University of British Columbia Library Special Collections INVENTORY HUBERT EVANS PAPERS Revised and Compiled by DAVID RANSON Produced by CENTRE FOR TEXTUAL STUDIES Department of English UBC TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Scope and Content iii Biographical Note iv Part I: First Accession of Hubert Evans’s Papers 1 Part II: Second accession of Hubert Evans’s Papers 13 Part III: Papers of Anna Winter Evans 33 Part IV: Video and Audio Materials 40 —U— INTRODUCTION: SCOPE AND CONTENT The papers ofHubert Evans span Ca. 1920—1985, although the majority of material falls between the years Ca. 1940—1985. The first and second parts of the collection include in manuscript and published form many of Evans’s articles, short stories, radio plays, poems, and novels, including Mist on the River and 0 Time in Your Flight. Parts one and two also contain many of Evans’s diaries, journals, notebooks, sketchbooks, and quotation collections which provide valuable insights into the author’s personality. His extensive business and personal correspondence includes letters to and from Margaret Laurence, Silver Donald Cameron, and Grace Maclnnis, as well as many readers and publishing houses. There is also information on a segment of Evans’s genealogy and a number of items relating to the awarding of his honourary degree from Simon Fraser University in 1984. The third part of the collection consists of the papers of Hubert Evans’s wife, Ann (Anna) Winter Evans. While there is only a small amount of personal and business correspondence in this part of the collection, there are a large number of typescripts and publications of Ann Evans’s numerous stories and articles. Also included are a number of photographs, clippings, and a wealth of notes which shed light upon the composition of her works. The fourth and final part of the collection consists of audio and video recordings of interviews, poetry, stories, and novels used by Hubert Evans when his eyesight began to fail and he could no longer write with pen and paper. Linear metres of shelf space: Part I: Ca. 1 m. Part II: Ca. 1 m. Part III: Ca. .5 m. Literary rights remain with the Evans family. The collection was donated by the family ofHubert Evans in August 1986. —111— BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Hubert Reginald Evans, called “the elder of our tribe” by Margaret Laurence, was a writer and poet as well as a newspaper reporter and salmon hatchery superintendent. Born in Ontario in 1892, Evans moved to British Columbia permanently after World War I. He married Ann (Anna) Emily Winter in 1920, and in 1926, Evans decided to try freelance writing as a full time occupation. After a couple of “lean years,” as Evans says in his autobiographical note, he and his wife were able to support themselves and their three children. From the 1930s through the 1950s, Evans published many adventure and wilderness stories for young readers. He expanded his readership in 1954 with the publication of Mist on the River, now considered a Canadian “classic.” Canadian audiences were also able to listen to his radio plays and adaptations of his stories which were produced by the CBC. Evans’s other major work was completed in 1979 with the publication of 0 Time in Your Flight, which met with great acclaim. He also produced three volumes of poetry during the late 1970s and early 1980s, dictating many of the poems onto cassette tapes and having them transcribed because of his failing eyesight. He was the recipient of an honourary doctorate from Simon Fraser University in 1984, and in 1986, died at the age of 93. —iv— PART I Box No.! Series: Item Description Ch. Date Item File No. Nos. 1-1 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ND 1 1-2 CORRESPONDENCE: INCOMING Bien, Esther R. Editor and Publisher, The American 15 Jan. 1954 2 Girl Brown, Monica. Vancouver Public Library, Kerrisdale 1 June 1955 1 Branch 13 Oct. [?] 1 Bryan, Dorothy M. Dodd, Mead and Company 19 Nov. 1945 1 Carson, Clarence. Rinshed-Mason Company 7 June 1938 1 Clare, John. Fiction Editor, Maclean’s Magazine 15 Oct. 1947 1 13 Nov. 1947 1 Crump, Irving. Managing Editor, Boy’s Life 7 Oct. 1942 1 [Cutmare], Mary Elizabeth ND 1 Dalton, Joyce 18 Feb.1956 1 Day, Rachel 24 March 1956 1 Dodd, Frank. President, Dodd, Mead and Company 1 June 1939 1 12 June 1939 1 Evans, (Hubert Evans’s Mother) io Nov. [?] 