Arthur W. Evans Collection
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
- Creation: 1830-1968
Creator
- Evans, Arthur W., 1908-1980 (Person)
Extent
.66 Cubic Feet (.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
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.
Subject
- Evans, Arthur Grant, 1858-1928. (Person)
- Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859 (Person)
- New Echota Church -- : History. (Organization)
- United States. Committee on Public Information (Organization)
- University of Oklahoma -- : Presidents. (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation -- History
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
- Indian Territory -- History
- Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- To 1907
Topical
- Cherokee Indians -- Missions
- Church buildings -- Indian Territory
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Missions -- Indian Territory
- Missions -- Oklahoma
- Presbyterians -- Indian Territory
- Presbyterians -- Oklahoma
- Schools -- Indian Territory
- Schools -- Oklahoma
- Statehood (American politics)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Public opinion
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
