Evelyn Hawes Papers, 1888-1975
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Evelyn Hawes
- Title
- Evelyn Hawes Papers
- Dates
- 1888-1975 (inclusive)18881975
- Quantity
- 28 containers, (14 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- Cage 226
- Summary
- 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).
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical Note
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).
Content Description
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.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Evelyn Hawes Papers, 1888-1975. Collection number: Cage 226. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
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.
Acquisition Information
Evelyn Hawes donated this collection of her literary papers to the Washington State University Libraries in 1969 and 1970.
Processing Note
The collection was partially processed shortly after it was acquired; processing was completed by Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian, in 2005.
Related Materials
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
Detailed Description of the Collection
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1: Correspondence, 1921-1975, undated
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1.1: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1948-1972, undated
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Description: Taylor CaldwellDates: 1959Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Foreign exchange studentsDates: 1957Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Peggy GriffenhagenDates: 1962-1971Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Nat HawesDates: 1948-1949Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Sloan WilsonDates: 1955-1958Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Miscellaneous correspondence
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Dates: 1948-1949, undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 6
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Dates: 1950-1953Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Dates: 1954-1956Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Dates: 1957-1959Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Dates: 1960-1969Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Dates: 1967-1972Container: Box 1, Folder 11-13
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1.2: Correspondence, 1921-1975
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Description: Amherst Central Senior High School, Adult EducationDates: 1957-1961Container: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: Canisius CollegeDates: 1951-1955Container: Box 2, Folder 15
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Description: Chi OmegaDates: 1950-1967Container: Box 2, Folder 16-18
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Ann Elmo Agency
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Dates: 1955-1968Container: Box 2, Folder 19
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Dates: 1959-1964Container: Box 2, Folder 20-22
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Description: Charles FergusonDates: 1964-1965Container: Box 2, Folder 23
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Description: Harcourt, Brace and WorldDates: 1964-1967Container: Box 3, Folder 24-26
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Description: Hawes Christmas lettersDates: 1966-1968Container: Box 3, Folder 27
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Description: W. Lon JohnsonDates: 1948-1967Container: Box 3, Folder 28
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Description: Betty LowmanDates: 1938-1939Container: Box 3, Folder 29
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Description: Ripley'sDates: 1941Container: Box 3, Folder 30
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W.S. Wabnitz and Rachel Wabnitz
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Dates: 1951-1954Container: Box 3, Folder 31-32
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Dates: 1961-1966Container: Box 3, Folder 33
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Dates: 1965-1970Container: Box 3, Folder 34
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Dates: 1971-1975Container: Box 3, Folder 35
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Personal
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Dates: 1951-1952Container: Box 4, Folder 36
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Dates: 1967-1968Container: Box 4, Folder 37-42
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Dates: 1968-1970Container: Box 4, Folder 43-44
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Dates: 1965-1969Container: Box 5, Folder 45-46
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Description: Johnson familyDates: 1921-1940Container: Box 5, Folder 47
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Description: Childhood and undatedDates: ca. 1920s-1930sContainer: Box 5, Folder 48
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Book promotion
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Description: TacomaDates: 1965Container: Box 5, Folder 49
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Description: CincinnatiDates: 1965Container: Box 5, Folder 50
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Description: TravelDates: 1965-1967Container: Box 5, Folder 51
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Magazine correspondence
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Description: Aero-Mayflower (article on moving)Dates: 1959-1961Container: Box 5, Folder 52
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Description: American, Seventeen, Holland's, Parents, etc.Dates: 1950-1957Container: Box 5, Folder 53
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Description: Colliers, Companion, McCall's, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.Dates: 1950-1964Container: Box 5, Folder 54
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Description: Ann Elmo (agent)Dates: 1952-1959Container: Box 5, Folder 55-57
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Description: Charles Ferguson (editor, The Reader's Digest), Robert LescherDates: 1958-1965Container: Box 6, Folder 58-60
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Ladies' Home Journal (and various book publishers)
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Dates: 1950-1958Container: Box 6, Folder 61-62
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Dates: 1958-1963Container: Box 6, Folder 63
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Description: Parents Magazine, Eldorado, Reader's Digest, The Writer, etcDates: 1957-1964Container: Box 6, Folder 64
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Description: Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar (primarily printed rejection notices)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 65
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Saturday Evening Post
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Dates: 1950-1955Container: Box 6, Folder 66-67
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Dates: 1960-1961Container: Box 6, Folder 68
