Greene, Roger Sherman, 1881-1947. Papers: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1864
Creator: Greene, Roger Sherman, 1881-1947.
Title: Papers,
Date(s): 1896-1947 (inclusive), 1903-1947 (bulk).
Quantity: 66 boxes (33 linear ft.)
Abstract: Correspondence of the American diplomat Roger S. Greene relating to his work for the Department of State, the China Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression and the Committee to Defend American by Aiding the Allies.

Acquisition Information:

*70M-58

Deposited by Mrs. Roger S. Greene, 548 Lincoln Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605; received: 1970 Jun and Dec; Gift: 1971 Jan.

Historical Note

Greene was an American diplomat, foundation official, and medical administrator in China.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

I. Business correspondence

A. Professional correspondence

B. Correspondence with other organizations and individuals

II. General correspondence

III. Other correspondence

IV. Family correspondence

V. Compositions

A. Reports and compositions related to business

B. Other compositions

VI. Miscellaneous

VII. Printed material

Scope and Content

Primarily Greene's correspondence from 1906 to 1946, relating particularly to his work for the Department of State, the China Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression and the Committee to Defend American by Aiding the Allies. He was also associated with the China Foundation and Harvard-Yenching Institute, and his correspondence relating to his work with these and other organizations is also part of the collection.

Container List

Series: I. Business correspondence
- A. Professional correspondence
  Letters to and from Roger S. Greene relating directly to the affairs of the various organizations with which he worked.
  - Consular Service
    - (1-5) Rio de Janeiro
    - (6-7) Nagasaki
    - (8) Kobe
    - (9-17) Vladisvostok
    - (46-86) Hankow
    - (87-95) Undated business correspondence
  - China Medical Commission - Rockefeller Foundation
    - (96-100) Apr-Sep 1914
    - (111-132) 1914-1915
    - (133-150) 1916-1918
    - (151-180) 1919-1924
    - (181-206) Jan - Aug 1925
    - (207-266) Sep 1925-1926 May.
    - (227-243) Jun 1926-1927 Dec.
  - Peking Union Medical College
    - (244-255) May - Aug 1927
    - (256-268) Jan - Dec 1928
  - Director of the China Medical Board
    - (269-283) Jan 1929-1930 Nov.
    - (284-324) Jan 1931-1934 Nov.
    - (325-335) Dec 1934-1935 Jun.
  - Correspondence between Roger Sherman Greene and the China Medical Board after his resignation
    - (336-359) Jul 1935-1938 Dec.
    - (360-380) 1940-1946 Nov and undated.
    - (381) Correspondence between Kate Greene and the China Medical Board after his resignation, Jul 1935-1938 Dec.
  - American Red Cross Flood and Famine Relief
    - (382-406) Oct 1917-1918 Feb.
    - (407-449) Mar 1918-1944.
  - China Foundation
    - (450-488) Jan 1924-1925 Jul.
    - (489-508) Dec 1925-1945 Jan.
    - (509) Kate Greene from China Institute re: China Foundation
  - Harvard Yenching Institute
    - (510-540) Jan 1928-1931 Dec.
    - (541-603) Jan 1932-1942 Oct.
    - (604-637) Nov 1942-1946 Dec.
  - (638-657) Harvard Yenching, Associated Boards, and West China Union University, Feb 1937-1946
  - (658-659) Chinese, Social, and Political Science Association, Aug-Sep 1926 and May-June 1933
  - (660-665) Chinese National Association for the Mass Education Movement, Jun 1935-1936 Apr.
  - (666-685) Correspondence between Roger Sherman Greene and various organizations concerning relief to China, Jan 1938-1939 Oct.
  - American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression
    - (686-703) Aug 1938-1939 Feb.
    - (704-746) Mar 1939-1940 Nov.
  - (747-760) Word Citizens Association, Oct 1938-1940 Jul.
  - (761-775) Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, Jun 1940-1942 Jan.
  - (776-807) State Department, Division of Cultural Resources, Feb 1942-1946
- B. Correspondence with other organizations and individuals
  Correspondence between Roger Sherman Greene and other organizations and individuals
  - (808-811) American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1942-1946
  - (812-828) American Council Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc., 1929-1946
  - (829-833) American Defense. Harvard Group, 1942-1944 Jul.
  - Correspondence between Roger Sherman Greene and Miss [ ] Bergman
    - (834-865) 1928-1933
    - (866-880) Jan 1934-1943
  - (881-886) Correspondence between Roger Sherman Greene and Derk Bode, 1936-1946
  - (887) China Famine Fund, 1929
  - (888-892) Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, Oct 1943-1946
  - (893-896) Committee on Intellectual Cooperation with China, Aug 1943-1944 Feb.
  - (897-907) Council on Foreign Relations, 1926-1945
  - (908-916) Dr. Droogleever Fortuyn, Dec 1944-1946 Nov.
  - (917-922) R. Hu Saih, Oct 1930-1946 May.
  - (923-928) Nelson Trussler Johnson, Jun 1927-1934 Oct.
  - Lee, Higginson, and Co.
    - (929-936) 1923-1928 Oct.
    - (937-953) Nov 1929-1933 Sep.
  - (954-953) Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, 1933-1947
  - (964-970) United China Relief, Jan 1942-1945 Dec.
  - (971-987) J.A.K. van Hasselt, Jul 1932-1938 Mar.

