Register of the William John Green Papers, 1911-1982
Register of the William John Green Papers, 1911-1982
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| August 19, 1892 | 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 |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Guam Agricultural Experiment Station files, 1911-1923.
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Annual reports, 1911-1920
"Farming in Guam," by William J. Green, 1919
Annual Report of the Governor of Guam, 1919
Fairs programs, and leaflets, 1920-1921
Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs, program, instructions, and reports, 1920-1923
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U.S. Department of Agriculture files, Farm Security Administration (FSA), 1914-1954.
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Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1914-1939
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration instructions and reports, 1934-1938
Field workers conferences, programs, agenda, and minutes, 1934-1939
Resettlement Administration program, reports, memoranda, and weekly conferences, 1934-1942
"Tax Delinquency on Farm Real Estate in Texas," Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1935
Committee on Plans for Future Drought Relief Program, 1936
Disposal of canning equipment given to the Texas Rural Committee, 1936
"Analyses of Basic Factors of Agricultural Labor in Texas and Oklahoma," report by the Labor Relations Division, circa 1936
Farm Tenant Security Committee memoranda, polices, reports, and itineraries for field travel, 1936-1941
Farm Tenant Security Committee memoranda, polices, reports, and itineraries for field travel, 1936-1941 (contd.)
Use of resettlement cameras, 1937
Committee on Household Goods, 1937
Land utilization project, 1937
United States Congressman, W. R. Poage, correspondence, 1937
Farm tenancy conference, Dallas, Texas, 1937
Delegation of authority, 1937-1944
"A Brief Informatory Statement of Agriculture in Texas," circa 1938
"Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Statistical Data," 1938-1939
Land Use Planning Committee, 1938-1941
Migratory farm workers camps program and reports, 1938-1942
Legal opinion, 1938-1943
National Resources Planning Board reports, pamphlets, and memoranda, 1938-1943
Tenant purchase (TP) instruction letters, conferences, meetings, and reports, 1938-1944
Food production amond low-income farm families, 1938-1944
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"What the FSA Is Doing in Texas," speech by W. J. Green at the State Fair of Texas, Dallas, October 19, 1939
"Annual Agricultural Conference for Southwestern States: Proceedings," 1939
"Speakers' Guide and Reference," by Information Division, circa 1939
State Land Use Planning Office's reports, 1939-1940
"Memorandum for the Administrator," 1939-1941
Loans and collection reports, 1939-1941
Program Analyses and Research Advisory Committee, 1939-1942
Training schools for TP committeemen, program outline, schedule for meetings and discussions, tenants agreement form, 1939-1943
Personnel action authorized by W. J. Green as acting regional director, 1939-1943
District engineer's bulletins and reports, 1939-1944
District and region meetings and progress reports, 1939-1947
District and region meetings and progress reports, 1939-1947 (Contd.)
"Report of the Proceedings of the Open Meeting of Farm Tenancy Hearing," Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1940
An Outline of the Water Facilities Program, Soil Conservation Service, circa 1940
"Farm Debt Adjustment and Improved Tenure Manual," 1940
State Meetings Committee, 1940
State Negro Sub Committee minutes, 1940
State Advisory Committee meetings minutes, 1940-1941
National defense and agriculture memoranda, 1940-1941
Investigation reports, 1940-1941
TP insurance, 1940-1941
Cooperative Division letters and brochures, 1940-1942
Loans to low income farmers for purchase of Oklahoma school land, 1940-1942
Farm appraisal, 1940-1942
Water Facilities Procedure Manual, 1940 and 1942
Water Facilities Area Planning Handbook, 1941
"Food for Freedom," bulletin, 1941
Social Security Board, 1941
"Induction Training Course," 1941
"Some Facts on the TP Program for 1941"
Material for broadcast, 1941
Delinquent TP accounts, 1941
"Report of the Proceedings of the Open Meeting of Farm Tenancy Hearing," by C. M. Evans, regional director, FSA chairman, 1941
"Wheeler-Case Irrigation Program," report on conference, 1941
Inter-regional conference reports, 1941
Borrower's narrative work sheet, 1941
Annual TP conference journal of proceedings, 1941
"Points Receiving Special Emphasis in the 1941 Program of the Farm Security Administration," memo, 1941
Appraisal bulletin, 1941-1942
Farm Home improvement program, 1941-1942
Weekly conference reports, 1941-1942
Problem Area Working Committee, 1941-1942
Southern Great Plains Council correspondence, memoranda, and minutes, 1941-1942
Construction, repairs, and improvements, 1941-1943
"To Members of County FSA Advisory Councils and Committees," instructions and handbooks, 1941-1943
"To Members of County FSA Advisory Councils and Committees," instructions and handbooks, 1941-1943 (Contd.)
