Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Evans, Montgomery, mss., 1918-1952, are letters and papers of Montgomery Evans, 1898-1954, book collector. They consist principally of letters to Evans from literary figures. Some of them are mounted in books in the Lilly Library which came from Evans' library.
- Extent:
- 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Evans, Montgomery mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Montgomery Evans, 1898-1954, was a book collector.
- Scope and Content:
In addition to personal affairs, the letters comment on famous authors such as James Branch Cabell, Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Claude Farrere, Frank Harris, Henry Louis Mencken, and Herbert George Wells. Other letters deal with antisemitism, Evans' escape from the torpedoed "Athenia", Russians, and World War II, particularly France. Included is also a poem on Emil Fuchs, 1866-1929, painter and sculptor, by Aleister Crowley; The Antecedents of Thelema by Aleister Crowley; an agreement between Montgomery Evans and Kegan Paul, French, Trubner and Company for the publication of Prodigal Sons in England, 1928; one page of Bibliomania, Robert Burton his book, and Writers and printing all by Holbrook Jackson; and a few photographs of Aleister Crowley.
Among the correspondents are William Aspenwall Bradley, Thomas Burke, Aleister Crowley, Francis Welch Crowninshield, Vardis Fisher, David Garnett, Karl J. Germer, Leah Hirsig, Holbrook Jackson, Charles Robert Stansfeld Jones, Edward Pierre Loving, Norman Mudd, Liam O'Flaherty, Dorothy Olsen, Elliot Harold Paul, Cyril Percival, George Seldes, Albert Forbes Sieveking, and Hendrik Willem van Loon.
- Physical location:
- Missing
Indexed Terms
- Names:
- Evans, Montgomery, 1898-1954
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Evans, Montgomery mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu