LaVerne Hanners Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-992-018
Scope and Content
The Hanners Collection consists of 206 photographic postcards prints, 11 4”x5” photographic negatives, two commercial postcards, and seven large crayon portraits. The bulk of the material consists of family snapshots dating from 1905-1936 depicting cattle ranching, wheat and alfalfa farming, landscapes, and domestic activities mostly in Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Maine. It also includes group and individual portraits.
Many of the picture postcards include addressees, short letters, and captions. These materials can be primarily attributed to the family of Cora M. Wince. Cora Wince was known to be a fellow resident and acquaintance of the Goodson family when they lived in Kenton, Oklahoma. The Wince family had relations in North Dakota and connections in Maine and Iowa which are represented in the collection.
Notated locations include: Kenton, Boise City, Willow Bar, and Black Mesa, Oklahoma; Pierre, Red Elm, Dupree, Mitchell, and Rattlesnake Butte, South Dakota; Bar Mills, Sabbathday Lake, Westbrook, Gorham, Prout’s Neck, Old Orchard, and Pine Point, Maine; and Elkhart and Scott County Kansas.
Many of the picture postcards include addressees, short letters, and captions. These materials can be primarily attributed to the family of Cora M. Wince. Cora Wince was known to be a fellow resident and acquaintance of the Goodson family when they lived in Kenton, Oklahoma. The Wince family had relations in North Dakota and connections in Maine and Iowa which are represented in the collection.
Notated locations include: Kenton, Boise City, Willow Bar, and Black Mesa, Oklahoma; Pierre, Red Elm, Dupree, Mitchell, and Rattlesnake Butte, South Dakota; Bar Mills, Sabbathday Lake, Westbrook, Gorham, Prout’s Neck, Old Orchard, and Pine Point, Maine; and Elkhart and Scott County Kansas.
Dates
- 1900-1936
Access Restrictions
Collection is available for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
LaVerne Hanners (July 15, 1921-May 15, 1998) was an American author and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Arkansas. Hanners was born Laverne Goodson in Colorado to Stella Ellis Goodson and Felix Goodson. In 1925 her family moved from Colorado to the Valley of the Cimarron near Kenton, Oklahoma. After years of ranching in Colorado and New Mexico, Hanners left to attend Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico where she received an M.A. in English, and later her Ph.D. from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Hanners taught English at the University of Arkansas at Pine Buff until 1987. Hanners was first married to Charles (Jiggs) W. Collins and later to Walter Hanners. LaVerne Hanners died in Clayton, New Mexico and was interred in Kenton, Oklahoma.
Hanners published poems and articles in periodicals throughout her career. She authored The Lords of the Valley (1996) and Girl on a Pony (1994). Both books are a personal depiction of ranch life in the Cimarron Valley of Oklahoma between the First and Second World Wars. Hanners characterizes cowboys and their way of life, and describes the challenging situations caused by weather, sickness, and death in the Cimarron Valley. The effects of the Great Depression, the drought of the 1930s, and the subsequent dust storms are revisited throughout her writings.
Hanners published poems and articles in periodicals throughout her career. She authored The Lords of the Valley (1996) and Girl on a Pony (1994). Both books are a personal depiction of ranch life in the Cimarron Valley of Oklahoma between the First and Second World Wars. Hanners characterizes cowboys and their way of life, and describes the challenging situations caused by weather, sickness, and death in the Cimarron Valley. The effects of the Great Depression, the drought of the 1930s, and the subsequent dust storms are revisited throughout her writings.
Extent
226 items (1 box) : 206 photographic postcard prints, 11 photographic negatives, 7 crayon portraits, 2 postcards ; 4 x 5 in. negatives
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The bulk of the material consists of family snapshots dating from 1905-1936 depicting ranching and farming, landscapes, and domestic activities mostly in Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Maine. It also includes group and individual portraits.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number; oversize items filed in Large Drawers.
Collection Available Online
Some photographs from the LaVerne Hanners Collection are available in digital format from New Mexico Digital Collections.
Processing Information
Collection was processed in September 2018.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the LaVerne Hanners Collection, 1900-1936
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Rachel Donovan
- Date
- © 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451