John and D’Ann Naser Andersen photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1978

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The D’Ann Naser Andersen photograph collection consists of two parts. Part one contains 1 box of 148 photographs depicting D’Ann Naser Andersen’s family, nursing career, and home in Utah spanning the 1920s to 2000s. Part two consists of 3 boxes containing 3 photograph albums with 664 photographs spanning about 1900 to 1950. These photograph albums were compiled by Mae Ogden depicting her family, friends, and travels to national parks and outdoor destinations in the American West, including Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon.

Dates

1920-2005

Creator

Andersen, D'Ann Naser (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the John and D’Ann Naser Andersen photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Biographical Note

D’Ann Naser Andersen was born to Mae Ogden and Karl Naser . Her father, Karl Naser, served in the United States Navy in World War II. D’Ann’s mother, Mae Ogden Naser White (1911-2003), worked at Geneva Steel and at the Atomic City in Oakridge, Tennessee, on the atomic bomb project during World War II. After the war, Mae graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) on June 1, 1948, and taught typing and shorthand at Weber College in Ogden, Utah. After Karl and Mae divorced, Mae married Lee White in 1953.

After a childhood spent in Richfield, Utah, D’Ann attended BYUfor one year before transferring to the University of Utah, where she trained as a nurse at the Latter Day Saints Hospital and graduated in 1954. While a student, D’Ann cared for polio patients during an epidemic, and in her senior year she participated in field trials for the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), or Salk vaccine, at an elementary school in Ogden, Utah. D’Ann worked as a nurse in operating rooms in Utah and in San Francisco, California. She also taught nursing at BYU. In addition to training as a nurse, D’Ann was an artist, studying painting under Harold Petersen.

In October, 1956, she married John Waldo Andersen. Together, the couple had four children: Neil John Andersen (1957-), James Alan Andersen (1959-), Vicki Andersen (1962-), and Brent Steven Andersen (1964-). The family lived in a house in Salt Lake City designed by notable Ralph A. Edwards in 1956. Edwards designed well-known Utah buildings like the Salt Palace Convention Center and Salt Lake Public Library.

Extent

812 Items (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection depicts the life of D’Ann Naser Anderson, who studied nursing at the University of Utah from 1950-1954, as well as the life of her mother, Mae Ogden White.