ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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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