- Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Administrative Information
- Access:
- Publication Rights:
- Biography
- Scope and Content
- Container List
- Diaries
- Miscellaneous
Anton Hanson Collection
Collection Summary
- Repository
- University of Vermont Libraries Special Collections Burlington, Vermont 05405-3596
- Creator
- Hanson, Anton
- Title
- Anton Hanson Collection
- Dates [inclusive]
- 1902-1956
- Shelf location
- Library Research Annex.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- The Anton Hanson papers include 7 boxes of material which give good descriptions of rural life in early 20th century Vermont.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Anton Hanson Papers, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections © 1998
Access:
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights:
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.
Biography
Anton Hanson was Scandinavian born, a machinist by trade. He worked for R. Hoe and Co., Printing Press, Machine and Saw Manufacturers in New York City until 1923 when his union went on strike. When the strike did not reach a settlement, he decided upon an early retirement. Hanson believed it would be difficult to find another job, due to his almost total deafness. With siblings Olaf and Marie, Anton bought a farm in Halifax, VT., to which he gave the name Breidablick. He lived alone on this farm until his death ca. 1960.
Scope and Content
The Anton Hanson papers include 7 boxes of material arranged into three series. "Correspondence" contains letters (1923-1935, with scattered earlier dates). The correspondence consists mostly of letters to siblings Olaf and Marie in East Elmhurst, NY. "Diaries" contains diaries (1903-1905, 1924-1956). "Miscellaneous" contains newspaper clippings, photographs and mortgage and insurance papers. Letters and diaries give good descriptions of rural life in early 20th century Vermont. Some of the subjects include farming, philosophy and religion, early airplane trips, a Long Island Boy Scout troop's excursions on the farm, the 18th Amendment, the Green Mountain Parkway, unemployment and overpopulation, mathematical problems and puzzles.