RALPH D. EVANS PAPERS
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Ralph D. Evans, radio and television executive, were given to the
United States of America by Ernest A. Deahl in a deed of gift signed June 21, 1978.
Literary rights in the unpublished writings of Ralph D. Evans have been given and
assigned to the United States of America.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 2
Approximate number of pages: 2500
Description of Series
Box Contents
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General Correspondence 1951-70. (1/2 container). Arranged by name
of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.
1-5
Subject File 1951-70. (4 1/2 containers). Clippings, correspondence
and telegrams, memoranda, photographs, press releases, copies
of speeches by Herbert Hoover, and miscellaneous printed
materials concerning the development of the Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library and National Historic Site, birthday
observances honoring Mr, Hoover and related projects of the
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation., Inc. Arranged by
subjects alphabetically.
General Correspondence
Box Contents
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Anderson., William B. 1954-1970
Bruce, I. C. 1951
Committee for Constitutional Government, 1957-1958
Fawcett, Floyd 1964
Figge, Reginald 1962-1964
Galpin, Perrin C. 1958
Garrison, George A, 1972
Goodwin., Robert K. 1964
Hall, Howard 1955
Henry, John M. 1955-1959
Hoover, Allan 1957-1966
Hoover, Herbert 1952-1955
Hoover, Herbert 1956-1959
Hoover, Herbert 1960-1964
Humelston, Mrs. Dwight S. 1951
MacNeil, Neil 1960
Maytag, Fred 1959
Maytag, Mrs. Fred II 1964
Miller, Bernice 1954--1957
National Park Service 1970
Nye., Frank T. 1962-1964
Smith, Carleton D. 1951
Talman, E. Lee 1963
Thalken, Thomas T. 1970
Wagner, William J. 1964
West Branch Heritage Foundation 1966
Miscellaneous
Subject File
Box Contents
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Audio-Visual Materials
Cowles Papers
Hoover Birthdays
80th, 1954
Correspondence
May--June 18
June 22--July
August--October
Films
2
82nd, 1956
84th, 1958
87th, 1961
88th, 1962
90th, 1964
Correspondence March
June 24
June 25--August
Congressional Record
Clippings
91st, 1965
92nd, 1966
95th, 1969
96th, 1970
2 Hoover Birthplace
Historic Site
Clippings 1959-1969
The Master Plan
Miscellaneous
Hoover Blacksmith Shop Dedication 1957
Hoover Commemorative Stamp 1964-1965
Hoover Commission
3
Hoover Elementary Schools 1954-1966
Hoover Foundation
1954-1955
1956--1957
1958-1959
1960-1962
1963--1964
1965-1966
1967-1968
1969-1970
Hoover Funeral 1964
Hoover Institution, Stanford 1958-1959
Hoover Library Construction 1956-1963
Hoover Library Dedication
1959--1962 August 10
1962 August 13--September
Hoover Library Miscellaneous
Hoover Miscellaneous
4
Hoover Speeches and TV Programs 1951-1964
Iowa Award 1951-1952
Kofron Farm 1959-1960
Photographs 1955--l967
5
U.S.S. Iowa
1951 September--November 10
1951 November 20—30
Aftermath
1951--1952 January
1952 February--1956
Hawaii 1951
Memorabilia
Miscellaneous
Duplicates--Clippings
Duplicates--Clippings
Duplicates
Duplicates
Non-Manuscript Materials
In addition to manuscripts, the Ralph Evans Papers includes the following
donations of books and audio-visual materials.
Books
Darling,, Jay N. As Ding Saw Hoover; Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa,
1954
Lane, Anne Wintermute & Louise Herrick Wall., Eds., The Letters of Franklin K.
Lane, Franklin K. The American Spirit,, Addresses in War-Time; Frederick A.
Stokes Co., 1916
New York World Telegram The World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1932
Smith, Don Peculiarities of the Presidents; Wilkinson Press, Van Wert, Ohio.,
1946
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service National Parks Portfolio
U.S. Government Printing Office Annual Report of the Secretary ofthe Interior
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, July, 1919
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, December, 1919
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, February, 1920
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, May., 1921
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, December, 1926
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, January., 1927
U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Directory, June, 1940
U.S. Government Printing Office Constitution, Jefferson’s Manual and
U.S.S. Iowa, 1951-52
Dedication of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, August 10, 1962;
30 minute tape of the NBC broadcast of the event including speeches
by Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman. Duplicate of SRT-62/24
"Iowans Aboard the U.S.S. Iowa"
Films
Presentation of films of the 80th Birthday Celebration to the Library of Congress
on April 1, 1958. Participants include: A.R. Bruns,Ralph Evans., Patrick
Henry., Congressman Fred Schwengel, and Admiral Lewis Strauss.
39 feet., black and white., silent. Two copies. MP-73/355
Meeting of the Iowa Centennial Commission. Participants include: Ralph
Evans and John Henry. Date unknown. 21 feet, black and white,
silent. MP-73/356