Overview
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1896-1947
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1903-1947
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
34 linear feet (70 boxes)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.
Biographical / Historical
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
- VIII. Additions to collection
Physical Location
b, pf, Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
70M-58. Deposited by Mrs. Roger S. Greene, 548 Lincoln Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605; received: 1970 June and December; Gift: 1971 January.
96M-52. Gift of Edward F. Greene, 1997 May 30.
2022M-79. Gift of Roger C. Greene, 2022 March 11.
Separated Materials
Removed for separate cataloging: The unison, volume III, 1931-1932; published by the Student Association of the Peiping Union Medical College.
- Title
- Greene, Roger Sherman, 1881-1947. Roger Sherman Greene papers, 1896-1947 (MS Am 1864): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou01702
Repository Details
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