mnsss249 Maude Bushnell Green Papers, 1900-1978 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Maude Bushnell Green Papers, 1900-1978 Finding Aid MS 187 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Green, Maude Bushnell, 1887-1984 Maude Bushnell Green Papers1900-1978 MS 187 6 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Teacher, history; Traveler; Farmer. Papers contain correspondence with her mother and husband; correspondence and memorabilia from her sons and memorabilia while at Amherst College and Harvard, circa 1930s; travel diaries describe trips around the world, and in Europe, the U.S., Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand (c1920s-70s); and records from "Faraway Farm" (Pomfret Center, Connecticut). Biographical Note

Maude, 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.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Papers 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.

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