Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence from William Lyon Phelps to Lewis Charles Everard. Everard had been secretary to Phelps from 1904 to 1908 and his colleague in the Department of English. The men corresponded intermittently until shortly before their deaths, both in August, 1943. The letters are of a routine social nature. Printed material by and about William Lyon Phelps, consisting primarily of magazine articles and newspaper clippings, is also included.
Dates
- 1905-1943
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lynn Everard Bear, 1997.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence from William Lyon Phelps to Lewis Charles Everard. Everard had been secretary to Phelps from 1904 to 1908 and his colleague in the Department of English. The men corresponded intermittently until shortly before their deaths, both in August, 1943. The letters are of a routine social nature. Printed material by and about William Lyon Phelps, consisting primarily of magazine articles and newspaper clippings, is also included.
Biographical / Historical
Lewis Charles Everard was born on November 7, 1884 in Corsicana, Texas. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1908 and a M.A. in 1910. Everard was an instructor in English at Yale from 1911 to 1915. He then worked for the publications division of the United States Forest Service in Washington in a variety of capacities: assistant editor, 1915-1918; chief of publications, 1918-1920; and as editor, chief of educational cooperation, and assistant chief of the division of information, 1925-1929. He served as chief editor for the Department of Agriculture, 1920-1921; economist and statistician for the War Finance Corporation, 1921-1923; director and vice president of the Medical Standard Book Company, Baltimore, 1923-1925; and editor for Museum News, Smithsonian Institution, 1929-1943. He was the author of numerous articles on forestry and American museums. Everard died on August 27, 1943 in Washington, D.C.
- Title
- Guide to the Lewis Charles Everard Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Carol King
- Date
- December 1998
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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