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| Size | 21.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 19800 items) |
| Abstract | Fletcher Melvin Green (1895-1978) was a member of the faculty of the History Department at the University of North Carolina, 1936-1960. Green directed the graduate studies of more than 200 students, held a Kenan professorship, and served as department chair. Correspondence, writings, speeches, course materials, and other papers relating to the professional career and family life of Fletcher Melvin Green. The bulk of the collection consists of professional and personal letters, 1935-1965. These letters chiefly document Green's tenure at the University of North Carolina and his involvement in professional and social organizations, but there is also material related to his teaching at Emory, Harvard, Columbia, and Oxford universities. Other items include extensive family correspondence between Green and other family members. Correspondents include Howard K. Beale, J. Isaac Copeland, E. Merton Coulter, Frank Porter Graham , J. G. deRoulhac Hamilton, Arthur Stanley Link, James Welch Patton, Rembert Patrick, J. Carlyle Sitterson, George Brown Tindall, and C. Vann Woodward. |
| Creator | Green, Fletcher Melvin, 1895-1978. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Fletcher Melvin Green was born 12 July 1895 near Gainesville, Ga., the son of Robert Chambers and Mary Mahala Haynes Green. In 1920, Green graduated from Emory University, having interrupted his education to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
Green continued his education with graduate work in history at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In 1922, he earned the M.A. degree, and five years later received the Ph.D. under the guidance of Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton. Green also attended classes at the University of Chicago and Vanderbilt University. At Chicago, William E. Dodd helped shape Green's early career, as did Walter Lynwood Fleming at Vanderbilt.
While completing his graduate studies, Green held teaching positions at the Lindsey-Wilson Preparatory School in Columbia, Ky., UNC, Sparks College, and Vanderbilt. After graduation, Green taught three years at Emory University. In 1936, he returned to UNC, accepting a post in the history department. He remained at Chapel Hill until his retirement in 1966. In 1946, Green was promoted to a Kenan professorship in history, and from 1953 until 1960, he was head of the department.
Throughout his life, Green's skills as a teacher were in demand. He spent summers as a visiting professor at Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford universities, as well as at the College of William and Mary and the universities of Tennessee and Missouri. He delivered the Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Lectures at Mercer University, and the Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures at Louisiana State University.
Green's talent as an educator attracted many promising graduate students. At UNC, Green guided the studies, for instance, of George Brown Tindall (1921- ), Dewey W. Grantham (1921- ), Arthur Stanley Link (1920- ), Hugh Rankin , Rembert W. Patrick (1909-1967), Mary Elizabeth Massey (1915-1976?), and James Welch Patton (1900-1973). Altogether, Green directed the dissertations of over 100 doctoral candidates and the masters theses of well over 150 students. By overseeing the training of such a large number of scholars, Green's influence on the study of Southern history extended far beyond Chapel Hill.
Along with his ability to teach, Green was a respected historian and leader. He wrote or edited over a dozen books. He also contributed scores of articles and reviews to scholarly journals. Furthermore, Green held the position of president in both the Southern Historical Association and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association (later the Organization of American Historians).
Despite his official retirement, Green continued to teach. In 1968, he served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University, England. Green received at least three honorary degrees from various southern universities. In 1965, former students presented him with Writing Southern History: Essays in Honor of Fletcher M. Green.
Green and his wife, Mary Frances Black, had four children: Fletcher Melvin II, Mary Carolyn, Robert Ramsey, and Elizabeth Haynes. All four of the Green children graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. Fletcher Green remained in Chapel Hill after his retirement. He died on 27 February 1978. Mary Frances Green died in 1984.
(Sources: The Encyclopedia of the South, 354-355; Who's Who in America, 1974-1975, 1218; these papers.)
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Scope and Content
Most of these papers are letters concerning the professional life of Fletcher M. Green and the life of his family between 1935 and 1965. Among the correspondents are Green's colleagues, former students, family members, and publishers. Other items include speeches, lecture and class notes, reviews, photographs, copies of newspaper clippings, and financial and legal items. These other papers relate mostly to Green's years as a professor of history at the University of North Carolina and his involvement in numerous professional and social organizations. There are relatively few items related to Green's ties with Emory University and various institutions where he taught summer classes, with the exception of Harvard and Columbia Universities.
Primarily notes and research on Duff Green and members of the Green family, some additional subject files.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1898-1978 and undated.
This series consists of two subseries: Professional Correspondence and Personal Correspondence.
