Henry Dart Greene papers, 1914-1993.

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Greene, Henry Dart, 1900-1978. Henry Dart Greene papers, 1914-1993.

Henry Dart Greene papers, 1914-1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40681171

The Henry Dart Greene Papers consists of photographs, motion picture films, and a limited amount of personal and business papers. The photographs date from 1914 to the late 1960s, and are a mix of personal and professional subjects. The earliest photographs (1914-1922) are of Greene's wife Ruth Haight Greene and depict Ruth and her childhood friends in the Sacramento region. The early photographs of Henry Dart Greene document Greene's college years at the University of California, Berkeley between the years of 1919 and 1923. These photographs show a variety of Bay Area and Northern California locations and college activities. The bulk of the photographic collection represents Greene's professional careers. Photographs from 1928 to 1931 date from Greene's work with Argentine Fruit Distributors in Argentina and also include personal photographs of Henry and Ruth Greene. Photographs from 1933 to 1941 show Greene's publicity work for the American Fruit and Produce Auction Association (AFPAA) in the Eastern fruit markets and his 1935 AFPAA visit to Cuba. Greene's work with the Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) and the Feather River Project Association (FRPA) are only found in a few images. The collection contains photographs of Greene's hog ranch from 1941 and photographs from 1952 to 1956 are of Greene's cotton ranch in Roll, Arizona, which include images of the farm workers. There are fifty-two 16mm films in the collection. The collection contains films made of the Eastern fruit markets from 1933 to 1941 and productions made by Greene's film company, Henry Dart Greene Film Productions in 1945 to 1948. Two later films from the 1960s, Waterama and Water and You, made for the FRWA, are also present in the collection. The Henry Dart Greene Papers contains a substantive collection of personal letters from Greene and his wife Ruth to their family members, many written during their time in Argentina. Memorabilia such as Ruth Haight Greene's 1922 Sacramento High School yearbook and Greene's college yearbooks are also included. The papers also contain a limited amount of business correspondence and professional papers. Greene's professional papers include articles in Spanish by Greene; work schedules from his time in Argentina; a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on AFPAA; and maps, programs, and newsletters relating to the FRPA. While Henry Dart Greene is the son of Pasadena architect Henry Mather Greene, the papers do not contain any material significant to Greene and Greene Architecture. Further biographical information is available in The Memoirs of Henry Dart Greene and Ruth Elizabeth Haight Greene, Volume One and Volume Two, edited by Virginia Dart Greene Hales.

14 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library