| Scope and content |
The first interview concentrates on Evans's background in North Carolina, as well as experiences teaching children in Detroit (1921-1922). In the second interview, Evans discusses her appointment as assistant director of the Democratic National Committee (Women's Division) in Washington, D.C. (1937-1940). Evans also discusses the controversial venereal disease clinic at Tuskegee, Alabama, where black patients were divided into two groups for observation and only one group was treated for the diseases. The third interview (transcript only), done by Dr. Thomas F. Soapes of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, concentrates on Evans's work with the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee (1937-1940) and contacts she had with Eleanor Roosevelt and Molly Dewson. |
| General note | Interviewers: Donald R. Lennon and Thomas F. Soapes. Interview dates: March 26, 1981 and October 23, 1981. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
May Thompson Evans Oral History Interview (#OH0069), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of May Thompson Evans. |
| Biographical note | May Thompson Evans was raised mainly in North Carolina. She attended Meredith College, in Raleigh, N.C., and Westhampton College of the University of Richmond; taught public school in Detroit, Michigan (1921-1922); went to Columbia University to obtain her master's degree; taught at Averett Junior College in Danville, Virginia; and then taught at the Woman's College in Greensboro (UNC-Greensboro). After 1930 she became involved in Democratic Party politics. |