Subseries 1.1. Professional Correspondence, includes both outgoing and incoming correspondence, largely written to and received from Green's former students and colleagues. Common topics of discussion include Green's own research, his students' research, placement of former students, administrative and academic affairs at various colleges and universities (mostly in the South, including UNC CH), meetings of historical societies, and Green's administrative work as chairman of the Department of History at UNC. Politics, sports, and personal matters are also touched on in some of the correspondence. Frequent correspondents include Green students George Tindall, Rembert Patrick, Arthur Link, Charles Sellers, Robert Lively, Dewey Grantham, J. Isaac Copeland, James W. Patton, and Mary Elizabeth Massey. Noted colleagues who frequently corresponded with Green include Bell Wiley, E. Merton Coulter, and J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton.
Subseries 1.2. Personal Correspondence, includes both outgoing and incoming correspondence, largely written by Green, Mary Frances B. Green, their children, and his wife's family. The topics of conversation include family matters, illnesses, traveling, sports, higher education, and Green's impressions of Harvard and Columbia universities. There is also discussion of life in New York, New York; Boston, Mass.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Atlanta, Ga.; and Greensboro, N.C. Occasionally, there is mention of the influence of the Depression and World War II.
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Subseries 1.1. Professional Correspondence, 1922/1977 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Subseries 1922-April 1936.
This period covers Green's early career, from his appointment as an instructor of history at UNC in 1922 until he left his position at Emory University in April 1936. Much of the correspondence relates to Green's positions at Vanderbilt, UNC, and Emory, and to offers of positions elsewhere. Other letters deal with his research (primarily the career of Duff Green and gold mining in NC), students' research, and activities of classmates at Emory and UNC. Some items touch on the Depression and its effect on Southern colleges and universities.
Noted correspondents include historians J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton (folders 3, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22-25, 32, 33), Dumas Malone (folders 6, 7, 9, 11-13, 16, 18, 19, 32 --concerning Green's work for the Dictionary of American Biography), Walter Fleming (folder 3), William Dodd (folder 1), Roy Nichols (folder 6,7), James W. Patton (folders 3, 6, 8-11, 13-18, 20, 22, 23, 28, 30, 33, 34), Frank Owsley (folder 21), E.M. Coulter (folders 15-17, 22, 25, 26-28, 31, 33), Charles Sydnor (folder 33), and A. R. Newsome (25, 26, 30); UNC-CH administrators Harry W. Chase (folder 1,2), Frank Porter Graham (folders 15, 24-26), R. B. House (folder 14), and Carlyle Sitterson (folders 10-14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26, 27, 30, 31); UNC professors Howard Odum (folder 24, 27), Carl Pegg (folder 26), and Archibald Henderson (folders 22, 23, 27, 28, 33); and publisher Alfred Knopf (folder 3).
| Folder 1-3 |
1922-1929 90 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 1-3Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
| Folder 4-5 |
1930 56 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 4-5Folder 4Folder 5 |
| Folder 6-7 |
1931 105 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 6-7Folder 6Folder 7 |
| Folder 9-11 |
1932 80 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 9-11Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11 |
| Folder 12-15 |
1933 115 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 12-15Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15 |
| Folder 16-20 |
1934 131 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 16-20Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20 |
| Folder 21-30 |
1935 300 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 21-30Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
| Folder 31-34 |
January-April 1936 180 items #04265, Subseries: "1922-April 1936." Folder 31-34Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34 |
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May 1936-December 1941.
This correspondence deals with the New Deal, the coming of the war in Europe, Southern politics, and academic affairs. Other subjects dealt with include Green's research on Duff Green, the book I Rode with Stonewall (which Green edited), J. G. de R. Hamilton's collecting activities for the Southern Historical Collection (including a letter from J. W. Holland of 13 June 1936, noting resentment at Hamilton's activities from local historians), and the controversial "Dare Stone."
Green students who are represented include Allen Going (folder 86), Jack Rabun (folders 73, 78), Mary Elizabeth Massey (folders 67, 70, 73, 74, 77, 80), Arthur Link (folder 56), Rembert Patrick (folders 50, 59, 70, 74, 84). Historians represented include Howard K. Beale (folders 44, 45, 50, 56, 67, 80, 81), A. R. Newsome (folder 45), Frank Owsley (folders 52, 53, 55, 70), E. Merton Coulter (39, 43, 65), J. G. de R. Hamilton (folders 56, 58, 64, 75, 84), Avery Craven (folder 80), Charles Ramsdell (folders 53, 58), Arthur M. Schlesinger (folder 54), Charles Sydnor (folders 53, 72), James W. Patton (folders 35, 36, 39, 61, 63, 64, 66-68, 70, 72-74, 82, 83), Thomas Clark (folders 49, 61, 67), and Bell Wiley (folders 63, 68, 84). Other prominent individuals who corresponded with Green during this period include Jonathan Daniels (folder 41), Frank P. Graham (folder 38), and Archibald Henderson (folder 42).
