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Title
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Finding Aid for the Wilma Rector Hanks Collection
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Type
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Collection
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Description
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This collection contains some genealogical information related to the Rector and Collins family from Nebraska. Other items include personal items belonging to Wilma (Rector) Hanks such as her senior class book of photos. Some items relate to acquaintances living in and around Norfolk, Nebraska as well as the Omaha, Nebraska area. One album is comprised of photographs and other items related to doctors and nurses at Lutheran Hospital in Norfolk, Nebraska, and Dr. Cowin’s Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota.
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Language
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English
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Place
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Marshall (Minn.)
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Norfolk (Neb.)
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Identifier
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MGC 1192
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Collection Summary
Title
Wilma Rector Hanks Collection
Date
1770s to 1980s
Extent
1 Archival box, 1 oversized folder
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1192-WRHC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2019; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2019.
Name of Creator
Wilma (Rector) Hanks
Biographical History
Wilma Rector was born in 1911 in Nebraska. She was the daughter of John Ensor Rector and Lavine
Collins. Wilma married Orville Hanks on July 3, 1933. Wilma was a member of the Rebekah Lodge as well
as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She died in 1990 and is buried in
Omaha, Nebraska.
Scope and Content
This collection contains some genealogical information related to the Rector and Collins family from
Nebraska. Other items include personal items belonging to Wilma (Rector) Hanks such as her senior
class book of photos. Some items relate to acquaintances living in and around Norfolk, Nebraska as well
as the Omaha, Nebraska area. One album is comprised of photographs and other items related to
doctors and nurses at Lutheran Hospital in Norfolk, Nebraska, and Dr. Cowin’s Hospital in Marshall,
Minnesota.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Photographs
Folder 1, Senior class photo book belonging to Wilma Rector, Westland, Neligh,
Nebraska, 1930
Folder 2, Album hospital staff: Dr. Cowin’s Hospital, Marshall, MN, 1937-1939 and
Lutheran Hospital, Norfolk, NE, 1940s
Folder 3, Family photographs
Folder 4, class photo [oversized]
Series 2, Genealogy and personal items
Folder 1, Handwritten and typed genealogy notes
Folder 2, Personal items
Folder 3, Items from hospital photo album
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Bronwen Soukup.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Related Collections
Mahlon and Pheobe Collins Family, 1777 to 1980.
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Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
DAR Genealogical Research Database. www.dar.org
Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com
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