Evelyn Hawes Papers, 1888-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Evelyn Hawes
Title
Evelyn Hawes Papers
Dates
1888-1975 (inclusive)
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
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

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 NoteReturn to Top

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 DescriptionReturn to Top

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 CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Evelyn Hawes Papers, 1888-1975. Collection number: Cage 226. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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 CollectionReturn to Top

1:  Correspondence , 1921-1975, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
1.1: Miscellaneous correspondence
1948-1972, undated
Box Folder
1 1
Taylor Caldwell
1959
1 2
Foreign exchange students
1957
1 3
Peggy Griffenhagen
1962-1971
1 4
Nat Hawes
1948-1949
1 5
Sloan Wilson
1955-1958
Miscellaneous correspondence
Box Folder
1 6
1948-1949, undated
1 7
1950-1953
1 8
1954-1956
1 9
1957-1959
1 10
1960-1969
1 11-13
1967-1972
1.2: Correspondence
1921-1975
Box Folder
2 14
Amherst Central Senior High School, Adult Education
1957-1961
2 15
Canisius College
1951-1955
2 16-18
Chi Omega
1950-1967
Ann Elmo Agency
Box Folder
2 19
1955-1968
2 20-22
1959-1964
Box Folder
2 23
Charles Ferguson
1964-1965
3 24-26
Harcourt, Brace and World
1964-1967
3 27
Hawes Christmas letters
1966-1968
3 28
W. Lon Johnson
1948-1967
3 29
Betty Lowman
1938-1939
3 30
Ripley's
1941
W.S. Wabnitz and Rachel Wabnitz
Box Folder
3 31-32
1951-1954
3 33
1961-1966
3 34
1965-1970
3 35
1971-1975
Personal
Box Folder
4 36
1951-1952
4 37-42
1967-1968
4 43-44
1968-1970
5 45-46
1965-1969
Box Folder
5 47
Johnson family
1921-1940
5 48
Childhood and undated
ca. 1920s-1930s
Book promotion
Box Folder
5 49
Tacoma
1965
5 50
Cincinnati
1965
5 51
Travel
1965-1967
Magazine correspondence
Box Folder
5 52
Aero-Mayflower (article on moving)
1959-1961
5 53
American, Seventeen, Holland's, Parents, etc.
1950-1957
5 54
Colliers, Companion, McCall's, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
1950-1964
5 55-57
Ann Elmo (agent)
1952-1959
6 58-60
Charles Ferguson (editor, The Reader's Digest), Robert Lescher
1958-1965
Ladies' Home Journal (and various book publishers)
Box Folder
6 61-62
1950-1958
6 63
1958-1963
6 64
Parents Magazine, Eldorado, Reader's Digest, The Writer, etc
1957-1964
6 65
Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar (primarily printed rejection notices)
undated
Saturday Evening Post
Box Folder
6 66-67
1950-1955
6 68
1960-1961
Box Folder
6 69
Miscellaneous small magazines
1951
6 70
Publishers
1949-1954
6 71
Miscellaneous
1949-1955
Fan letters
Box Folder
7 72-76
Fan letters, replies to publicity, letters regarding The Happy Land
1965-1969
7 77-80
Fan letters
1965
8 81-85
Personal and fan letters
1962-1975
General
1964-1969
Box Folder
9 86
1964-1967
9 87-88
1967
9 89-90
1968
9 91
1969
9 92-95
General
1967
1.3: Subject files
1944-1972
Box Folder
9 96
Amherst Eight O'clock Club
undated
9 97-98
High school fraternities and sororities
1950-1957
National League of American Pen Women
Box Folder
10 99
Awards chairman
1970-1972
10 100
Banquet
1970-1972
10 101
Book review and correspondence, Marion Benasutti
1965-1966
10 102
Contest rules
1970-1971
10 103-104
Contest winners
1972
10 105
Fiction contest: Pompea, Mudra
1970-1972
10 106
General correspondence
1954-1966
10 107
Invitations and inquiry letters
1971-1972
10 108
Non-fiction: Alice Partridge
1970
10 109
Juveniles: LeVee
1970-1972
10 110
Letters, biennial
1972
11 111
Letters contest
1972
11 112
Letters prize awards
1970-1972
11 113
Willa Low, Convention Salt Lake
1968-1972
11 114
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery reports
1972
11 115
Poetry
1970-1972
11 116-117
President, Letters banquet
1970-1972
11 118
Publications
1971-1972
11 119
Report (addenda), Pen Women Award Funds
1972
11 120
Roster chairman, The Pen Woman, Lee Waldrop
1970-1972
11 121
"Sometimes I Write" (article)
1971-1972
11 122-124
Western New York Branch achievements
1970-1973
12 125
Winners (outgoing letters), 7 February
1972
12 126
Workshops, Sarah Brock
1970-1972
12 127
Miscellaneous
1964-1968
12 128
Miscellaneous,
circa 1950s
12 129
Plywood
1944

2:  Miscellaneous and unidentified materials , 1888-1968Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
13 130
Miscellaneous
1945-1968, undated
News clippings
Box Folder
13 131
circa 1930s-1950s
13 132-134
1964-1967
Box Folder
13 135
Radio interview
1949
13 136
Reviews
Memorabilia
Box Folder
13 137
Junior high school pictures and activities
circa 1920s
13 138
Family diplomas and miscellaneous items
1888-1935
13 139
Miscellaneous
1932-1935
13 140
Programs and cards
1908-1935
13 141
Scrapbook
13 142
Skookum (yearbook of Colville High School)
1929, 1931
Box Folder
14 143-144
Photographs

