WINIFRED LYDON:
An Inventory of Her Diary at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Philben, Winifred, 1886-1972. | |
| Title: | Winifred Lydon diary. | |
| Dates: | 1909-1913. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Handwritten diary maintained by a young, single female Irish immigrant who worked as a chambermaid at Louis W. and Maud Taylor Hill's St. Paul and North Oaks, Minnesota, residences. Diary entries typically chronicle household and social events but are intermittent and fragmentary. Also includes a typed transcript of the diary prepared by Craig Johnson, Minnesota Historical Society Hill House Site Manager (1999). | |
| Quantity: | 0.1 cubic feet. | |
| Location: | P47: See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Winifred Therese Lydon was born on October 28, 1886, in County Mayo, Ireland, to John and Bridget Joyce Lydon. She immigrated to the United States in 1908. By 1911, Winifred was employed as a chambermaid, working at Louis W. and Maud Taylor Hill's Summit Avenue residence in St. Paul and their farm in North Oaks, Minnesota. There Winifred met John H. Philben (1883?-1946), the Hills's gardener, whom she married in 1915. They had three children: Mary (1916-), Eileen M. (1917-1988), and Thomas F. (1922-). Winifred died on March 6, 1972.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
Winifred Lydon diary. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,153
Processing Information:
Processed by: Christopher Welter, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 006728165
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| P47 | Diary, 1909-1913. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
 Digital version | |||||||||||
| Diary transcript, September 1999. 15 pages. | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Hill, Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor -- Employees.
- Women domestics -- Minnesota -- North Oaks.
- Women domestics -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Women immigrants -- Minnesota.
- Places:
- Summit Avenue (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Diaries.
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