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Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers
Evans, Virginia B., 1894-1983
A&M 3256
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0.8 Linear Feet
9 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (17 artworks in secure storage)
1916-1984
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers, A&M 3256, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Papers and artwork of Virginia B. Evans, a landscape painter and glassware designer of the upper Ohio Valley. She was a native of Moundsville, West Virginia who at one time headed the art department at West Liberty State College. Her art was widely exhibited regionally and nationally. Although she preferred working in a variety of styles and media, she was most noted for her rather representational landscapes and her fusion of traditional Chinese sensibilities with modern Western industrial glassware design. Collection also includes a white confirmation dress from Mount de Chantal where Evans completed a degree in art in 1914.
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Ohio River and Valley.
Art and artists
Evans, Virginia B., 1894-1983
Biographical InformationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540641916, 1936, 1972-1938, undated11Carnegie Institute of Technology -- TranscriptArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541011916, 193611West Liberty State Teachers College Newsletter -- Article Regarding Her Faculty AppointmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154102October 193611Business CardArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154103undated11Vitae (6 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541041972-1983, undated11ObituaryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154105198311Funeral CardArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154106198311Correspondence (regarding employment and exhibitions; chronologically scattered)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540651934–197412Writings -- Virginia Evans Authorship "On Set Design" (ms; approx. 120 pp.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154066undated13Lecture Notes -- (regarding the arts; mss and typescripts)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154067undated14Programs and AnnouncementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540681930-1942, undated15Ohio River Art Classes at Marietta, OH (2 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154107ca. 194015Classes and Lectures by Virginia Evans (12 items; chrono. scattered)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541081934-1942, undated15Annual Art Colony of Woman's Club of WheelingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541201935, undated15Art Guild; Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation (attended by Virginia Adams)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154121193015Exhibits -- Virginia EvansArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540691929-1948, 196116Hughes Design (Glen Dale, WV)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154109undated16Carriage House, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, WV)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541101961 August 1316Parkersburg Fine Arts Center (Parkersburg, WV; Virginia Evans as Juror)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541111942 May 3016Town or Country (Norfolk, VA; fashion and gift store)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154112undated16Annual Exhibition of Allied Artists of WV (Charleston, WV; 2 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1541131937–194816First Annual Pasadena National (Pasadena Art Institute)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154114194616"Exhibition of Paintings by Western Pennsylvania Artists Presented to the Pittsburgh Public Schools by One Hundred Friends of Pittsburgh Art" (Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154115193716Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation; Tenth Exhibition (Anderson Galleries; New York City)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154116192916Clippings (regarding Virginia Evans exhibits, art education, etc.; includes Fontainebleau Alumni Bulletin)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540701928–198417-8Designs for Imperial Glass Co. by Virginia Evans (includes correspondence and clippings; some notes also)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540711988, undated19Exhibition -- Shirk, Jeannette (includes program, clipping, and 9 prints)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154072February-March 1960110Photographs -- Virginia Evans PaintingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154073undated111Prints -- Virginia Evans (4 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154074undated112Publications -- Magazines (3 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540751923113"International Studio"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154117May 1923113"Magazine of Art"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154118January 1938113"International Studio"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154119March 1923113Slides -- Virginia Evans Paintings (21 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154076undated2Sketchbook -- PencilArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154077undated2Sketches -- Pencil (loose in folder)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154078undated2Certificate -- "Wonderful Neighbor on the Gulf" (from southwest Florida radio station)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540791961 August 192Certificate -- "The Ad Chat Award...for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Art in the Wheeling School District"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/15408019382Certificate -- "Order of the 35th Star of the State of West Virginia" (from WV Secretary of State, A. James Manchin)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1540811982 November 232Poster Board Sketches (for glass ware; 3 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154082undated2Item No. 4. Moonlight Sonata #1 [Abstract blue swirls] oil on hardboard, 24 x 16 inches, signed lower left, "Virginia B. Evans", inscribed on reverse "Moonlight Sonata 1" "1 of 3".Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154086undatedUnboxedItem No. 5. Moonlight Sonata #2 [Abstract pink swirls] oil on hardboard, 24 x 16 inches, signed lower left, "Virginia B. Evans". Inscribed on reverse "Moonlight Sonata 2".Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154087undatedUnboxedItem No. 11. [Ruin of House] Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, unsigned.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154093undatedUnboxedItem No. 12. Plaster Cast Still Life [Woman's Head] Oil on canvas, 28 x 26 inches, singed lower right, Virginia B. Evans. Label on reverse: "Plaster Cast Still Life 200.00 #9."Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154094undatedUnboxedItem No. 13. Still Life [Bottles, Figure, Mask] Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, signed lower right Virginia B. Evans. Label on reverse on stretcher: "Dorsey's Knob by Virginia B. Evans" [does not appear to relate to this painting].Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154095undatedUnboxedItem No. 15. Gloucester Harbor, gouache, 9 ½ x 11 inches, signed lower right.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154097undatedUnboxedItem No. 16. Home of Miss India Evans and Sister, Twelfth St. Moundsville W. Va. Gouache, approx. 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. Inscribed on reverse: "Home of Miss India Evans and Sister, Twelfth St. Moundsville W. Va. Painted by Virginia B. Evans, her niece. Method Gouache painting."Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154098undatedUnboxedWhite confirmation dress from Mount de Chantal (On evidence of photographs and text in Mount de Chantal yearbooks dating from 1914, 1916, 1922, 1924, and 1948, this dress was likely worn at May Day pageants and distribution ceremonies; it was probably also worn at confirmations as well. Photocopies of pages from these yearbooks containing evidence are stored with the dress in an acid-free folder.)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154100ca. 19143Broadside illustrated by Harrison FisherArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/15464919183