Series 16. Scrapbook [box 27], 1948/1975
- Containers:
- Box 27
- Scope and content:
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This scrapbook documents the collaborative writing career of George and Kay Harris Evans under the pen name "Brandon Bird," which produced five mystery novels and a number of fiction pieces for magazines (includes clippings of articles regarding the Evans as a writing team and the awards they had won; book reviews of the Evans' five mystery novels by several publications, including the New York Times Book Review; press releases announcing the publication of a new novel and several 8x10 photographs of the Evans, their home and their dogs; also includes correspondence and clippings regarding the song "Dixie's Land" composed by George Bird Evans' great-grandmother's second husband, Daniel Decatur Emmett [the original manuscript of the song was in the possession of George and Kay Harris Evans at their home Old Hemlock; see Box 17, Folder 4 for manuscript of article by Evans regarding the Evans-Emmett connection]).
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
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