| Folder 35-38 |
May-December 1936 115 items #04265, Subseries: "May 1936-December 1941." Folder 35-38Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38 |
| Folder 39-46 |
1937 217 items #04265, Subseries: "May 1936-December 1941." Folder 39-46Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46 |
| Folder 47-52 |
1938 180 items #04265, Subseries: "May 1936-December 1941." Folder 47-52Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52 |
| Folder 53-60 |
1939 217 items #04265, Subseries: "May 1936-December 1941." Folder 53-60Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60 |
| Folder 61-72 |
1940 336 items #04265, Subseries: "May 1936-December 1941." Folder 61-72Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72 |
| Folder 73-84 |
1941 352 items #04265, Subseries: "May 1936-December 1941." Folder 73-84Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84 |
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Subseries 1942-August 1945.
Much of the correspondence for the years 1942-1945 concerns the role of Green's students in the country's war effort. Politics, wartime problems of the historical societies, academic affairs, and appointments were also topics of discussion. Notable letters include a copy of W. E. B DuBois's letter of resignation from the Southern Historical Association (folder 86), observations by Howard K. Beale on relocation centers for Japanese-Americans (folder 85), a letter from Charles Clark which mentions "a Quantico class-mate..Capt. J. R. McCarthy," later to become the famous Senator "Tail-Gunner Joe" (folder 112), a letter from Arthur Link commenting on race relations in Chapel Hill (folder 115), and a letter by Green student Phil Rice describing the Pearl Harbor attack (folder 99).
Correspondents include Green students Mary Elizabeth Massey (folders 87, 89, 94, 98, 102, 104, 113, 114, 117, 118), Rembert Patrick (folders 95, 96, 106, 111, 118, 120, 122, 125), Charles Clark (folders 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 99, 101, 112, 124, 126, 127), Jack Rabun (folder 120), Robert Ivy (folder 108), Porter Fortune (folders 99, 104), Arthur Link (folders 91-95, 105-107, 109, 113, 116, 119, 120, 123, 125), Jane Zimmerman (folders 101, 102, 104, 105, 109; historians H. K. Beale (folders 85, 112), Frank Owsley (folder 85), Bell Wiley (folders 86, 92, 94, 96, 112), Frank Klingberg (folders 97, 104, 105, 113), J. G. Randall (folder 92), George Mowry (folders 105, 119), A. R. Newsome (folder 116), Arthur Schlesinger (folder 113), E. Merton Coulter (folder 110), J. G. de R. Hamilton (folders 93, 94, 99, 102, 106, 109, 115, 116, 118, 120, 122, 123), James W. Patton (folders 89, 90, 92-95, 97, 111, 114, 118, 120-123); University of North Carolina administrators R. B. House (folder 93), Frank P. Graham (folder 104), and Carlyle Sitterson (folders 87-89, 107, 112, 120-124, 127). Other Green students and colleagues are represented as well.
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1942 405 items #04265, Subseries: "1942-August 1945." Folder 85-96Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96 |
| Folder 97-107 |
1943 349 items #04265, Subseries: "1942-August 1945." Folder 97-107Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107 |
| Folder 108-119 |
1944 385 items #04265, Subseries: "1942-August 1945." Folder 108-119Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119 |
| Folder 120-127 |
January 1945-August 1945 236 items #04265, Subseries: "1942-August 1945." Folder 120-127Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127 |
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September 1945-1955.
This segment of Green's correspondence deals with the transition of Green's students from military to civilian duties, desegregation, reaction to the Korean War, politics, and Green's duties as chairman of the History Department at UNC. Notable correspondence includes a letter from Green student Robert Elliott, noting the negative opinion Boiling Spring, N.C., residents held of "communistic" UNC.
