PUBLIC "-//Thomas Balch Library//TEXT (US::ViLeTBL::viletbl00018:: Stanley Greene Collection 1918-1920)//EN" "viletbl00018.xml" A Guide to the Stanley Greene Collection, 1918-1920 Greene, Stanley Collection SC 0001 Mary Lee Catlett and Stephanie Adams Thomas Balch Library © 2006 By Thomas Balch Library. All rights reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Beth Schuster and Lisa Dezarn, 18 August 2007 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Stanley Greene Collection, 1918-1920 A Collection in theThomas Balch Library SC 0001 Mary Lee Catlett and Stephanie Adams

Thomas Balch Library 2006 Mary Lee Catlett Thomas Balch Library Descriptive Summary Thomas Balch Library Stanley Greene Collection 1918-1920 SC 0001 2 items English The letter was written by Corporal Stanley T. Greene on 8 Aug 1918, to Mrs. J.A. (Annie) Francis. The photograph of Stanley Greene and General Billy Mitchell, ca. 1920, is a print from a scanned image. Marvin Greene Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Stanley Greene Collection 1918-1920 (SC 0001), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Provenance

Marvin Greene, Leesburg, VA.

Alternative Form Available

Visual Collection, TB0322

Accruals

2003.0029

Processing Information

Processed by Mary Lee Catlett 20 May 2005; Updated by Stephanie Adams 9 Nov 2005

Biographical Information

Stanley T. Greene (1887-1968) was born in Ashburn, VA, 18 Oct 1887, to Charles P. Greene (1842-1928), a mechanic, and Mary E. Green (1855-1912). Greene was a noted horseman. He joined the military 5 Jun 1917 while employed as a jockey at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, NY. Greene is buried in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, VA.

General Billy Mitchell (1879-1936), who is depicted in the photograph with Greene, was a leader of the Army Air Services during World War I. He was a pioneer of U.S. airpower, believing Japan to be a serious threat to American security. Mitchell was given the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously in 1948.

 Scope and Content

The collection consists of a letter and a photograph. The letter was written by Corporal Stanley T. Greene on 8 Aug 1918, to Mrs. J.A. (Annie) Francis. The photograph of Stanley Greene and General Billy Mitchell, ca. 1920, is a print from a scanned image.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Bibliography Duncan, Patricia B. Loudoun County, Virginia Birth Register,1880-1896. Westminster, Maryland:Willow Bend Books, 1999. Duncan, Patricia B. and Frain, Elizabeth R. Loudoun County, Virginia Marriages After 1850: Volume 1 1851-1880. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000. Ancestry Library Edition, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, http://.www.ancestrylibrary.com. Division of Archives and Special Collections, "General Billy Mitchell and the Ascension of Air Power," General William "Billy" Mitchell: Pioneer in Military Aviation Digital Archives Web Site, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, http://www.uwm.edu/Library/arch/digital/narrative.html, c. 2002. Other Finding Aid

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Contents List Correspondence 8 Aug 1918 Photograph ca. 1920