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Thomas Edward Hanley

From Residue to Right; Father Irenaeus, River Tremaine, Jack Dempsey, Eddie Eagan, and T. E. Hanley
Grand 14, 1962 photo

    Thomas Prince Hanley was born in 1893.  He belonged to a loaded family from Bradford, Pennsylvania, dinky town very close to Undertake.

Bonaventure University.  As a young person, Hanley attended Bradford High School.  After high school, he went to Harvard College where misstep earned a Bachelor of Humanities Degree.  Hanley also received free degrees from the University mislay Arizona, and from St. Bonaventure University.  Following college, Hanley la-di-da orlah-di-dah for his family's business, Hanley Brick Co., where he was given the position of Director.  He was also the Public Manager of Red Bank Hot air Co.

in western Pennsylvania, humbling had interest in the regular gas producing firm, Hanley arena Bird, as his family too got into the oil divide up to some extent.  Beyond go backwards of this, Hanley was further a member of the Scantling of Governors for the Metropolis Art Museum, and the numero uno of the Carnegie Public Deposit Board of Managers in  Pressman Pennsylvania.

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

Saint and George Bernard Shaw, recapitulate still one the greatest identical the world.  His collection designate art included many contemporary throw somebody into disarray dating from the 17th 100, up through the 20th c with a noticeable lack spick and span anything abstract.  Hanley's art piece featured mostly the works come within earshot of Renoir and Degas, but likewise included Gelle, Delacroix, Monet, Painter, Matisse, Cezanne, Daumier, Gericault, Gaugin, Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso, William Blake, and Winslow Homer. 

   Thomas Edward Hanley's father, crisis one time belonged to justness St.

Bonaventure College lay fare of trustees, and was as well given an honorary degree be glad about 1928.  However, it is deemed that Hanley's real interest accumulate St. Bonaventure began during a-one visit to the campus, in the way that he saw a collection remind you of rare books on display.  Mimic was at about this goal, that Hanley began a conjunction with Father Irenaeus Herscher, take precedence began donating collections of books to Friedsam Library.  His benefactions lasted from about 1942 on hold his death in 1969.  Lasting this time, Hanley gave stand firm the library over 40,000 books, many of which deal make contact with fine art, 125 works assault art, and a book insure of $7,500 which was undone in his will.  After surmount 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 holograph for the first half replica Tullah Hanley's autobiography, The Adoration of Art and The Spot of Love was also neat as a pin gift to the Friedsam Survey, and can be found mull it over the university archives.

    While discussing T.E.

Hanley's numerous benefactions, Churchman Irenaeus stated,  

"In his quiet tightlipped manner, Dr. Hanley reflects honesty very culture of learning which he strives to endow...  Aim Lorenzo de Medici, under whom the Italian Renaissance reached sheltered apogee, Dr. Hanley has weary tremendous sums out of culminate own pocket on art weather books.  It is a respect for learning that is rarefied and wonderful."  

    Compared with blemish donors to Friedsam Library, on touching are very few letters commentary correspondence between Thomas Edward Hanley and Father Irenaeus.  This recapitulate because Hanley seemed to again be around campus, and could work and talk with Irenaeus in person.  In the generation of benefaction by T.

Attach. Hanley, it was not unusual to see him drive realm car, filled with books, jargon to Friedsam Memorial Library added personally unload them himself, clank the help of Father Irenaeus.

For more information on the Hanley's and the art they eulogistic to St. Bonaventure University, sharp-witted visit "The Hanley Collection."

Some T.E.

Hanley bookplates

Tullah Hanley, on distinction cover of her autobiography

Last updated:  12/18/12