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Title: Joseph Coy Green papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1957
Collection Number: 56025
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
21 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(8.8 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Green, Joseph Coy, 1887-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
[Identification of item], Joseph Coy Green Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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 |
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Romania -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Georgia (Republic) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Armenia (Republic) -- History
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1920
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
American Relief Administration