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Created by
Evans, Matilda Arabella, American, 1872 - 1935
Subject of
Evans, Matilda Arabella, American, 1872 - 1935
Date
1896-1995
Medium
archival materials
Dimensions
Archives: 1.6Feet
Caption
See more about this collection in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archive (SOVA) here: https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAAHC.A2019.109 or contact NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu.
Description
The Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection documents how she broke boundaries as one of the first African American women physicians to have her own practice. The collection highlights her role as a physician and the great impact she had on the health and welfare of the African American community. The collection is comprised of educational material, business records, photographs, publications, and reference materials collected by and about Evans and her work.
Series:
Educational Materials: Materials include report cards from Evans' medical education and a photograph of her at Oberlin College.
Business Records: Materials include licenses, certificates, and documents from Evans' medical practice.
Photographs: Materials in this series include photographs of Evans and her family as well as photographs of the hospitals she founded.
Publications: Materials include writings and ephemera related to Evans and the Evans clinic as well as a biography authored by Evans of her benefactor and mentor Martha Schofield.
Reference Material - Materials in this series are divided into two subseries, Awards Ephemera and Research Material. The first subseries contains ephemera from events honoring Evans' legacy posthumously. The second subseries has photocopies of research material aggregated abotu Evans and her work.
Place collected
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection
Classification
Archival Collections
Type
documents
ephemera
snapshots
photographs
letters (correspondence)
books
Topic
Activism
American South
Business
Children
Communities
Education
Health
Medicine
Race discrimination
Women
World War I
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leatrice Trottie Brown in memory of Dr. Matilda A. Evans
Object number
A2019.109
Restrictions & Rights
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd544ad452e-0ee0-4a46-bcec-190e4eb8e252

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