PRELIMINARY INVENTORY ACCESSION CA5520 This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri, Research Center- Columbia. If you would like more information, please contact us at research@shsmo.org. Dates: 1920s-2010s Creators: Greene, Lorenzo Johnston, 1899-1988 Greene, Thomasina Talley, 1913-2003 Greene, Lorenzo Thomas Tommy Greene family Collection Size: 27.8 cubic feet, audiovisual material, 5 oversize items Introduction Research files, personal papers, and family materials of a professional historian who taught at Lincoln University from 1933-1972. Includes materials of his son, Tommy Greene, and his son s family. Restriction Written permission to view and photocopy materials must be granted by Lorenzo Thomas Greene. Donor retains copyrights with understanding that researchers who are granted access are free to use and quote from any of the materials consistent with the Fair Use Doctrine of the Copyright Law. Consult the reference staff for the donor s contact information. Scope and Content The Greene papers have been separated into two series: the Lorenzo Greene, Papers (boxes 1-26) and the Greene Family Papers (boxes 27- ). The Lorenzo Greene material consists of research notes and files, publications, manuscripts, diaries, and correspondence created during Dr. Greene s professional career. Family papers including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, audiovisual and other miscellaneous material are located in the Greene Family Papers portion of the collection. Box List LORENZO GREENE PAPERS Boxes 1-18 (Card files) Research notes and files Box 19 (56 folders) Manuscripts and galleys for Working With the Founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson 1928-1930: a Personal Memoir. Box 20 Correspondence, manuscripts, and poetry, 1930s-1940s Lorenzo Greene to Thomasina T. Greene, 1946 THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 3/16/18
1930-1940s Marge to Rennie Mother Marie Bertha Rennie, Personal 1931-1945 1946 1947 Thomasina Talley, 1931 Personal/Poetry Black Soldiers of Massachusetts in the American Revolution Non-Combat Participation of Negros in Civil War by Ardonia Abbott. Hidden Treasures of American History The Employment of Negroes in the District of Columbia The Role of the Black American Writer in the 1980s (notes) Sidelights on Negro Marriages in Missouri, 1865-1882 The Negro in Cole County 1830 to 1860 Miscellaneous publications Publication correspondence Anti-Stamp Act Movement in Connecticut (1764-1786) The Negro in New England, 1620-1776 Box 21 Manuscripts, articles, and notes Philanthropy and Self-Help Another Negro Historian-Lorenzo Johnston Greene The Lost Connecticut Census of 1862 Found The Negro as a Soldier notes Miscellaneous notes Heroism on the High Seas Peter, a script for the Way of Duty Project Some Observations on the Hiring of Negro Soldiers in Connecticut, During the American Revolution. Some Sidelights on the Hiring of Negro Soldiers. Some Observations on Negroes in the Armed Forces of Massachusetts During the American Revolution Sidelights on Negroes in the Armed Forces of Massachusetts During the American Revolution Some Observations on the on Rhode Island Negro Invalid Pensioners of the American Revolution Names. Some Observations of the Black Battalion of Rhode Island in the American Revolution Outline for D.L. Dumond s Antislavery Page 2 of 10
Negro Abolition Efforts in Colonial New England, 1660-1776 (drafts and revisions) Free Negro in New England Before 1800 The Negro in the American Revolution and Constitution Making Anti-Slavery Movement in New England to 1761 (drafts and revisions) Anti-Slavery Movements in New England, 1761-1776 Missouri Negro Soldiers in the Civil War The Black Experience in Missouri Book Proposal Economic Conditions Among Negroes in the South 1930 The Negro During the Depression Introduction to the Woodson Diary Woodson Poetry Misc. notes Daniel D. Gorjanc thesis (4 folders) Student papers Diary-transcript 1930 (4 folders) Miscellaneous Box 22 Manuscripts Abolition Efforts The Free Negro and His Development to 1860 The Negro Abolition Movement in Colonial New England Black Missouri Soldiers in the Civil War Missouri Negro Soldiers in the Civil War Some Observations on the on Rhode Island Negro Invalid Pensioners of the American Revolution Negro Soldiers in the Revolution Free Negroes of Yesterday Hiring Free Negroes in Connecticut Sidelights on Negroes