Frederick S. Greene papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred citation:

Frederick S. Greene papers, 1914-1938. MS 0208. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
20 items
Creator:
Greene, Frederick Stuart, 1870-1939 and Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1859-1931
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Frederick S. Greene papers, 1914-1938. MS 0208. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Frederick S. Greene papers (20 items) consist of the personal papers of Greene, including:

  • Scripts of four plays: (1) "The Law of the Tribe" (1914), (2) "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1929), (3) "Christophine" (1930), and (4) "We Want Burke" (1934)
  • Correspondence concerning the play "We Want Burke"
  • Manuscript of a short story titled "Pick Up"
  • Detail study of the face of a New Market cadet by artist Benjamin W. Clinedinst inscribed to Greene
  • Three photographs
  • Six World War I United States Army Signal Corps issue maps of France

Biographical / historical:

Frederick Stuart Greene was born in 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He graduated VMI in 1890. During World War I he was a Major with the American Expeditionary Forces. He was also an author and Superintendent of Public Works for state of New York. Greene died in 1939 in New York.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks and Oversized Case 2