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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 750 items) |
Abstract | Elizabeth Evans was born in 1935 and grew up in Statesville, N.C. She received her doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970 and subsequently taught literature at Georgia Institute of Technology. She authored books on various writers, including Eudora Welty (1981), May Sarton (1989), Anne Tyler (1993), and Doris Betts (1997). The papers of Elizabeth Evans are letters and other materials relating to prominent women writers, including Doris Betts, Josephine Jacobsen, Maxine Kumin, Sally Fitzgerald, May Sarton, Anne Tyler, and Cecil Dawkins. There are also letters from Anne Tyler's mother, Phyllis Mahon Tyler. Letters from Doris Betts cover a wide variety of subjects. They include critical comment and advice on Evans's literary efforts, as well as discussion about day-to-day obligations of professional writers and news of mutual friends. Also included are drafts of articles about Betts, draft material from Evans's book about Betts, and correspondence with others about Betts; interviews Evans conducted with Betts; and correspondence of Betts with others, including Penelope Presley, a high school student to whom Betts wrote about creative writing. Letters from Josephine Jacobsen and her husband, Eric Jacobsen, relate mostly to personal matters. Letters from Anne Tyler discuss both personal matters and topics relating to Evans's book about Tyler's work. Also included are Anne Tyler's baby book and childhood diary (photocopies). Letters from Phyllis Mahon Tyler also primarily relate to Evans's Tyler book. Letters from Maxine Kumin, Sally Fitzgerald, and Cecil Dawkins deal mostly with aspects of each author's career and professional development, but there is also information about their everyday activities. May Sarton letters relate primarily to Evans's book on Sarton's work. Also included are manuscripts, clippings, and photographs relating to Evans's correspondents. |
Creator | Evans, Elizabeth, 1935- . |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
Processed by: John Foster, December 2000; updated by Nancy Kaiser, August 2004; updated by Joyce Chapman, October 2007; updated by Gergana Abernathy, July 2016
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Elizabeth Evans was born in 1935 and grew up in Statesville, N.C. She received her doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970 and subsequently taught literature at Georgia Institute of Technology. She authored books on various writers, including Eudora Welty (1981), May Sarton (1989), Anne Tyler (1993), and Doris Betts (1997).
Back to TopThe papers of Elizabeth Evans are letters and other materials relating to prominent women writers, including Doris Betts, Josephine Jacobsen, Maxine Kumin, Sally Fitzgerald, May Sarton, Anne Tyler, and Cecil Dawkins. There are also letters from Anne Tyler's mother, Phyllis Mahon Tyler. Letters from Doris Betts cover a wide variety of subjects. They include critical comment and advice on Evans's literary efforts, as well as discussion about day-to-day obligations of professional writers and news of mutual friends. Also included are drafts of articles about Betts, draft material from Evans's book about Betts, and correspondence with others about Betts; interviews Evans conducted with Betts; and correspondence of Betts with others, including Penelope Presley, a high school student to whom Betts wrote about creative writing. Letters from Josephine Jacobsen and her husband, Eric Jacobsen, relate mostly to personal matters. Letters from Anne Tyler discuss both personal matters and topics relating to Evans's book about Tyler's work. Letters from Phyllis Mahon Tyler also primarily relate to Evans's Tyler book. Also included are Anne Tyler's baby book and childhood diary (photocopies). Letters from Maxine Kumin, Sally Fitzgerald, and Cecil Dawkins deal mostly with aspects of each author's career and professional development, but there is also information about their everyday activities. May Sarton letters relate primarily to Evans's book on Sarton's work. Also included are manuscripts, clippings, and photographs relating to Evans's correspondents.
Back to TopArrangement: by correspondent.
