Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Anna Ransier Glass Plate Collection, circa 1920-1940 MS 464Collection Number: MS 464 Biographical NoteAnna Helen Nelson was born in 1885 in Sparta, Wisconsin. She was a missionary to the Hopi Indians in Arizona before she met Hubert E. Ransier through their mutual interest in photography. They were married in 1918 and the couple lived in New York where they were active in their church, the First Baptist Church of Manlius. The Ransiers were leaders and god-parents of the Junior Church and Anna was elected as one of the first women to serve as Deaconess when that office was established. She served as president of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Onondaga Baptist Association and was elected Western Promotional Vice-President of the Women’s Baptist Mission Society of the State of New York. The church claimed Anna as their “missionary-at-large” as during their marriage the Ransiers traveled extensively and took many photographs that Anna would color by hand and use in illustrated travel lectures that she gave at various schools, churches and clubs. After her husband’s death in 1943 Anna again served as a missionary to the Hopis and then later became a Seventh-Day-Adventist. She died in August 1973 at her home in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 88. Scope and ContentPhotographs, circa 1920-1940. This collection is comprised of photographs taken during the extensive travels of Anna Ransier, a Baptist missionary, and her husband Hubert during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The hand-colored glass plate lantern slides were shown to various school, club and church groups at travel lectures that Anna gave during this time. The subjects of the photographs cover a wide geographic area, spanning the United States from the west coast to New England and including Canada and Mexico but of special interest are photographs of various National Parks in both the United States and Canada, the Hopi Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona, Mexico and Mexico City, and “mountaineer” life in the Appalachians of Tennessee. Also included in this collection are handwritten travel notes taken by Mrs. Ransier. A glass plate projector and miscellaneous projection equipment in a black leather accordion briefcase are located in Special Collections. ArrangementThis collection is organized into 3 series.Series I: United States
Subseries 1: Arizona Subseries 2: New England Subseries 3: Southern states Subseries 4: Western states Series II: International Subseries 1: Canada Subseries 2: Mexico Series III: Printed material RestrictionsConditions Governing Access
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It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Controlled Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Ransier, Anna N. Geographic Name(s) Appalachian region -- Pictorial works Arizona – Pictorial works Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) - Pictorial works California – Pictorial works Crater Lake (Or.) - Pictorial works Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) - Pictorial works Glacier National Park (Mont.) - Pictorial works Grand Canyon (Ariz.) - Pictorial works Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) - Pictorial works Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.) – Pictorial works Jasper National Park (Alta.) - Pictorial works Mexico – Pictorial works Quebec (Province) – Pictorial works Tennessee – Pictorial works Waterton Lakes National Park (Alta.) - Pictorial works Yellowstone National Park (Agency : U.S.) – Pictorial works Yosemite National Park (Calif.) - Pictorial works Zion National Park (Utah) - Pictorial works Subject(s) African Americans - South - Pictorial works Hopi Indians – Arizona – Pictorial works Missionaries National parks and reserves – Pictorial works Genre Form(s) glass plate negatives Administrative InformationPreferred Citation
Anna Ransier Glass Plate Collection (MS 464). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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