PUBLIC "-//Virginia Union University::L. Douglas Wilder Library::Archives and Special Collections Department//TEXT (US::virvu::virvu00024::Rev. Warren Arthur Evans Papers, 1981-1975)//EN" "virvu00024.xml" A Guide to the Rev. Warren Arthur Evans Papers, 1981-1975 Evans,Rev. Warren Arthur Papers MS-0014 Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University 2021 (CC0 1.0)

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This finding aid was produced using a form and manually entry 2022-05-06 Description is in English Rev. Warren Arthur Evans Papers, 1981-1975 A Collection in Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University MS-0014

Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University 2021 Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Descriptive Summary Archives and Special Collections Department, L. Douglas Wilder Library, Virginia Union University Rev. Warren Arthur Evans Papers, 1981-1975 MS-0014 0.5 linear feet Materials in this collection are in English Evans, Warren Arthur, 1897-1984 Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

 Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Dontated by Audrey Britt

 Rights Statement for Archival Description

The Guide to the Records of the Rev. Warren Arthur Evans Papers are available for public use under the [CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation].

 Biographical/Historical Note

The Rev. Warren Arthur Evans was a 1933 graduate of Virginia Union University with a bachelor of divinity degree. His thesis at VUU was titled “The Preacher as a Prophet.” He was a native of Oklahoma and received an AB degree from Fisk University in 1930. Evans was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He was married to Virginia Edmunds and had three children: David, Warren and Elise.

Evans attended the University of Southern California in the early 1940s. He was a teacher in the Richmond public schools, specifically at Graves Junior High School ca. 1957. He attended barbering classes ca. 1956.

Evans was pastor of Beulah Baptist Church in Minor, Va., ca. 1950. He was pastor of Union Shiloh Baptist Church in Laneview, Va., ca. 1962-1971. His residences in Richmond included: 1505 Jacquelin St. (1934-1942); 211 S. Randolph St. (1943-1952); 2412 Hawthorne Ave. (1955-1968), and 2509 Edgewood Ave. (ca. 1975).

 Scope and Content

This collection came to VUU through a gift collection of Rev. Warren Arthur Evans’ books donated to the library in November 2001. The material includes church programs, correspondence, receipts and ledgers for his household expenses, sermon notes, photos, documents related to his various educational pursuits, and a travel diary, with a packet of postcard photographs of “The Famous Temples of Baalbeck,” undated.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Archival Materials

William Henderson Johnson Collection, MS-0012

 Index Terms Persons: Evans, Warren Arthur Subjects: African Americans -- Travel -- United States Contents List Church Programs, 1943-1971 1-1 Correspondence, 1918-1967 1-2 Household Expenses, 1936-1975 1-3 Miscellaneous – including an address book published by Price Funeral Home ca. 1973, 1937 flyer for Southern Harmony Quartette, Manual for Civil Defense published by Fisk University alumni office, W.L. Ransome political calling card ca. 1949 1-4 Notes – fragments of sermon themes, handwritten on scraps of paper Photos – black and white family snapshots, undated, probably ca. 1940s 1-5 Schooling 1-6 Travel - including The Negro Motorist Green Book 1946 detailing hotels and motor lodges for African Americans in the era of segregation 1-7