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Jesse Green Papers, 1910-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Green, Jesse R., 1890-1967
Title
Jesse Green Papers
Dates
1910-1967
Quantity
2.3 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 587, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Jessie Green Papers consist of literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and scrapbooks. Topics include: phosphorus, soil, chemical testing of various crops, and ranch and farm life. The photographs are geology formations and rocks related to phosphorus. The scrapbooks pertain to Green's many newspaper and magazine articles written between 1930 and 1966.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Biographical Note

Jesse R. Green was born April 18, 1890 and raised on Bull Run Creek in the Horseshoe Hills north of Manhattan, Montana. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Green homesteaded on Bull Run Creek, 3 1/2 miles north of Central Park. Green ranched in the Horseshoe Hills and in the area north of Central Park for nearly 15 years between 1910 and 1925. He married Olga Ellington on March 2, 1915 and had five children. Jesse received a degree from MSU in industrial chemistry in 1932 and was employed by Montana State University Agriculture Experiment Station in Bozeman from 1926-1937. He then worked for Anaconda Mining Company, Fertilizer Division for 20 years. Jesse spent his life researching and writing about geology, soil, fertilizers, crops, and all aspects related to phosphorus mineral. He wrote over 30 articles and numerous news stories. Jesse Green died November 1, 1967. See MSU Archives file A5.8 Green, Jesse/pu for reprints of articles published by Jesse Green and A5.8 Green, Jesse/bi for his obituary. His thesis is also in the MSU Archives.

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Content Description

The collection is divided into five series: literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and scrapbooks. Topics of the manuscripts mainly cover phosphorus. Series two, correspondence, are letters to Green from researchers of geology, soil, phosphorus, and chemical testing of various crops. The photographs are geology formations and rocks related to phosphorus. The largest series, 4, are printed publications collected by Jesse Green and covering phosphorus and many aspects of ranch and farm life such as building maintenance and materials, silos, water tanks, machinery, sharpening saws and files, various crops and livestock, and home improvements. The final series is scrapbooks of Green's many newspaper and magazine articles written between 1930 and 1966.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Series 1 Literary Productions, 1927-1939

Series 2 Correspondence, 1920-1965

Series 3 Photographs

Series 4 Printed Materials, 1910-1967

Series 5 Scrapbooks, 1930-1962

Acquisition Information

Personal papers, manuscripts, correspondence and photographs created by Jesse Green, and pamphlets and booklets collected by Jesse Green were donated by Jesse and Ralph Green, Bozeman, Montana, Winter 1968.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 5

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Agricultural chemistry--Montana
  • Chemists -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
  • Farm life
  • Phosphorous in agriculture
  • Phosphorus
  • Ranch life

Personal Names

  • Green, Jesse R.
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