Series: II. General correspondence
Correspondence to and from Roger S. Greene. Readers should consult this section in conjunction with Series I.
- (988-999) 1896-1910 Dec.
- (1000-1046) Jan 1911-1919
- (1047-1090) 1920-1937 Jul.
- (1091-1138) Aug 1937-1940 Feb.
- (1139-1194) Mar 1940-1944 Nov.
- (1195-1246) Dec 1944-1946 May
- (1247-1270) Jun 1946-1947 Jan. and undated.

Series: III. Other correspondence
Personal and miscellaneous correspondence, and receipts, bills, advertisement, accounts among other items.
- (1271-1277) Other correspondence
- Accounts, Bills, Receipts
  - (1278-1292) 1906-1911
  - (1293-1332) 1912-1928
  - (1333-1366) 1929-1931
  - (1367-1405) 1932-1944 and [n.d.]

Series: IV. Family correspondence
- (1406-1416) Roger Sherman Greene to his family, 1911-1919
- (1417) Roger Sherman Greene to Theophilus Brown
- (1418) Roger Sherman Greene to William T. Brown
- (1419) Roger Sherman Greene to Beth Greene
- (1420) Roger Sherman Greene to Charlotte Greene
- (1421) Roger Sherman Greene to D. Crosby Greene
- (1422) Roger Sherman Greene to D. Crosby Greene (nephew)
- (1422a-u) Roger Sherman Greene to Edward F. Greene (son)
- (1423-1434) Roger Sherman Greene to Evarts B. Greene
- (1434) Roger Sherman Greene to J. Evarts Greene
- (1435) Roger Sherman Greene to Fanny Greene
- (1436-1443) Roger Sherman Greene to Jerome Greene, 1906-1944
- Roger Sherman Greene to Kate (Brown) Greene
  - (1444-1459) 1920-1923 Sep.
  - (1460-1505) Oct. 1923-1939 May
  - (1506-1560) Jun 1939-1940 Jun.
  - (1561-1619) Jun 1940-1942 Apr.
  - (1620-1648) May 1942-1944 Oct. and [n.d.]
- (1649) Roger Sherman Greene to Lottie Greene
- (1650) Roger Sherman Greene to Roger S. Greene II
- (1651) Roger Sherman Greene to Mary Greene
- (1652) Roger Sherman Greene to Charles C. Griffing
- (1653) Roger Sherman Greene to Mary A. Griffing
- (1654-1657a) Roger Sherman Greene to Katharine (Greene) Owens
- (1658) Roger Sherman Greene to Jerry [ ]
- (1659) Roger Sherman Greene to Marion [ ]
- (1660) Anna [ ] to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1661) [Brown, ] to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1662) Brown, Theophilus to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1663) Brown, William T. to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1664) Forbes, J[ ] E[ ] to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1665) Forbes, Maria to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1666-1668) Greene, Beth to Roger Sherman Greene 1910-1944 and [n.d.]
- (1669) [Greene?], Charlotte to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1670-1698) Greene, Daniel Crosby to Roger Sherman Greene, Apr 1905-1913 May and [n.d.]
- (1699) Greene, D. Crosby (brother) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1700) Greene, D. Crosby (nephew) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1701-1706) Greene, Edward (brother) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1707-1714) Greene, Edward F. (son) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1715-1725) Greene, Evarts (brother) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1726-1729) Greene, Fanny to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1730) Greene, J. Evarts to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1731-1740) Greene, Jerome D. to Roger Sherman Greene
