Evans, Della J.

Indiana University alumna, 1897; writer, sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Julian Allen.

From the description of Della J. Evans papers, 1894-1956. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 55694066

Della Julia Evans was born in Evansville, Indiana. She attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, between 1894 and 1897, graduating with a degree in English. During her time at IU she worked as an Associate Editor for The Student and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, helping to establish a new chapter at University of Illinois at Champaign in 1895.

Miss Evans was a prolific writer after her graduation from Indiana University. In 1921 two of her plays, M-R-S and The Younger Son were published by R.C. Badger of Boston, and M-R-S was reproduced in the Indiana University Alumni Quarterly in 1923. She frequently submitted poems to newspapers for publication, sometimes using her chosen pseudonym, Julian Allen.

Moving from Evansville, Miss Evans spent her remaining years in Port Washington, New York, close to her sister, philanthropist Caroline Hornbrook Evans Veatch. Della Evans died June 03, 1956 and her remains were interred in New York.

From the guide to the Della J. Evans papers, 1894-1956, (Indiana University Office of University Archives and Records Management http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives)