IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
ARCHIE L. GREENE (1945- )
PAPERS, 1963-1998
5 linear inches and
audiovisual material
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 405) were donated by Archie Greene in 1997 and
1998. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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AUIDOVISUAL: |
One audiocassette shelved
in audiocassette collection (AC 413) |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In box 1. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kate Jones, 1998. |
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Biography
Archie Lou Greene was born to Archie Lou Shipp Greene and
General Grant Greene, Jr. in
1945, and grew up in Ames,
Iowa. She lived there with her
grandparents and
attended Ames High School,
where she was active in choirs and served as student body
president. Although she was offered a vocal music
scholarship, Greene chose to study literature.
In 1967 she received her B.A. in English from Fisk University in
Nashville, Tennessee, and went on to study for her master's degree at
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).
While working on that degree, Greene was stricken with a disease
eventually diagnosed as spinocerebellar degeneration. This disease, similar to
multiple sclerosis, made Greene's journey toward her Ph.D. from the University
of Iowa an extraordinary challenge. She
earned her doctorate in 1990. Greene’s
life in Iowa City has also included volunteering at the Iowa City Public
Library and participating in the annual Hospice Road Races.
Scope and Content Note
The Archie L. Greene
papers date from 1963 to 1998
and measure 5 linear inches. The papers
are divided into six series: Family, Personal, Education, Publicity, Writing,
and Photographs. The Family series includes
photocopied pages from two books, Blooming:
A Small Town Girlhood (Ballantine
Books, 1981) by Susan Allen Toth and Ames:
The Early Years in Word and Picture
(Farwell T. Brown and Heuss Printing, 1993) by Farwell T. Brown. Both contain information about Greene’s
family and its history in Ames. This
series also includes biographical information about Greene’s mother, Archie Lou
Shipp Greene, and grandmother, Nellie Elmira Martin Shipp. A laminated newspaper clipping about Archie
Lou Shipp Greene is shelved in the map case, drawer 2.
The Personal series consists mainly of correspondence. It also contains handwritten music and a
book cover on which Greene’s father copied a favorite poem. Also included in this series is an
audiocassette, shelved in the audiocassette collection, containing a recording
of the Ames High School choirs in which Greene sang. A letter from Greene’s high school choir director Virginia Cross,
which accompanied the cassette, can be found in this series in the folder with
the heading “Correspondence, 1970-1982.”
The Education series consists of memorabilia from Greene’s educational
career, including diplomas, grade reports, Greene’s master's thesis title page,
and materials from a Central Renaissance Conference she participated in at
Indiana State University.
The Publicity series consists of promotional materials for the
University of Iowa and the Iowa City Hospice Road Race, which feature Greene,
and newspaper clippings about Greene. Two of the newspaper clippings are oversized
and are shelved in the map case, drawer 2.
The Writings series is divided into three subseries. The first, Speeches, contains text from
Greene’s acceptance speeches for awards she has received. The second subseries, Poetry, includes
Greene’s 1981 poem “To a Father,” which was published in Iowa Woman magazine
(Vol. 2, No. 4, July/August 1981). The third subseries, Correspondence,
includes a 1970 letter and poetry reprints from Jack McManis, a Penn State
teacher and friend of Greene’s; and a 1991 note and poem reprint from poet
Gwendolyn Brooks.
The final series, Photographs, contains snapshots of
Greene’s friends and relatives, University of Iowa publicity photos of Greene,
and photos of the Penn State campus.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Family
Blooming: A
Small Town Girlhood by Susan Allen Toth (Ballantine Books, 1981), pages 13-16 [photocopy]
Ames: The
Early Years in Word and Picture by Farwell T. Brown,
(Farwell T. Brown and Heuss Printing, 1993,) pages
63-71 [photocopy]
Archie Lou Shipp Greene (1924-1995) [mother of
Archie L.
Greene]
Nellie Elmira Martin Shipp (1892-1995) [grandmother
of Archie L. Greene]
Laminated newspaper clipping [stored in map case:
drawer 2]
Personal
Correspondence
1970-1982
1983-1984, 1989, and undated
1991-1997
Memorabilia, 1970-1993 (scattered) and undated
Audiocassette: Ames High School Choir, 1960-1963 (45
min.)
[shelved in audiocassette collection: AC 413 ]
Education
Memorabilia,1965-1991
(scattered) and undated
Diplomas 1963, 1967, 1970
Central Renaissance Conference,
1988
Publicity
Promotional material, 1978,
1990 and undated
Newspaper clippings
1985-1996 and undated
1988 [shelved in map case:
drawer 2 ]
Writings
Speeches, 1982, 1987
Poetry, 1981, 1998
Correspondence
Jack McManis, 1970
Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Photographs, 1985-1995 (scattered) and undated