Central Washington University Archives
Guide to the Theater Department
Betty E. Evans Collection
RG 062, Ser. 06-52
Processed and Listed by: Ramirose Attebury Wendt
Date: May 2006
Date Span: 1923-1997 Size: 2.75 cubic feet. Number of Boxes: 3 letter size boxes, 1 half-letter size box, 1 oversize box Type of material: Personal Papers, Drama Scripts, Scores, Personal and Performance Photographs, Scrapbooks, Audio-Visual, Slides, Artifacts Physical condition: Good. Arrangement: Organized by series: Performance, Academic, and Personal. Arranged alphabetically and thematically within Series. Historical or Biographical Sketch: 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. Scope and Content Note:This collection consists of scripts, performance programs, personal and performance photos, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, college papers, audio-visual materials, and personal and educational certificates. Research Note: Open to the public.
Inventory List: Box 1
1. “And Your Shall Milk the Cow, Sir” Script, undated
2. “Coyote” Script and Program, 1972
3. “Down the Road Dugin: Millionaire for a Day” Musical Score, 1982
4. “Down the Road Dugin: Millionaire for a Day” Script, 1982
5. “Land of the Long Twilight” Script, 1970
6. “Masters in Our Own House” Script, 1965
7. “Masters in Our Own House” Programs, 1965, 1982
8. “Mend Your Speech a Little” Script, undated
9. “One Hundred Thousand Three and a Half Square Miles” Script, undated
10. “Time’s Whirligig” Script, undated
11. “Woman, Black as Hell or: Fair and Bright” Program, undated
12. Newspaper Clippings and Play Programs, 1945?-1991
13. “Androcles and the Lion” Performance Photos, McConnell Hall, 1982
14. “Major Barbara” (?) Performance Photos, undated
15. “One Way Pendulum” Performance Print and Negatives, 1974
16. “Othello” Performance Photos, undated
17. “Romeo” Performance Photos, 1983
18. “Taming of the Shrew” Performance Photos, undated
19. Performance Photos, Miscellaneous, undated
20. “Geography I” Poem, undated
21. Personal Photos, undated
22. University of Alberta Performance Photos, early 1960s
23. Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, 1960s-1981
24. “An Appraisal of the Alberta Curriculum Guide in Social Studies” Paper
25. “Art in Islam” Paper, undated
Box 2
1. “Child Rearing Practices of the Beduin Arabs” Paper, undated
2. “A Burkeian Analysis of a Speech from Bertolt Brech’s Mother Courage” Paper
3. “Drama and the B.B.C. Third Program” Paper, undated
4. “Dr. Bets’ Poems for Pets” – Animal Poems and Illustrations, undated
5. “Contemporary American Fiction and the Theatre of the Absurd” Paper, undated
6. “Glimpses of Realism in American Theatre Prior to Belasco, 1880” Paper, undated
7. “History of Public Speaking in America” Paper, undated
8. “Improving the Language of the Speech” Paper, undated
9. “Jonathan Edwards and Henry Ward Beecher: Two Preachers and Two Minds” Paper
10. ODAL Interpretation, 1965
11. “Psychology in Mind” Paper, undated
12. “The ‘Silent’ Vigil in Belasco’s Madame Butterfly” Paper, undated
13. Stories about the Maori of New Zealand, 1940s
14. Vita and Professional Photo, 1991
15. Newspaper Clippings from front pocket of Scrapbook #1, 1993
16. Letters from front pocket of Scrapbook #1, 1974-1993
17. Stratford Shakespeare Society Honorary Membership Certificate, undated
18. Birth, Marriage, Teaching Certificates; High School, Doctoral Diplomas, 1923-1966
19. University of Oregon Commencement Program, 1966
20. Convocation Bulletins, 1961, 1963
21. Handwritten Note from Margaret Thatcher, 1979
22. Letter from Buckingham Palace, 1983
23. List of Evans’ Original Works, 1968-1982
24. Memorial Service, 1997
25. Doctoral Dissertation: “Belasco’s Use of Music,” 1966
26. Masters Thesis: “Criteria to Evaluate Plays for Junior High Classrooms,” 1963
Box 3
Scrapbook #1, 1973-1995:
Correspondence
Newspaper Clippings
Photographs
Teacher of the Year Award, Nominations and Recommendations
Teaching Statement of Philosophy
Performance Programs
Scrapbook #2, 1948-1989:
Contract Offers
Concert Programs
Newspaper Clippings
Photographs
CWU Weekly Bulletin XIV, no. 40 (July 1, 1980)
Box 4
1. Greece and “St. Joan” Performance Slides, 1967-1969
2. “Blach Comedy”, 1969
3. “Juno” Performance Slides, 1969
4. “Juno,” “Tempest,” “Hamlet” Performance Slides, 1969-1971
5. “Hamlet” Performance Slides, 1971
6. “Hamlet” and unknown Performance Slides, 1971
7. “Private Lives” Performance Slides, 1972
8. “Private Lives,” “How the Other Half Lives” Performance Slides, 1972-1973
9. “How the Other Half Lives,” “Summer Love” Performance Slides, 1973
10. “Summer Love,” “Madame Butterfly” Performance Slides, 1973, 1975
11. “Madame Butterfly” Performance Slides, 1975
Box 5
Personal Photos, 1940s
Performance Photos
Plaque, Dr. Betty Evans Shakespeare Scholarship Award, 1996
Educational Certificates, 1939-1957
Framed Baton from “Waltz Dream,” early 1960s
Scrapbook with Photographs, Newspaper Clippings
Cassette Tape, “Down the Road Dugin” Songs
VHS Tape, Evans Memorial Service, 1997
Microfilm Reel, “The Merchant of Venice” Score
Magnetic Tape Sound Recording, unknown content
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