1 Evans, Marry (Daughter). (incomplete) 25 Jan. 1971 1 Evinger, Donald 18 Jan. 1943 1 Graham, Charlie 17 Jan. 1960 1 Grayson, J. Paul. York University 13 April 1977 1 Harris, Barbara 16 Feb. 1956 1 Horwich, Edna ND 1 Hoth, Iva S. Executive Editor, Story Papers, David C. 9 July 1947 1 Cook Publishing Company 18 Jan. 1954 1 Howard, Frank. MLA of British Columbia 22 April 1955 1 2 HUBERT EVANS INVENTORY PART I Box No.! Series: Item Description Ch. Date Item File No. Nos. Jennings, Amy S. Managing Editor, The American 9 May 1934 1 Girl Keating, Louis A. Manager of Merchandising, The 24 Oct. 1945 1 Judson Press Kelley, Adrienne. The New York Association for the 17 Dec. 1940 1 Blind Kidd, J. R. Director, Canadian Association for Adult 11 Feb. 1955 1 Education Kirkpatrick, Daniel. St James Press ND 1 Kujomura, Molly 23 May 1943 1 Lash, G. H. Canadian National Railways 13 Dec.1954 1 Leighlin, Len ND 1 Litten, Frederic Nelson. (page missing) ND 1 Maclnnis, Grace 22 April 1955 1 Marshall, George 19 May [?] 1 Mayse, Arthur. Assistant Editor, Maclean’s Magazine 9 May 1947 1 Moore, Alfred D. Classmate 4 June 1943 1 Moore, Leonard P. Christy and Moore Ltd. 8 April 1938 1 Moorepack, Howard. Literary Agent 5 March 1948 1 Philpott, Dale C. 19 Feb. 1955 1 Raley, Rev. G. H. 25 Feb. 1955 1 Reck, Franklin M. 7 Nov. 1941 1 Rose, Jean. The Copp Clark Company 28 July 1955 1 Rutledge, Joseph Lister. Editor, The Canadian Author 16 Nov. 1948 1 and Bookrnan Stoddard, Anne. Editor, The American Girl 12 Dec. 1944 1 Than, Joseph. Executive Producer, Canadian 22 Oct. 1948 1 International Screen Productions Ltd. Tobin, Brian A. Victoria Times NT) 1 Volohatuke, Rev. T. D. 16 Dec. 1938 1 Welling, Lisa. The New York Association for the Blind 24 Jan. 1945 1 Wheeler, M. Bernice. Writers’ Council, Author’s Agent 31 March 1938 1 Wing, Andrew S. Managing Editor, The Country Home 3 Nov. 1933 1 17 Nov. 1933 1 8 Dec. 1933 1 CORRESPONDENCE: UNIDENTIFIED OR PARTIALLY IDENTIFIED [G. T.) 13 Feb. 1955 1 [Herb] 15 Jan. 1958 1 Jeff[?] 11 Nov. 1954 1 18 Nov. 1954 1 5 Feb. 1955 1 [J. R. K.] The Canadian Association for Adult [May?) 1 Education Marguerite [?] 8 Dec. 1954 1 Mary [?] 6 June 1955 1 [Muhan, M. T.] Information Department, Outdoor Life 10 June 1938 1 S.M. ND 1 Vernon [?] 7 Nov. 1954 1 W. A. I. Associate Editor, Maclean’s Magazine 24 Dec. 1934 1 [?] (incomplete) 12 Jan. 1953 1 HUBERT EVANS INVENTORY 3 PART I Box No.! Series: Item Description Ch. Date Item File No. Nos. 1-3 CORRESPONDENCE: OUTGOING Maclunis, Grace 5 April 1955 1 DOCUMENTS 1-4 Current B.C. Authors, A Biography of Hubert Evans 30 Dec. 1974 3 1-5 Marriage Certificate 29 June 1920 1 1-6 Shares in Commonwealth Printing and Publishing 15 Feb. 1935 1 Company Ltd. PUBLICATION LISTS 1-7 Bibliography of Hubert Evans ND 1 1-8 British Columbia and British Columbians in Print 1958 1 1-9 Publications in Junior Stories ND 1 PRINTED MATERIAL: GALLEY PROOFS 1-10 “Mountain Dog” ND 1 1-11 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS 35 PRINTED MATERIAL: ARTICLES AND SHORT STORIES 1-12 “Accept No Substitute,” The Challenge ND 1 1-13 “Against the Tide,” The American Girl ch. 1 14 March 1954 1 ch. 2 21 March 1954 1 ch. 3 28 March 1954 1 ch. 4 4 March 1954 1 ch. 5 11 April 1954 1 ch. 6 18 April 1954 1 ch. 7 25 April 1954 1 ch. 8 2 May 1954 1 ch. 9 9 May 1954 1 ch. 10 16 May 1954 1 1-14 Authors’ Guide Bulletin Summer 1963 1 1-15 “Back-Fires,” The Canadian Boy 3 Oct. 1937 1 1-16 “Birds of a Feather,” The Explorer ch. 1 3 Jan. 1943 1 ch. 2 10 Jan. 1943 1 ch. 3 17 Jan. 1943 1 ch. 4 24 Jan. 1943 1 1-17 “Beach Club Extra,” What to Do ch. 1 11 Aug. 1940 1 ch. 2 18 Aug. 1940 1 ch. 3 Typescript ND 1 ch. 4 1 Sept. 1940 1 4 HuBERT EVANS INVENTORY PART I Box No./ Series: Item Description Ch. Date Item File No. Nos. 1-18 “Bear Facts,” Upward 7 Aug. 1955 1 1-19 “Beginners All,” The Explorer 2 March 1958 1 1-20 “Bender’s Kettle of Fish,” The American Girl July 1934 1 1-21 “Blood Told Them Their Duty,” The Star Weekly 2 Aug. 1941 1 1-22 “The Bonds of Liberty,” The Canadian Girl ch. 1 5 Oct. 1941 1 ch. 3 19 Oct. 1941 1 ch. 4 26 Oct. 1941 1 ch. 5 2 Nov. 1941 1 1-23 “Bounty,” Christian Herald Aug. 1941 1 1-24 “The Break Up,” Onward 24 May 1942 1 1-25 “Broken Trail,” Unidentified Periodical ND 1 1-26 “A Bumper Crop,” The Explorer 27 July 1941 1 1-27 “Call of the River,” Portal 14 Oct. 1939 1 1-28 “Canadians Too,” The Explorer 3 July 1955 1 1-29 “Chains of Freedom,” The Canadian Girl 18 May 1941 1 1-30 “Chieftan at Bay,” The Canadian Boy 4 May 1941 1 ‘Teens 3 Aug.