Noted correspondents include historians C. Vann Woodward (folders 137, 147, 162, 171, 197, 216), Richard Leopold (folders 228, 234), David Potter (folders 164, 176, 216), R. D. W. Conner (folders 130, 141), Chester G. Starr (folder 227), J. de R. Hamilton (folders 133, 134, 140, 148, 166, 206), T. Harry Williams (folders 137-139, 142, 206, 218), Carl Bridenbaugh (folder 226), Crane Brinton (folder 242), Louis Gottschalk (folder 193), David Donald (folder 245), Kenneth Stampp (folder 210), Arthur Schlesinger (folder 137), R. R. Palmer (folder 217), E. Merton Coulter (folder 130, 134, 137, 148, 153, 158, 159, 171, 192, 200, 227), George V. Taylor (folders 214, 215, 223), Bell Wiley (folders 135, 140, 145, 155, 156, 162, 199, 218, 239), John Hope Franklin (folder 141), Charles Sydnor (folders 128, 146, 151, 158, 173, 196, 197, 211), E. P. Douglass (folder 219), James W. Patton (folders 129, 132, 133, 135, 136, 144, 145, 151, 165), Oscar Handlin (folders 184, 185), Howard K. Beale (folders 152, 188, 193, 194, 196, 201, 213, 217, 226, 238), Clement Eaton (folders 136, 142, 186), A. R. Newsome (folder 176), Culver H. Smith (folders 148, 152, 154, 169), George Mowry (folders 141, 148), Frank Klingberg (folder 135, 151, 210, 223, 229, 237); political figures Robert S. Kerr, Governor of Oklahoma (folder 136), U.S. Senators Clyde Hoey (folder 195) and Richard B. Russell (folder 230), N.C. Governors Luther Hodges (folder 232) and W. Kerr Scott (folder 184); and UNC administrators Frank P. Graham (folder 167), William Friday (folder 206), and R. B. House (folders 171, 196).
Green students represented in the correspondence include George Tindall (folders 170, 176, 177, 180, 182, 184, 186-189, 191-194, 196-199, 202, 208, 213, 216, 229), Dewey Grantham (folders 158, 161, 165, 167, 171, 173, 179, 183, 184, 185, 192, 197, 198, 207, 224, 225, 233, 236), John Snell (folders 181, 185, 207, 219, 237), Porter Fortune (folders 132, 133, 148, 11158, 161, 170, 179, 201, 205, 211), Alfred Chandler (folders 138, 140, 142, 157, 163, 168, 178, 190-192), Robert Lively (folders 160, 173, 177, 196, 223, 226, 228, 246), Mary E. Massey (folders 136, 149, 159, 162, 163, 173, 175, 177, 182, 192, 193, 196, 202, 208, 215, 234), Jack Rabun (folders 173, 174), Rembert Patrick (folders 128, 131, 142, 148, 158, 164, 170, 174, 206, 207, 211, 216, 220, 226, 227, 230), Arthur Link (folders 128, 130, 133, 136, 142, 150, 157, 169, 170 176), Charles Sellers (folders 177, 181, 184, 195, 204, 223, 228, 229 236), Isaac Copeland (folders 201, 208, 219, 222, 223, 227-229, 231, 232, 237), and Allen Going (folders 130, 135, 136, 142, 149, 155, 166, 176, 183, 186, 200, 205, 217, 219).
| Folder 128-131 |
September 1945-December 1945 112 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 128-131Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131 |
| Folder 132-136 |
1946 181 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 132-136Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136 |
| Folder 135-146 |
1947 321 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 135-146Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146 |
| Folder 147-158 |
1948 307 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 147-158Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158 |
| Folder 159-169 |
1949 326 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 159-169Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169 |
| Folder 170-181 |
1950 374 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 170-181Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181 |
| Folder 182-192 |
1951 272 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 182-192Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192 |
| Folder 193-201 |
1952 278 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 193-201Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201 |
| Folder 202-213 |
1953 396 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 202-213Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213 |
| Folder 214-225 |
1954 358 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 214-225Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225 |
| Folder 226-237 |
1955 557 items #04265, Subseries: "September 1945-1955." Folder 226-237Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237 |
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Subseries 1956-1963.
The correspondence from this period touches on Green's tenure as president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, desegregation, politics, and the activities of Green's students. Notable letters include observations on the desegregation controversy at Winthrop College, S.C., by Mary Elizabeth Massey (folder 268), and in Mississippi by Green student Bill Scarborough (folder 284), as well as a letter from George B. Tindall dealing with possible interracial meeting sites for the Southern Historical Association.
Green's correspondents include historians Daniel J. Boorstin (folder 269), Norman Graebner (folders 269, 272), Francis Butler Simkins (folder 281), C. Vann Woodward (folders 238, 251), Richard Current (folder 268), Robin Higham (folder 267), Crane Brinton (folder 242), J. G. de R. Hamilton (folder 254), E. P. Douglass (folders 254, 255, 259, 267), T. Harry Williams (folders 259, 260), David Donald (folders 245, 251, 261, 262), Philip Van Doren Stern (folder 238), John Snell (folders 247, 268, 278), Frank Klingberg (folders 243, 245, 254), Frank Vandiver (folder 261), Clement Eaton (folders 246, 253, 283, 284), Howard K. Beale (folder 246, 259), W. C. Binkley (folders 240, 250, 274, 278), John Hope Franklin (folders 255, 267); newspaper editor Virginius Dabney (folder 271),; as well as Terry Sanford (folders 269, 284), Carlyle Sitterson (folders 255, 267), and Frank P. Graham (folders 243, 244, 248).
