Evans Family Papers, 1926-1989.

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Evans Family Papers, 1926-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38293680

Collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, albums, clippings, addresses, writings, and other materials that concern the personal lives and careers of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel J. and Sara Evans, and their sons, Robert and Eli. The family owned and operated United Dollar stores, and for twelve years, 1951 to 1963, Mr. Evans was mayor of Durham. He was also very active in his synagogue, was a president of VISTAS, and participated actively in University of North Carolina alumni affairs. There are two scrapbooks on Mr. Evans's mayoral terms and a similar volume and other materials devoted to Mrs. Evans's activities as leader of Hadassah including items pertaining to Israel. Mr. Evans's mayoral correspondence is divided into a general file and a subject file. Some materials depict the private lives of the Evanses. Among the pictures and personal correspondence, the Nachamson family is often represented. An early clipping from a Fayetteville, N.C. newpaper, tells of Mr. Evans's sister being refused teaching positions because of her Jewish faith. Robert Evans became a correspondent with CBS and then a television executive. Eli Evans is a correspondent and writer, led the establishment of the National Jewish Archives of Broadcasting, and was on the staff of the Carnegie Foundation that helped launch "Sesame Street." He was president of the UNC student body and a number of items in the collection concern his presidency. Also included is an address of Eli Evans presented during the conference on Southern-Jewish history in 1976, Eli Evans's vita, his unpublished diary of the Kissinger shuttle, and a large number of his writings, many concerning U.S. politics, minorities, and Jews in the South. There is a reprint of a chapter from his book, THE PROVINCIALS, and reports from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, of which he is president.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401805

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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University of North Carolina (System)

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The University of North Carolina system is comprised of seventeen public universities located throughout North Carolina. From the description of North Carolina State University, Committees, University of North Carolina (System) Committees records, 1949-1998 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 698382450 From the guide to the North Carolina State University, Committees, University of North Carolina (System) Committees Records, 1949-1998, (Specia...

Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Evans family.

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Family active in Durham, N.C. civic leadership, local and national religious leadership, and national journalism. From the description of Evans Family Papers, 1926-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38293680 ...

Evans, Emanuel J.

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Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America

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Established in 1912 by Henrietta Szold to raise the standard of health in Palestine, to encourage the development of Jewish life in America, and to foster the Jewish ideal. From the description of Records, 1914-1960 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960639 ...

Evans, Sara Nachamson, 1905-1986.

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Nachamson family.

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Evans, Eli N.

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Foundation executives. From the description of Reminiscences of Eli N. Evans and Alan J. Pifer : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684264 Writer Eli N. Evans was born and raised in Durham, N.C., the son of E.J. Evans, mayor of Durham, 1950-1962, and Sarah Nachamson Evans. Eli Evans served as senior program director of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a national educational foundation, 1967-1977. In 1977, Evans join...

Evans, Robert

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