- Greene, Kate (Brown) to Roger Sherman Greene
  - (1741-1800) 23 May 1936-1940 Aug.
  - (1801-1837) 10 Oct. 1940-1945 Jun and [n.d.].
- (1838) Greene, Lottie to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1839) [Greene], Mannie to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1840-1857) Greene, Mary Forbes to Roger Sherman Greene
- Greene, Mary Forbes. Journal,
  - (1858-1867) 24 Jan - Sept 1903
  - (1868-1936) 11 Jul 1907-1910 15 Mar.
- (1937) Griffin, Mary Greene. to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1938) Greene, Roger (uncle) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1939) Greene, Roger II to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1940-1942) Griffin, Charles (nephew) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1943-1946) Griffin, Mary (Greene) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1947) Griffin, Molly (niece) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1948) Loomis, H[ ] to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1949) Merriman, Helen b. to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1950-1957) Owens, Katharine (Curtis) (Greene) to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1958) [Towson], Gladys toRoger Sherman Greene [n.d.]
- (1959) Unidentified family to Roger Sherman Greene
- (1960-1988a) Letters between members of the family
- (1989-2022) Letters concerning family members (other letters)

Series: V. Compositions
- A. Reports and compositions related to business
  - (2061-2073) Consular service, 1905-1914 and [n.d.]
  - Rockefeller Foundation
    - (2074-2086) 1913-1936
    - (2087-2093) 1936 and [n.d.]
  - (2094-2096) American Red Cross, Flood and Famine Relief, 1917-1918
  - (2097-2103) China Foundation, 1923-1946
  - Harvard Yenching Institute
    - (2104-2106) 1928
    - (2107-2116) 1929-1939
    - (2117-2124) 1940-1946 and [n.d.]
  - (2125) Chinese Social and Political Science Association
  - (2126) Chinese National Association of the Mass Education Movement
  - (2127-2132) American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression, 1938-1940 and [n.d.]
  - (2133) World Citizens Association
  - (2134) Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
  - (2135-2137) State Department- Division of Cultural Resources
- B. Other compositions
  - Articles, speeches, and reviews by Roger Sherman Greene
    - (2138-2148) [ca. 1919-1939]
    - (2149-2164) 1940-1946 and [n.d.]
  - (2165-2168) Miscellaneous compositions by Roger Sherman Greene
  - (2169-2173) Miscellaneous compositions by others

Series: VI. Miscellaneous
Photographs, newspaper clippings (including book reviews by Roger S. Greene), miscellaneous accounts, checkbooks, maps, notes, and ephemera.
- (2174) Photographs 8 folders
- (2175) Personal material 8 folders
- (2176) Newspapers and clippings 12 folders
- (2177) Ephemera 43 folders

Series: VII. Printed material
Books and pamphlets collected by Roger S. Greene.
- Printed material Boxes 62-66

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