HANK WILLIAMS: Royalty Statements, Clippings, Etc

Lot: 448

1950s and later.
The royalty statements while Randall Hank Williams was a minor, 1962 and later, records of same as submitted to IRS. Studio photographs of Jessie Lillybelle Skipper, Irene Williams Smith, and her husband. Attorney letter re Williams Estate debt for 1953 and 1954, and into 1956. Mention of a movie, and agreement re Ramblin Man, 1987. Newspaper clippings, fan club journals, letters. Old checks, ledgers, Hank Williams mother, 1951. Copy of legal statement regarding inheritance of minor, unmarried parents, at time of Hank Williams death, copy of guardianship estate, Randall Hank Williams. Atty correspondence and filing re death of Hank Williams mother, mimeographs, etc.
Approximate dimensions: All of the documents fit into a bankers box of 11 high x 16 wide x 12 1/2 inches deep, some are already folded..
Irene Williams Smith, sister to Hank Williams, managed the singers legacy after their mother died in the mid 1950s. By descent.
Condition: some of the pages yellow, creased, rust and crease marks from old paperclips several documents faded.

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