Title: Evelyn Scott Letter

Date/Date Range :   circa 1937

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In this letter, Evelyn Scott informs Mr. Northwall (an admirer of her work in Chicago) that she has received his special delivery.

Call number: MS-1952

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in April of 2000.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Evelyn Scott Letter, MS-1952. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Evelyn Scott (1893-1963) was born Elsie Dunn in Clarksville, Tennessee. In 1913, Elsie married Frederick Creighton Wellman, and they changed their names to Evelyn Scott and Cyril Kay-Scott. The couple moved to Brazil, where they had one son in 1914, Creighton "Jigg" Scott. After her divorce from Cyril in 1928, Evelyn married novelist John Metcalfe in 1930. Between 1921 and 1941, she wrote several books, including critically acclaimed The Wave and Eva Gay. After her final book The Shadow of the Hawk failed in 1941, she wrote two more unpublished novels.

In this letter, Evelyn Scott informs Mr. Northwall (an admirer of her work in Chicago) that she has received his special delivery.

• Scott, Evelyn, 1893-.
• Women authors -- United States.
• Authors, American -- Tennessee.