Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Summary Information

Repository

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Creator

Evelyn Hawes

Title

Evelyn Hawes Papers

ID

Cage 226

Date [inclusive]

1888-1975

Extent

28 containers, 14 linear feet

Language

Collection materials are in English.

Abstract

This collection consists primarily of literary manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, and correspondence related to Evelyn Hawes' writing projects, including her books Proud Vision (1964), The Happy Land (1965), A Madras-Type Jacket (1967), and Six Nights a Week (1971).

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Biography/History

Author Evelyn Johnson Hawes was born in Colville, Washington to W. Lon Johnson and Iva (Dickey) Johnson. She attended Washington State University and the University of Washington, receiving her bachelor's degree from UW in 1936.

Hawes taught writing as member of the faculty at several institutions, including the University of Washington, the University of Cincinnati, Canisius College, Amherst Central Adult School, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Hawes' published works include many articles and stories, and several books: They Also Serve (1943),  Proud Vision; the History of the Buffalo General Hospital: The First Hundred Years (1964),  The Happy Land (1965),  Boys Are All Right, Butà (1965),  A Madras-type Jacket (1967), and  Six Nights a Week (1971).

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Scope and Content

This collection consists primarily of literary manuscripts, galley proofs, printed materials, and correspondence related to Evelyn Hawes' writing projects. Other materials include correspondence and other documentation related to Hawes' participation in the National League of American Pen Women, along with some personal and family items, and some correspondence related to her teaching.

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Arrangement

When processing of this collection was completed in 2005, the existing order was generally maintained. Because the papers were received in separate accessions, there are some overlapping sequences in the "Correspondence" series. The "Miscellaneous Correspondence" and "Miscellaneous" subseries were created during processing to facilitate access to unsorted or unidentified materials.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

Evelyn Hawes donated this collection of her literary papers to the Washington State University Libraries in 1969 and 1970.

Processing Information

The collection was partially processed shortly after it was acquired; processing was completed by Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian, in 2005.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Related materials may be found in Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections:

Cage 195, Lon Johnson Papers, 1912-1967

Unprocessed manuscript collections:

MS 1987-41, Evelyn Hawes and Lon Johnson Papers

MS 1982-62, Evelyn Hawes Papers

MS 1994-55, Evelyn Hawes Papers

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Names and Subjects

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Detailed Description of Collection