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Description: Miscellaneous small magazinesDates: 1951Container: Box 6, Folder 69
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Description: PublishersDates: 1949-1954Container: Box 6, Folder 70
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1949-1955Container: Box 6, Folder 71
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Fan letters
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Description: Fan letters, replies to publicity, letters regarding The Happy LandDates: 1965-1969Container: Box 7, Folder 72-76
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Description: Fan lettersDates: 1965Container: Box 7, Folder 77-80
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Description: Personal and fan lettersDates: 1962-1975Container: Box 8, Folder 81-85
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General, 1964-1969
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Description: 1964-1967Container: Box 9, Folder 86
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Dates: 1967Container: Box 9, Folder 87-88
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Dates: 1968Container: Box 9, Folder 89-90
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Dates: 1969Container: Box 9, Folder 91
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Description: GeneralDates: 1967Container: Box 9, Folder 92-95
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1.3: Subject files, 1944-1972
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Description: Amherst Eight O'clock ClubDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 96
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Description: High school fraternities and sororitiesDates: 1950-1957Container: Box 9, Folder 97-98
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National League of American Pen Women
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Description: Awards chairmanDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 10, Folder 99
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Description: BanquetDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 10, Folder 100
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Description: Book review and correspondence, Marion BenasuttiDates: 1965-1966Container: Box 10, Folder 101
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Description: Contest rulesDates: 1970-1971Container: Box 10, Folder 102
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Description: Contest winnersDates: 1972Container: Box 10, Folder 103-104
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Description: Fiction contest: Pompea, MudraDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 10, Folder 105
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Description: General correspondenceDates: 1954-1966Container: Box 10, Folder 106
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Description: Invitations and inquiry lettersDates: 1971-1972Container: Box 10, Folder 107
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Description: Non-fiction: Alice PartridgeDates: 1970Container: Box 10, Folder 108
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Description: Juveniles: LeVeeDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 10, Folder 109
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Description: Letters, biennialDates: 1972Container: Box 10, Folder 110
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Description: Letters contestDates: 1972Container: Box 11, Folder 111
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Description: Letters prize awardsDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 112
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Description: Willa Low, Convention Salt LakeDates: 1968-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 113
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Description: Elizabeth Rider Montgomery reportsDates: 1972Container: Box 11, Folder 114
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Description: PoetryDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 115
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Description: President, Letters banquetDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 116-117
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Description: PublicationsDates: 1971-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 118
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Description: Report (addenda), Pen Women Award FundsDates: 1972Container: Box 11, Folder 119
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Description: Roster chairman, The Pen Woman, Lee WaldropDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 120
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Description: "Sometimes I Write" (article)Dates: 1971-1972Container: Box 11, Folder 121
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Description: Western New York Branch achievementsDates: 1970-1973Container: Box 11, Folder 122-124
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Description: Winners (outgoing letters), 7 FebruaryDates: 1972Container: Box 12, Folder 125
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Description: Workshops, Sarah BrockDates: 1970-1972Container: Box 12, Folder 126
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1964-1968Container: Box 12, Folder 127
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Description: Miscellaneous,Dates: circa 1950sContainer: Box 12, Folder 128
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Description: PlywoodDates: 1944Container: Box 12, Folder 129
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2: Miscellaneous and unidentified materials, 1888-1968
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1945-1968, undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 130
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News clippings
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Dates: circa 1930s-1950sContainer: Box 13, Folder 131
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Dates: 1964-1967Container: Box 13, Folder 132-134
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Description: Radio interviewDates: 1949Container: Box 13, Folder 135
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Description: ReviewsContainer: Box 13, Folder 136
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Memorabilia
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Description: Junior high school pictures and activitiesDates: circa 1920sContainer: Box 13, Folder 137
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Description: Family diplomas and miscellaneous itemsDates: 1888-1935Container: Box 13, Folder 138
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1932-1935Container: Box 13, Folder 139
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Description: Programs and cardsDates: 1908-1935Container: Box 13, Folder 140
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Description: ScrapbookContainer: Box 13, Folder 141
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Description: Skookum (yearbook of Colville High School)Dates: 1929, 1931Container: Box 13, Folder 142
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Description: PhotographsContainer: Box 14, Folder 143-144