The papers of Elizabeth Evans are letters and other materials relating to prominent women writers, including Doris Betts, Josephine Jacobsen, Maxine Kumin, Sally Fitzgerald, May Sarton, and Anne Tyler. There are also letters from Anne Tyler's mother, Phyllis Mahon Tyler. Letters from Doris Betts cover a wide variety of subjects. They include critical comment and advice on Evans's literary efforts, as well as discussion about day-to-day obligations of professional writers and news of mutual friends. Also included are drafts of articles about Betts, draft material from Evans's book about Betts, and correspondence with others about Betts; interviews Evans conducted with Betts; and correspondence of Betts with others, including Penelope Presley, a high school student to whom Betts wrote about creative writing. Letters from Josephine Jacobsen and her husband, Eric Jacobsen, relate mostly to personal matters. Letters from Anne Tyler discuss both personal matters and topics relating to Evans's book about Tyler's work. Letters from Phyllis Mahon Tyler also primarily relate to Evans's Tyler book. Letters from Maxine Kumin and Sally Fitzgerald deal mostly with aspects of each author's career and professional development, but there is also information about their everyday activities. May Sarton letters relate primarily to Evans's book on Sarton's work. Also included are manuscripts, clippings, and photographs relating to Evans's correspondents.
Undated photographs of Elizabeth Evans's correspondents and others, including Doris Betts, May Sarton, Maxine Kumin, Josephine Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen, and Anne Tyler.
Image Folder PF-5025/1-6
PF-5025/1PF-5025/2PF-5025/3PF-5025/4PF-5025/5PF-5025/6 |
Photographs, undated |
Papers include articles, reviews, short stories, and poems by Josephine Jacobsen; reviews of Jacobsen's writing; and some biographical clippings.
Folder 34 |
Jacobsen, Josephine: Articles, reviews, and short stories |
Folder 35-36
Folder 35Folder 36 |
Jacobsen, Josephine: Poems |
Folder 37 |
Jacobsen, Josephine: Reviews of |
Folder 38-39
Folder 38Folder 39 |
Jacobsen, Josephine: Biographical materials |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Papers include letters, 1986-1994, from Cecil Dawkins regarding writing, professional activities, her relationship with Flannery O'Connor, and personal matters; Evans's correspondence, 1979-1981, relating to publication of Eudora Welty (1981); an obituary and a eulogy for the funeral mass of Regina Cline O'Connor by Sally Fitzgerald; a letter from Josephine Jacobsen; and a tribute speech about Josephine Jacobsen by Maxine Kumin.
Folder 40 |
Dawkins, Cecil: Letters, 1985-1994Letters were closed to researchers until 2014. |
Folder 41 |
Eudora Welty (1981): Correspondence, 1979-1981 |
Folder 42 |
Fitzgerald, Sally: Regina Cline O'Connor materials, 1995 |
Folder 43 |
Jacobsen, Josephine: Correspondence |
Folder 44 |
Kumin, Maxine: Speech |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
This addition consists of printed emails, letters, and greeting cards to Elizabeth Evans from Anne Tyler, 1990-2006; Maxine Kumin, 2003-2007; and Doris Betts, 2004-2007. Subjects are mostly personal, regarding family, friends, and health.
Folder 45 |
Betts, Doris: Correspondence, 2004-2007 |
Folder 46 |
Kumin, Maxine: Correspondence, 2003-2007 |
Folder 47 |
Tyler, Anne: Correspondence, 1985-2006 |
Arrangement: Chronological.
This addition consists of photocopies of Anne Tyler's baby book, 1941-1958, which tracks her development from birth to age 6 and includes inserts of report cards, acceptance letters, photographs, and other materials; photocopies of Anne Tyler's 1949 childhood diary; and undated photocopies of early outlines of Tyler's work Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. The originals are owned by Anne Tyler.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5025/1 |
Tyler, Anne: Baby book, 1941-1958 |
Folder 48 |
Tyler, Anne: Diary, 1949 |
Folder 49 |
Tyler, Anne: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant outlines, undated |
Separated items include photographs (PF-5025/1-6).
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