Evans (Edmund) Letters to, ca. 1855-1910

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Summary

Title:
Letters to Edmund Evans,
Dates:
ca. 1855-1910
Creators:
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
Abstract:
Edmund Evans (1826-1905) was a color engraver. After his death, the business was carried on by his sons Edmund, Wilfred and Herbert. The collection consists of letters to Edmund Evans, mostly in his capacity as a wood-engraver and color printer, letters to his son, Edmund Wilfred Evans, and one small black album containing fragments of autographs of various people.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Letters to Edmund Evans (Collection 865). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of letters to Edmund Evans, mostly in his capacity as a wood-engraver and color printer. Also includes letters to his son, Edmund Wilfred Evans, who carried on his father's work with another son, Herbert, after Evans' death. Correspondents include: Kate Greenaway, Walter Crane, Birket Foster, H.K. Browne, Joseph Pennell, and John Tenniel. Also includes one small black album containing fragments of autographs of various people.

Expanded Scope and Content Note

The correspondence consists of letters to Evans mostly in his capacity as wood-engraver and color printer, with some letters addressed to his son Edmund Wilfred Evans. As a whole, the letters are concerned with business matters, but many of them contain personal and social messages to Evans and his family. Most of the correspondents are authors, illustrators, engravers, and printers as well as personal friends and acquaintances. Also included is one small black album containing fragments of autographs of various people.

Biographical / historical:

Evans was born February 23, 1826 in Southwark, London, England; at 13 years old, he became reading boy at Samuel Bentley's, printers in Shoe Lane; in 1840 he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells; started business as wood-engraver, first on Fleet St. and later on Racquet Court; became known as color engraver, printing The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1858) and A Chronicle of England (1864); color-printed children's books by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway; retired in 1892 to Ventnor; died in 1905; after his death, the business was carried on by his sons Edmund, Wilfred and Herbert.

Acquisition information:
Myers Company, 1964, purchase.
Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Phyllis Herzog; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Letters to Edmund Evans (Collection 865). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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