Anne Walters Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Photo 2111

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Anne Walters Photograph Collection was received as part of the Anne Walters Papers, which were processed separately as Mss 171. The photograph collection consists of photographs of the Walter and Buck families. The time period ranges from the 1890s to the 1960s. The photographs were organized into five series: Anne Walters and family, Buck Homestead in North Dakota, Jamestown College, Haig family, Philippines. The Anne Walters and Family Series consists of two portraits of the Anne Walters, a picture of a class in Boulder, Colorado, and a color picture of Dallas and Anne and their four children as adults. The Buck Homestead in North Dakota Series consists of three photographs of the house belonging to the Buck family near Cando, N.D. The images of the house show the homes evolution from a rough homestead claim shack to prosperous farm home. The Jamestown College Series consists of a graduation portrait of Anne Buck, the graduating class of 1915 in caps and gowns, and a poor quality reprint of Anne with classmates wearing hats.

The Haig Family Series contains three images dealing with Anne Walter’s maternal line. One image is of a women standing in a pantry holding a rolling pin. Another image shows Ernecia (Haig) Buck’s childhood home in New York state at Thousand Island. There is also a copy print of some Haig family members. A separate sheet of paper identifies the people on this photograph. The Philippines Series contains three pages from a photo album, and sixteen loose photographs all from Anne Walter’s time spent teaching at Silliman University in Dumaguete. Of interest are pictures of the acting heads of the university and Philippine children in dramatic costumes.

Dates

1890s-1960s

Creator

Walters, Anne, 1892- (Person)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection remain with creator or Institute.

Biography

Anne May Buck Walters, prized playwright and dramatist, was born December 11, 1892 at Webster, North Dakota. Her parents, William and Ernecia (Haig) Buck, homesteaded near Cando, North Dakota in 1893 where she attended a country school. Mrs. Walters attended one year at Cando High School and eventually graduated from Starkweather High School in 1910. She graduated in 1915 from Jamestown College with an interest in drama and acting. She taught for two years at Oakes, North Dakota and graduated from Columbia College of Expression, Chicago, Illinois in 1918. In 1920 Anne Walters moved to the Philippines where she married Dallas Mansfield Walters who had also attended Jamestown College. Mrs. Walters taught speech and drama at Silliman. University in Dumaguete. They returned to the United States in 1933 and she then attended summer school at Boulder, Colorado doing her first professional writing, a play, entitled Head-Ax of Ingfell. Anne Walters moved to Pasadena, California where she was active in the Pasadena Liberal Arts Discussion Group and the Pasadena Playhouse. Anne wrote several plays and books: The Day After Tomorrow (full length play), Proud Heritage (North Dakota play), But Grandmother (play), The Signature (television script), The Long Run (written for the Pasadena Liberal Arts Association Discussion Groups), Beyond Endurance (book written with her son-in-law Jim Marugg), Choice, Anecdotage, The Haig Roots (Haig family history), I Remember, I Remember, Time Passes But Life Is, The Man Who Woke Up, Voice Out of the Whirlwind, Direction for Living (radio script), Gimme Time (one act play), High Hopes (play), Last Night's Paper (one act comedy play), Me (from the autobiography I Remember, I Remember), and The Ultimate Weapon (one act play). Mrs. Walters had fellowships from the Huntington Hartford Foundation and Yaddo, Saratoga, New York. She was elected a member of the Gamma Sigma Honor Society of Jamestown College March 28, 1947. Mrs. Walters later moved to Glendora, California and while living there she wrote several poems: Age "P", You, Waiting List, My Tree, Prayer, and Birthday. Anne died on August 4, 1990 and her body was donated to the USC Dental School. Anne had four children: Margaret (Maggie) Wilson, Santa Barbara, California; Patricia O'Hara, Laguna Hills, California; Sylvia Marugg, Pasadena, California; and Jackson Walters, Glendora, California.