Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4265
FLETCHER MELVIN GREEN PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Fletcher Melvin Green (1895-1978) was a member
of the faculty of the History Department at the
University of North Carolina, 1936-1966. 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.
Online Catalog Terms:
Beale, Howard K. (Howard Kennedy), 1899-1959.
College teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Columbia University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Copeland, J. Isaac (James Isaac), 1910- .
Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890- .
Emory University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century.
Graham, Frank Porter, 1886- .
Green, Fletcher Melvin, 1895- .
Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961.
Harvard University--Faculty--History--20th century.
Historians--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Link, Arthur Stanley.
Patrick, Rembert Wallace, 1909- .
Patton, James Welch, 1900- .
Sitterson, Joseph Carlyle, 1911- .
Tindall, George Brown.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--
20th century.
University of Oxford--Faculty--History--20th century.
Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908- .
Size: About 19,800 items (21.5 linear feet).
Date Span: 1898-1980.
Provenance: Received from Mary Frances Black Green of Chapel
Hill, N.C., in July 1982. Addition received from
Elizabeth Green Fuller of Tarrytown, N.Y., in
November 1996 (Acc. 96170).
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
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.)
Collection Overview
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.
Arrangement is as follows:
Series 1. Correspondence: about 16,780 items, chiefly 1935-1965
Subseries 1.1. Professional Correspondence
Subseries 1.2. Personal Correspondence
Series 2. Subject Files: about 970 items, chiefly 1940-1970
Series 3. Addresses and Writings: about 350 items, chiefly
1935-1965
Series 4. Course Materials: about 75 items, chiefly 1920-1945
Series 5. Other Papers: about 700 items, chiefly 1940-1970
Subseries 5.1. Financial and Legal Items
Subseries 5.2. Items About Fletcher M. Green
Subseries 5.3. Other Family Items
Series 6. Pictures: 101 items, chiefly 1940-1975
Addition of November 1996
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Correspondence.
1898-1978 and undated. About 16,780 items.
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-Chapel Hill), 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.
Subseries 1.1. Professional Correspondence.
1922-1977 and undated. About 10,780 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
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-Chapel Hill 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).
Folders 1-3 1922-1929 90 items
4-5 1930 56 items
6-7 1931 105 items
9-11 1932 80 items
12-15 1933 115 items
16-20 1934 131 items
21-30 1935 300 items
31-34 Jan.-April 1936 180 items
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).
Folders 35-38 May-December 1936 115 items
39-46 1937 217 items
47-52 1938 180 items
53-60 1939 217 items
61-72 1940 336 items
73-84 1941 352 items
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.
Folders 85-96 1942 405 items
97-107 1943 349 items
108-119 1944 385 items
120-127 Jan. 1945-Aug. 1945 236 items
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).
Folders 128-131 Sept. 1945-Dec. 1945 112 items
132-136 1946 181 items
135-146 1947 321 items
147-158 1948 307 items
159-169 1949 326 items
170-181 1950 374 items
182-192 1951 272 items
193-201 1952 278 items
202-213 1953 396 items
214-225 1954 358 items
226-237 1955 557 items
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).
Folders 238-248 1956 420 items
249-257 1957 290 items
258-263 1958 217 items
264-268 1959 155 items
269-273 1960 150 items
274-278 1961 135 items
279-282 1962 105 items
283-287 1963 143 items
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).
Folders 288-291 1964 85 items
292-296 1965 88 items
297-300 1966 78 items
301-306 1967 105 items
307-311 1968 85 items
312-314 1969 60 items
315-322 1970 105 items
323-328 1971 90 items
329-336 1972 100 items
337-341 1973 50 items
342-344 1974 30 items
345-346 1975 20 items
347 1976 10 items
348 1977 10 items
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
350 Undated (outgoing) 12 items
Subseries 1.2. Personal Correspondence
1898-1978 and undated. About 6,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
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).
Folder 351 1898-1907
352 1914
353 1914-1919
354-370 1920-1929
371-389 1930
390-405 1931
406-424 1932
425-431 1933
432-439 1934
440-447 1935
448-454 1936
455-462 1937
463-470 1938
471-483 1939
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).
Folders 494-510 1940
511-527 1941
528-543 1942
544-582 1943
583-589 1944
590-605 1945
606-616 1946
617-621 1947
622-628 1948
629-638 1949
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.
Folders 639-648 1950
649-652 1951
653-657 1952
658-662 1953
663-668 1954
669-673 1955
674-679 1956
680-684 1957
685-689 1958
690-692 1959
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).
Folders 693-696 1960
697-702 1961
703-710 1962
711-716 1963
717-722 1964
723-727 1965
728-735 1966
736-747 1967
748-753 1968
754-756 1969
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).
