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Eva B. Israelsen diaries, 1944-1993

Overview of the Collection

Title
Eva B. Israelsen diaries
Dates
1944-1993 (inclusive)
Quantity
7 boxes, (3.50 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 393
Summary
This collection consists of diaries written by Eva B. Israelsen from January 1, 1944, to April 25, 1993. They record her experiences as a North Logan homemaker.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Eva May Butler Israelsen was born in Butlerville, Utah, to Leander and Sally Butler on October 5, 1894. When she was just three or four years old, Eva, her parents, and her brother Gerald, moved to Mendon, Utah, where Sally's parents had owned some land. After just a couple of years in Cache Valley, the Butlers moved back to Butlerville, where Eva remained until her graduation from Jordan High School in 1915. She then attended Utah Agricultural College in Logan, Utah, where she met her future husband, Victor Eugene Israelsen. The couple met as tenants in the home of O.W. Israelsen, Victor's brother and a professor of drainage and irrigation engineering at UAC. Victor and Eva were married in The Church of Latter-day Saints' Salt Lake Temple on November 7, 1917. After Victor returned from a brief stint in WWI, the Israelsens went into the farming business, renting or owning dairy farms in North Logan, Utah; Hyrum, Utah; and Burley, Idaho. They settled down on a farm in North Logan where they raised eight children—Floyd, Lyle, Eva Fay, C. Earl, Glen, Dee, Wanda, and Wanee—and started what would become known as Buttercup Dairy. Victor died on January 10, 1967. Eva kept herself occupied by remaining involved in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and even taking correspondence classes at Utah State University until her death on September 30, 1999.

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Content Description

This collection consists of diaries written by Eva B. Israelsen from January 1, 1944, to April 25, 1993. They record her experiences as a North Logan homemaker.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Eva B. Israelsen diaries must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Eva B. Israelsen diaries USU_COLL MSS 393, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 393. USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Processing Note

Processed in July of 2012.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were donated to Utah State University Special Collections and Archives by the Eva B. Israelsen Living Trust in 2001.

Related Materials

For more information on Eva's brother-in-law, O.W. Israelsen, see the Orson Winso Israelsen Papers (Coll Mss 31) and the Orson Winso Israelsen Photographs (P0358).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Dairy farming--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho).
  • Dairy farming--Utah--North Logan.
  • Farm life--Utah--North Logan.
  • Homemakers--Utah--North Logan--Diaries.
  • Mormon Church--Utah--Cache County--History.
  • Mormon women--Utah--North Logan--Dairies.
  • Mormons--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Social life and customs--20th Century.

Geographical Names

  • Burley (Idaho)--Biography.
  • Burley (Idaho)--History.
  • Cache County (Utah)--Biography.
  • Cache County (Utah)--History--20th century.
  • Gem Jersey Farm (Hyrum, Utah).
  • Hyrum (Utah)--History--20th century.
  • North Logan (Utah)--Biography.
  • North Logan (Utah)--History--20th century.

Finding aid/Register created by Melissa Allen and Clint Pumphrey
2012

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