General Correspondence: Personal, 1980 - 1982

Description of the Addition, Boxes 9-22 (1952-1999)

This addition to the Lawrence G. Evans papers fills thirteen and one-half boxes and spans the years 1952 to 1999. It is divided into five categories: biographical information, committee and professional association records, correspondence, course files, and publication files.

Files of biographical information fill boxes 9, 10, and half of 11. They include paperwork relating to Evans' education and to his Selective Service status, but the majority of these files contain notebooks of detailed bookkeeping information and personal journals. The journals, spanning the period 1957-1968, are, in large part, daily to-do lists, notes and reminders.

Committee and professional association records relate largely to Evans' active involvement in the work of Northwestern University. Folders representing his participation in Budget and Resources Advisory Committee, the Graduate Dissertation Committee, Subcommittee on Student Community, and the Study Abroad Committee, among others, fill approximately two and one-half boxes. This category also includes files on the Faculty Club, in which Evans played a large role.

The correspondence is arranged topically and includes folders of correspondence between Evans and his friends, family, and professional associates. There is a significant volume of correspondence relating to Evans' work on the English literary critic and author, Walter Pater. Within folders correspondence is arranged chronologically.

The course files reflect Evans' teaching from 1956 to 1999. These fills fill more than four boxes and include materials on a few courses taught at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. Files on Northwestern University courses claim the vast majority of this section. Course files often include lecture notes, syllabi, and examinations. The files are arranged first by institution at which Evans taught, then by course number, title, or topic. Following the files relating to specific courses is a collection of student papers. These papers encompass a range of levels from freshman to graduate courses and date from the 1960s through the 1990s.