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
- 1830-1968
Creator
- Evans, Arthur W., 1908-1980 (Person)
Extent
.66 ft. (.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.
- 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
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu