Howard Greene Family Papers, 1683-1991

Summary Information

Title: Howard Greene Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1683-1991

Creator:
  • Greene, Howard, 1864-1956
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

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

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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.

Note:

Signatures included in the original documents are of William Clark, William Ellery, Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington.
Portions of this collection are also available on microfilm.
Additional McMynn family genealogical papers compiled by Greene are cataloged separately.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000di
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