1 Correspondence  1921-1975, undated
1.1 Miscellaneous correspondence  1948-1972, undated
			box	folder
Taylor Caldwell  1959			1	1
Foreign exchange students  1957			1	2
Peggy Griffenhagen  1962-1971			1	3
Nat Hawes  1948-1949			1	4
Sloan Wilson  1955-1958			1	5
Miscellaneous correspondence
			box	folder
1948-1949, undated			1	6
1950-1953			1	7
1954-1956			1	8
1957-1959			1	9
1960-1969			1	10
1967-1972			1	11-13
1.2 Correspondence  1921-1975
			box	folder
Amherst Central Senior High School, Adult Education  1957-1961			2	14
Canisius College  1951-1955			2	15
Chi Omega  1950-1967			2	16-18
Ann Elmo Agency
			box	folder
1955-1968			2	19
1959-1964			2	20-22
			box	folder
Charles Ferguson  1964-1965			2	23
Harcourt, Brace and World  1964-1967			3	24-26
Hawes Christmas letters  1966-1968			3	27
W. Lon Johnson  1948-1967			3	28
Betty Lowman  1938-1939			3	29
Ripley's  1941			3	30
W.S. Wabnitz and Rachel Wabnitz
			box	folder
1951-1954			3	31-32
1961-1966			3	33
1965-1970			3	34
1971-1975			3	35
Personal
			box	folder
1951-1952			4	36
1967-1968			4	37-42
1968-1970			4	43-44
1965-1969			5	45-46
			box	folder
Johnson family  1921-1940			5	47
Childhood and undated  ca. 1920s-1930s			5	48
Book promotion
			box	folder
Tacoma  1965			5	49
Cincinnati  1965			5	50
Travel  1965-1967			5	51
Magazine correspondence
			box	folder
Aero-Mayflower (article on moving)  1959-1961			5	52
American, Seventeen, Holland's, Parents, etc.  1950-1957			5	53
Colliers, Companion, McCall's, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.  1950-1964			5	54
Ann Elmo (agent)  1952-1959			5	55-57
Charles Ferguson (editor, The Reader's Digest), Robert Lescher  1958-1965			6	58-60
Ladies' Home Journal (and various book publishers)
			box	folder
1950-1958			6	61-62
1958-1963			6	63
Parents Magazine, Eldorado, Reader's Digest, The Writer, etc  1957-1964			6	64
Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar (primarily printed rejection notices)  undated			6	65
Saturday Evening Post
			box	folder
1950-1955			6	66-67
1960-1961			6	68
			box	folder
Miscellaneous small magazines  1951			6	69
Publishers  1949-1954			6	70
Miscellaneous  1949-1955			6	71
Fan letters
			box	folder
Fan letters, replies to publicity, letters regarding The Happy Land 1965-1969			7	72-76
Fan letters  1965			7	77-80
Personal and fan letters  1962-1975			8	81-85
General  1964-1969
			box	folder
1964-1967			9	86
1967			9	87-88
1968			9	89-90
1969			9	91
General  1967			9	92-95
1.3 Subject files  1944-1972
			box	folder
Amherst Eight O'clock Club  undated			9	96
High school fraternities and sororities  1950-1957			9	97-98
National League of American Pen Women
			box	folder
Awards chairman  1970-1972			10	99
Banquet  1970-1972			10	100
Book review and correspondence, Marion Benasutti  1965-1966			10	101
Contest rules  1970-1971			10	102
Contest winners  1972			10	103-104
Fiction contest: Pompea, Mudra  1970-1972			10	105
General correspondence  1954-1966			10	106
Invitations and inquiry letters  1971-1972			10	107
Non-fiction: Alice Partridge  1970			10	108
Juveniles: LeVee  1970-1972			10	109
Letters, biennial  1972			10	110
Letters contest  1972			11	111
Letters prize awards  1970-1972			11	112
Willa Low, Convention Salt Lake  1968-1972			11	113
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery reports  1972			11	114
Poetry  1970-1972			11	115
President, Letters banquet  1970-1972			11	116-117
Publications  1971-1972			11	118
Report (addenda), Pen Women Award Funds  1972			11	119
Roster chairman, The Pen Woman, Lee Waldrop  1970-1972			11	120
"Sometimes I Write" (article)  1971-1972			11	121
Western New York Branch achievements  1970-1973			11	122-124
Winners (outgoing letters), 7 February  1972			12	125
Workshops, Sarah Brock  1970-1972			12	126
Miscellaneous  1964-1968			12	127
Miscellaneous,  circa 1950s			12	128
Plywood  1944			12	129
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2 Miscellaneous and unidentified materials  1888-1968
			box	folder
Miscellaneous  1945-1968, undated			13	130
News clippings
			box	folder
circa 1930s-1950s			13	131
1964-1967			13	132-134
			box	folder
Radio interview  1949			13	135
Reviews			13	136
Memorabilia
			box	folder
Junior high school pictures and activities  circa 1920s			13	137
Family diplomas and miscellaneous items  1888-1935			13	138
Miscellaneous  1932-1935			13	139
Programs and cards  1908-1935			13	140
Scrapbook			13	141
Skookum (yearbook of Colville High School)  1929, 1931			13	142
			box	folder
Photographs			14	143-144
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3 Manuscripts and book files  1929-1971, undated
3.1 Miscellaneous or unlabeled manuscripts  1929-1930, undated
			box	folder
Journal  1929-1930			14	145-147
Judy Brown article, handwritten copy  undated			14	148
Young Marrieds in Australia  undated			14	149
