Item Detail
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Evans, Priscilla Livingston
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1881-1957
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MSS SC 11
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Diary
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Priscilla Livingston Evans was born October 18, 1881 to Ellen Harrocks Livingston and Charles Livingston in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Israel Franklin Evans December 31, 1902. Israel, whom Priscilla refers to as Frank, served as a mission president in the Eastern States Mission. Frank died in 1950. Priscilla died August 12, 1957 and was buried in Coalville, Utah.
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Priscilla received this five-year diary as a Christmas present in 1932. She wrote her first entry on January 1, 1933: 'I arrived in Washington D.C. from Salt Lake City where I went to Ann's funeral yesterday.' After this she writes almost every day. The entries are written in small handwriting, which can be difficult to read, using incomplete sentences because the diary has a set amount of space designated for each day. Priscilla records daily events and usually mentions the women with whom she had lunch. She also writes about running errands to the bank and the post office, meeting her husband for lunch, returning books to the congressional library, and calling at the White House to leave cards for Mrs. Roosevelt. She and her husband were in Washington D.C. for both church and company business. Priscilla often mentions preparing lessons for Relief Society and going to church meetings where her husband presided. During their stay in D.C., Frank made a trip back to Salt Lake City, and they both made a trip to New York City. In April, Priscilla and Frank traveled back to Salt Lake City by way of Coalville, Utah, where Priscilla's mother lived. On March 29th Priscilla wrote, 'Still packing'put this diary in trunk to be opened for recording when we reach Coalville.' Priscilla did not write in the diary again until November 7th when she and her husband started on a trip to California. When they returned, Frank got a new office in the Continental Bank Building in Salt Lake City. Priscilla writes about helping around the office and visiting her mother in Coalville during holidays. The last entry is on December 31, 1933, Frank and Priscilla's 31st wedding anniversary. Special Collections also houses Israel Franklin Evans' papers (MSS 1762), which contain more information on Priscilla's activities.
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1861-1938