Letter to Edward A. Hancock

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Letter to Edward A. Hancock, Ms1988-045, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
West, Herbert Faulkner, 1898-1974 and Hancock, Edward A., 1911-1988
Abstract:
The collection consists of a letter written to Hancock from Herbert Faulkner West at Dartmouth College on August 21, 1964.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Letter to Edward A. Hancock, Ms1988-045, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a letter written to Edward A. Hancock from Herbert Faulkner West at Dartmouth College on August 21, 1964. The letter was a reply to ongoing correspondence and discusses a range of topics, including recent events, Hancock's teaching activities, and a loan.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Alexander Hancock (1911-1988) was a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1946-1978. He graduated with an A. B. from Davidson College in 1933 and an M. A. from the University of Virginia in 1948. Hancock was born in West Virginia to Charles B. Hancock and Ora Lee Hunters and is buried alongside his family in Maple Park Cemetery, Bluefield, West Virginia.

Sources:

University Catalogs.

"Edward Alexander Hancock" entry, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9278&h=4691011, accessed Dec. 12, 2022.

"Edward Alexander Hancock" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19804093/edward-alexander-hancock, accessed Dec. 12, 2022.

Herbert Faulkner West (1898-1974) graduated from Dartmouth College in 1922 and 1924 and taught there until his retirement in 1964. He established Westholm Publications in 1955.

Source: "West, Herbert Faulkner, 1898-1974", Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/people/1717, accessed Dec. 13, 2022.

Acquisition information:
The Letter to Edward A. Hancock was donated to Special Collections in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Letter to Edward A. Hancock was completed in October 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard