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).
William Lon Johnson (1882 November 11-1967 July 5) was born in Spokane, Missouri. He worked for one year as a schoolteacher in Stevens County, Washington, before quiting to become a student at Eastern Washington State College. After graduating, he worked for Stevens County for two years, as Deputy Assessor and Clerk, before going to law school in 1908. That year he also married Iva Clara Dickey. Johnson worked as an attorney in Colville, Washington from 1913-1939. He was retained by multiple corporations, including: Dominion Silver-Lead Mining Company (1915); Northwest Magnesite Company (1920); Northport Smelting and Refining Company (1922); and Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Ltd. (1926), where he was involved in the 11-year litigation brought before the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States. Johnson was state senator for Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties, from 1919-1924. After his term, he served as Lietenant Governor of Washington State in 1925. In 1939, he was elected as Superior Court Judge of Stevens County, and semi-retired in 1958. He died at the age of 84, in 1967, in Colville, Washington.
This collection contains papers pertaining to the family and professional lives of author Evelyn Johnson Hawes (1915-1994) and her father, Judge William Lon Johnson (1882-1967).
Preliminary description:
MS 1979-04: This collection contains papers of author Evelyn Johnson Hawes (1915-1994), from 1975 to 1976. The collection consists of typed and handwritten literary manuscripts as well as editing notes, for Hawes' book Sail West to Death. The collection also contains both professional and personal incoming correspondence, and greeting cards sent to Hawes.
MS 1987-41: This collection contains papers pertaining to the family and professional lives of author Evelyn Johnson Hawes (1915-1994) and her father, Judge William Lon Johnson (1882-1967), from 1891 to 1987. The collection's records for Johnson include materials related to his service as a state senator, the Lieutenant Governor, and a Superior Court Judge: speeches, a memoir, incoming and outgoing correspondence, a scrapbook of newspaper articles related to Johnson, photographs, and his birth and marriage certificate. The records for Hawes consist of personal and professional correspondence, family photographs, professional scrapbooks, teaching files, press materials, article manuscripts, audio tapes of lectures and interviews given by Hawes, and printed materials authored by others.
MS 1989-62: This collection contains the papers for author Evelyn Johnson Hawes (1915-1994), from 1950 to 1971. It consists of manuscripts of Hawes' short stories and articles, correspondence with various editors, published versions of stories, unpublished articles on Seattle and the University of Washington, radio scripts for KHQ out of Colville, Washington, and family photographs.
MS 1994-55: This collection contains papers of author Evelyn Johnson Hawes (1915-1994), from 1954 to 1992. It includes professional papers pertaining to copyright, research files, correspondence, article drafts and other manuscripts, published versions of short stories and articles, books by Hawes and others, teaching materials, and newspaper clippings (book reviews, etc.); it also includes some personal correspondence.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Evelyn Hawes and Lon Johnson Papers, 1908-1985 (MSSM 016)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
These materials were received in multiple installments, accessioned separately, from Evelyn Hawes, and the Hawes and Johnson families: MS 1979-04, donated in 1979; MS 1987-41, donated in 1987; MS 1989-62, donated in 1989; MS1994-55, donated in 1994.
Evelyn Hawes Papers, 1888-1975
William Lon Johnson Papers, 1912-1967
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