Martin Evoy and Edward Duffield Lever Papers, 1937

The Martin Evoy and Edward Duffield Lever collection contains black-and-white photographs and negatives of the 1937 cross country automobile trip of Edward Duffield and his sister and brother-in-law, Leonore and Martin Evoy. On September 18, 1937 they set out from Abington, Pennsylvania for the West coast. During the trip, Edward Lever took photographs and Martin Evoy shot 16mm film. Some of the photographs are labeled and dated and most are from the Western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. There are a number of photographs from Yellowstone Park including two of President Franklin Roosevelt in an open touring car, dated September 26, 1937. An interest in sheepherding is reflected in shots of herders and their flocks and dogs in Wyoming. Mile markers like Monarch Pass in Colorado are examples of the content of the photographs. Also included are two VHS cassette tapes which are copies of the original 16mm film shot by Martin Evoy on the trip. Eight negatives of a 1913 Western trip, taken by the parents of either Martin or Leonore Evoy, are also in the collection. Ephemera includes: a trip journal, beginning on September 18, 1937, and three road maps of Wyoming and Montana.