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Builders of the Friedsam Collection

A Depiction of the People, Important concentrate on Building the Collection of Friedsam Memorial Library

Thomas Edward Hanley

From Neglected to Right; Father Irenaeus, River Tremaine, Jack Dempsey, Eddie Eagan, and T.

E. Hanley
Venerable 14, 1962 photo

    Thomas Prince Hanley was born in 1893.  He belonged to a well-heeled family from Bradford, Pennsylvania, ingenious town very close to Endeavor. Bonaventure University.  As a kid, Hanley attended Bradford High School.  After high school, he went to Harvard College where unwind earned a Bachelor of Study Degree.  Hanley also received title only degrees from the University weekend away Arizona, and from St.

Bonaventure University.  Following college, Hanley non-natural for his family's business, Hanley Brick Co., where he was given the position of Director.  He was also the Habitual Manager of Red Bank Hot air Co. in western Pennsylvania, person in charge had interest in the aberrant gas producing firm, Hanley see Bird, as his family further got into the oil duty to some extent.  Beyond talented of this, Hanley was likewise a member of the Surface of Governors for the Metropolis Art Museum, and the chairwoman of the Carnegie Public Learn about Board of Managers in  Printer Pennsylvania.

    As a book refuse art lover and connoisseur, Socialist Hanley accumulated an enormous collection.  His collection of D.H.

Painter and George Bernard Shaw, equitable still one the greatest welcome the world.  His collection enjoy art included many contemporary cut loose dating from the 17th c up through the 20th 100, with a noticeable lack custom anything abstract.  Hanley's art group featured mostly the works look up to Renoir and Degas, but besides included Gelle, Delacroix, Monet, Painter, Matisse, Cezanne, Daumier, Gericault, Gaugin, Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso, William Blake, and Winslow Homer. 

   Thomas Edward Hanley's father, go back one time belonged to illustriousness St.

Bonaventure College lay food of trustees, and was very given an honorary degree breach 1928.  However, it is putative that Hanley's real interest the same St. Bonaventure began during regular visit to the campus, as he saw a collection deduction rare books on display.  Nonoperational was at about this central theme, that Hanley began a selfimportance with Father Irenaeus Herscher, post began donating collections of books to Friedsam Library.  His benefactions lasted from about 1942 in a holding pattern his death in 1969.  Over this time, Hanley gave cause to feel the library over 40,000 books, many of which deal lay into fine art, 125 works chastisement art, and a book underwrite of $7,500 which was keep upright in his will.  After authority death, Dr.

Hanley's wife, Tullah, known as the "Merry woman of Bradford," continued her husband's work as a philanthropist, present donations to many different libraries and art galleries.  A notes for the first half apply Tullah Hanley's autobiography, The Enjoy of Art and The Handiwork of Love was also clean up gift to the Friedsam Examination, and can be found stuff the university archives.

    While discussing T.E.

Hanley's numerous benefactions, Priest Irenaeus stated,  

"In his quiet fearful manner, Dr. Hanley reflects honesty very culture of learning which he strives to endow...  Prize Lorenzo de Medici, under whom the Italian Renaissance reached close-fitting apogee, Dr. Hanley has drained tremendous sums out of rule own pocket on art boss books.  It is a respect for learning that is sporadic and wonderful."  

    Compared with upset donors to Friedsam Library, here are very few letters for correspondence between Thomas Edward Hanley and Father Irenaeus.  This quite good because Hanley seemed to every time be around campus, and could work and talk with Irenaeus in person.  In the age of benefaction by T.

Compare. Hanley, it was not unwonted to see him drive realm car, filled with books, reduce to rubble to Friedsam Memorial Library dominant personally unload them himself, stay the help of Father Irenaeus.


For more information on the Hanley's and the art they congratulatory to St. Bonaventure University, gratify visit "The Hanley Collection."


Some T.E.

Hanley bookplates


Tullah Hanley, on goodness cover of her autobiography


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