Miscellaneous or unidentified manuscripts  undated			14	150
Rough drafts  undated			14	151-154
3.2 Manuscripts and galley proofs (books and articles), printed material  1936-1971, undated
A Madras-Type Jacket
			box	folder
Manuscript and galley proof as returned from Harcourt, Brace, and World  1966-1968			15	155-158
Manuscript, Harcourt-Brace, Don's corrections  undated			15	159-161
First draft  1966, undated			15	162-164
Redbook  1966			16	165-167
Typewritten corrections  1966			16	168
Second draft, page proofs  1967			16	169-172
"I Loved the Way You Described Aunt Mary" (drafts, correspondence, printed version)  1967-1969			16	173
The Happy Land
			box	folder
Page proofs  undated			16	174
Extra pages  1964			16	175
Where Is Eldorado? (earlier title), original of revision  1963			17	176-179
Play  undated			17	180-182
Final manuscript  undated			17	183-185
Long version, before cut  1964			18	186-189
Galley proofs  undated			18	190
Marked galleys, final typed version  undated			18	191-192
Uncorrected manuscript  1964			18	193-196
"False starts"  undated			19	197
Where Is Eldorado?, work on revising  undated			19	198-201
The Happy Land (Where Is Eldorado?), corrected manuscript, June  1964			19	202-205
Corrections (typed), final  July 1964			19	206-207
Corrections (typed), final  July 1964			20	208
Reviews, publicity  1965, undated			20	209
Correspondence  1964-1965			20	210
Unlabeled revisions  undated			20	211
Eldorado cuttings (back from Harcourt)  June 1964			20	212-214
Eldorado fragments, 1961 beginnings  1961, undated			20	215-216
			box	folder
"What Price Conformity?"  undated			20	217
"Who Am I?"  undated			20	218
"Dream of a Far Land"  undated			20	219
"There Is a Season" (4 versions)  1969, undated			20	220
"Skeleton at the Feast," miscellaneous  1968, undated			20	221
Book reviews  circa 1950s-1960s			21	222-223
"My Dear Friend--My Son," research notes plus final manuscript  1960			21	224-227
"Apocalypse"  February 1964			21	228
Proud Vision
			box	folder
Galley proof  July 1964			21	229
Original manuscript  undated			21	230-233
			box	folder
"School Daze"  1961			22	234
"What Price Conformity?"  1961			22	234
"Detroit, Where Are You?"  undated			22	235
"How Can I Explain Seattle?"  undated			22	235
"Dream of a Far Land"  undated			22	235
"There Is a Season"  undated			22	235
"Dream of a Far Land," revision  1962			22	236
"Dream of a Far Land"  undated			22	237
"Who Am I?"  undated			22	238
"Bald Knobbers" (fragment)  undated			22	238
"Who Am I?"  undated			22	239-240
"Detroit, Where Are You?"  undated			22	241
"Apocalypse" revision  March 1964			22	242
Short stories (later incorporated into The Happy Land) undated			22	243
"There Is a Season"  1962, undated			22	244-245
"The Choice"  undated			22	246
"Never So Again"  undated			22	247
"So You Want to Go to College"  undated			22	247
"On the Move: Home Again"  undated			22	248
"Danger! College Freshmen!"  1959			22	249
"The Defense Rests"  undated			23	250
"Too Young to Retire: Jobs for Older Women"  undated			23	251
Proud Vision
			box	folder
Original manuscript  undated			23	252-255
Research notes, related documentation  1962-1965, undated			23	256-260
Research notes, manuscript  circa 1962			23	261
Research notes, manuscript  circa 1962			24	262
Drafts  undated			24	263-265
Buffalo General Hospital, original copy  undated			24	266-267
			box	folder
"Just to Love"  undated			24	268
Published stories  undated			24	269
"The Gray Man" (revised to "The Long Night")  1951-1952			24	270
Holland's  1950-1952			24	271
"Sins of the Fathers"  1954			25	272
Short stories, articles  1949-1961, undated			25	273-278
Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo
			box	folder
Correspondence  1969			25	279
Final manuscript, corrections  1969			25	280-283
Drafts  undated			26	284-287
			box	folder
"They Also Serve" (radio scripts and play)  undated			26	288-289
"Once a Minute"
			box	folder
Correspondence  1943-1944			26	290
Drafts, manuscripts  undated			26	291-293
			box	folder
Short stories  undated			26	294
Miscellaneous  undated			26	295
Six Nights a Week
			box	folder
Galley proofs  1971			27	296
Corrected galleys  1971			27	297
Final manuscript, correction notes  1971			27	298-300
Fan letters  1971-1973			27	301-303
			box	folder
"I Promise Thee"  undated			28	304
Magazines containing published material
			box	folder
1936-1950			28	305
1952-1959			28	306
1961-1967			28	307
1967-1969			28	308
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4 Administrative files  1965-1972
			box	folder
Correspondence (primarily between Hawes and Earle Connette)  1965-1972			28	309-313
Biographical information  ca. 1970s			28	314
Processing file   Iincludes Hawes' listings of materials shipped to WSU, and processing notes regarding preliminary arrangement.			28	315
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