Guide to the Hiatt Family Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains various records reflecting the interests and activities of the family. The history of the Hiatt family is well-documented in correspondence to and from family members. Similarly, correspondence from friends often reveals information about their respective communities
Ervis grew up in Lynch, Nebraska. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he took a job across the border in South Dakota but traveled back to Lynch quite frequently. During this time many young, single women from the Lynch area wrote to him. Their correspondence reveals much about the social life of young women in a small rural Nebraska town
Other records of interest are: registers of wages for labor performed; the family’s personal daily expense registers; teacher contracts; and WWII letters
Dates
- 1926-1986
Creator
- Hiatt, Anna Belle, 1907-1984 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biographical / Historical
Anna Belle Hiatt (1907-1984) and Ervis Hiatt (1907-1984) grew up in north central Nebraska, near the Nebraska-South Dakota border. She was a school teacher and spent most of her educational career teaching first grade in Evanston, Wyoming. He did numerous jobs, including custodial work for Uinta County School District #1. The couple lived in Lingle and Evanston, Wyoming before retiring to Thornton, Colorado, where they lived out the rest of their lives
Extent
2 cubic feet + 3 volumes
Abstract
Collection of Hiatt family documents reflecting their interests and activities
Arrangement
The collection is divided into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Education Records; III. Family Records; IV. Financial Records; V. Oversize Records
Acquisition Information
Collection was donated by Deirtre Hiatt in November 2021. The accessions include: H2021-35
Processing Information
Processed by Wyoming State Archives staff. Finding aid last updated in 2022. Encoded in 2022.
Creator
- Hiatt, Anna Belle, 1907-1984 (Person)
- Hiatt, Ervis Clayton, 1907-1984 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Hiatt Family Collection
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Wyoming State Archives staff
- Date
- © 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov