Linnie Joyce Greene diary

00-2026-04-0

Item

Identifier: 00-2026-04-0

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Content Description

This 1939 diary documents the activities of Linnie Joyce Green, who worked in the household of Minerva Buel Blake during the latter's time in Deer Isle, Maine and Litchfield, Connecticut. It covers Linnie Joyce Green's personal life, her professional duties, and the daily activities of the Blake household, within both the family property at 258 North Street and wider Litchfield and Connecticut social circles. Of particular note is the level of detail with which Linnie Joynce Greene documents the everyday lives of herself and those around her.

Dates

Creation: 1939

Creator

Greene, Linnie Joyce (1932-1940) (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

Linnie Joyce Greene worked in the household of Minerva Buel Blake for an unspecified number of years, at least during the 1930s. Over the course of her service, she lived in both Deer Isle, Maine and in Litchfield, Connecticut.

Minerva Buel Blake was born on November 16, 1860 in Litchfield, Connecticut to Henry Wadhams Buel (1820-1893) and Mary Ann Laidlaw Buel (1822-1864). After Henry Buel died in 1893, he left the family property at 258 North Street to Minerva Buel Blake and her sister, Katherine Lefferts Buel. Minerva Blake would spend time between the property in Litchfield, Connecticut and property up in Deer Isle, Maine. Upon Katherine Leffert Buel's death in 1935, Minerva Buel Blake inherited her shares in the 258 North Street property. She would later sell the property to Virginia Carroll in 1943 and convert the carriage house to the north into a residence. On September 18, 1953 at the age of 93, she would pass away in Stonington, Maine; her body would be buried in East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut.