Eva A. Paxman biography on Olive Alger Truman
Collection
Identifier: MS 0337
Scope and Contents
The Eva A. Paxman biography on Olive Alger Truman (b. 1894), a southern Utah nursing home administrator, is titled "Look Up, Laugh and Live." It is an intimate and personal account, full of memories and family stories, that recounts the life of Olive Alger, her childhood, her marriage to Thomas Truman, and their subsequent moves throughout Utah and Nevada at the turn-of-the-century. In addition, the biography discusses Prohibition and the trials of "Zez," who ran a still near Enterprise, Utah; the impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic; the settlement of Eureka, Nevada, and Enterprise, Utah; and the history of the Truman Rest Home in Saint George, Utah.
Dates
- 1971
Creator
- Paxman, Eva Alger, 1901-1987 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical Sketch
Eva A. Paxman wrote this biography to "cheer and lift" the lives of Truman's descendants. Olive Truman (b. 1894) was a resident of southern Utah in the early twentieth century. She began one of the area's first aged-care facilities.
Extent
1 Box (0.25 linear feet)
Abstract
The Eva A. Paxman biography on Olive Alger Truman (b. 1894), a southern Utah nursing home administrator, is titled "Look Up, Laugh and Live." Truman began one of the area's first aged-care facilities.
Processing Information
Processed by Della Dye and Nancy Coulam in 1983.
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- Biographies
- Enterprise (Utah) -- Biography
- Eureka (Nev.) -- Biography
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Utah -- Sources
- Medicine and Health
- Nursing home administrators -- Utah -- 20th century -- Biography
- Older people -- Services for -- Utah -- 20th century
- Prohibition -- Utah
- Truman Rest Home (Saint George, Utah)
- Truman, Addie O. (Addie Olivia Alger), 1894-1986
- Truman, Thomas, 1888-1967
Creator
- Paxman, Eva Alger, 1901-1987 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Eva A. Paxman biography on Olive Alger Truman, 1971
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Della Dye and Nancy Coulam.
- Date
- © 1983 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu