Joan Evans

Career Writer / Antiquarian / Librarian

Biography Honorary librarian of the Courtauld Institute from 1931, writer and scholar, she was interested in collecting gems and jewels and in French medieval period. [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 15/01/2007]

Biography References http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47612 / Who was Who 2007 / http://www.thepapertrail.org.uk/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1000 / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Evans_%28art_historian%29

Clubs & Societies Society of Antiquaries / Royal Archaeological Institute / Royal Historical Society

County Buckinghamshire / Northamptonshire

Relationship Field Collector / Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1929

Dates active 1893-1977

Donated around 1929

English collections Lace pillow and bobbins

Oxford Uni College St Hugh's College

Oxford Uni Education Yes

Oxford Uni date 1914-1920

Oxford based No

Date in Oxford 1914-1922

Portrait link http://www.thepapertrail.org.uk/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1000

English collection size 134

Connections John Evans / Arthur John Evans / Henry Balfour