The Special Collections Library of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, received a large collection of manuscipts pertaining to modernist American writer Evelyn Scott. Professor Robert Welker of Huntsville, Alabama, generously donated the papers.

In honor of this gift, the University is celebrating the life of Evelyn Scott (1893-1963). Author of Escapade (1923), The Wave (1929), and other works of fiction, poetry, and criticism, Scott wrote about her Tennessee roots in her autobiography Background in Tennessee (1939).

You are invited to visit our web exhibit below, or come and view the manuscript collection which contains personal photographs, memorabilia, correspondence and writings of the late author Evelyn Scott. Special Collections Library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is open from 9-5:30 Monday thru Friday.

Articles and related information about Evelyn Scott written by faculty, graduate students and visiting scholars of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

"The Odyssey of Elsie Dunn" by James B. Lloyd, Special Collections Librarian.

"Peggy Bach: Evelyn Scott's Biographer" by David Madden, United States Civil War Center, Louisiana State University.

"Tennessee's Prodigal Daughter: Evelyn Scott" by Caroline Maun, The University of Tennessee.

"Evelyn Scott Highlights" by Caroline Maun, The University of Tennessee.

"Evelyn Scott: Selected Bibliography" by Caroline Maun, The University of Tennessee.

• MS-2015, Evelyn Scott Collection Guide, University of Tennessee
• Online Guides to the Manuscript Collections of the Special Collections branch of The University of Tennessee Libraries
• Women in Tennessee History: An Online Bibliography & Research Guide
• Homepage of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries

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