Archives West Finding Aid

The Hal Evarts, Jr. papers are divided into three series. The first contains correspondence, divided into incoming and outgoing. One file, 1956-1960, contains the records and correspondence of the membership committee, Western Writers of America. Since the collection was processed at various times and contains addenda, the correspondence may not be arranged chronologically as a whole series.

The second series contains both short story and novel length manuscripts. The manuscripts are divided by work and arranged alphabetically. Also included in this series is a single folder containing a screenplay written by Evarts. The screenplay "The Restless Gun" is in the same style as the short stories and novels.

Finally, the remainder of the collection is grouped under miscellaneous. This series contains tearsheets of Evarts in published material. This series also contains royalty statements received by Evarts for his works. Four personal journals concerning Evarts' world tour when he was in his twenties are also present in the series. The series concludes also includes bound materials containing published work of Evarts. Two of the folders contain German magazines with Evarts' short stories in German. Also included is a Yearbook of Stanford writing from 1936 and a recognition of Evarts' membership of "The Other Padres," a group of writers in the San Diego, California area.

A box of published books by Evarts was also part of the collection. However, these have been removed and are housed separately.