William John Green papers, 1911-1982

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Summary

Creators:
Green, William John, 1892-
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and printed matter relating to United States Farm Security Administration aid to tenant farmers, and to agricultural assistance to Guam, China, Peru, Burma, Bolivia, and Taiwan.
Extent:
31 manuscript boxes (12.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William John Green papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection documents the activities of noted American agronomist and chief administrative officer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture William John Green. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and printed matter relating to U.S. Farm Security Administration aid to tenant farmers, and to agricultural assistance to Guam, China, Peru, Burma, Bolivia, and Taiwan.

The papers include 35 years of "Hunger Fighters," published at irregular intervals in various parts of the world to keep former members of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in touch with each other. In each series there are also "Bill's Letters," memoirs written as diaries about Green's experience and career in agriculture.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1892 August 19
Born, Ellsworth, Kansas
1916
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (A & M College)
1916
Appointed assistant in movable schools in the Oklahoma A & M College and U.S. Department of Agricultural Extension Service
1917
Assistant Boys Club agent in the Oklahoma Extension Service
1919
Superintendent of extension, Guam Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1921
Extension agronomist in the Oklahoma A & M College
1922
Teacher of vocational agriculture in the Wakita High School, Wakita, Kansas
1926
County farm agent, Payne County, Oklahoma
1928
District farm agent, southeast quarter of Oklahoma
1931
M.S. agricultural economics, Oklahoma State University
1934
Senior administrative officer, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Washington D.C.
1936
Assistant regional director of the Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration in Oklahoma and Texas
1944
Chief of the Field Staff and Coordination Section of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
1945
Chief of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Division of the China Office of UNRRA
1948
Assistant Director of the U.S. Food Supply Mission to Peru
1950
Assistant economic commissioner and chief of the Agricultural Division of the U.S. Special Technical and Economic Mission to Burma
1953
Chief of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Field Party in Bolivia
1957-1962
Chief of the Agricultural Extension Division of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in Taiwan
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1982.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box FH22 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William John Green papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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