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COLLECTION SUMMARY Title: Faculty Papers, David Allan Evans papers Dates: 1966-1988 (bulk 1970-1972, 1987-1988) Creator: David Allan Evans Physical description: 1.42 linear feet—2 containers Collection number: UA 53.16 Language: Collection material is in English. Repository: South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Abstract: Collection is composed of manuscripts of poems written by David Allan Evans. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: David Allan Evans donated this collection of poem manuscripts to the Archives on November 12, 1998. Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid. It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003) Preferred citation: [Identification of item]. Faculty Papers, David Allan Evans papers, UA 53.16, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Processing information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on June 11, 2003 with revisions on December 9, 2008 (cjg). SELECTED SEARCH TERMS The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Persons:
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BACKGROUND NOTE Born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1940, David Allan Evans went to college on a football scholarship, and by the time he graduated, he was writing poems and short stories. He received a B.A. degree in English from Morningside College in Sioux City, an M.A. degree in the same subject from the University of Iowa two years later, and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas in 1976. He has lived since 1968 in Brookings, where he is a professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at South Dakota State University. He is the author of five books or poetry and the author or editor of seven other books, including Decent Dangers (2000), Hanging Out with the Crows (1991), What the Tallgrass Says (1982), and Remembering the Soos (1980). In 1974 he was the first South Dakotan to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant. He has received writing grants form the Bush Artist Foundation in St. Paul and the South Dakota Arts Council. He was named Poet Laureate of South Dakota by Governor William Janklow in 2002.
His poems, short stories, and essays have been published in dozens of magazines and journals, including The New York Times, Kansas Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Esquire, North American Review, and South Dakota Review, and in more than sixty anthologies.
He has been a Fulbright Scholar to China twice, once in Nanjing and once in Guangzhou. He has done residencies for Arts Councils in South Dakota, Iowa, and Wyoming for over a quarter of a century. In addition, David Evans is recognized as a committed and inspiring teacher, a friendly and helpful colleague, and an active participant in the scholarly community of South Dakota State University. Bibliography: David Allan Evans, Among athletes: [poems], New York: Folder Editions, 197-. [SD Collection: PN6110.S65 E9]
David Allan Evans, Decent dangers, Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Poetry Press, c2000. [SD Collection: PS3555.V214 D43 2000] David Allan Evans, Double happiness: two lives in China, Vermillion: University of South Dakota Press, 1995. [SD Collection: DS712.E88 1995]
David Allan Evans, Hanging out with the crows, Kansas City, Mo.: BkMk Press, c1991. [SD Collection: PS3555.V214 H36 1991]
David Allan Evans, New voices in American poetry: an anthology, Cambridge, Mass., Winthrop Publishers, 1973. [SD Collection: PS613.E9]
David Allan Evans, Real and false alarms, Kansas City Mo.: BKMK Press, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, c. 1985. [SD Collection: PS3555.V214 R4 1985]
David Allan Evans, Remembering the Soos, Marshall, Minn.: Plains Press, 1986. [SD Collection: PS3555.V214 R45 1986]
David Allan Evans, Train windows, Athens, Ohio University Press, c1976. [SD Collection: PS3555.V214 T7] David Allan Evans, What the tallgrass says, Sioux Falls, S.D.: Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, 1982. [SD Collection: F656.W45] SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE This collection is composed of manuscripts of poems. These manuscripts are early versions of poems and include notations by the author. Also included are a few clippings and an original musical score, Three poems for chorus, composed by M. William Karlins with lyrics written by David Allan Evans. ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS Folders arranged in alphabetical order. Box 1.
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