Green students represented include Rembert Patrick (folders 238, 240, 257, 263, 265, 270, 273, 279, 281-284), Isaac Copeland (folders 238-245, 248, 251, 254, 259-263, 268, 271, 278, 281), Dewey Grantham (folders 241, 244, 252, 256, 262, 265, 266, 273-276, 279, 280, 284), Arthur Link (folders 251, 265, 279, 280), Paul Gaston (folders 244, 254, 258, 259, 260, 263, 273, 279, 280, 286), Hugh F. Rankin (folders 256, 258, 259, 263, 264, 266, 268, 273, George B. Tindall (folders 251-255, 259, 260, 267) and Mary E. Massey (folders 238-287).
| Folder 238-248 |
1956 420 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 238-248Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248 |
| Folder 249-257 |
1957 290 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 249-257Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257 |
| Folder 258-263 |
1958 217 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 258-263Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263 |
| Folder 264-268 |
1959 155 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 264-268Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267Folder 268 |
| Folder 269-273 |
1960 150 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 269-273Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273 |
| Folder 274-278 |
1961 135 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 274-278Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278 |
| Folder 279-282 |
1962 105 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 279-282Folder 279Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282 |
| Folder 283-287 |
1963 143 items #04265, Subseries: "1956-1963." Folder 283-287Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287 |
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Subseries 1964-1977.
Correspondence during these years concerns Green's retirement, his appointment as Harmsworth Professor at Oxford, activities of former students, and the work of various historical associations (especially the Southern Historical Association).
Prominent individuals represented in the correspondence include Frank P. Graham (folder 288), Carlyle Sitterson (folder 308), David Potter (folders 292, 297), Dumas Malone (folders 298, 306), T. Harry Williams (folder 307, 310), David Donald (folder 320), and William Powell (folder 327).
Green students represented include Mary E. Massey (scattered throughout), Dewey Grantham (scattered throughout), Hugh Rankin (folder 297), E. Merton Coulter (folder 308), Bell Wiley (folder 295), Arthur Link (folders 297, 298, 306, 310, 331, 333, 335), Porter Fortune (folders 306, 338, 341), and George Tindall (folders 289, 303, 306).
| Folder 288-291 |
1964 85 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 288-291Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290Folder 291 |
| Folder 292-296 |
1965 88 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 292-296Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296 |
| Folder 297-300 |
1966 78 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 297-300Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300 |
| Folder 301-306 |
1967 105 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 301-306Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306 |
| Folder 307-311 |
1968 85 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 307-311Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311 |
| Folder 312-314 |
1969 60 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 312-314Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314 |
| Folder 315-322 |
1970 105 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 315-322Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319Folder 320Folder 321Folder 322 |
| Folder 323-328 |
1971 90 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 323-328Folder 323Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326Folder 327Folder 328 |
| Folder 329-336 |
1972 100 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 329-336Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336 |
| Folder 337-341 |
1973 50 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 337-341Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341 |
| Folder 342-344 |
1974 30 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 342-344Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344 |
| Folder 345-346 |
1975 20 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 345-346Folder 345Folder 346 |
| Folder 347 |
1976 10 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 347 |
| Folder 348 |
1977 10 items #04265, Subseries: "1964-1977." Folder 348 |
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Undated.
Various undated letters, telegrams, and memoranda covering Green's administrative and academic work, as well as that of his colleagues and students.
| Folder 349 |
Undated (incoming) 47 items #04265, Subseries: "Undated." Folder 349 |
| Folder 350 |
Undated (outgoing) 12 items #04265, Subseries: "Undated." Folder 350 |
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Subseries 1.2. Personal Correspondence, 1898-1978 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Subseries 1898-1939.
This period covers the courtship of Fletcher Green and Mary Frances Black and their following marriage. Much of the correspondence concerns their own relationship and dealings with family members. Among the social matters discussed during these years and subsequent decades are travels in the Southeast, illnesses, child rearing, academic and social affairs at UNC and Emory, economic conditions, Southern cooking, and education.
Among the more frequent correspondents are Carolyn Black (Dalla Valle), Green's sister-in-law; Ramsey Black (also known as "Bubba", "B", and "Brother"); Mrs. W. A. Black, Green's mother-in-law; Mary Frances B. Green (also known as "T.T."); and Fletcher Green.