in the Armed Forces of Massachusetts During the American Revolution Sidelights on Negroes in the Armed Forces of Massachusetts Revolution Negroes in the Revolution Negro Abolition Efforts in Colonial New England The Negro in Colonial New England Abolition of Slavery in New England Thru 1789 Abolition in New England, 1760-1776 Connecticut Legislature Emancipate Slaves of Norwalk Tory Estate Antislavery efforts of New England Slaves Freedom Struggles of the American Negro Before 1860 Some Observations on the Hiring of Negro Soldiers in Connecticut.. Negroes in the Armed Forces of Massachusetts Black Missouri Soldiers Black Soldiers of Massachusetts in the American Revolution Rhode Island Invalid Pensioners Page 3 of 10
Negro Soldiers of Connecticut Some Sidelights on 359 Black Missouri Soldiers in the Union Army Midwest Journal Anthology Constitution, Massachusetts, Prelude to Black Missourians in the Civil War Gibran, Consolations of Death Disease as a Mortality Factor Among Negro Troops During the Civil War The Negro in Missouri Prince Hall: Massachusetts Leader in Crisis Rhode Island Invalid Pensioners Preparing for My First Negro History Week Some Sidelights on Missouri Negro Soldiers in the Union Army Rhode Island Negro Pensioners Rhode Island Negroes in the American Revolution Negro School Children, Mexico, Missouri, 1924 Free Negroes in New England Before 1800 Box 23 Negro Abolition In New England The Black Experience in Missouri Negro in America 62 nd U.S. Colored Regiment Negro Contributions to American History Lincoln and the Negro Missouri Negroes in the Civil War Some Observations on the Hiring of Negro Soldiers in Connecticut Free Negroes of St. Louis, 1860 Anti-slavery Movement to 1760 in New England Some Observations on Rhode Island Invalid Pensioners The Recruitment of Negro Troops in Missouri During the Civil War The History of Lincoln University, Volume 1 Anti-slavery Movement in New England to 1761 Abolition of Slavery in New England Negro Troops Abna versus Richards Procurement of Arms and Clothing For the Continental Army, 1775-1783 Some Sidelights on 359 Black Missouri Soldiers in the Union Army notes Negro Soldiers in the American Revolution Notes Interview with Mrs. Dilcey Ann Patterson Missouri Soldiers in the Civil War Share Croppers: Materials From Missouri (notes and correspondence) Box 24 Diaries, 1928-1931 Manuscript, Working with the Founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, 1928-1931: A Personal Memoir Page 4 of 10
Newspaper clippings Correspondence Miscellaneous Box 25 Woodson Diary transcripts and miscellaneous material Diary, October 1930 Diary, Chicago 1930 Diary II, pages 210-243 Diary, miscellaneous pages Diary II, pages 190-236 Diary II, pages 134-185 Diary, Travel Diary II, random pages Economic Conditions Among Negroes in the South 1930 Diary III Preparing For my First Negro History Week Diary, scattered pages Alpha D. Seals Miscellaneous diary transcripts and correspondence Working With The Founder, Carter G. Woodson Negro History Week Interview With Mrs. Dilcey Ann Patterson, Ex-Slave Dr. Carter G. Woodson: The Man As I Knew Him Negro History Week Diary II We Go to Hampton Diary II, pages 1-114 We Go to Hampton, 1930 Diary II, pages 245-289 Diary II, pages 226-294 Greene 25, August 13, 1927-August 18, 1927 Greene 15, September 4, 1927-September 12, 1927 Greene 13, August 31, 1927-September 3, 1927 Greene 11 (draft three), August 17, 1931-September 4, 1931 Greene 10, March 18, 1931-August 16, 1931 Greene 9, February 20, 1931-March 11, 1931 Greene 8, January 1, 1931-February 19, 1931 Greene 7, December 4, 1930-December 18, 1930 Greene 5, October 2, 1930-October 12, 1930 Greene 4, September 25, 1930-October 1, 1930 Greene 3, September 16, 1930-September 24, 1930 Diary II, pages 35-78 and miscellaneous Diary II, pages 61-225 Diary, Greene in Baltimore, March 16-April 10, 1928 Diary, duplicate pages, September 1930 Page 5 of 10
