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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1864.1

Roger Sherman Greene additional papers

Overview

Letters, notebooks, and engagement books of American diplomat Roger Sherman Greene.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923-1941

Extent

.5 linear feet (1 box)

Collection includes letters written from Roger Sherman Greene to his wife Kate, mostly during his stay in China. Letters address topics such as the earthquake in Yokohama and the recovery after, train travel through and descriptions of China, hospitals and medical care in China, teaching illiterate adults to read, Soochow University, and travels through Shanghai. Collection also includes various notebooks, day books, account books, appointment books, and calenders that Green kept during his time in China and at home.

Biographical / Historical

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

*77M-63

Gift of Mr. Edward F. Greene, 10 Patterson Street Providence, Rhode Island 02906; received: 1973 October.

Title
Greene, Roger Sherman, 1881-1947. Additional papers, 1923-1941: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00523

Repository Details

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