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3: Manuscripts and book files, 1929-1971, undated
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3.1: Miscellaneous or unlabeled manuscripts, 1929-1930, undated
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Description: JournalDates: 1929-1930Container: Box 14, Folder 145-147
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Description: Judy Brown article, handwritten copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 148
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Description: Young Marrieds in AustraliaDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 149
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Description: Miscellaneous or unidentified manuscriptsDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 150
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Description: Rough draftsDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 151-154
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3.2: Manuscripts and galley proofs (books and articles), printed material, 1936-1971, undated
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A Madras-Type Jacket
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Description: Manuscript and galley proof as returned from Harcourt, Brace, and WorldDates: 1966-1968Container: Box 15, Folder 155-158
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Description: Manuscript, Harcourt-Brace, Don's correctionsDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 159-161
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Description: First draftDates: 1966, undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 162-164
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Description: RedbookDates: 1966Container: Box 16, Folder 165-167
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Description: Typewritten correctionsDates: 1966Container: Box 16, Folder 168
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Description: Second draft, page proofsDates: 1967Container: Box 16, Folder 169-172
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Description: "I Loved the Way You Described Aunt Mary" (drafts, correspondence, printed version)Dates: 1967-1969Container: Box 16, Folder 173
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The Happy Land
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Description: Page proofsDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 174
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Description: Extra pagesDates: 1964Container: Box 16, Folder 175
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Description: Where Is Eldorado? (earlier title), original of revisionDates: 1963Container: Box 17, Folder 176-179
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Description: PlayDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 180-182
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Description: Final manuscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 183-185
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Description: Long version, before cutDates: 1964Container: Box 18, Folder 186-189
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Description: Galley proofsDates: undatedContainer: Box 18, Folder 190
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Description: Marked galleys, final typed versionDates: undatedContainer: Box 18, Folder 191-192
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Description: Uncorrected manuscriptDates: 1964Container: Box 18, Folder 193-196
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Description: "False starts"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 19, Folder 197
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Description: Where Is Eldorado?, work on revisingDates: undatedContainer: Box 19, Folder 198-201
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Description: The Happy Land (Where Is Eldorado?), corrected manuscript, JuneDates: 1964Container: Box 19, Folder 202-205
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Description: Corrections (typed), finalDates: July 1964Container: Box 19, Folder 206-207
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Description: Corrections (typed), finalDates: July 1964Container: Box 20, Folder 208
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Description: Reviews, publicityDates: 1965, undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 209
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1964-1965Container: Box 20, Folder 210
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Description: Unlabeled revisionsDates: undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 211
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Description: Eldorado cuttings (back from Harcourt)Dates: June 1964Container: Box 20, Folder 212-214
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Description: Eldorado fragments, 1961 beginningsDates: 1961, undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 215-216
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Description: "What Price Conformity?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 217
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Description: "Who Am I?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 218
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Description: "Dream of a Far Land"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 219
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Description: "There Is a Season" (4 versions)Dates: 1969, undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 220
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Description: "Skeleton at the Feast," miscellaneousDates: 1968, undatedContainer: Box 20, Folder 221
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Description: Book reviewsDates: circa 1950s-1960sContainer: Box 21, Folder 222-223
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Description: "My Dear Friend--My Son," research notes plus final manuscriptDates: 1960Container: Box 21, Folder 224-227
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Description: "Apocalypse"Dates: February 1964Container: Box 21, Folder 228
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Proud Vision
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Description: Galley proofDates: July 1964Container: Box 21, Folder 229
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Description: Original manuscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 21, Folder 230-233
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Description: "School Daze"Dates: 1961Container: Box 22, Folder 234
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Description: "What Price Conformity?"Dates: 1961Container: Box 22, Folder 234
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Description: "Detroit, Where Are You?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 235
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Description: "How Can I Explain Seattle?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 235
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Description: "Dream of a Far Land"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 235
