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Charles S. Greene Notes, Diaries, Writings
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Charles S. Greene Business Correspondence
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At the end of Box 3 and continuing into Box 4 is a series of letters, announcements, and advertisements of a professional or business nature, organized alphabetically. These include communications with stockbrokers and banks, orders for books or subscriptions to periodicals, invoices from Hall Manufacturing Co. for furniture, pamphlets, guides, and other ephemera.
Subseries C.
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Charles S. Greene Family and Personal Correspondence
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Box 3 contains letters to and from the Greene family, including correspondence and ephemera documenting Charles' marriage to Alice Gordon White in 1901 and their honeymoon trip to Europe. Also included are scattered letters from Thomas Sumner Greene; from Alice's sisters, Martha and Jane; from Henry Mather Greene, and from the children of Alice and Charles. There is also a series of letters from Alice and the children to Charles while he was on visits to Pasadena in 1918 and 1919. A small group of letters is addressed to Alice Greene from friends and family (1901-1960), as are a few to eldest son Nathaniel Patrickson Greene, and one to daughter Bettie Greene. Several of the letters in this family group concern disposition of Charles' papers after his death.
Subseries B.
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Greene Family Records
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Box 192 (1829-1900) contains correspondence, diaries and financial documents from the White and Storey families (1829-1900), especially George Storey White and his wife Jane, parents of Charles Greene's wife, Alice Gordon White Greene. They document their life in England, immigration to the United States as well as land purchases and business activities in Virginia. Also included are two volumes of a journal (1829-1831) entitled "T[homas] White's Travelling Companion through France, Switzerland, Italy," as well as a diary from 1858 "Thomas White, Engineer's Office, Calçada, Balua, Brazil," documenting Thomas White's work as a land surveyor in Brazil. Box 193 (1919-1983) contains papers from Henry Greene's family, especially correspondence to his sons, Henry Dart Greene and William Sumner Greene, as well as family photographs.
Subseries D.
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Artifacts from Charles Sumner Greene
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Charles S. Greene kept samples of glass and wood acquired during his career as an architect. He also created prints, including many block prints, and worked in leather (see the hand-tooled seat of the stool for Mary J. Moore) and carved wood (see the hand-carved screen for Mrs. Willis Walker). For his Carmel studio, he carved wood blocks that were pressed into the plaster to create an ornamental pattern. His samples, tools, and carved wood blocks are now part of the Greene and Greene Collection. These artifacts reflect Charles Greene's continuing personal engagement with the arts and crafts.
Subseries H
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Henry M. Greene Personal Correspondence, including his collection of family records
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Box 6 contains materials regarding the marriage of Henry to Emeline Dart in 1899, scattered correspondence (1912-1954), and notes, records and ephemera documenting Henry's trip to the East coast in 1912-1913. There is also a notebook, two personal account books (1899-1903 and 1911-1917), and award certificates from the AIA in 1948 and 1952. At the end of Box 6 are family materials of the Greenes, including the "Memo of the Timber wanted for the Steeple in Providence 1775" by Thomas Sumner, a typescript account of Thomas Sumner Greene's experiences in the Civil War and records of the Greene family.
Subseries E.
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Book Collection of Charles S. Greene
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Charles Greene had a large collection of books that reflected his interests in art, architecture, furniture, pottery, landscape gardening, Asian art and culture, ancient history, and photography. Many of his books were donated to the University of California at Berkeley; about 70 of the finest books were sold at the California International Book Fair in 1993. The collection includes 10 boxes of books, including a few on Japanese and Indian art, as well as a collection of novels by Lafcadio Hearn.
Subseries L.