son, was born on February 25, 1896 and died on May 31, 1956. He married Martha Shelby who was a descendent of Governor Isaac Shelby. They had one daughter, Margaret. The second son, William Arnold Hanger, was born on February 25, 1896 and died on May 31, 1976. After his father's death, Arnold assumed many of his father's responsibilities. He and Hal Price Headly were the founders of Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, Kentucky.According to family friends, he was married briefly. It was he who gave the Arlington House to Eastern Kentucky University. The youngest son, Paul T. Hanger, was born on March 31, 1897 and died tragically in a motorcycle accident at the age of nineteen. The only daughter of Harry and Elizabeth Hanger was named Elizabeth Arnold Hanger. She was born on April 16, 1905 and died on January 3, 1944.She, too, received the finest education possible. She traveled extensively abroad and had many friends. She was married first to John Marshall of Louisville, and their wedding was one of the most extravagant Richmond had ever witnessed. Her second husband was Shelby Elliott of New York City. They adopted a daughter, Shelby Elliott Roberts who now lives in New York City.Elizabeth Hanger Elliott's death was very sudden and tragic. At least two of the Hanger sons, Arnold and Paul, attended Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Elizabeth was educated at the Cathedral School of St. Mary in New York and National Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Maryland. All the members of the family are buried in the Richmond Cemetery. The Hanger Family name ended with the death of William Arnold Hanger in 1976. Arlington serves as a social club for EKU alumni and associates. The grounds have been landscaped as a golf course. Much of the original decor of the house remains as it was when the Hanger family was in residence. The Hanger Family papers were acquired by the University Archives in April 1986. The papers came to Eastern Kentucky University from the Hanger family ancestral home, Arlington, shortly after the University acquired the property in the late1960s. The papers were originally stored in the basement of Case Hall then moved to the basement of Martin Hall before being placed in the Archives These papers were unorganized and filled seven record center boxes. Each item was cleaned and perused for subject content. In addition, several Hanger family scrapbooks and assorted materials were transferred from the Townsend Room in the Crabbe Library and mixed with the existing collection of papers. After careful consideration, four subject areas were chosen. These are correspondence, financial, photograph and scrapbooks, and publications. Information gleaned from these items, together with a sketch of Arlington by Thomas H. Tudor, Richmond Cemetery records, and certain clippings from printed sources were helpful in writing the biographical sketches of the family members. Much insight into the family is afforded by correspondence and the financial and household papers. Unfortunately, the papers are incomplete and only touch upon business and social customs of an elite Central Kentucky family. Container List Correspondence Series This series consists primarily of personal letters to Mrs. Elizabeth Hanger and Miss Elizabeth Arnold Hanger. These letters include invitations, social correspondence, letters from the Hanger sons to their sister, letters from the daughter to her mother. Also included are romantic overtures to Elizabeth Arnold Hanger from young suitors. A few letters are included from Mr. Hanger to his wife and daughter. A special folder includes the many sympathy letters received following his death. Several published obituaries are filed at the front of the folder. These papers span the years 1908 to 1926. 