Evans Biography Workshop Offers Public Lectures Two public lectures on the topic of biography writing will be offered at Utah State University. Levi S. Peterson, noted Utah author and educator, will present the keynote address at the Evans Biography Workshop on the Utah State campus, Monday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. His topic will be "In Favor of Candor in the Writing of Biography and Autobiography." Possessed of a keen sense of humor and a perceptive view of the human drama, Peterson will provide an insightful and delightful afternoon, workshop organizers said. The lecture will be presented in room 202 of the Nutrition and Food Sciences building at the corner of 700 North and 1200 East in Logan. A discussion session and a reception follow the lecture. A second lecture will be presented by Ron Barney, last year's winner of the Evans Award for his book One Side by Himself: The Life and Times of Lewis Barney, 1808-1894. Barney's presentation is Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Old Main room 115 at 7 p.m. He will discuss the process of writing biography and family history. Barney is senior archivist and supervisor of research and publications at the archives of the Family and Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Evans Biography Workshop is a five-day event aimed at fostering the writing of biography, autobiography and family history. The David W. and Beatrice C. Evans family, which has long been devoted to the encouragement and improvement of Western biography and family history writing, is funding the workshop. The annual Evans Biography Awards, administered by Utah State University's Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, are another Evans family project. The workshop runs Aug. 4 - 8 and is open to the public. Workshop instructors include Utah State professors Michael Nicholls, Ross Peterson, Jennifer Sinor and Leonard Rosenband. Also teaching will be USU Press Editor John Alley, business historian Howard Carlisle, university archivist Robert Parson, pioneer historian Susan A. Madsen and folklorist Elaine Thatcher. For information on the workshop and lectures, call the Mountain West Center at (435) 797-3630. | 
