Eva Overton Lewis
Eva earned her Associate of Arts degree in 1915 and her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916. As a University of Chicago student, Eva took several language classes including Latin, Greek, French, and German, as well as classes in history, ethics, and psychology.
Eva was a charter member of the University of Chicago’s Beta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority in 1913 and later a charter member of Theta Omega, the graduate chapter of AKA in 1922. Eva’s time at the University of Chicago overlapped with that of Georgiana Simpson. Along with Eva, Simpson (A.B. 1911, Ph.D 1921) was a graduate member of the Beta chapter of AKA. Simpson was a German language and literature scholar and the first African American woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago. At a 6th Annual AKA Boule in 1923, Georgiana’s name is written on Eva’s minutes book, and it is also written on the back of a 1924 AKA banquet menu.
Studies
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 2, Folder 41], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The inside of Eva's undergraduate course book from the spring and fall quarters of 1915 and spring 1916.
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 9, Folder 19], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 26, Folder 1], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 27, Folder 1], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Tennis
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 11, Folder 1], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Group photo including Eva Overton Lewis and Julian H. Lewis. Eva and Julian are sitting with friends before or after a game of tennis. Eva is the second person from the left and Julian is the third person from the left, sitting next to Eva.
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 9, Folder 8], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Group photo including Eva Overton Lewis. Eva is sitting with friends before or after a game of tennis. Eva is the fifth person from the left.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 12], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Eva is pictured in the back row, fifth from the left.
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 2, Folder 46], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 2, Folder 47], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, [Box 2, Folder 47], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
