Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (SC 1462)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1462. Scraps of a report signed by Banks in which he verifies the authenticity of eight Babylonian tablets and indicates that they contain an inventory of items found in a temple dating from around 2350 B.C. Banks was used as one of the prototypes for the fictional character, Henry W. Jones, Jr., of the popular "Indiana Jones" movies.

Disciplines

History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (SC 1462)" (2007). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 60.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/60