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Lawton Bryan Evans (October 27, 1862 – April 1934) was an American teacher, school administrator, and an influential author of history textbooks on the state of Georgia in the post-Civil War period.[1] He headed the publishing department of C. P. Byrd's printing business.
Early life and education
[edit]Evans was born in Lumpkin, Georgia; he was the son of General Clement Anselm Evans and Mary Ellen Walton.[2] He attended Richmond Academy in Augusta, and graduated with a BA from Oxford College of Emory University in 1880. He received an MA from the University of Georgia the next year.[2]
Career
[edit]After receiving his MA, Evans became a public school teacher in Augusta. The following year he became superintendent for the school system of Richmond County,[2] and he "oversaw the Augusta schools for a half century from the 1880s to the 1930s".[3] From 1893 to 1894 he was the president of the State Normal School in Athens.[2]
He began writing and publishing books on history and education in the 1880s; The Student's History of Georgia appeared in 1883,[4] and for years was a "standard school text on Georgia history".[5] A History of Georgia for Use in Schools was published in 1898[6] (and reprinted in 1906[4]). In 1900 he published his Evans' History of Georgia with the University Publishing Company.[2] His textbooks were standards, bestsellers,[4] and "for many years [he was] the only historian to write textbooks on Georgia for the state schools".[7]
His The Student's History of Georgia "was defensive when discussing the slave trade, emphasising the role of the North," according to David B., Parker. It did not discuss slavery itself, only as a political wedge issue between North and South. He did describe slavery "as a benign institution". He was less apologetic about Georgia's secession from the Union than other contemporary contemporary historians, and less critical of carpetbaggers and historical events like Sherman's March to the Sea. A revised version of that book, published as First Lessons in Georgia History, offered a mixture of Lost Cause ideology and reconciliation: "Lawton Evans taught a history that allowed Georgia children to both respect their ancestors and love their country. It was a mild version of the Lost Cause, but it was one of which his father would approve", according to Parker. He had made more categorical note on race relations in 1894, at a conference of the National Teachers' Association in Richmond, where he presented "The South and Its Problems". His solution to the "the grave problem of the ultimate fate of the negro", as summarized by Parker, was "the physical separation of the races, with African Americans removing themselves to Africa, Mexico, South America, or the western territories".[8]
In 1933, on the occasion of Georgia's Bicentennial, he published All About Georgia: Two Hundred Years of Romance and Reality, an anthology of poetry and prose texts. A reviewer said "may be dismissed with scant notice".[9]
He was associated with the printing company founded by C. P. Byrd in Atlanta.[10]
The SS Lawton B. Evans was named for him.
Books
[edit]- The Student's History of Georgia: From the Earliest Discoveries and Settlements to the End of the Year 1883 (Macon: J. W. Burke and Co., 1884)[5]
- A History of Georgia for Use in Schools (1898; reprinted 1904,[5] 1906)
- Evans' History of Georgia (1900)
- First Lessons in Georgia History (New York: American Book, 1913)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Chapman, Helen (December 15, 1949). "The Contributions to Education of Lawton B. Evans". University of Georgia – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e Candler, Allen Daniel; Evans, Clement Anselm, eds. (1906). Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons. Vol. 1. Georgia Historical Society. pp. 684–85.
- ^ Urban, Wayne J. (1986). "Reviewed Work(s): The Quest: A History of Public Education in Richmond County, Georgia by Edward J. Cashin". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 70 (1): 165–67.
- ^ a b c Roberts, Scott L. (2013). "'Georgia on My Mind': Writing the 'New' State History Textbook in the Post-Loewen World". The History Teacher. 47 (1): 41–60.
- ^ a b c d Percy, William Alexander (2013). "Georgia History Textbooks". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ Coulter, E. Merton (1955). "Nancy Hart, Georgia Heroine of the Revolution: The Story of the Growth of A Tradition". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 39 (2): 118–51.
- ^ Coulter, E. Merton (1969). "Was Georgia Settled by Debtors?". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 53 (4): 442–54.
- ^ Parker, David B. (2014). "The Soldier, the Son, and the Social Scientist: Three Georgia Textbook Authors and the Lost Cause". 49th Parallel. 33: 1–24.
- ^ Green, Fletcher M. (1935). "Georgia in History". Social Forces. 13 (3): 466–67.
- ^ "New Book Co. Plans Drive for Text Book Work". Bookbinding Magazine. April 1927. p. 54 – via Google Books.