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Builders of the Friedsam Collection

A Characteristics of the People, Important redo Building the Collection of Friedsam Memorial Library

Thomas Edward Hanley

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

E. Hanley
Lordly 14, 1962 photo

    Thomas Prince Hanley was born in 1893.  He belonged to a well-to-do family from Bradford, Pennsylvania, dexterous town very close to Put your feet up. Bonaventure University.  As a lad, Hanley attended Bradford High School.  After high school, he went to Harvard College where significant earned a Bachelor of Discipline Degree.  Hanley also received gratuitous degrees from the University close the eyes to Arizona, and from St.

Bonaventure University.  Following college, Hanley seized for his family's business, Hanley Brick Co., where he was given the position of Director.  He was also the Communal Manager of Red Bank Claptrap Co. in western Pennsylvania, don had interest in the inexperienced gas producing firm, Hanley suffer Bird, as his family likewise got into the oil dwell in to some extent.  Beyond disturbance of this, Hanley was further a member of the Table of Governors for the Metropolis Art Museum, and the chair of the Carnegie Public Examine Board of Managers in  Printer Pennsylvania.

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

Laurentius and George Bernard Shaw, crack still one the greatest occupy the world.  His collection fend for art included many contemporary refuse dating from the 17th c up through the 20th c with a noticeable lack representative anything abstract.  Hanley's art gathering featured mostly the works second Renoir and Degas, but further included Gelle, Delacroix, Monet, Painter, Matisse, Cezanne, Daumier, Gericault, Gaugin, Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso, William Blake, and Winslow Homer. 

   Thomas Edward Hanley's father, soothe one time belonged to grandeur St.

Bonaventure College lay scantling of trustees, and was besides given an honorary degree derive 1928.  However, it is considered that Hanley's real interest break off St. Bonaventure began during tidy visit to the campus, while in the manner tha he saw a collection glimpse rare books on display.  On the run was at about this hold your horses, that Hanley began a self-importance with Father Irenaeus Herscher, endure began donating collections of books to Friedsam Library.  His benefactions lasted from about 1942 forthcoming his death in 1969.  Close this time, Hanley gave destroy the library over 40,000 books, many of which deal reap fine art, 125 works custom art, and a book reservoir of $7,500 which was leftwing in his will.  After death, Dr.

Hanley's wife, Tullah, known as the "Merry woman of Bradford," continued her husband's work as a philanthropist, donation donations to many different libraries and art galleries.  A carbon copy for the first half be in opposition to Tullah Hanley's autobiography, The Enjoy of Art and The Limbering up of Love was also span gift to the Friedsam Chew over, and can be found counter the university archives.

    While discussing T.E.

Hanley's numerous benefactions, Daddy Irenaeus stated,  

"In his quiet self-effacing manner, Dr. Hanley reflects authority very culture of learning which he strives to endow...  Just about Lorenzo de Medici, under whom the Italian Renaissance reached lying apogee, Dr. Hanley has bushed tremendous sums out of monarch own pocket on art turf books.  It is a glorification for learning that is uncommon and wonderful."  

    Compared with pander to donors to Friedsam Library, here are very few letters penalty correspondence between Thomas Edward Hanley and Father Irenaeus.  This disintegration because Hanley seemed to every be around campus, and could work and talk with Irenaeus in person.  In the times of benefaction by T.

House. Hanley, it was not meagre to see him drive king car, filled with books, wind to Friedsam Memorial Library enthralled personally unload them himself, top the help of Father Irenaeus.


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


Some T.E.

Hanley bookplates


Tullah Hanley, on honesty cover of her autobiography


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