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THBExtensive Archive of a Roosevelt Family Friend, Elizabeth Evans, Incl. Some Accounts of a White House Visit and Trip to Sagam
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LiveJun 9, 2017 - Jun 10, 2017
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- Lot Description
Lot of 400+ items owned by Elizabeth Evans, including 9 photograph albums and diaries, one written during her overnight stay in the White House with the Roosevelts. The lot also includes approximately 18 additional items related to the Roosevelts, such as personal photographs of Edith Roosevelt during Evans' 1933 stay at Sagamore Hill; an ALS from Evans to her mother describing her stay; an ALS from Edith Roosevelt discussing a flight she took with Colonel Francis T. Evans (Evans' husband) in Haiti; another ALS from Edith Roosevelt; 1903 White House invitation; various covers featuring Theodore Roosevelt; and other papers describing her night and stay with the first family.
Although Ethel Roosevelt had a difficult time making friends at the National Cathedral School, she found one in Elizabeth Kibbey Evans. Ethel first invited Evans to the White House for an old fashioned kind of Christmas Party in 1903. It was a beautiful party--so formal--so Christmasy, wrote Evans. The two enjoyed their time together at the party with Alice Roosevelt as well. Ethel and Evans continued their friendship and, in 1906, Ethel invited Evans to spend the night in the White House. Ecstatic about her stay, Evans penned all the details and later in life drew maps of where her room was as well as the rooms of other family members. She arrived at the White House before dinner and ate with the family. Afterwards she played cards with Archie, Quentin, and Mrs. Roosevelt until she went to bed. The next morning she woke early and carefully tiptoed to Edith's room because she was scared to death she was going to meet someone in her pajamas and messy morning hair (April 7, 1907). She and Ethel dressed and went down to have breakfast with the President, First Lady, and other members of the family. Evans left the White House but continued her friendship with the family for many years. However, that same year, Evans had to leave Washington with her family.
Evans went on to marry Francis T. Evans, a dashing pilot who would make history as one of the earliest US Marine Corps aviators, the first person to perform a loop in seaplane, and a pioneer of stall and spin recovery techniques. While stationed in Haiti in 1930, they hosted Mrs. Edith Roosevelt. Francis Evans happily took her on a plane ride and sent her photographs so she could remember it. That flight with your husband is a wonderful memory, Edith Roosevelt wrote to Evans. It was an experience that taught me to love the air, and feel its inspiration (Mortlake Manor, Brooklyn, CT, July 7, 1930). Three years later, Evans visited Mrs. Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, after receiving an invitation from Mrs. Roosevelt. At the Roosevelt's sanctuary, she wrote her mother on the residence's stationery about her restful visit and spending time with Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel, and Kermit.
The remaining items in the archive all relate to Evans and her world travels. In the margins of many of the items she writes about her experiences.
Most items range in condition from good to poor, the Roosevelt related items are in good condition.Condition
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