1 1 Correspondence 1908-1916 1 2 Correspondence 1918-1919 1 3 Correspondence 1920-1921 1 4 Correspondence 1924-1926 1 5 Correspondence October-November 1925 1 6 Correspondence n.d. Financial Series The Financial Series consists of house receipts, bills, lists, and invoices from various businesses with which Mrs. Hanger had accounts. Also included in this series are cancelled checks for the years 1916 to 1921. All in all the Financial Series covers the years 1910 to 1926. Items in this series are arranged chronologically. 2 1 Checks 1916-19 2 2 Checks 1920-21 2 3 Receipts, bills, etc. 1910-1918 2 4 Receipts, bills, etc 1919 3 1 Receipts, bills, etc. 1920 3 2 Receipts, bills, etc. 1921-1926 3 3 Receipts, bills, etc. n.d. 3 4 Financial Records of the Cathedral School of St. Mary 1920 Photograph and Scrapbook Series This series consists of photographs and clippings of Mr. Hanger's construction projects, family photographs, and pictures of friends of the family. The majority of the photographs are black and white prints. Also included in several albums are calling-cards, invitations, notes from the society pages in several newspapers, and programs from various events attended by family members. The series spans the years ca. 1890-1945 and is contained in five boxes. Four wrapped scrapbooks are also included in this series. 4 1 Arlington, numbers 1-3. 4 2 Brides, numbers 1-3 4 3 Construction Sites, numbers 1-35 4 4 Family photographs - Harry Baylor Hanger, Sr., 1-3. 4 5 Family photographs - Elizabeth Arnold Hanger, numbers 1-7 4 6 Family photographs - Harry Baylor Hanger, Jr., numbers 1-4. 4 7 Family photographs - William Arnold Hanger, numbers 1-2. 4 8 Family photographs - Paul Hanger, one photograph. 4 9 Elizabeth Arnold Hanger Elliott, numbers 1-16 4 10 Family photographs - Shelby Elliott Roberts, numbers 1-2. 4 11 Negatives 4 12 Unidentified photographs, many of children and young adults 5 1 Album 1 - Contains photographs of Arlington. 10" x ? 5 3 Scrapbook - Clippings. 9' x 11' 5 3 Notebook - Copies of hymns and recipes. 4" x 4" 6 1 Elizabeth Hanger Marshall Elliot 6 2 Elizabeth Arnold Hanger 6 3 Two unidentified boys 6 4 Unidentified Woman 6 5 Harry B. Hanger, Sr. 6 6 Mr. Hanger's Spruce St. 6 7 Construction sites 6 8 Construction sites 6 9 Chicago Drainage Channel 6 10 Gentlemen in front Waterfall 6 11 Trophies of cats 6 12 Field 6 13 Lush Trees 6 14 Banquet Hall 6 15 City Street, American Flag 6 16 Houses on unpaved road 6 17 Unidentified building 6 18 Body of water surrounded by trees 6 19 Natives in front of hut" 6 20 Terraced garden 6 21 Shrove Tuesday Announcement 6 22 Robert Burns 6 23 Blueprint 7 1 Ft. Dallas Apartments 7 2 Progress Reports - Fulton St. - Cranberry Street Tunnels: December 1928, June 1930 7 3 Rutgers Slip - East River - Jay St. Tunnels: April 1931 8 1 Album - Postcards of Dixie Highway via Rome, Georgia 8 2 Album - Photographs belonging to Harry B. Hanger, Sr. 8 3 Album - Construction projects Publications Series The Publication Series is contained in one box. Publications belonging to several members of the family are included. 9 1 An Appeal for the Innocent Victims of the War Committee of Mercy. 1914 9 2 Address Delivered by Henry Ward Beecher at Cooper Institute. 1860 9 3 Evangeline by H. W. Loffgfellow H. E. Scudder, editor 1896 9 4 A Deaf Man's Story. 1909 9 5 Lawrenceville Class of 1916 9 6 Class Day Exercises. 9 7 The Lawrenceville School Song Book 1906 9 8 The Lawrenceville School Calendar. 1915 9 9 Restaurant De La Louisianna Menu n.d 9 10 Spiritual Songs for Social Worship 1881 9 11 Quarterly Bulletin of the National Park Seminary Alumnae Association 1928 9 12 History of the Lawrenceville School: 1810-1935. Roland J Mulford. 1935 9 13 Gounod's Faust. 1892 9 14 Annual Sale of Thoroughbreds at the Lexington Sales Paddock. 1937 9 15 The Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville, New Jersey: June 14, 1915; plus supplement June 12, 1916; plus supplement 9 16 Cathedral School of St. Mary; Demonstrations, March 23, 1923, Field Day, May 26, 1923, Program, June 11, 1923 9 17 Your Chauffeur and What he Should Wear to Town, Touring, and Limousine Cars. n.d. 9 18 Elks Memorial Service. December, 1908 9 19 The General Contractors Association. Seating List, December 8, 1917