Most of the letters during this era were written from Chapel Hill, N.C., and various cities in Georgia, such as Atlanta (Emory University) and Dalton. The highlights include a discussion of the following: UNC (folders 390-391, 393 -397, 450-452), Emory University (folders 432-447), Greensboro, N.C. (473-481), Richmond (folder 452), and New York City (folders 474-477).
Other areas of interest are the remarks about economic conditions in Georgia during the Depression (folder 407), Green's comments on President Herbert Hoover and the Bonus Marchers while he was researching in Washington, D.C. (folders 408-411), and a letter from Frank Porter Graham (folder 389).
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1898-1907 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 351 |
| Folder 352 |
1914 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 352 |
| Folder 353 |
1914-1919 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 353 |
| Folder 354-370 |
1920-1929 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 354-370Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370 |
| Folder 371-389 |
1930 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 371-389Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389 |
| Folder 390-405 |
1931 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 390-405Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405 |
| Folder 406-424 |
1932 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 406-424Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409Folder 410Folder 411Folder 412Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424 |
| Folder 425-431 |
1933 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 425-431Folder 425Folder 426Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431 |
| Folder 432-439 |
1934 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 432-439Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439 |
| Folder 440-447 |
1935 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 440-447Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447 |
| Folder 448-454 |
1936 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 448-454Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 453Folder 454 |
| Folder 455-462 |
1937 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 455-462Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462 |
| Folder 463-470 |
1938 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 463-470Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470 |
| Folder 471-483 |
1939 #04265, Subseries: "1898-1939." Folder 471-483Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476Folder 477Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483 |
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Subseries 1940-1949.
This decade includes Green's continuing tenure at UNC and his stints as visiting professor at Harvard and Columbia universities. The general topics of conversation are very similar to those from 1904-1939, with the exception of adjustments made to a wartime economy.
While at Harvard (folders 549-582, 591-599), Green wrote several letters to his wife. The more notable persons mentioned include Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.; Frederick Merk; and Arthur S. Link. Green also notes the differences between Southern and Northern cultures and educational methods, and remarks as well about Afro Americans at Harvard (folder 554) and the women of Radcliffe College.
Comments from Mary Frances B. Green at Chapel Hill concern polio (folders 507, 551), bond drives, rationing, the training of military officers at UNC, women's role at the home front, the Southern Council (folders 546, 547) and Communism.
After World War II, Green taught for a term at Columbia University in New York City (folders 632-637). In his letters, Green mentions Allan Nevins and Samuel E. Morrison along with sketches of events relating to the university and city.
Carolyn Black also lived in New York City, employed as a librarian (folders 487 490), and noted differences between the North and South, the ethnic groups and pace of city life. Later, she moved to Greensboro, N.C. (folders 494-497, 487-489, 491-493, 495-496), then to employment at Agnes Scott College, and finally to Georgia Tech (folders 629-638).
| Folder 494-510 |
1940 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 494-510Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504Folder 505Folder 506Folder 507Folder 508Folder 509Folder 510 |
| Folder 511-527 |
1941 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 511-527Folder 511Folder 512Folder 513Folder 514Folder 515Folder 516Folder 517Folder 518Folder 519Folder 520Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527 |
| Folder 528-543 |
1942 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 528-543Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536Folder 537Folder 538Folder 539Folder 540Folder 541Folder 542Folder 543 |
| Folder 544-582 |
1943 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 544-582Folder 544Folder 545Folder 546Folder 547Folder 548Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551Folder 552Folder 553Folder 554Folder 555Folder 556Folder 557Folder 558Folder 559Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581Folder 582 |
| Folder 583-589 |
1944 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 583-589Folder 583Folder 584Folder 585Folder 586Folder 587Folder 588Folder 589 |
| Folder 590-605 |
1945 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 590-605Folder 590Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595Folder 596Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605 |
| Folder 606-616 |
1946 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 606-616Folder 606Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616 |
| Folder 617-621 |
1947 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 617-621Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621 |
| Folder 622-628 |
1948 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 622-628Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628 |
| Folder 629-638 |
1949 #04265, Subseries: "1940-1949." Folder 629-638Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631Folder 632Folder 633Folder 634Folder 635Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638 |
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Subseries 1950-1959.
Letters throughout this decade are similar to previous years. There is an ongoing discussion about UNC, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, travels in the South, and polio (folders 645-648). Green returned to Columbia during the summer of 1950 (folders 642-647) and mentions George B. Tindall and other graduate students.
As Green's children matured, they attended summer camps, and entered preparatory schools, colleges, and military service. All of the children wrote home about their experiences. Carolyn Green studied at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Va. (folders 658-664, 667-671, 680-681, 685-689, 690, 691). Her letters mention faculty members, sorority and social activities, classes, and fellow students.
