MS-015
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: |
Evans School, (Mesa, AZ) |
| Title: | Evans School collection, , |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1989-1924 |
| Quantity: | 102 loose photographic images, 3 scrapbooks (2104 photographic images), 0.5 cm textual material, 5 yearbooks |
| Abstract: | The Evans Ranch School for Boys was founded in 1902 by Harry David Evans, a Cambridge-educated Briton, as a college-preparatory academy for twenty boys aged 15-18. It operated out of Mesa (later Tucson) in the winter and Flagstaff in the summer. This collection contains photographs and yearbooks from 1905-1925. |
| Identification: | MS-015 |
| Language: | Materialare entirely inEnglish |
| Repository: |
Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd. Flagstaff, Az 86001 928-774-5211 ext. 256 or 269 library@mna.mus.az.us |
The Evans Ranch School for Boys was founded in 1902 by Harry David Evans, a Cambridge-educated Briton, as a college-preparatory academy for twenty boys aged 15-18. It was located on El Rancho Bonito in Mesa, Arizona and was intended to provide students from the eastern seaboard with a western, ranch-style setting.
Students lived at the Mesa location for most of the year, and around May 1st of each year, they were moved to a property near Flagstaff, Arizona for the summer months. This property was located a block north of where Schultz Creek joins the Rio de Flag, and it included cabins for a students and a summer home for Evans and wife Mabel, called Evancoyd. While at the summer location, students often took horseback trips to places of interest, including Grand Canyon, Wupatki and Walnut Canyon; they also attended numerous events such as round-ups, rodeos, Hopi Snake Dances and Fourth of July celebrations in Flagstaff.
In 1921, the Evans School was moved to Tucson, Arizona. Lionel F. Brady, who had been a master at the school since 1910, purchased the Mesa property and renamed it the Mesa Ranch School in 1922. He also purchased Evancoyd and continued to bring students to Flagstaff each summer. The Mesa Ranch School was destroyed by fire in 1943; the fate of the Tucson location of the Evans School is not clear from materials provided with the collection.
The collection includes legal documents establishing ownership of the land on which the school was located. Also included are a large number of photographic images in scrapbooks, depicting a wide range of locations and activities around Arizona. These include the Mesa and Tucson school locations and surrounding areas, life on the school campuses, different routes taken by students to Flagstaff, and trips to locations in Northern Arizona. Many of the photographs depict Native Americans, primarily Hopi, as well as their ceremonies and dances. The collection also includes five yearbooks produced by the school.
Viewing restrictions were placed on particular photographs in this collection due to the culturally sensitive nature of the subjects. These restrictions were placed by the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office. Contact the Museum of Northern Arizona archivist for information on obtaining permission for viewing these images.
Unpublished and published manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Evans School collection, MS-015 [Box Number]. The Museum of Northern Arizona. Flagstaff, Arizona.
M.T. Edwards donated the photographs and scrapbooks in 1962 (MS-15). A subsequent donation of scrapbooks and yearbooks was made by Mrs. David P. Small, niece of Mabel T. Evans, in 1967 (MS-120). Legal documents were donated by Marc Gaede in 1973 (MS-273).
Processed in October of 2009.
| Series 1: Photographs and Scrapbooks circa 1889-1915 102 loose photographic images, 11 scrapbooks (2104 photographic images) | |||||||||||
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| 4 | 1 | Miscellaneous unmounted photos, 1889-1902 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Miscellaneous unmounted photos, circa 1889-1911 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | Trip to Hopi photo scrapbook, 1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Evans Summer Tutoring Camp photo scrapbook, circa 1905-1915 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1-2 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1908, 1909 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1809-1910 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1910-1911 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1911 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 3 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1912 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1913, 1914 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 4 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1917, 1918 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Evans School photo scrapbook, 1921, 1922 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Evans School photo scrapbook, circa 1923 | |||||||||
| Series 2: Legal Documents 1900, 1908 0.5 cm textual material | |||||||||||
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| 4 | 2 | Legal documents, 1900, 1908 | |||||||||
| Series 3: Yearbooks 1920-1924 5 yearbooks | |||||||||||
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| 4 | 5 | The Rodeo yearbook, 1920 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | The Rodeo yearbook, 1921 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | The Rodeo yearbook, 1922 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | The Rodeo yearbook, 1923 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | The Rodeo yearbook, 1924 | |||||||||