Evarts Boutell Greene papers, 1893-1947

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Cataloged and arranged.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
• Series II: Cataloged Documents
• Series III: Uncataloged Correspondence
• Series IV: General File
• Series V: Photographs and Printed Materials

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed files. The papers deal mostly with Greene's academic career as a history professor at University of Illinois and at Columbia University; with his activities in various professional and social organizations; and, to a lesser extent, his travels, studies, and personal and family matters. Among the major correspondents are such public figures as Louis D. Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and James Jules Jusserand; and such prominent historians as James Truslow Adams, Henry Steele Commager, Samuel Eliot Morison, Richard B. Morris, and Allan Nevins.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

• Series II: Cataloged Documents

• Series III: Uncataloged Correspondence

• Series IV: General File

  This series consists of subject folders; mainly non-correspondence.

• Series V: Photographs and Printed Materials

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Evarts Boutell Greene papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Griffin, Charles C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975. Accession number--M-75.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revision Description

2021-01-15 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Historian. Greene was the De Witt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University.