Title: Evelyn Scott Drafts of Charlotte Wilder Biography

Date/Date Range :   undated

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains two typewritten drafts and a copy of each for page 7 of a Charlotte Wilder biography by Evelyn Scott, with typewritten and handwritten notes. It discusses Scott's time during World War II and dealing with the bank for Miss Wilder.

Call number: MS-2500

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

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.

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 Drafts of Charlotte Wilder Biography, MS-2500. 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. Her final book The Shadow of the Hawk failed in 1941. Scott became paranoid about the intertwining of political events during the Second World War and the productivity of artists. Evelyn Scott died in 1963, John Metcalfe survived her until 1968.

Charlotte Elizabeth Wilder (1898-1980), novelist Thornton Wilder's oldest sister, received a bachelor's in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1919 and a master's from Radcliffe. She taught at Wheaton College and Smith College. In 1934, Charlotte moved to New York to devote all her time to writing. She suffered a severe nervous breakdown in 1941 and essentially remained in institutions the rest of her life.

This collection contains two typewritten drafts and a copy of each for page 7 of a Charlotte Wilder biography by Evelyn Scott, with typewritten and handwritten notes. It discusses Scott's time during World War II and dealing with the bank for Miss Wilder.

See also Evelyn Scott Collection in MS-2015 and The Evelyn Scott Letters, 1946-1949, in MS-2300. The Peggy Bach Collection (mostly on Evelyn Scott) in MS-2047 and MS-2050.

• Wilder, Charlotte Elizabeth, 1898-1980.
• Scott, Evelyn, 1893-.
• Women authors -- United States.