Jane Greenough was born on December 2, 1914 to John Epperson Greenough and his wife Verna in Seattle, Washington. John was the son of the prominent Missoula-based capitalist Thomas L. Greenough. Thomas Greenough rose to prominence in Montana in the late 1800s following a number of successful mining and timber business ventures. Greenough Park, which was established as Missoula’s first park, and Greenough Mansion, which was destroyed by fire in the early 1990s, served as physical representations of the family’s legacy. Jane Greenough Green kept extensive documentation of both.
Although she was born in Seattle, Washington, Jane moved with her parents and brother, Thomas Lockman Greenough II, to Helena, Montana after World War I. She graduated from Helena public school in 1928 and was then sent to Miss Hall’s School for Girls in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She subsequently attended Vassar College, graduating in 1937 with a degree in English. After training as a secretary, she worked at an art gallery in New York City before moving back to the Pacific Northwest and pursuing an interest in photography. Her early work focused Native American events and tribal members, and in her later career, she worked as a librarian at the Portland Art Museum from 1966-1975. She continued to collect art and photography throughout her life in addition to her activities documenting her family’s history.
In 1948, Jane Greenough married Edward Pelton Green. They had two sons, Thomas and Timothy. Jane Greenough Green died on February 13, 2015 in Seattle, Washington.
This collection features newspaper clippings, correspondence, genealogical research, and miscellaneous materials related to Thomas L. Greenough, a prominent Missoula-based capitalist with railroad, mining, and banking interests in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and his descendants as collected by his granddaughter Jane Greenough Green. It also includes some photographs of the 1908 Missoula flood, transcribed diary entries from Jane Greenough Green’s aunt, Edith Greenough, and other Greenough family ephemera.
This collection is organized by subject.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and the University of Montana-Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.
Jane Greenough Green Collection about the Thomas L. Greenough Family, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana-Missoula.
This collection was held by Sheila Farr after Jane Greenough Green’s death until Farr donated the materials to the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections in 2021.
Gift of Shelia Farr, June 2021.
Materials were grouped by subject matter and format and placed into folders. Duplicates were discarded.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Family trees; Green's requests for genealogical documents; biographical sketches, etc.
Dance card, receipts, pencil sketches, etc.