Pocatello Oscar winner featured at Marshall Library

A Pocatello native is being highlighted at the Marshall Public Library.

A special display featuring 1961 Oscar winner Edward Stevenson features photographs, costume sketches, and images of films he worked on. Stevenson won the academy award for Best Costume Design for his efforts on “The Facts of Life”. He also worked on other classics including “Citizen Kane” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Stevenson was also nominated for an Oscar for costume design work on “The Mudlark” and “David and Bathsehba”, both in 1952.

“Stevenson was uniquely tied into Pocatello’s railroad origins,” said Trent Clegg, Reference Specialist at the Marshall Public Library. “His father, Andrew B. Stevenson, worked many years for the railroad, acting as the superintendent of the entire Idaho division from 1910 until his death in 1919. ‘Eddie’ moved to Hollywood a few years after his father’s death.”

Stevenson was born in Pocatello in 1906 and died at the age of 62 in 1968. He was laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetery.

His work will be on display in the library through January 12.