Interview Books, 2007-2010

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The first part of this book includes the correspondence and essays of Ann Miller Hansen. This book contains the following interviews:

Eliana Kay Hansen: Eliana is the daughter of Ann and Michael Hansen. She had served in the Israeli Army for six months at the time of the interview. She discusses her military training, her view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the brutal truths of war.
Michael Allen Hansen: Michael talks about his background and childhood growing up in California, and his parents’ experiences as foster parents. He also discusses his memory of World War II, his schooling, and his marriage to Ann.
Yaron Hansen: Yaron was born in Israel in 1995. He is the youngest brother of Allen and Eliana, and describes his relationships with them. He talks about his trip to Budapest and experiences traveling in airplanes, as well as an incident during which he was hospitalized for parasites. He also talks about the war in Lebanon. His discussion of school includes a school play he was in, as well as the “Keschet class” he is in that helps people with Asperger’s function better within society. He also talks about traveling to Utah, the snow there, the 2009 General Conference, and the Festival of the American West.
Yvonne Hansen: Yvonne discusses her childhood, a period of which was spent in an orphanage. She was born in the LDS Church and baptized at the age of eight. She talks about school, her grandparents, and her move to Israel in the 1970s. She discusses her work at Temple Square in Salt Lake City and meeting her husband, as well as living in New York City, Salt Lake City, and Montana. She talks about her divorce, her ex-husband’s death, and money troubles, as well as her children.

Dates

2007-2010

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.