Victor Herrick Hanson Scapbook
Content Description
This collection consists of the scrapbook of Victor Herrick Hanson, class of 1956. This scrapbook contains images relating to campus life including images of student activities and campus events from 1953. Of specific note is the inclusion of images related to Hanson's life as a member of Sigma Nu as well as when Alben Barkley passed away while speaking on campus on April 30, 1956.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1956
Creator
- Hanson, Victor Herrick (1933-2005) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Victor Herrick "Buzz" Hanson was born on June 11, 1933 in Los Angeles California, but spent much of his young life in Yorklyn, Delaware. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1956. While at Washington and Lee he was the President of the Publications Board and served as representative from the Southern Collegian in 1956, and was a member of the Christian Council, Forensic Union, Cold Check Committee, Assimilation Committee, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a brother of Sigma Nu. Following Washington and Lee, he served in the U.S. Navy and was a real estate developer in California for many years before his death at age 72 on December 8, 2005.
Extent
1 Item
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Sigma Nu Fraternity. Lambda Chapter (Washington and Lee University ) (Organization)
- Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Person)
- Washington and Lee University. Mock Convention (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to Victor Herrick Hanson Scapbook
- Author
- Mattie Clear, Archivist and Assistant Professor
- Date
- 2023-07-24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository