Green, Constance Mclaughlin 1897-1975

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Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1897. A.B. Smith College, 1919; M.A. Mt. Holyoke College, 1925; Ph.D. Yale, 1937. Married Donald Ross Green. Taught history at the University of Chicago, and Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges. Authored the two-volume Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 (1962-63), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for history. Other books include: American Cities in the Growth of the Nation (1965); Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology (1956); The Rise of Urban America (1965); The Secret City: A History of Race Relations in the Nations Capital (1967).

From the guide to the Constance McLaughlin Green Papers MS 67., 1954-1959, (Sophia Smith Collection)

Historian and author.

From the description of Constance McLaughlin Green papers, 1920-1969 (bulk 1953-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84108624

Historian, Yale University Ph. D., Chief Historian, Army Ordnance Department, 1948-1951; director, 1954-1960, Washington History Project, American University.

From the description of Constance M. Green papers, [ca. 1959]-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12736865

Historian; Professor; Author.

Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1897. A.B. Smith College, 1919; M.A. Mt. Holyoke College, 1925; Ph. D. Yale, 1937. Married Donald Ross Green. Taught history at the University of Chicago, and Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges. Authored the two-volume Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 (1962-63), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for history. Other books include: American Cities in the Growth of the Nation, 1965; Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology, 1956; The Rise of Urban America, 1965; The Secret City: A History of Race Relations in the Nations Capital, 1967.

From the description of Papers, 1954-1959. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 50118671

Biographical Note

  • 1897, Aug. 21: Born, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • 1919: A.B., Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
  • 1919 - 1920 : Taught, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1921: Married Donald Ross Green
  • 1925: M.A., Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
  • 1925 - 1932 : Taught, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
  • 1937: Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
  • 1939 - 1947 : Taught, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
  • 1942 - 1945 : Historian, Army Ordnance Department, Springfield, Mass.
  • 1947 - 1948 : Consulting historian, American Red Cross
  • 1948 - 1951 : Chief historian, Ordnance, Army History Division, Department of Defense
  • 1951 - 1954 : Historian, Research and Development Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • 1954 - 1960 : Director, Washington, D.C., history project
  • 1962 - 1963 : Published Washington. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 2 vols.
  • 1963: Awarded Pulitzer Prize
  • 1975, Dec. 5: Died, Annapolis Md.

From the guide to the Constance McLaughlin Green Papers, 1920-1969, (bulk 1953-1963), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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creatorOf Green, Constance M. Constance M. Green essay, 1942. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Authors clippings : "G" [surname] folder 1955-2005. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Green, Constance McLaughlin, 1897-1975. Constance M. Green papers, [ca. 1959]-1972. George Washington University
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
referencedIn Nef, Elinor Castle. Papers, 1891-1966 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Constance McLaughlin Green Papers MS 67., 1954-1959 Sophia Smith Collection
creatorOf Green, Constance McLaughlin, 1897-1975. Papers, 1954-1959. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Herbert Friedman Papers, 1940-2000 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf American Planning and Civic Association. Committee of 100 on the Federal City. Committee of 100 on the Federal City records (part I), 1932-1997 (bulk 1950-1987). George Washington University
creatorOf Constance McLaughlin Green Papers, 1920-1969, (bulk 1953-1963) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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correspondedWith Bailey, Herbert Smith person
correspondedWith Brownlow, Louis, 1879-1963 person
correspondedWith Crawford, M. D. C. (Morris De Camp), 1882-1949 person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
correspondedWith Fahs, Charles B. (Charles Burton), 1908-1980 person
correspondedWith Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009 person
associatedWith Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000 person
correspondedWith Ihlder, John, 1876-1958 person
correspondedWith Indritz, Phineas, 1916-1997 person
correspondedWith James, Edward T. person
correspondedWith Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 person
associatedWith Marshall, John, 1903- person
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Nef, Elinor Castle, 1894 or 1895-1953 person
associatedWith Project Vanguard. corporateBody
correspondedWith Robertson, David Allan, 1880-1961 person
associatedWith St. John's Church (Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 person
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