Hutton Ancker's grandfather, Daniel Snyder, donated the ten acres on which the local normal school was built.
[2][3] Hutton Ancker began her visual arts career in the 1920s as a fashion illustrator and designer, working in New York and Paris.
[3][2] Hutton Ancker taught art at Cooper Union,[4][5] New York City's Pratt Institute, and the University of Cincinnati.
[2] Hutton Ancker's work was exhibited in Paris, Rome, and New York, and she once gave a one-woman show of her sculptures at Bloomsburg State College's Haas Gallery.
[8] Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania maintains a special collection of scholarship and media coverage relevant to Hutton Ancker, who is an alumna.