Fletcher Green II entered the U.S. Army as a private. He completed basic training at Ft. Jackson, Columbia, S.C., and counter-intelligence school in Maryland (folders 663-666). Later, he served in West Germany. His primary duty station was at Wuerzburg, about sixty miles southeast of Frankfurt-on-Main; he was later detached from his unit to study German at a foreign language school at Oberammergau near Munich (folders 667-675).
Fletcher Green's youngest son, R. Ramsey Green, entered the Darlington School in Rome, Ga. (folders 674-676, 678-681). His letters mention sporting events, class work, and school activities.
| Folder 639-648 |
1950 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 639-648Folder 639Folder 640Folder 641Folder 642Folder 643Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647Folder 648 |
| Folder 649-652 |
1951 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 649-652Folder 649Folder 650Folder 651Folder 652 |
| Folder 653-657 |
1952 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 653-657Folder 653Folder 654Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657 |
| Folder 658-662 |
1953 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 658-662Folder 658Folder 659Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662 |
| Folder 663-668 |
1954 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 663-668Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668 |
| Folder 669-673 |
1955 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 669-673Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673 |
| Folder 674-679 |
1956 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 674-679Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676Folder 677Folder 678Folder 679 |
| Folder 680-684 |
1957 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 680-684Folder 680Folder 681Folder 682Folder 683Folder 684 |
| Folder 685-689 |
1958 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 685-689Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688Folder 689 |
| Folder 690-692 |
1959 #04265, Subseries: "1950-1959." Folder 690-692Folder 690Folder 691Folder 692 |
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Subseries 1960-1969.
During this decade Fletcher and Mary Frances Green remained at Chapel Hill while their children left to seek employment. Elizabeth Green worked as a librarian at Harvard (folders 699-713), attended Columbia University Library School and worked in New York City (folders 715-744). Later, Elizabeth Green moved to Rye, Westchester Co., N.Y., with her husband (folders 745-756). While a resident in the Northeast, she discussed life at Harvard and Columbia, employment opportunities, the educational structure, and experiences of city living.
Robert Ramsey Green accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps as a second lieutenant. His letters tell of training at Officers Candidate School and Basic School, at Quantico, Va. (folders 704-709), and his first duty station, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C. Beginning in October 1962, he reveals his views on a possible conflict with Cuba, and the Marines Corps' reaction to the Cuban Missile Crisis (folders 709, 713, 718-720). Also during this period he was deployed with a U.S. Navy fleet to the Mediterranean Sea (folders 713-715, 721), and to Camp Garcia, Puerto Rico (folders 718-720). Other duty stations include Camp Pendleton, Calif. (folder 737), Vietnam (folder 745), and Camp Smith, Hawaii (750-753, 755).
After his military service tour, Fletcher Green II was employed by Proctor and Gamble. He and his family lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland (folders 711-716) and Luxembourg (folders 717-719), before they returned to the United States.
Other notable letters are from Hugh Rankin of Tulane University (folders 693, 713, 723, 726) and to Mary Frances Green concerning the publication of Writing Southern History (folders 698, 703).
| Folder 693-696 |
1960 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 693-696Folder 693Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696 |
| Folder 697-702 |
1961 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 697-702Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702 |
| Folder 703-710 |
1962 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 703-710Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710 |
| Folder 711-716 |
1963 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 711-716Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716 |
| Folder 717-722 |
1964 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 717-722Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722 |
| Folder 723-727 |
1965 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 723-727Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727 |
| Folder 728-735 |
1966 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 728-735Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730Folder 731Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735 |
| Folder 736-747 |
1967 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 736-747Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747 |
| Folder 748-753 |
1968 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 748-753Folder 748Folder 749Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753 |
| Folder 754-756 |
1969 #04265, Subseries: "1960-1969." Folder 754-756Folder 754Folder 755Folder 756 |
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Subseries 1970-1978, Undated.
Most of the dated letters from the 1970s are from the Green children. Other correspondence includes sympathy cards and notes concerning the illness and subsequent death of Fletcher Green (folders 769-776). Undated letters are from Carolyn Black Dalla Valle (folders 777-778), Mary Frances Black Green (folders 785-788), Fletcher Green (folder 789), Mrs. W. A. Black (folder 783) and the Green children (folders 781, 790). Also among these undated materials are greeting and get-well cards, invitations, and letters (folders 791-794).
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Series 2. Subject Files, 1934-1976.
Arrangement: alphabetical by file title.
This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, writings, and printed material related to various aspects of Green's professional career. Much of the material relates to the work of various historical societies, to university administration, and to various special committees and organizations to which Green belonged. Most of the folder headings are Green's own.
