Object Details
- Names
- Evans, Wilson Bruce, 1866-1918
- Collection Photographer
- Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
- Camuzzi, M.
- Harris & Ewing
- Collection Creator
- Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956
- Harris, Fred (photographer)
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Place
- Oberlin (Ohio)
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Topic
- Educators
- African Americans
- See more items in
- Evans-Tibbs Collection
- Evans-Tibbs Collection / Series 5: Photographs / Family / Evans Family
- Extent
- 1 Photographic print (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches )
- Date
- circa 1874
- Container
- Box 7, Folder 26
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-016, Item PH2003.7063.414
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Portraits
- Collection Citation
- Evans-Tibbs collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of the Estate of Thurlow E. Tibbs, Jr.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Portraits -- African American men
- Scope and Contents
- Wilson Bruce Evans (1866-1918), the son of Henrietta Leary (1827-1908) and Henry Evans (1817-1886) was born in Oberlin, Ohio. He was an educator in Washington, D.C., and physician from an abolitionist family originating in North Carolina. He received his medical degree from Howard University in 1891 before dedicating his career to education endeavors like his sisters, Anna Evans Murray (1857-1955) and Mary P. Evans Wilson (circa1867-1928). He was a teacher in Burrville County Schools, principal of Mott School, Director of Evening Schools in the District of Columbia; and organizer and first principal of Armstrong Manual Training School. Dr. Evans also served as Quartermaster Sergeant in the National Guard of The District of Columbia; retiring as Captain. In 1889 Wilson Bruce Evans married Annie D. Brooks, a teacher he met while teaching at Benning Elementary School. From their union was born Joseph Brooks Evans (1892-?) and future opera performer Lillian Evanti (1890-1967).
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1588276814476-1588276814615-0
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