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Title: Howard Greene Family Papers, 1683-1991

Creator: Greene, Howard, 1864-1956
Quantity: 20.8 cubic feet (15 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 7 flat boxes, and 2 index card boxes), 918 photographs, and 4 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 4.4 cubic feet, 47 negatives, and 0.4 cubic feet of photographs and negatives
Call Number: Wis Mss DI; Micro 463; Micro 1125; PH 68; PH 756; PH 838; PH 1312; PH 1378; PH 1442; PH 2135; PH 2136; PH 3748; M92-239; M94-051; M2010-096; M2017-098; M2022-006
Abstract: Papers, 1683-1991, of Howard Greene, a Milwaukee businessperson, genealogist, and amateur historian containing transcribed and original documents, as well as some photographs, pertaining to his own career and interests as well as papers from various members of his family. The papers of Howard Greene include his service as a Colonel during the Spanish American War, his work as a receiver of the Bankers Joint Stock Land Bank of Milwaukee, and his genealogical research. The papers of his family members include his grandfather, Welcome Arnold Greene, a Nantucket sea merchant and trader; his father, Thomas A. Greene, a pharmaceuticals wholesaler in Milwaukee; and his uncle, Captain Howard Greene, who served in the 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Genealogical papers include the Greene and Arnold families, as well as the Cadle family, McMynn family, and the Tenney family. Also included are the canoe journals of Howard Greene and the "gang," documenting his river excursions in Wisconsin and Minnesota in the early 1900s.