Montgomery Evans papers, 1919-1952.

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Montgomery Evans papers, 1919-1952.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317550946

This collection contains a great deal of correspondence between Montgomery Evans and others as well as his personal writings, diaries, personal memorabilia, biographical materials and published articles. The majority of the correspondence is either of personal nature, or regards the activity of book collecting, selling and trading, which was common among Evans' acquaintances. Of particular interest are a number of letters from Carl Goedel. These letters are all written from Europe after World War II and lead up to the arrest of "Axis Sally"(Mildred Gillars), and Goedel's implication that he was involved in her propaganda spreading Nazi broadcasts. There is a newspaper article regarding her arrest, and a letter of support written by Evans defending his friend.

4.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Gillars, Mildred, 1900-1988

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Goedel, Carl

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Evans, Montgomery

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Montgomery Evans was born in 1901 and formed friendships with many of the literary figures of the time. He was friends with Hunter Stagg, an editor of the Southern literary magazine The Reviewer, and it was through him that he was able to network and associate with some of the well-known literary figures of the 1920's. Evans and Stagg went together on a European tour in 1924 during which he spent time with Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Sylvia Beach, and eventually becam...