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Description: "There Is a Season"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 235
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Description: "Dream of a Far Land," revisionDates: 1962Container: Box 22, Folder 236
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Description: "Dream of a Far Land"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 237
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Description: "Who Am I?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 238
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Description: "Bald Knobbers" (fragment)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 238
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Description: "Who Am I?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 239-240
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Description: "Detroit, Where Are You?"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 241
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Description: "Apocalypse" revisionDates: March 1964Container: Box 22, Folder 242
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Description: Short stories (later incorporated into The Happy Land)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 243
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Description: "There Is a Season"Dates: 1962, undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 244-245
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Description: "The Choice"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 246
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Description: "Never So Again"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 247
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Description: "So You Want to Go to College"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 247
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Description: "On the Move: Home Again"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22, Folder 248
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Description: "Danger! College Freshmen!"Dates: 1959Container: Box 22, Folder 249
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Description: "The Defense Rests"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 250
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Description: "Too Young to Retire: Jobs for Older Women"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 251
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Proud Vision
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Description: Original manuscriptDates: undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 252-255
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Description: Research notes, related documentationDates: 1962-1965, undatedContainer: Box 23, Folder 256-260
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Description: Research notes, manuscriptDates: circa 1962Container: Box 23, Folder 261
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Description: Research notes, manuscriptDates: circa 1962Container: Box 24, Folder 262
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Description: DraftsDates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 263-265
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Description: Buffalo General Hospital, original copyDates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 266-267
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Description: "Just to Love"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 268
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Description: Published storiesDates: undatedContainer: Box 24, Folder 269
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Description: "The Gray Man" (revised to "The Long Night")Dates: 1951-1952Container: Box 24, Folder 270
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Description: Holland'sDates: 1950-1952Container: Box 24, Folder 271
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Description: "Sins of the Fathers"Dates: 1954Container: Box 25, Folder 272
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Description: Short stories, articlesDates: 1949-1961, undatedContainer: Box 25, Folder 273-278
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Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1969Container: Box 25, Folder 279
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Description: Final manuscript, correctionsDates: 1969Container: Box 25, Folder 280-283
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Description: DraftsDates: undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 284-287
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Description: "They Also Serve" (radio scripts and play)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 288-289
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"Once a Minute"
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1943-1944Container: Box 26, Folder 290
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Description: Drafts, manuscriptsDates: undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 291-293
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Description: Short storiesDates: undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 294
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 26, Folder 295
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Six Nights a Week
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Description: Galley proofsDates: 1971Container: Box 27, Folder 296
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Description: Corrected galleysDates: 1971Container: Box 27, Folder 297
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Description: Final manuscript, correction notesDates: 1971Container: Box 27, Folder 298-300
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Description: Fan lettersDates: 1971-1973Container: Box 27, Folder 301-303
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Description: "I Promise Thee"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 28, Folder 304
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Magazines containing published material
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Dates: 1936-1950Container: Box 28, Folder 305
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Dates: 1952-1959Container: Box 28, Folder 306
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Dates: 1961-1967Container: Box 28, Folder 307
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Dates: 1967-1969Container: Box 28, Folder 308
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4: Administrative files, 1965-1972
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Description: Correspondence (primarily between Hawes and Earle Connette)Dates: 1965-1972Container: Box 28, Folder 309-313
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Description: Biographical informationDates: ca. 1970sContainer: Box 28, Folder 314
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Description: Processing file
Iincludes Hawes' listings of materials shipped to WSU, and processing notes regarding preliminary arrangement.
Container: Box 28, Folder 315
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Hawes, Evelyn.
- National League of American Pen Women.
