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Maude Bushnell Green Papers, 1900-1978Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteMaude, Fred, and Murray on a camping trip, from a journal dated 1939.Born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Hattie Edna Galinger and Frederick Johnson Bushnell. She earned her A.B. from Smith College in 1910 and was a high school history teacher in New York City, 1910-11. Married Clarence Green, 1911, and had 2 sons, Frederick B. and Murray H. Green, both Amherst College graduates, and Brooklyn Law School and Harvard Business Schools, respectively. Maude Bushnell Green bought "Faraway Farm" in Pomfret Center, Connecticut in 1941 and lived there from World War II until 1972. She traveled extensively. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionPapers contain primarily family correspondence and diaries. Correspondence includes letters to and from her mother, Hattie, and her husband, Clarence, and correspondence and memorabilia from her sons and memorabilia while at Amherst College and Harvard, circa 1930s. Travel diaries (19) of family members, mostly Green, describe trips around the world, through Europe, the U.S., Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand, circa 1920s- 70s. Also included are almanac, notes, and financial records from Faraway Farm, 1941-50s. Memorabilia includes the "Literary Weekly," edited by Green, 1902. NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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