Folders 756-759 1970
760-761 1971
762 1972
763-764 1973
765 1974
766 1975
767 1976
767 1977
768-776 1978
777-794 Undated
Series 2. Subject Files
1934-1976. About 970 items .
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).
Folder 795. Administrative Board of the Graduate
School (UNC) 11 items
796. Advisory Committee (UNC) 1960-1962 12 items
797. Agricultural History Society 3 items
798. Alpha Tau Omega 5 items
799-800. Alumni Publications (History Dept.) 78 items
801. American Association of University
Professors 3 items
802. American Historical Association, 1942-1968
32 items
803. AHA Report on Graduate Education, 1959 4 items
804. Annual Report, UNC History Dept.,
1959-1960 20 items
805. Arts and Science Travel Fund (UNC) 16 items
806. Bancroft Prize Jury, Columbia University
15 items
807. Byrd, James K.-Papers 7 items
808. Carnegie Revolving Fund 22 items
809. Clippings 5 items
810. Collier's Encyclopedia 7 items
811. Columbia University--Summer Session, 1950
7 items
812-813. Committee on the Role of the Faculties (UNC)
15 items
814. Dissertation Outlines--Completed 12 items
815. Dissertations--Completed 7 items
816. Emory Univ. Class of 1921--50th
Anniversary Reunion 3 items
817-819. Encyclopaedia Britannica 85 items
820. Established Lectures, Jan. 1959-Dec. 1961
(UNC) 12 items
821-822. Faculty Council (UNC) 1951-1966 11 items
823. "Family in Southern History"--SHA 1967 9 items
824. Gettysburg Civil War Conference 7 items
825. Gonzales, John E. 1 item
826. Graduate Committee, Department of History
1 item
827. Professional Education Committee (UNC) 2 items
828. Graduate School (UNC)--50th Anniversary, 1953
3 items
829. Guggenheim Foundation 3 items
830. Hamilton, J. G. deRoulhac 15 items
831. Historical Society of North Carolina,
1948-1963 16 items
832. History of the South--Text 7 items
833. Hoffman, Donald--Phi Alpha Theta 3 items
834-838. Honorary Degrees Committee (UNC), 1948-1963
73 items
839. Joint Committee on the Library (UNC),
1951-1952 12 items
840. Kettell, Thomas Prentice 2 items
841. Library Collaboration Committee (UNC) 3 items
842. Library Research Fund Committee (UNC) 8 items
843. Library Studies Committee (UNC) 11 items
844. Lincoln Educational Foundation, 1955-1958,
1976 7 items
845-849. Mississippi Valley Historical Assoc.,1948-1965
85 items
850. Nominating Committee—NCLHA 16 items
851-857. N.C. Dept. of Archives and History,1955-1969
121 items
858. The Order of Gimghoul 5 items
859. Organization of American Historians,
1965-1968 10 items
860-864. Other Committees and Organizations, 1923-1969
75 items
865. Phi Alpha Theta 20 items
866. Phi Beta Kappa 10 items
867. Radio Committee, UNC, 1953-1954 5 items
868-870. Recommendations, 1934-1971, undated 59 items
871. Retirement Arrangements, 1963-1964 6 items
872. Scales, Junius 8 items
873-874. Self Study, UNC 28 items
875. Senate Committee to Select Outstanding
Senators 14 items
876. Southern Council on International Relations
1 item
877-878. Southern Historical Association, 1934-1972
26 items
879. Southern Historical Association Council, 1962
23 items
880. Southern Historical Association Program,
1943-1944 45 items
881. Southern Historical Collection 25 items
882-884. Sprunt Studies Committee (UNC) 1942-1965
90 items
885. State Literary & Historical Assoc. of
N.C., 1942-1970 28 items
886. State of the University (UNC)--2nd
Conference, 1954 10 items
887. State of the University (UNC)--4th Conference,
1956 5 items
888. Tanner Award Committee (UNC) 2 items
889. U.S. Armed Forces Institute 3 items
Series 3. Addresses and Writings
1924-1971. About 350 items.
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.
Writings by F. M. Green
Folder 890. 1924-1934
891. 1936-1940
892. 1941-1943
893. 1944-1948
893a. 1948-1949 (from 1996 Addition)
894. 1950-1952
895. 1953-1954
896. 1955
897. 1956-1958
898. 1960
899. 1961-1962
900. 1964
901. 1966-1967
902. Draft of The Role of the Yankee in
the Old South, 1971
903-914 Writings by F. M. Green, Undated
915. Letters from various publishers,
1963-1964, 1968
916. Correspondence with University of
Florida Press, 1963-1966
917. Correspondence with University of
Alabama Press, 1964-1965
918. Correspondence with Vanderbilt
Press, 1965-1970
Unpublished Critiques
919. 1934-1939
920. 1940-1948
921. 1951-1958
922. 1962, 1970, Undated
Published Works of F. M. Green
923. 1931-1937
924. 1942-1947
925. 1954-1959
926. 1961-1965
Reviews of Books
927. 1928-1933
928. 1934-1935
929. 1936-1941
930. 1942-1944
931. 1945-1947
932. 1948-1952
933. 1953-1955
934. 1956-1958
935. 1960-1962
936. 1963-1965
Series 4. Course Material
1921-1922, 1943-1945. About 75 items.
