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Central Washington University Faculty Papers, Betty E. Evans Collection, 1923-1997

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Evans, Betty E.
Title
Central Washington University Faculty Papers, Betty E. Evans Collection
Dates
1923-1997 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.75 cubic feet, (3 letter size boxes, 1 half-letter size box, 1 oversize box)  :  Personal papers, drama scripts, scores, personal and performance photographs, scrapbooks, audio-visual materials, slides, and artifacts in good condition
Collection Number
FP-0005
Summary
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers and materials of Betty E. Evens, former professor at Central Washington University.
Repository
Central Washington University, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Central Washington University
400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Telephone: 509-963-1023
Fax: 509-963-3684
archive@cwu.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to the public for educational research

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Betty E. Evans was born in 1923 in Stratford, New Zealand. She attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London between 1947 and 1949 before attending the University of Alberta, where she received bachelors and masters degrees in education. In 1966 she graduated from the University of Oregon with a Ph.D. After a year as Assistant Professor of Speech at the University of Hawaii, she moved to Ellensburg as Associate Professor of Drama at Central Washington University, a position she held until her retirement in 1991. During her tenure at CWU, she wrote and produced numerous plays in addition to her teaching duties. Evans passed away in 1997.

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Content Description

This collection consists of scripts, performance programs, personal and performance photos, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, college papers, audio-visual materials, and personal and educational certificates held by Betty E. Evans, former professor at Central Washington University.

