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Evans-Tibbs Collection

Anacostia Community Museum
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Object Details

Photographer
Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Camuzzi, M.
Harris & Ewing
Creator
Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956
Harris, Fred (photographer)
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Names
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs), 1890-1967
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Jones, Lois Mailou, 1905-1998
Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940
Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925
Tibbs, Thurlow Evans, Jr., (1952-1997)
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Oberlin (Ohio)
Topic
African American families
Photographer
Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Camuzzi, M.
Harris & Ewing
Creator
Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956
Harris, Fred (photographer)
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
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Evans-Tibbs Collection
Biographical/Historical note
The Evans-Tibbs collection form part of the family papers acquired from the Evans-Tibbs Collection museum, which closed in 1996, and centers around the life of Lillian Evans Tibbs. The museum was formerly the home of Evans, the first African American woman to sing opera with an organized European company. She was born in Washington, DC to a cultured, well-educated, middle-class family. Her mother was Annie Lillian Evans, a music teacher in the DC public school system, and her father was Wilson Bruce Evans, organizer and first principal of Armstrong Technical High School in Washington, DC. Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, was her great-uncle and two other family members are credited with taking part in John Borwn's raid on Harper's Ferry. She married Howard University music professor, Roy W. Tibbs in 1918. Her stage name, Madame Evanti, is a combination of her last name and her husband's. Evans had one child, Thurlow Tibbs Sr., and two grandchildren, Diane Elizabeth and Thurlow Evans Tibbs. Thurlow Jr., operated the Evans-Tibbs Collection museum until 1996, a year before his death.
Extent
25.54 Linear feet (46 boxes; 3 cabinet drawers)
Date
circa 1850-1997
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.06-016
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photograph albums
Sheet music
Letters (correspondence)
Citation
Evans-Tibbs collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of the Estate of Thurlow E. Tibbs, Jr.
Processing Information
The processing of the Evans-Tibbs Collection and creation of the finding aid are under revision. The photographs in the collection are available by appointment.
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
Photograph albums
Sheet music
Letters (correspondence)
Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
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Record ID
ebl-1570503605881-1570503605906-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa74ee10449-1db5-4b26-ad53-87860864cb33

In the Collection

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  • Lillian Evanti pose with parrot

  • Tibbs Family

  • Lillian Evanti and John Hoskins perform at the Hall of the Americas Pan American Union

  • Eliza Brooks

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Elizabeth Moore Tibbs and Diane Elizabeth Tibbs

  • Lillian Evanti with pet

  • Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks

  • Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.

  • Joseph HB Evans

  • Elizabeth Moore Tibbs and daughter Diane Elizabeth Tibbs

  • Publicity and Special Events

  • Victory Mass Assembly District of Columbia Branch, NAACP program

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti in Park

  • Lillian Evanti portrait

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Brooks family

  • Lillian Evanti pose with parrot

  • Recital of Lillian Evanti at New England Mutual Hall invitation

  • 5th Annual American Negro Music Festival program

  • Lillian Evans

  • Lillian Evanti, International Lyric-Coloratura Soprano in Recital, Vermont Avenue Baptist Church program

  • Daniel Murray

  • Portrait of African American woman

  • The Ministry of Music presents Lillian Evanti in song recital, John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church program

  • The Treble Clef of Washington, D.C., honors local composers program

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti holding flowers after a performance

  • Lillian Evanti receives Distinguished Alumni Award at Howard University

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Mrs. Brooks

  • Lillian Evanti travel scrapbook

  • Lillian Evanti and John Hoskins greet Dr. L. S. Rowe

  • Brooks Family

  • Annie Brooks Evans

  • Miss Lillian Evans, pupil of Miss Lulu Vere Childers

  • Lillian Evanti in recital at Asbury Methodist Church

  • Lillian Evans Tibbs papers

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority presents Second Annual "Fiesta Time" featuring Mme. Lillian Evanti program

  • Portrait of African American woman

  • Mary Evans Wilson

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from Rigoletto.

  • Robert Russa Moton

  • Biographical Materials

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from Lakmé.

  • Evanti, Lyric Coloratura Soprano, Central Christian Church program

  • Lillian Evanti cooking

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti sings for her sorority, Zeta Phi Beta

  • Lillian Evans scrapbook

  • Family

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti at special event

  • Lillian Evanti concert, Memorial Auditorium program

  • Programs and Promotional Materials

  • Murray Family

  • Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr.

  • Lillian Evanti Coloratura Soprano, John Hoskins at the piano Union of American Republics

  • Prominent Friends and Associates

  • Lillian Evanti pose with parrot

  • Evans Family

  • Wilson Bruce Evans

  • Armstrong Manual Training School yearbook

  • Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from Lakmé

  • Lillian Evanti wears costume from Lucia di Lammermour

  • Wilson Bruce Evans

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from Lucia di Lammermour.

  • Photographs

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Jacque Murray

  • The Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie presents Lillian Evanti in recital, program

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from La Traviata

  • Dr. L. S. Rowe, Dr. Luis Quintanilla, Lillian Evanti, and John Hoskins

  • Souvenir Journal and program, Lillian Evanti in recital, First A.M.E. Zion Church

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from Rigoletto

  • Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr.

  • African American barbershop

  • Joseph H. Douglass

  • The Toujours Fidele Women's Guild of Wheatley Social Center presents Lillian Evanti, Joseph Lockett at piano

  • Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.

  • Lillian Evanti at La Voz De America

  • Wilson Bruce Evans--Armstrong Manual Training School

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti, National Gallery of Art concert program

  • Lillian and Joseph Evans

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Anna Evans Murray

  • Elizabeth Moore Tibbs with Lillian Evanti and grandchildren, Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., and Diane Elizabeth Tibbs

  • Roy W. Tibbs and the Howard University Glee Club

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti wears opera costume from Lucia di Lammermour.

  • Lillian Evanti

  • Lillian Evanti

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