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
939-945. Course Material for 254
946 Course Material for 5b., 1943-1944
947. Course Material for Special Subjects
948-950. Course Material for 163
951-957. Course Material for 65b.-Harvard, 1944-1945
Series 5. Other Papers
1940-1970. About 700 items.
Subseries 5.1. Financial and Legal Items
1925-1970. About 45 items.
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.
Folder 958. 1925-1935
959. 1940-1953
960. 1955-1970
Subseries 5.2. Items about Fletcher M. Green
1916-1980. About 350 items.
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.
Folder 961. FMG's Report Cards, 1916-1920
962. Emory DVS Fraternity Material, ca.
1920-1966
963-967. Biographical Material about FMG
968. Government Documents Concerning FMG, 1919-1963
969. Letters of Recommendation for FMG, 1921-1922
970. Bibliographic Lists of the
Work of FMG, 1922-1964
971. Items related to FMG, 1934-1978
972. Letters about FMG and Writings
in Southern History, 1960-1976
Copies of Clippings related to FMG
973. 1914-1939
974. 1940-1959
975-976. 1960-1969
977. 1970-1980, Undated
Printed Items related to FMG
978. 1920-1949
979. 1952-1968
980. 1975-1977, Undated
981. Reviews of Ferry Hill
Plantation (1961)
982. Reviews of Southern Wealth and
Northern Profits (1966)
983-984. Reviews of Democracy in
the Old South... (1969)
985. Reviews of The Role of the
Yankee in the Old South (1972)
986. Reviews and Related Items
987-990. Oxford University Material, 1963-1969
991. Recording of the Presentation
of an Honorary Degree, 6 June 1957
992-994. Awards presented to FMG
Letters concerning the death
of FMG
995-996. 1978-1980
997-1000. Information on FMG's
Students
1001-1002. Presentation Copies of
Articles to FMG
1003. Typescript Copy of
Reminiscences of Georgia by Emily P.
Burke
Subseries 5.3. Other Family Items
1920s-1960s. About 300 items.
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.
Folder 1004. Material Concerning Mary Frances
B. Green
1005. List of Students of Mary
Frances B. Green
1006. Wedding Gifts Record Book, 16
August 1930
1007. Items Related to the Green
Family
1008. Material Concerning Fletcher
Green II
1009. Material Concerning M. Carolyn
Green Dow
Material
Concerning R. Ramsey Green
1010. 1943-1956
1011. 1957-1961
1012. Material Concerning
Elizabeth H. Green Fuller
1013. Children's Art Work, undated
Series 6. Pictures
Ca. 1933-1975. 101 items.
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.
Folder list as follows:
Folder 1014. P-4265/1-52. Personal Photographs
1015. P-4265/53-101. Professional Photographs
Addition of November 1996 (Acc. 96170)
Size: About 800 items (2.5 linear feet)
Dates: ca. 1930-1954
Provenance: Received from Elizabeth Green Fuller of Tarrytown,
N.Y.
Access: No restrictions.
Description: Primarily notes and research on Duff Green and
members of the Green family, some additional
subject files.
Subject Files
Folder 1016 Blind Tom (1824)
1017 Debt imprisonment notes
1018 Ford, Timothy
1019 Georgia leadership
1020 Georgia republicans
1021 Gilmore, James R.
1022 Habersham, James
1023 Hayden, Jacob
1024 Immigration
1025 Military schools
1026 North Carolina leaders
1027 North Carolina state fair
1028 Patents
1029 Price, Channing
Writings and Related Materials
1030 Comments on “I Rode with Stonewall Jackson”
1031 Chap. II: Growing Up on the Frontier
1032 Chap. IV: A Pioneer Builder
1033 Correspondence, 1930-1954
Duff Green Research and Notes
1034 Notes, A-B
1035 C-F
1036 G-H
1037 I-M
1038 N-Q
1039 R-S
1040 T-Z
1041-46 Notes from the U.S. Telegraph, 1826-1837
1047 Calhoun correspondence
1048 Green books and writings
1049-50 Green papers, 1830-1875
1051 Green letters, 1831-1853
1052 Related notes
1053 Notes from the Pilot and Transcript
1054 Notes from Missouri newspapers
1055 Notes from misc. newspapers
1056 Notes from the Buchanan papers
1057 Notes from various manuscript collections
1058-63 Miscellaneous notes
1064 Notes & transcriptions
1065 Articles and related materials