By Eleanor Proctor Research Scholar, Historic New England In the fall of 2021, I began a research fellowship at Historic New England’s Study Center in Milton, MA, hoping to find information on those who worked for the Eustis family at their estate there between 1880 and 1930. I expected to see histories of the Irish … Continue reading Researching Black Histories from the Eustis Estate: Notes on Process
Author: Eleanor Martinez Proctor
Eleanor Martinez Proctor is a research fellow at Historic New England. Her research is focused on finding and broadening historical narratives around the domestic staff employed at the Eustis Estate in Milton, MA, and seeks to gain a deeper understanding of their lives not only in relation to their work but in a wider social context in order to facilitate more complete and connected storytelling at that site.