Evan H. Rhodes papers

Collection

Evan H. Rhodes papers

• circa 1940s-2000s (Creation)

9.50 linear feet (9 record storage boxes and 1 document case)

Born in New York City, Evan H. Rhodes (1929-2010) is a noted Key West-based author who penned many novels over the course of his lifetime, including the novel, The Prince of Central Park, which had been adapted into both a feature-length film and a musical. He graduated from New York University with a Master of Arts degree and then worked as a screen reader for Columbia Pictures and Universal International before settling down in Key West to write novels. He was also a member of the Author's League of America, the NYU Alumni Federation, and the Library of the British Museum and had exhibited his own sculptures at the Washington Square Gallery in New York City.

His papers contain a wide arrange of material documenting his noteworthy literary career, including manuscripts, playscripts, drafts, notes, research files, promotional materials, news clippings, reviews, correspondence, poetry, audio-visual materials, photographs, and ephemera.

This collection is unprocessed but open for use.

This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.

Evan H. Rhodes papers finding aid © 2022 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.

• English

• Latin

Finding aid was created by Yvette Yurubi, August 2022.

• Key West (Fla.)

• Key West (Fla.)

• Sound recordings » Audiocassettes
• Video recordings (physical artifacts) » Videocassettes » VHS
• Photographs
• Typescripts
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence
• Drafts (documents)
• Periodicals
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Biographies (literary works)
• Musical compositions
• Research (documents)