03213cpcaa2200577 a 4500 mm 98084259 DLC 20260227111727.0 cr ||||||||||| 980728|||||||||||| eng mm 98084259 DLC dacs DLC DLC G lcmd Evans, Anna Maria, approximately 1828-approximately 1905. Anna Maria Evans papers, 1835-1914 (bulk 1855-1895). 550 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.2 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Member of the Society of Friends who operated an orchard near Rochester, N.H., with her husband, Thomas Evans. Born Anna Maria Roberts. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008029 Bean, Roanna Fox Correspondence. Cartland, Gertrude Whittier, 1822-1911 Correspondence. Evans, Flora Anna Correspondence. Evans, Thomas, -1902. Jones, Sam P. (Sam Porter), 1847-1906. Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899. Morrell, M. H. Correspondence. Thompson, Susan T. Correspondence. Evangelistic work United States. Missionaries. Religious institutions Massachusetts Boston. Religious tolerance Society of Friends. Slavery United States. Society of Friends. Society of Friends Missions. Temperance Religious aspects Society of Friends. Women's rights Religious aspects Society of Friends. California Social life and customs. Iowa Social life and customs. Minnesota Social life and customs. Rochester (N.H.) Social life and customs. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Quakers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008029 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008029.3 44489 44489