Margaret P. Evans Collection
Record Group
Identifier: RG -017
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Margaret P. Evans. Included are prints, negatives, slides, photographs, digital collections, and miscellaneous works. For some projects there are more than one format for a single image. The work that comprises this collection was created between 1970 and 2004. The vast majority of the contents of this collection are from Margaret P. Evans’ professional endeavors as a photographer and college educator. However, there are records from her personal life as well. Among the collection are professional photographic projects including her work on steel mills, the Polish textile industry, the Everglades, portraits, the Upstairs Room, Mythic Images, polaroid work, Girls in White Dresses, and barns. Much of her work has taken place in the eastern United States. Some portions of her personal records are from Africa, South America, Europe, and Korea. Evans’ project on the Polish textile industry took place in Lodz, Poland. Her teaching materials from her time as an educator at Shippensburg University are also included in the collection.
The records are arranged in 6 series. That includes Series 1 (prints), Series 2 (negatives), Series 3 (slides), Series 4 (photographs), Series 5 (digital collections), and Series 6 (miscellaneous). The contents of each series are arranged alphabetically.
The records are arranged in 6 series. That includes Series 1 (prints), Series 2 (negatives), Series 3 (slides), Series 4 (photographs), Series 5 (digital collections), and Series 6 (miscellaneous). The contents of each series are arranged alphabetically.
Dates
- 1970 - 2004
Biographical / Historical
Margaret P. Evans was born in upstate New York in 1947. After she graduated high school, she joined the Peace Corps and worked in both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Korea. When she finished her Peace Corp work, she enrolled at Goddard College where she received her undergraduate degree and earned her graduate degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Evans taught at community colleges in New York prior to teaching photography at Shippensburg University’s Communications and Journalism department. Margaret passed away in 2014. Her husband, Art Berman, donated her collection to the university in 2015. The collection was originally kept in off-site storage at the time of donation, however, it is now currently on-site at the Shippensburg University Archives.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
The Margaret P. Evans collection was donated to the Shippensburg University Archives and Special Collections in 2015. The first step taken in processing the collection was a thorough inventory of the different formats and size of each format. A brief plan was made on how the collection would be organized and the types of materials needed to properly store the various formats. It was determined that each format should be processed at separate stages, and the necessary supplies were ordered at each stage. Slides were processed first and placed into archival slide kits. Negatives of standard strip size and squares were stored in plastic sleeves and folders. Both negatives and slides were organized in alphabetical order by project name. Photographs and negative contact sheets were organized by project within boxes. Framed and unframed prints were processed last and placed into map folders within flat files in the archives. Prints that were professionally framed were kept in their original condition, but all the rest were removed from the frames. The digital collection was inventoried and left in original order.
- Title
- Margaret P. Evans Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Kai Sayers
- Date
- February 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Shippensburg University Archives & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Ezra Lehman Memorial Library room 207
Shippensburg University of PA
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg PA 17257
717-477-1123 x3357
specialcollections@ship.edu
Ezra Lehman Memorial Library room 207
Shippensburg University of PA
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg PA 17257
717-477-1123 x3357
specialcollections@ship.edu