The Delores (Ketterling) Hanson Collection consists of copies of a photograph and family history information and a shawl. The collection has been organized into two series: Family History and Textile.

The Family History Series is comprised of a photograph and a manuscript relating to a shawl. The image is a matted photograph of the interior of the Zeeland, ND Grain Elevator Office with manager Christian Munsch standing at his office desk. The image is dated to 1940. There is a dusty parlor stove in the foreground, a partially covered window in back, and a calendar on wall at right. Other people in the image are: Jake Ackerman (left, sitting) and Henry Bentz (left, standing in bib-overalls. The manuscript is titled “Grandmother’s Shawl.” It was written by Pauline (Munsch) Nelson in 1996. The manuscript has family history information and the story of the shawl.

The Textile Series includes one shawl. The shawl has Jacquard weave borders of gray, black, and white wool with nine inch borders of floral-paisley abstracted arabesques and with four-inch knotted fringe.