3:  Manuscripts and book files , 1929-1971, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
3.1: Miscellaneous or unlabeled manuscripts
1929-1930, undated
Box Folder
14 145-147
Journal
1929-1930
14 148
Judy Brown article, handwritten copy
undated
14 149
Young Marrieds in Australia
undated
14 150
Miscellaneous or unidentified manuscripts
undated
14 151-154
Rough drafts
undated
3.2: Manuscripts and galley proofs (books and articles), printed material
1936-1971, undated
A Madras-Type Jacket
Box Folder
15 155-158
Manuscript and galley proof as returned from Harcourt, Brace, and World
1966-1968
15 159-161
Manuscript, Harcourt-Brace, Don's corrections
undated
15 162-164
First draft
1966, undated
16 165-167
Redbook
1966
16 168
Typewritten corrections
1966
16 169-172
Second draft, page proofs
1967
16 173
"I Loved the Way You Described Aunt Mary" (drafts, correspondence, printed version)
1967-1969
The Happy Land
Box Folder
16 174
Page proofs
undated
16 175
Extra pages
1964
17 176-179
Where Is Eldorado? (earlier title), original of revision
1963
17 180-182
Play
undated
17 183-185
Final manuscript
undated
18 186-189
Long version, before cut
1964
18 190
Galley proofs
undated
18 191-192
Marked galleys, final typed version
undated
18 193-196
Uncorrected manuscript
1964
19 197
"False starts"
undated
19 198-201
Where Is Eldorado?, work on revising
undated
19 202-205
The Happy Land (Where Is Eldorado?), corrected manuscript, June
1964
19 206-207
Corrections (typed), final
July 1964
20 208
Corrections (typed), final
July 1964
20 209
Reviews, publicity
1965, undated
20 210
Correspondence
1964-1965
20 211
Unlabeled revisions
undated
20 212-214
Eldorado cuttings (back from Harcourt)
June 1964
20 215-216
Eldorado fragments, 1961 beginnings
1961, undated
Box Folder
20 217
"What Price Conformity?"
undated
20 218
"Who Am I?"
undated
20 219
"Dream of a Far Land"
undated
20 220
"There Is a Season" (4 versions)
1969, undated
20 221
"Skeleton at the Feast," miscellaneous
1968, undated
21 222-223
Book reviews
circa 1950s-1960s
21 224-227
"My Dear Friend--My Son," research notes plus final manuscript
1960
21 228
"Apocalypse"
February 1964
Proud Vision
Box Folder
21 229
Galley proof
July 1964
21 230-233
Original manuscript
undated
Box Folder
22 234
"School Daze"
1961
22 234
"What Price Conformity?"
1961
22 235
"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
22 236
"Dream of a Far Land," revision
1962
22 237
"Dream of a Far Land"
undated
22 238
"Who Am I?"
undated
22 238
"Bald Knobbers" (fragment)
undated
22 239-240
"Who Am I?"
undated
22 241
"Detroit, Where Are You?"
undated
22 242
"Apocalypse" revision
March 1964
22 243
Short stories (later incorporated into The Happy Land)
undated
22 244-245
"There Is a Season"
1962, undated
22 246
"The Choice"
undated
22 247
"Never So Again"
undated
22 247
"So You Want to Go to College"
undated
22 248
"On the Move: Home Again"
undated
22 249
"Danger! College Freshmen!"
1959
23 250
"The Defense Rests"
undated
23 251
"Too Young to Retire: Jobs for Older Women"
undated
Proud Vision
Box Folder
23 252-255
Original manuscript
undated
23 256-260
Research notes, related documentation
1962-1965, undated
23 261
Research notes, manuscript
circa 1962
24 262
Research notes, manuscript
circa 1962
24 263-265
Drafts
undated
24 266-267
Buffalo General Hospital, original copy
undated
Box Folder
24 268
"Just to Love"
undated
24 269
Published stories
undated
24 270
"The Gray Man" (revised to "The Long Night")
1951-1952
24 271
Holland's
1950-1952
25 272
"Sins of the Fathers"
1954
25 273-278
Short stories, articles
1949-1961, undated
Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo
Box Folder
25 279
Correspondence
1969
25 280-283
Final manuscript, corrections
1969
26 284-287
Drafts
undated
Box Folder
26 288-289
"They Also Serve" (radio scripts and play)
undated
"Once a Minute"
Box Folder
26 290
Correspondence
1943-1944
26 291-293
Drafts, manuscripts
undated
Box Folder
26 294
Short stories
undated
26 295
Miscellaneous
undated
Six Nights a Week
Box Folder
27 296
Galley proofs
1971
27 297
Corrected galleys
1971
27 298-300
Final manuscript, correction notes
1971
27 301-303
Fan letters
1971-1973
Box Folder
28 304
"I Promise Thee"
undated
Magazines containing published material
Box Folder
28 305
1936-1950
28 306
1952-1959
28 307
1961-1967
28 308
1967-1969

4:  Administrative files , 1965-1972Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
28 309-313
Correspondence (primarily between Hawes and Earle Connette)
1965-1972
28 314
Biographical information
ca. 1970s
28 315
Processing file
Iincludes Hawes' listings of materials shipped to WSU, and processing notes regarding preliminary arrangement.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
  • Hawes, Evelyn.
  • National League of American Pen Women.

Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman.
2012

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