Hugh Wheeler Sanford Papers.
Scope and Contents
Papers of Hugh Wheeler Sanford (1879-1961), an industrialist, inventor, financier, and author. Papers date from 1886-1963. He was the son of Edward Jackson and Emma Chavannes Sanford, graduated from Harvard University in 1900, returned to live in Knoxville. He was board chairman of Sanford-Day Iron Works and the Knoxville Metal Products Company and was a director of Fidelity Bankers Trust Company, Kimballs, Inc., Sanford Realty Company, and Manufacturers Acceptance Corporation. During World War I he was on the Council of National Defense and on the War Industries Board as chief of the Ferro-Alloy section. He held more than 100 patents from the U.S. Patent Office and wrote several books on science and philosophy. Married Margaret Woodruff (died 1947) and Anne Wilson Kimball. Papers include: family letters; scrapbook; genealogy; correspondence re: War Industries Board; letters to philosophers and physicists; poetry by Katherine Woodruff Sanford; memoir by Mary Sanford Ault; memorial re: Edward Terry Sanford; newspaper and journal clippings; reviews of Sanford’s books. For a list of selected correspondents, see A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection by Linda Posey (1974). .
Dates
- 1886-1963
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
3 boxes
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
- Edward Terry Sanford Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ferro-Alloy section Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hugh Wheeler Sanford Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Katherine Woodruff Sanford Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mary Sanford Ault Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Memoirs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Patents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Philosophers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Philosophy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Physicists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Poetry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Poetry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sanford family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sanford-Day Iron Works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Science Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scientists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- War Industries Board Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Hugh Wheeler Sanford Papers.
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Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
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