Anna Maria Evans papers

LC control no.	mm 98084259
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Evans, Anna Maria, ca. 1828-ca. 1905. » More like this
Main title	Anna Maria Evans papers, 1835-1914 (bulk 1855-1895).
Description	550 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.2 linear feet.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Member of the Society of Friends who operated an orchard near Rochester, N.H., with her husband, Thomas Evans. Born Anna Maria Roberts.
Summary	Chiefly correspondence documenting the life of women in Quaker (Society of Friends) communities and reflecting Quaker involvement in the abolition of slavery, the Civil War, women's rights, religious tolerance, revivalist meetings, and temperance. Includes letters (circa 1850-1905) between Evans and and her friend, Roanna Fox Bean, who lived at various times in Iowa, Minnesota, and California. Other letters are from wives of Quaker missionaries or officials in the United States and overseas, including Gertrude Whittier Cartland, M.H. Morrell, and Susan T. Thompson. Also includes letters of Evans's daughter, Flora Anna Evans, who was active in religious organizations in Boston, Mass., that describe revivalist meetings led by Dwight Lyman Moody and Sam P. Jones.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS84259
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008029>
Acquisition source	Purchase, 1998.
Subjects	Bean, Roanna Fox--Correspondence. » More like this Cartland, Gertrude Whittier, 1822-1911--Correspondence. » More like this Evans, Flora Anna--Correspondence. » More like this Evans, Thomas, d. 1902. » More like this Jones, Sam P. (Sam Porter), 1847-1906. » More like this Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899. » More like this Morrell, M. H.--Correspondence. » More like this Thompson, Susan T.--Correspondence. » More like this Evangelistic work--United States. » More like this Missionaries. » More like this Religious institutions--Massachusetts--Boston. » More like this Religious tolerance--Society of Friends. » More like this Slavery--United States. » More like this Society of Friends. » More like this Society of Friends--Missions. » More like this Temperance--Religious aspects--Society of Friends. » More like this Women's rights--Religious aspects--Society of Friends. » More like this California--Social life and customs. » More like this Iowa--Social life and customs. » More like this Minnesota--Social life and customs. » More like this Rochester (N.H.)--Social life and customs. » More like this United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. » More like this Quakers.
Local shelving no.	MMC-3726 Oversize 3:4
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008029> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008029.3>