Diary, miscellaneous pages Poems Miscellaneous Box 26 Greene 12, August 23-27, 1927 Greene 16, September 13-17, 1927 Greene 17, September 18-30, 1927 Poetry Notebooks (3) Manuscripts (2) Miscellaneous Papers [3] GREENE FAMILY PAPERS Box 27 Sharecroppers Thomas Washington Talley biography Lincoln University, 1973 Sharecropper Strike, 1939-1940 Dr. W. Sherman Savage obituary Induction into Connecticut Hall of Fame Jonette Faulkner Oral History Program/Association on Study of Negro History Life and History Associate of Social Science Teachers Lincoln University class outline Correspondence Conferences Missouri Association of Social Welfare Assn. On Study of Negro Life and History Human Rights/ Fair Housing MASW/NAACP, 1966 Desegregation report, 1959 (7 folders) Lincoln University History Project, 1975 (13 folders) Vignettes on the Early Development and History of Lincoln University Greene miscellaneous Howard University Record, May 1925, Vol. XIX, No. 7 Assn. For the Study of Afro-American Life and History annual meeting, 1988 The Way of Duty Dramatic Material Travel Journal, 1967 Lorenzo Greene Day, 12 February 1973 Vita/ Profile Correspondence Woodson Diary material Jonathan Sanders Awards, press, miscellaneous Page 6 of 10
Lorenzo-personal Student paper Correspondence Newsletters and News clippings Certificates and awards Miscellaneous Exhibit material Desegregation report, 1959 (additional copy) Box 28 Folders 1-2 Correspondence Folders 3-5 Journals, 1950s-1960s Folders 6-13 notebooks, awards, photographs, and miscellaneous Box 29 Letters and cards- condolence, 1988 Correspondence, 1980s-1990s Thomasina, Birthday cards Photographs, slides, and negatives (12 folders) Piano music books Thomasina, Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous (10) Thomas W. Talley, Correspondence and book contract (4 folders) Thomas W. Talley, Negro Folk Rhymes manuscript Publication miscellaneous Certificates Tommy, Miscellaneous (3 folders) Box 30 Lorenzo T. (Tommy) Greene material Research notes on Lloyd Gaines (11 folders) Miscellaneous material Photographs Boxes 31-33 Slides and photographs, 1950s-1970s Box 34 Photographs Negatives of Southeast Missouri sharecropper s strike (1939-1940) Box 35 8mm films and mixed media (2 a.c., 2 VHS v.c., and floppy disks) [VHS appears to be transferred 8mm] Page 7 of 10
Box 36 (oversize) Rhapsodic Junior Music Club scrapbook Photographs Diploma News clippings Sheet Music Lithographs Box 37 (partially full) For Better, For Worse by Aurelia Elizabeth and John Hope Franklin Tommy Greene correspondence and miscellany Tommy Greene sympathy cards and correspondence Thomasina Greene correspondence and miscellany Music programs Poster, correspondence, and miscellaneous family materials Audio tape Box 38 Audio cassettes (60) some duped to CD Video cassettes (9) some duped to DVD Box 39 Miscellaneous papers Broadsheet Greeting cards Correspondence Death certificate Funeral programs Newspaper clippings Obituaries Recital programs Photographs Connecticut Greene family Ridgeway family Ridgeway, Naomi Greene Unidentified people Unidentified buildings/residences Photographic slides (color) Pompeii Venice Florence Rome Mt. Aetna Portrait oversize Audio cassettes (11) some duped to CD Page 8 of 10
Video cassettes (5) some duped to DVD Box 40 Lorenzo Thomas Greene Correspondence, cards Composition book Logan T.G. Greene Scrapbook Lorenzo and Thomasina Greene Telegrams Envelopes Clippings Cards Scholarly files Publications misc. journals, periodicals Newspaper reproductions, misc. Box 41 Lorenzo Thomas Greene and family Correspondence, cards, programs, clippings, film roll, misc. Photograph Thomasina Washington Talley at piano Audio cassettes (3) Video cassettes/dvds (3) Video cassettes (9) Box 42 Lorenzo Thomas Greene and family Programs Cards and correspondence, 2012-2013 (2) Untitled manuscript, June 1986 Certificates Schoolwork and grade reports, Lorenzo F. Greene Address book Ebony, March 1958 Lorenzo Thomas Greene and family Greeting cards and programs, 2014 (3) Greeting cards and correspondence, 2015 Programs and clippings, 2015 Jefferson City Cross Country, 2012-2015 Miss Fashionetta Cotillion Escort Handbooks, 2014 Leadership Journal, National Young Leadership State Conference, 2008 Greeting cards and correspondence, 2015-2016 Lorenzo Greene schoolwork and sketches Logan Greene schoolwork, report cards, etc., 2003-2016 (2) Programs, 2016 Miscellaneous material Page 9 of 10
Box 43 (partially full) Lorenzo Thomas Greene and family Logan Greene schoolwork, report cards, etc. Correspondence and greeting cards, 2003-2017 Greeting cards, 1990s (2 folders) Programs, 1994-2017 Miscellaneous material OVERSIZE #1-2 Diplomas, Thomasina Washington Talley, 1942 #3 Poster, Dr. W. Michael Hooley Memorial Concert, Truman State University #4 Portrait, n.d. #5 Photograph, Kappa Alpha Psi Conclave, Kansas City, MO, Dec. 29, 1950 Page 10 of 10