Author: 

{none}. 

Title: 

Brief history of the firm of Abbot A. Hanks, Inc., 1960 March 31. 

Physical Description: 

5 leaves ; 28 cm. 

Holdings: 

Bancroft BANC MSS 73/122 c:60;

Non-circulating; may be used only in The Bancroft Library.

 

Collection Name: 

History of Science and Technology Collection 

Scope and Content: 

Brief biography of the founder of the laboratory, Henry G. Hanks, touching on his involvement in the construction of one of the first borax refineries in California; the growth of the firm under his son Abbot A. Hanks; importance of the laboratory in the gold mining industry; destruction in earthquake and fire of 1906; its development as an independent technical laboratory. 

Notes: 

Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection. 

Subjects: 

• Hanks, Henry G. (Henry Garber), 1826-1907.
• Hanks, Abbot Atherton, 1869-
• Hanks (Abbot A.) Inc., San Francisco.
• Borax -- California.
• Laboratories -- California.

Media Type: 

• Manuscript
• Biographical information