South Central Region Post-war Planning committee, 1941-1943
Administrators' staff conferences reports, 1941-1944
Administrators' staff conferences reports, 1941-1944
Farm and home expenses reports, 1942
Post-war Planning Committee memoranda, 1942
War Production Board's conservation orders, 1942
Regional tenure study, 1942
Efficiency Rating Committee, 1942
Heavy Equipment Committee, circa 1942
Denton County, Texas reports, 1942
"The Area Specialist and His Part in Farm Ownership Programs," 1942
Regional Coordinating Committee, 1942
War Department and government agencies conference minutes, Dallas, Texas, 1942
"Appraisal of Annual Meeting of Farm Ownership (FO) Borrowers," reports, 1942-1943
Transfer of project farms to FO division, correspondence and polices, 1942-1943
FO division staff letters, 1942-1944
Inter-Bureau Committee on post-war programs, 1942-1944
Oklahoma Lake West Subdivision, 1943
"Area Delineation and Description, South Central Region," 1943
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"FO Handbook," 1943
"Agricultural Department Appropriation Bill for 1944," May 21, 1943
Allocation of FO funds by counties, 1943
"Notes on Tenure Phase of Post-War Programs," 1943
"Suggestions for Planning Post-War Agriculture in Oklahoma," 1943
"Neighborhood Discussion Groups among Low-income Farm Families in Texas," by T. Wilson Longmore, Assistant Social Science Analyst, Arkansas, 1943
Field trips reports, 1943-1944
"Through the Depression Years" talks and papers, 1934-1940, by William J. Green, 1944
"Through the War Years, 1941-1944" talks and papers given mostly as Assistant Regional Director of the Farm Security Administration, later to become the "Farmers Home Administration, Region VIII," by William J. Green, circa 1945
Farmer's Home Administration instructions, 1947-1955
"Acts of Confress Administered by the Farmders Home Administration," 1954
Agricultural Rehabilitation Division of the China Office of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) files, 1934-1982
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Agricultural rehabilitation in the Yellow River flooded areas, correspondence, reports, supply analyses, and clippings, 1934-1947
Agricultural rehabilitation in the Yellow River flooded areas, correspondence, reports, supply analyses, and clippings, 1934-1947 (contd.)
Geography of Soils of China, by James Thorp, 1936
Food situation in China reports, 1937-1946
Annual progress and program reports, 1943-1947
"Program and Estimated Requirements for Relief and Rehabilitation in China by the Government of the Republic of China," 10 September 1944
Flood control, correspondence and reports, 1944-1947
"Veterinary Report on China," by C. S. M. Hopkirk, circa 1945
"Agriculture in Manchuria," report by the historical section of UNRRA, circa 1945
"Structure and Work of Chinese Government Agricultural Agencies," by Pao-chuan Chao, director, Rural Economic Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, circa 1945
"Proposed Program of Agricultural Development in China," by P.W. Tsou 1945
U.S. Army cooperation, memo and orders, 1945
Agricultural resources in China reports by region, 1945-1946
Food production in liberated areas in Kweichow and Kwangsi provinces, 1945-1946
Agricultural conditions in China reports, 1945-1947
Condensed weekly reports, 1945-1947
Operational analyses reports, 1945-1947
Weekly staff conference reports, 1945-1947
Conversion Tables for Weights and Measures in U.S., British and Chinese Metric Systems, 1946
"Agricultural Recourses of China," by Tsung-han Shen, Acting Director, National Agricultural Research Bureau, 1946
"Report of Colonel R. L. Harrison, Dr. K. Stuart Hetzel and Dr. David H. Bau on Food Deficit Areas in China," 1946
"Report of the Regional Agricultural Rehabilitation Officers' Conference," 1946
Headquarters office, programs and reports, 1946
Plant Disease and Insect Control Program, circa 1946
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (CNRRA): Its purpose, Functions and Organization, Department of Public Relations, CNRRA, Shanghai, 1946
"The Agricultural Analyst's Digest," 1946-1947
Edwin R. Henson, Director of Agricultural Rehabilitation Division, UNRRA correspondence, 1946-1947
Work in Communist-held areas, reports, memoranda, and correspondence 1946-1947
Personnel and office staffing authorization, recommendations, and trusteeship candidates, 1946-1948
