Anna Evans Murray

Object Details

Collection Photographer: Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.); Camuzzi, M.; Harris & Ewing
Collection Creator: Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956; Harris, Fred (photographer); Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Topic: African American women; Educators; African Americans; Portraits -- African American women

See more items in: Evans-Tibbs Collection; Evans-Tibbs Collection / Series 5: Photographs / Family / Murray Family

Biographical / Historical: Anna Evans Murray (1857- 1955), the paternal aunt of opera singer Lillian Evanti was an African American educator and civic leader in Washington, D.C. She was born in 1857 in Oberlin, Ohio to Henrietta Leary (1827-1908) and Henry Evans (1817-1886). Anna graduated from Oberlin College in 1876 and married Daniel Murray (1852-1925), assistant to the Librarian of Congress in 1879. Murray taught music at the Mott School and Howard University. She was an advocate for kindergarten education and the training of teachers for that purpose within the District of Columbia public school system. Mrs. Murray also served as chair of the Education Committee of the National League of Colored Women (NLCW) and the State Federation of Colored Women's Club.

Collection Citation: Evans-Tibbs collection, Anacostia Community Museum,Smithsonian Institution, gift Thurlow E. Tibbs, Jr. Estate

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