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Copies of eight typescript manuscript published articles, ca. 1961-1989

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Includes:

1. "Tradition in My Hands," published in "Gun Dog" (1982)

2. "Fowling Piece for a Wife" by Kay Harris Evans, publication information unknown

3. "Wild Clays," published in "The Shooting Sportsman" (June 1988)

4. "A Winter's Tale," published in "The Shooting Sportsman" (December 1988)

5. "The Day the Purdey Broke," publication information unknown

6. "Tony's Mayhawk Speck: 17 June 1923 - 9 November 1935," publication information unknown

7. "A Gunner's Tale," publication information unknown

8. "A Family Connection" [photocopy], published in "Civil War Times Illustrated" (November 1961) [regards the song "Dixie's Land" composed by George Bird Evans' great-grandmother's second husband, Daniel Decatur Emmett; see Box 27 for correspondence and clippings regarding this song]

Also includes four "Forewords" by George Bird Evans:

1. "Woodcock Shooting" author, Edmund W. Davis

2. Gordon Gullion's book, title unknown

3. "Upland Game Bird Shooting" author, Eugene Connett

4. "Eastern Upland Shooting" author, Charles Norris

Also includes four pages of Evans's notes, photocopies of articles regarding upland shooting and clippings of obituaries

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1961-1989

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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