"History of Agricultural Rehabilitation Work in China," by W. J Green, 1947
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"Agricultural Rehabilitation in China," operational analysis report, 1947
Approved projects memoranda, reports, and map, 1947
Agricultural Industries Service (AIS) report, 1947
Home demonstration work proposals, 1947
Agricultural rehabilitation in Taiwan (Formosa), 1947
Information for supply conference, 1947
Livestock introdution, 1947
History of fishery progress, 1947
Farm machinery program, 1947
Information on the Agricultural Rehabilitation Program for the Wedemeyer Mission, 1947
"Water and Land Problems in China," by C. P. Christopoulos, 1947
"Report on Studies on the Yangtze River Flood Prevention Project," by Ir. J. Ringers, UNRRA Conservancy Engineer, 1947
"The Christian Message to the Chinese Farmer," by Chang Fu-Liang, 1947
Regional Agricultural Rehabilitation Project. Reports for Chekiang and Kwangsi regions, 1947
Division of Supply Coordination reports, 1947
"Monograph on the Grand Canal Project," by W. J. Van Der Oord, UNRRA conservancy engineer, 1947
Ecological Crop Geography of China and Its Agro-Climatic Analogues in North America, by M. Y. Nuttonson, 1947
"Mongolian Relief Program, China Relief Mission," by Don Warner, 1947
Hunger Fighters, nos. 1-20, 1947-1952
Hunger Fighters, nos. 21-50, 1953-1964
Hunger Fighters, nos. 51-79, 1965-1979
Hunger Fighters, nos. 80-85, 1980-1982
Post-war agricultural reconstruction plans, 1947-1948
Allocation and distribution of fertilizer, reports and memoranda, 1947-1948
Committee for the Council for the Far East, 1947-1948
Extension work program, memoranda, correspondence, and conference report, 1947-1948
Agreements between UNRRA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1948
"Proposed Program of Agricultural Extension for China for the Year 1948"
"Bill's China Letters, 1945-1948," by William J. Green, circa 1952
Pao-Hsu Ho, 1895-1963, by Gertrude C. Ho, circa 1970
U.S Food Supply Mission in Peru files, 1948-1950
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"Posibilidades para el desarrollo agricola a lo largo de los Rios Alto Ucayali y Pachitea," Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima, Peru, 1949
"Estudio economico del bonito," Lima, Peru, "U.S. Tractors in Peru Plow Furrows to Future," by the Latin American editor of The Christian Science Monitor, Peruvian Times, 1949
"El programa norte americano del 'Cuarto Punto'" Excelsior, 1949 1949
Informaciones del SCIPA, Ministerio de Agricultura, , Lima, Peru, nos. 16-18, 1949
Monthly progress reports, 1949-1950
Agricultural Progress in Peru: Summary Report, 1943-1949, 1950
Clippings from The Daily Oklahoma, 1950
"Progress of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs-Point IV in Action," by Kenneth R. Iverson, president, Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Foreign Commerce Weekly, 1951
"Bill's Latin-American Letters, Series I, 1948-1950," by William J. Green
U.S. Special Technical and Economic Mission to Burma, 1949-1953
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"The Quest for Individual Autonomy in Burmese Personality with Particular Reference to the Arakan," by L. M. Hanks, 1949
William J. Green's assignment to Burma as agricultural officer, press release, Office of Information, Economic Cooperation Administration, September 15, 1950
"The Agriculture of Burma," by the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, August 1950
"Background Information for Burma," based on the "Check List of Basic Information" sent by Dr. C. W. Chang, as revised by Sir Bernard Binns, 1950
"Union of Burma Agricultural and Rural Development Five Years Plan," circa 1950
Fishery industry in Burma, 1950
Trip to Kachin State, report by Orland E. White, 1950
Agriculture Division monthly reports, 1950-1952
"Agricultural Research Program for Burma," by W. W. Burr, agricultural research advisor, 1951
Rice Milling Project reports, 1951
An Economic Classification of Land in Burma, by J. T. Sanders, consultant and U Ba Tin, assistant director of agriculture, government of the Union of Burma, 1951
Correspondence, 1951
Burma rural youth leaders in the United States, clippings and press releases, 1951
Personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Burma, 1951
"Agricultural Research," 1951
Cotton seed project, 1951
Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) in the Union of Burma, 1951
Technical assistance personnel, memoranda and correspondence, 1951
"Soil Conservation in the Shan States," 1951
"Economic Survey of Burma," 1951-1952
Otto K. Hunerwadel, Agricultural Adviser to the Shan State reports, clippings, and memorial services program, 1951-1952
"An Economic Appraisal of Burma and ECA Program for 1951-52"
"Program of Agricultural Extension Training Conference for Deputy Directors of Agriculture with Outlines of Discussions and Demonstrations," 1952
"Observation on Rubber Situation in Burma," report by W. J. Green, 1952
Stem-Fao-Un agricultural workers meeting, 1952
"Quarterly Report on Economic Progress in Burma," 1952
"Classification of Land and Water Resources," by Richard R. Covell, land capability specialist, 1952
"Suggestions for Fresh-Water Fisheries Research in the Burma Department of Agriculture," by Verne E. Davison, fresh-water biologist, 1952
"Evaluation of the Experimental Procedure Used in Burma to Determine the Response of Rice to Fertilizers," report, 1952
"Interview with Mr. William J. Green, Head of Agricultural Division, TSA," September 19, 1952
Future of agriculture in Burma, press release and clippings, 1952
"The Agriculture Program in Burma," closing report, 1953
"Bill's Far East Letters, 1950-1952," by William J. Green, circa 1953
Servicio Agricola Interamericano (SAI) in Bolivia files, 1948-1956
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Santa Cruz: A Socioeconomic Study of the Area in Bolivia, by Olen E. Leonard, 1948
U.S. - Bolivia Technical Cooperation Agreement, 1951-1955
"Bolivia- Office of Foreign Affairs (OFAR) Mission," inspection report, 1952
"Ground Water Conditions in the La Loma Area, North of Santa Cruz, Bolivia," by R. M. Leggette, consulting ground water geologist, 1952
Livestock improvement, 1952-1955
Personnel, 1953-1955
Report of Santa Cruz Area Development Mission, Foreign Operations Administration, Washington D.C., 1954
Campo, Publicacion mensual del banco agricola de Bolivia, no. 92, 1954
Experiment stations, 1954-1955
Extension work, 1954-1955
Wheat production and fertilizers, 1954-1955
Supervised agricultural credit, 1955
Tractor project and machinery pools, 1955
Farm boys and girls clubs and farm youth exchange, 1955
"Servicio Agricola Interamericano, Ministerio de Agricultura, Bolivia, informe annual, Julio 1, 1954-Junio 30, 1955," 1955
Accomplishments of SAI and the future of agriculture, 1955
"Bill's Latin American Letters. Second Series, 1953-1955," by William J. Green, circa 1956
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (JCRR), Taipei, Taiwan, China, 1950-1978
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General Report on the JCRR, 1950-1958
General Report on the JCRR, 1959-1966
General Report on the JCRR, 1967-1976
Land Reform in Taiwan, 1958
"Agriculture Extension Division JCRR Staff Conference," 1959-1962
"Agriculture Extension Division JCRR Staff Conference," 1959-1962 (contd.)
"Monthly Report," 1959-1962
Farmers' Associations in Pictures, circa 1960
Intensive Village Improvement in Taiwan, 1960
4-H Club (Head, Heart, Hand, and Health) brochures, circa 1960
Home Economics Extension in the Republic of China, 1961
"A Study on the Effects of the Population Trend on Economic Development in Taiwan," 1961
"Statistical Data about Kinmen as of December 31, 1961"
Organization and operations report, 1961-1962
"Program and Plan of Work," 1962
Rice production report, 1962
Reports on achievement by consultant W. T. Myers, 1962
Study reports, 1962
Agriculture in Taiwan, by the Taiwan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry, 1962
"Agricultural Development Potentials of Taiwan," prepared by JCRR, 1962
"William Green Retires," JCRR Newsreel, 1962
"Taiwan Topics; Talks and Papers," by W. J. Green, 1964
"Bill's Far East Letters. Second Series," by W. J. Green, circa 1964
Preparation for extension work, 1965
Agricultural Development in Free China, by T. H. Shen, chairman Chinese-United States JCRRA, 1965
"Agricultural Progress and Family Situation in Taiwan," and other study reports by Anna Hwang Chin Ming Li, 1968
The Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, 1948-1968, Taipei, circa 1968
The Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Annual Report, 1972-1973, , Taiwan, Republic of China, 1974 circa 1968
JCRR and Agricultural Development in Taiwan, 1948-1978, , Thirteen Anniversary Publication, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1978