Joseph Coy Green papers, 1914-1957

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Summary

Creators:
Green, Joseph Coy, 1887-
Abstract:
Diary, correspondence, writings, reports, pamphlets, clippings, maps, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, American Relief Administration activities in Romania and Transcaucasia, and the Herbert Hoover-for-President campaign in 1920.
Extent:
21 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes (8.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Coy Green Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, writings, reports, pamphlets, clippings, maps, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, American Relief Administration activities in Romania and Transcaucasia, and the Herbert Hoover-for-President campaign in 1920. Includes miscellany, including European maps and aerial photographs. Includes typewritten selections from the Joseph C. Green diaries. Includes photographs.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1887, April 12
Born, Cincinnati, Ohio
1908
A.B., Princeton
1909
A.M., Princeton
1909-1910
Graduate studies, University of Grenoble and University of Paris
1910-1911
Instructor, History, Bordentown Military Institute
1911-1913
Instructor, History, Columbia University
1915-1917
Chief of Inspection for Belgium and Occupied Areas of France, Commission for Relief in Belgium
1918-1919
Director for Romania and later the Near East, American Relief Administration
1920
Chairman, Ohio Committee for the election of Herbert Hoover.
1920-1924
Assistant Professor of History, Princeton
1924-1930
Associate Professor of History, Princeton
1930-1935
Assistant, Division of Western European Affairs, State Department
1931-1942
Chairman, Committee to Revise Foreign Service Examinations
1935-1939
Chief, Office of Arms and Munitions Control
1939-1941
Chief, Division of Controls
1935-1946
Executive Secretary, National Munitions Control Board
1941-1944
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
1944-1946
Advisor on Arms and Munitions Controls
1946-1952
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Foreign Service Examinations
1952-1953
Ambassador to Jordan
1978
died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1975.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Coy Green Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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