Notable items include letters from then Senator John F. Kennedy concerning Green's membership on an advisory panel to help select the five most outstanding United States Senators (Folder 875); a letter of recommendation for C. Vann Woodward, 10 December 1936 (folder 868); and a copy of a letter from George B. Tindall to Chase Mauney concerning the racial policy of the Southern Historical Association, 3 December 1959 (folder 878).
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Series 3. Addresses and Writings, 1924-1971.
Arrangement: topical, then chronological.
This series consists of typed and printed material such as correspondence, book reviews, lectures, speeches, articles, and a book draft written by Green related to various aspects of his professional career. Much of the material has been published in historical journals. Other items include correspondence with the presses of the universities of Florida and Alabama, and Vanderbilt University Press concerning the publication of monographs authored by Green.
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Series 4. Course Material, 1921-1922,
1943-1945.
Arrangement: by course.
This series contains lectures, outlines, course syllabi, and notebooks used by Green. With the exception of the first two folders, this material is related to the classes taught by Green in American history at UNC and Harvard during the 1940s. The notebooks in the first two folders are outlines of historical periods and notes on texts used by Green in the early 1920s.
| Folder 937-938 |
History Notebooks Kept by F. M. Green, 1921-1922 #04265, Series: "4. Course Material, 1921-1922, 1943-1945." Folder 937-938Folder 937Folder 938 |
| Folder 939-945 |
Course Material for 254 #04265, Series: "4. Course Material, 1921-1922, 1943-1945." Folder 939-945Folder 939Folder 940Folder 941Folder 942Folder 943Folder 944Folder 945 |
| Folder 946 |
Course Material for 5b., 1943-1944 #04265, Series: "4. Course Material, 1921-1922, 1943-1945." Folder 946 |
| Folder 947 |
Course Material for Special Subjects #04265, Series: "4. Course Material, 1921-1922, 1943-1945." Folder 947 |
| Folder 948-950 |
Course Material for 163 #04265, Series: "4. Course Material, 1921-1922, 1943-1945." Folder 948-950Folder 948Folder 949Folder 950 |
| Folder 951-957 |
Course Material for 65b.-Harvard, 1944-1945 #04265, Series: "4. Course Material, 1921-1922, 1943-1945." Folder 951-957Folder 951Folder 952Folder 953Folder 954Folder 955Folder 956Folder 957 |
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Series 5. Other Papers, 1940-1970.
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Subseries 5.1. Financial and Legal Items, 1925-1970.
Arrangement: chronological.
This subseries consists of bills, receipts, rental agreements, documentation concerning donations, legal and teaching agreements, and financial statements. Most of this material is related to the professional career of Green, but there are a few items concerning the Green household.
The items touching upon Green's role as a historian and educator include teaching agreements with the University of Tennessee and salary arrangements with UNC. This material also has acknowledgments of book donations to the UNC library and a monetary gift to the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity.
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Subseries 5.2. Items about Fletcher M. Green, 1916-1980.
Arrangement: by subject.
This subseries contains reviews, letters, photocopies of clippings, report cards, printed items, awards, and biographical material concerning Green's professional career. There is very little material related to Green's tour of duty in the U. S. Army or his days as a student and professor at Emory University.
The majority of the items are concerned with Green's years at UNC. This material includes a large number of reviews of four of Green's books, printed items gathered while he was the Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford, various historical awards presented to Green, and photographs of newspaper clippings.
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Subseries 5.3. Other Family Items, 1920s-1960s.
Arrangement: by subject.
This subseries consists of material related to the Green family. There is little mention of Fletcher Green. Instead, most of these items concern Mary Frances B. Green and the Green children. They include letters and report cards from various prep schools and universities, art work, information about service in the armed forces, and photocopies of news clippings.
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Series 6. Pictures, circa 1933-1975.
Arrangement: by type.
This series consists of personal and professional photographs of Green, his family, colleagues, and subjects of his research. The personal photographs (P-4265/1-52) include photographs of children, relatives, and friends. Numbers (P-4265/1-30) are cross-referenced here and the accompanying letters may be found in Subseries 2.1.
Among the professional photographs (P-4265/53-101) are images related to Green's research on the Methodist Church, Duff Green, and Georgia. There are also photos of his peers and colleagues, such as J. G. deR. Hamilton, J. C. Sitterson, and R. D. W. Connor. Other illustrations suggest Green's involvement with the North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, the UNC history graduate school baseball team, and his appearance at various ceremonies and celebrations.
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Addition of November 1996 (Acc. 96170).
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Processed by: John Beam, Benjamin H. Trask, February 1989; Tim Pyatt, February 1997
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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