Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Tibbs, Thurlow Evans, Jr.
| title | Evans-Tibbs Collection |
| repository | Anacostia Community Museum Archives |
| description | 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 feet46 boxes; 3 cabinet drawers |
| access | 25.54 Linear feet46 boxes; 3 cabinet drawers |
| record link | https://sova.si.edu/record/ACMA.06-016?s=0&n=10&t=K&q=*&i=0 |
| record source | https://sova.si.edu/search/ark:/65665/qa74ee104491db54b26ad5387860864cb33 |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Director's Office Records |
| repository | Baltimore Museum of Art |
| description | The Director’s Office records reflect the activities of the Department located within The Baltimore Museum of Art. The Department’s records Director's Office Records total 84.2 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2012 with the bulk of materials dating from 1962 to 2012. The records consist of a variety of materials including correspondence, ephemera, essay drafts, notes, photographs, reports, and research material. The majority of materials are located in the Subject Files series. |
| extent | 84.2 linear feet |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://cdn.artbma.org/2021/07/15131222/BMA_DirectorsOfficeFindingAid.pdf |
| acquisition information | Records transferred from the Director's Office to the Archives in numerous installments from 2005 to 2012. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Jacob Kainen papers |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The papers of painter, printmaker, and curator Jacob Kainen measure 33.3 linear feet and date from 1905 to 2009, with the bulk of the material from 1940-2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence/subject files including personal correspondence to and from friends and family members and professional correspondence and records concerning Kainen's activities as an artist, curator, teacher, and art collector. The collection also contains biographical material, writings, diaries, calendars, inventories, interview transcripts, printed material, photographs, works of art by other artists, and nine scrapbooks. |
| extent | 33.3 Linear feet |
| access | Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. |
| record link | https://sova.si.edu/record/AAA.kainjaco?s=0&n=10&t=K&q=*&i=0 |
| record source | https://sova.si.edu/search/ark:/65665/mw974ec158dd4174d06931d44a4af17ab27 |
| acquisition information | Jacob and Ruth Kainen first lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming from 1973-1981, the bulk of which was included in the later gifts. Papers were then donated in multiple accretions between 1981-2007 by Jacob and Ruth Kainen, and in 2009 from the estate of Ruth Kainen via executor Teresa Covacevich Grana. Also in 2003, eight photographs of Jacob and Ruth Kainen were transferred from the National Portrait Gallery to the Archives of American Art. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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