Vance Bonner papers
Collection Overview
Collection primarily consists of course materials, personal correspondence, photographs, yearbooks, publications, clippings, and other materials relating to Vance Bonner and her time as a student at Ashley Hall and Newton College of the Sacred Heart. The correspondence includes letters received by Bonner from family and friends, as well as letters she wrote to her mother describing her travels in Europe and South America. The course materials feature report cards, class projects, course syllabi, notes, and related research materials. Also included are yearbooks from both Ashley Hall and Newton College, as well as various award ribbons received by Bonner throughout her academic career.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1991
Creator
- Bonner, Vance (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English and French.
Access Restrictions
This collection has been minimally processed, but is open to research.
Copyright Notice
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Biographical Note
Vance Bonner (born February 10, 1950) is the daughter of Rear Admiral Emmett P. Bonner (1918-1975) and Elizabeth (Healy) Bonner (1922-2010). As a young adult, Bonner lived in Charleston, South Carolina, where her father was stationed at Joint Base Charleston. Bonner graduated from Ashley Hall in 1968 and earned her bachelor’s degree from Newton College of the Sacred Heart in Newton, Massachusetts. Bonner also completed her Doctorate in Health Sciences at Columbia Pacific University, where she researched posture, alignment, and pain reduction. In 1993, Bonner published the Vance Stance, a book relating to the “Bonner System of Structural Reprogramming.”
Full Extent
4.0 linear feet (8 document boxes)
Abstract
Assorted personal papers of Vance Bonner, including course materials, correspondence, photographs, yearbooks, and other ephemera relating to her time as a student at Ashley Hall and Newton College of the Sacred Heart.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated in 2013 and 2015 by Vance Bonner.
Processing Information
Minimally processed by Sarah Meyer, February 2026. For preservation purposes, the collection was re-housed by transferring materials into acid-free boxes and placing documents in acid-free folders. This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Source
- Bonner, Vance (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Bonner, Vance (Person)
- Ashley Hall (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- Newton College of the Sacred Heart (Newton Center, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Vance Bonner Papers, 1962-1991
- Status
- Minimal Record
- Author
- Minimally processed by: Sarah Meyer; finding aid created by: Sarah Meyer
- Date
- 2026
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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