Arthur W. Evans Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WHC-M-1770

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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Collector. Correspondence (1906–1968); certificates (1891–1918); and news clippings (1928–1939) regarding University of Oklahoma president Arthur Grant Evans, federal funding for schools in Indian Territory, the issue of separate statehood for Oklahoma and Indian territories, and Evans’s participation in the United States’ propaganda effort in World War I; a typescript regarding the history (1816–1831) of the Presbyterian church and missions in the eastern Cherokee Nation; a diary (1887) of A. G. Evans; and original records (1830–1857) of the New Echota Church in the Cherokee Nation, as recorded by Samuel A. Worcester, church clerk. Arthur W. Evans Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates

1830-1968

Creator

Evans, Arthur W., 1908-1980 (Person)

Extent

.66 ft. (.66 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Arthur W. Evans and Arthur Grant Evans.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Evans, Arthur W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.

Subjects

Certificates Subject Source: Ftamc
Cherokee Indians -- Missions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cherokee Nation -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Subject Source: Naf
Church buildings -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Church buildings -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Evans, Arthur Grant, 1858-1928.
Indian Territory -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America -- Missions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Missions -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Missions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
New Echota Church -- : History.
Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- To 1907 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Presbyterians -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Presbyterians -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Schools -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Statehood (American politics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Committee on Public Information
University of Oklahoma -- : Presidents.
Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Public opinion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings