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Preferred Citation

Frederick S. Greene papers, 1914-1938. MS 0208. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick Stuart Greene was born in 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He graduated VMI in 1890. During World War I he was a Major with the American Expeditionary Forces. He was also an author and Superintendent of Public Works for state of New York. Greene died in 1939 in New York.

Scope and Contents

The Frederick S. Greene papers (20 items) consist of the personal papers of Greene, including: Scripts of four plays: (1) "The Law of the Tribe" (1914), (2) "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1929), (3) "Christophine" (1930), and (4) "We Want Burke" (1934) Correspondence concerning the play "We Want Burke" Manuscript of a short story titled "Pick Up" Detail study of the face of a New Market cadet by artist Benjamin W. Clinedinst inscribed to Greene Three photographs Six World War I United States Army Signal Corps issue maps of France

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Drama
• Drama
• Drawings (visual works)
• Military maps
• Photographs
• Short stories, American
• Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1890