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Historical Background

Central Washington University began as the Washington State Normal School in 1891. In 1937, the school was rechristened the Central Washington College of Education. In 1961, the school became Central Washington State College and, finally, in 1977, Central Washington University.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number]. FP-0005, Central Washington University Faculty Papers, Betty E. Evans. Archives and Special Collections, Brooks Library, Central Washington University.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized by category: Performance, Academic, and Personal. Arranged alphabetically and thematically within categories.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: “And Your Shall Milk the Cow, Sir" Script
    Container: Box/Folder 1-1
  • Description: “Coyote" Script and Program
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box/Folder 1-2
  • Description: “Down the Road Dugin: Millionaire for a Day" Musical Score
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box/Folder 1-3
  • Description: “Down the Road Dugin: Millionaire for a Day" Script
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box/Folder 1-4
  • Description: “Land of the Long Twilight" Script
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box/Folder 1-5
  • Description: “Masters in Our Own House" Script
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box/Folder 1-6
  • Description: “Masters in Our Own House" Programs
    Dates: 1965-1982
    Container: Box/Folder 1-7
  • Description: “Mend Your Speech a Little" Script
    Container: Box/Folder 1-8
  • Description: “One Hundred Thousand Three and a Half Square Miles" Script
    Container: Box/Folder 1-9
  • Description: “Time’s Whirligig" Script
    Container: Box/Folder 1-10
  • Description: “Woman, Black as Hell or: Fair and Bright" Program
    Container: Box/Folder 1-11
  • Description: Newspaper Clippings and Play Programs
    Dates: 1945-1991
    Container: Box/Folder 1-12
  • Description: “Androcles and the Lion" Performance Photos, McConnell Hall
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box/Folder 1-13
  • Description: “Major Barbara" (?) Performance Photos
    Container: Box/Folder 1-14
  • Description: “One Way Pendulum" Performance Print and Negatives
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 1-15
  • Description: “Othello" Performance Photos
    Container: Box/Folder 1-16
  • Description: “Romeo" Performance Photos
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box/Folder 1-17
  • Description: “Taming of the Shrew" Performance Photos
    Container: Box/Folder 1-18
  • Description: Performance Photos, Miscellaneous
    Container: Box/Folder 1-19
  • Description: “Geography I" Poem
    Container: Box/Folder 1-20
  • Description: Personal Photos
    Container: Box/Folder 1-21
  • Description: University of Alberta Performance Photos
    Dates: Early 1960s
    Container: Box/Folder 1-22
  • Description: Photographs and Newspaper Clippings
    Dates: 1960s-1981
    Container: Box/Folder 1-23
  • Description: “An Appraisal of the Alberta Curriculum Guide in Social Studies" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 1-24
  • Description: “Art in Islam" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 1-25
  • Description: “Child Rearing Practices of the Beduin Arabs" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-1
  • Description: “A Burkeian Analysis of a Speech from Bertolt Brech’s Mother Courage" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-2
  • Description: “Drama and the B.B.C. Third Program" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-3
  • Description: “Dr. Bets’ Poems for Pets" – Animal Poems and Illustrations
    Container: Box/Folder 2-4
  • Description: “Contemporary American Fiction and the Theatre of the Absurd" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-5
  • Description: “Glimpses of Realism in American Theatre Prior to Belasco, 1880" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-6
  • Description: “History of Public Speaking in America" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-7
  • Description: “Improving the Language of the Speech" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-8
  • Description: “Jonathan Edwards and Henry Ward Beecher: Two Preachers and Two Minds" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-9
  • Description: ODAL Interpretation
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box/Folder 2-10
  • Description: “Psychology in Mind" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-11
  • Description: “The ‘Silent’ Vigil in Belasco’s Madame Butterfly" Paper
    Container: Box/Folder 2-12
  • Description: Stories about the Maori of New Zealand
    Dates: 1940s
    Container: Box/Folder 2-13
  • Description: Vita and Professional Photo
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box/Folder 2-14
  • Description: Newspaper Clippings from front pocket of Scrapbook #1
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box/Folder 2-15
  • Description: Letters from front pocket of Scrapbook #1
    Dates: 1974-1993
    Container: Box/Folder 2-16
  • Description: Stratford Shakespeare Society Honorary Membership Certificate
    Container: Box/Folder 2-17
  • Description: Birth, Marriage, Teaching Certificates; High School, Doctoral Diplomas
    Dates: 1923-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 2-18
  • Description: University of Oregon Commencement Program
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box/Folder 2-19
  • Description: Convocation Bulletins
    Dates: 1961-1963
    Container: Box/Folder 2-20
  • Description: Handwritten Note from Margaret Thatcher
    Dates: 1979
    Container: Box/Folder 2-21
  • Description: Letter from Buckingham Palace
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box/Folder 2-22
  • Description: List of Evans’ Original Works
    Dates: 1968-1982
    Container: Box/Folder 2-23
  • Description: Memorial Service
    Dates: 1997
    Container: Box/Folder 2-24
  • Description: Doctoral Dissertation: “Belasco’s Use of Music"
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box/Folder 2-25
  • Description: Masters Thesis: “Criteria to Evaluate Plays for Junior High Classrooms"
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box/Folder 2-26
  • Description: Scrapbook #1
    Dates: 1973-1995
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Correspondence
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Newspaper Clippings
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Photographs
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Teacher of the Year Award, Nominations and Recommendations
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Teaching Statement of Philosophy
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Performance Programs
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Scrapbook #2
    Dates: 1948-1989
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Contract Offers
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Concert Programs
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Newspaper Clippings
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Photographs
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: CWU Weekly Bulletin XIV, no. 40
    Dates: July 1, 1980
    Container: Box/Folder 3
  • Description: Greece and “St. Joan" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1967-1969
    Container: Box/Folder 4-1
  • Description: “Blach Comedy"
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box/Folder 4-2
  • Description: “Juno" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box/Folder 4-3
  • Description: “Juno," “Tempest," “Hamlet" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1969-1971
    Container: Box/Folder 4-4
  • Description: “Hamlet" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box/Folder 4-5
  • Description: “Hamlet" and unknown Performance Slides
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box/Folder 4-6
  • Description: “Private Lives" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box/Folder 4-7
  • Description: “Private Lives," “How the Other Half Lives" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1972-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 4-8
  • Description: “How the Other Half Lives," “Summer Love" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box/Folder 4-9
  • Description: “Summer Love," “Madame Butterfly" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1973-1975
    Container: Box/Folder 4-10
  • Description: “Madame Butterfly" Performance Slides
    Dates: 1975
    Container: Box/Folder 4-11
  • Description: Personal Photos
    Dates: 1940s
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Performance Photos
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Plaque, Dr. Betty Evans Shakespeare Scholarship Award
    Dates: 1996
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Educational Certificates
    Dates: 1939-1957
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Framed Baton from “Waltz Dream"
    Dates: Early 1960s
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Scrapbook with Photographs, Newspaper Clippings
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Cassette Tape, “Down the Road Dugin" Songs
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: VHS Tape, Evans Memorial Service
    Dates: 1997
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Microfilm Reel, “The Merchant of Venice" Score
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Magnetic Tape Sound Recording, unknown content
    Container: Box/Folder 5
  • Description: Oral Communication in New Zealand Paper
    Dates: ND-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-1
  • Description: Flight 69 Script
    Dates: ND-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-2
  • Description: I want to shout in a Bar in Sydney Script
    Dates: ND-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-3
  • Description: Last Fight home
    Dates: ND-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-4
  • Description: Rotten Luck Script
    Dates: 1996-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-5
  • Description: Soluble problems script
    Dates: ND-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-6
  • Description: What's in a name Script
    Dates: 1962-
    Container: Box/Folder 6-7

Finding aid prepared by Ramirose Attebury Wendt
2012

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