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Box
Title
Correspondence and Personal Materials
Date(s)
- 1922-1999 (Creation)
Extent
9 folders
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2/1: Greeting Cards [ITEMS REMOVED, now housed in Box 3]
2/2: Wedding Announcement, 1922
A formal wedding announcement from the bride's mother, Mrs. E. O. Thomas, announcing that her daughter Kate had married Sterling C. Evans; implies the couple's first home was in Bryan, Texas. The envelope is addressed to Miss Ollie Evans. The announcement reads "Mrs. E. O. Thomas, announces the marriage of her daughter, Kate, to Mr. Sterling C. Evans, on Thursday, December seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Whitewright, Texas, At Home, Bryan, Texas
2/3: Letters to Cathrene Evans, 1953-1955
Letters written by Evans to his wife while he was on business trips in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Six letters on Hotel stationery: Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY and Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.
2/4: Inauguration of Texas Governor Allan Shivers, 1953
Invitation and program for the inauguration of Texas Governor Allan Shivers in 1953
2/5: Gus Wortham biography. January 1994 - July 11, 1996
Includes correspondence about and a draft of foreword composed by Evans for the biography of Gus Wortham, Gus Wortham: Portrait of a Leader, written by Fran Dressman (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1994). [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in 18/1] 22 color photographs (4" x 6") from the reception held on August 5.
2/6: Texas A&M University Football Game, November 1987
Correspondence, ticket stubs, hotel receipt, social invitations from the President of Texas A&M University, the Chancellor of Texas A&M University System, and the Director of the Sterling C. Evans Library, 1987
2/7: Evans' 100th birthday celebration, 1999
Includes letter of congratulations from family and business executives. The Brackett News 29 July 1999 article on front page "Evans Approaches Century Mark." Birthday Banner.
2/8: Blank Personal Stationery, undated
Address "P.O. Box 777/Castroville, TX 78009"
2/9: Guest books, 1949-1987
Three stenographer's notebooks, all in the same handwriting. Two recording telephone calls and addresses; one notebook of which is labeled as the "new book" and the other as the "old book." The third notebook lists the visitors.