Guide to the James Wyche Green Papers, 1930 - 1954

Collection Number MC 158

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Collection Information
Abstract:

The James Wyche Green Papers contain correspondence, research, reports, teaching materials, and other information relating to Green's five years of teaching in the Department of Rural Sociology at North Carolina State College. Included in the collection are research materials about farm life and population, two of Green's interests. Of special note in this collection are handwritten and typed student papers and book reports, as well as student autobiographies from 1949.

James Wyche Green, born in 1915, taught classes in the Department of Rural Sociology at North Carolina State College from 1949 to 1954. He later worked for the United States Department of Agriculture and served as a consultant on agricultural development for the State Department. Green became a psychotherapist with interests in meditation in the 1970s, and published the book Integrative Meditation in 1994.

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Descriptive Summary

Creator

Green, James Wyche, 1915-

Title

The James Wyche Green Papers, 1930 - 1954

Call Number

MC 158

Extent

5 archival storage box, 2.5 linear feet

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Gift of S. C. Mayo and M. M. Sawhney, 1982.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], James Wyche Green Papers, MC 158, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Biographical Note


James Wyche Green, born in 1915, taught classes in the Department of Rural Sociology at North Carolina State College from 1949 to 1954. A veteran of World War II, Green attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill to pursue his doctoral degree in sociology. He taught courses in rural sociology at North Carolina State while attending UNC, and received his degree in June 1953. His dissertation was entitled "The Farmhouse Building Process in North Carolina."

Green also apparently conducted some research for the federal government, and in 1953 received a transfer to the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1954, Green was sent to Pakistan as part of a federal appointment by the FOA of the State Department, where Green served as an advisor on agricultural development. He later served in similar capacities in other Asian, Afirican, and Latin American countries. Green became a psychotherapist with interests in meditation in the 1970s, and published the book Integrative Meditation in 1994.

Scope and Content Note


This collection contains materials relating mainly to the early professional life of James Wyche Green. It includes correspondence, writings, research, and teaching materials from Green's five years at North Carolina State College (now University). The Personal series includes materials from Green's graduate career at UNC, his veteran status, and his transfer within the United States Department of Agriculture in 1953. The Correspondence series features letters to and from Green regarding his research in rural sociology and his selection of rural sociology texts for his classes. The Research series includes notes, reports, and conference proceedings about rural housing and population, among other topics. The Writings series includes several reports about topics in rural sociology, as well as some of Green's critiques of rural sociology textbooks. The Teaching Career series features outlines, lesson plans, and student book reports and papers from the classes which Green taught. It also includes materials relating to Green's administrative activities and membership in professional organizations.

Organization of the Collection


This collection is organized into five series: Personal, Correspondence, Research, Writings, and Teaching Career. The Personal series is comprised of materials that had no relation to Green's professional life, and were filed separately. The correspondence was filed in alphabetical order by surname, and this order is preserved. The subjects in the Research series reflect the subject headings Green used in filing his papers, and have been alphabetized for easier access. The brief collection of Green's writings have been filed alphabetically. The original organization of materials in the Teaching Career series, with its divisions into classes, administrative activities, and professional organizations, is retained in this collection. Out of a large number of completed tests and quizzes in the Classes subseries, selected representative tests and quizzes were retained.

Online Catalog Headings

  • Green, James Wyche, 1915-
  • North Carolina State College. Dept. of Rural Sociology -- Faculty
  • North Carolina State University. Dept. of Rural Sociology -- History
  • Farmhouses -- North Carolina.
  • Housing, Rural -- North Carolina.
  • Sociology, Rural -- North Carolina.
  • Sociology, Rural -- Research.
  • Sociology, Rural -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina.

Related Material

Selz C. Mayo Collection, 1936 - 1963
Charles Horace Hamilton Collection, 1930 - 1967

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • MC 158 Series 1 :Personal, 1948 - 1953


    0.1 Archival Boxes , 0.05 linear feet

    The Personal Series contains documents related to Green's life outside of North Carolina State College. These documents are arranged by subject. Included are materials related to Green's doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and tests and notes from two of the classes Green took at UNC. The two classes are an unidentified sociology class about population, and Soc. 210, "Folk Sociology." Also included is documentation of Green's occupational transfer within the United States Department of Agriculture, and materials from the Veteran's Administration.

    • Education: Doctoral Degree materials, 1951 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 1, Folder1]
    • Education: Population Class, 1948 [MC 158 Box 1, Folder2]
    • Education: Soc. 210: Notes, 1949 [MC 158 Box 1, Folder3]
    • Education: Soc. 210: Odum's Work Memorandum, 1947, undated [MC 158 Box 1, Folder4]
    • Education: Soc. 210: Supplementary Articles, 1942 - 1948 [MC 158 Box 1, Folder5]
    • USDA Transfer, 1953 [MC 158 Box 1, Folder6]
    • Veterans Administration, 1951 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 1, Folder7]

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  • MC 158 Series 2:Correspondence, 1949 - 1954


    1 Archival Box , 0.5 linear feet

    The Correspondence series contains correspondence sent to and written by Green during his teaching career at North Carolina State. Much of the correspondence regards ongoing research projects, topics in rural sociology, and the books Green considered using in his rural sociology classes. The correspondence was originally arranged in alphabetical order and this arrangement is preserved. In two circumstances, the volume of correspondence with one particular person was great enough to necessitate a separate folder.

    • A [MC 158 Box 1, Folder8]
    • B [MC 158 Box 1, Folder9]
    • C [MC 158 Box 1, Folder10]
    • D [MC 158 Box 1, Folder11]
    • E-F [MC 158 Box 1, Folder12]
    • Flagg, Grace [MC 158 Box 1, Folder13]
    • G [MC 158 Box 1, Folder14]
    • Ha - Hi [MC 158 Box 1, Folder15]
    • Ho - Hu [MC 158 Box 1, Folder16]
    • I - K [MC 158 Box 1, Folder17]
    • L [MC 158 Box 1, Folder18]
    • Longmore, T. Wilson [MC 158 Box 1, Folder19]
    • M [MC 158 Box 1, Folder20]
    • N - O [MC 158 Box 1, Folder21]
    • P - R [MC 158 Box 2, Folder1]
    • S - T [MC 158 Box 2, Folder2]
    • U [MC 158 Box 2, Folder3]
    • V - Y [MC 158 Box 2, Folder4]

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  • MC 158 Series 3:Research, 1930 - 1954


    1.25 Archival Boxes , 0.625 linear feet

    The Research series contains notes, reports and articles, and conference materials relating to Green's interests in rural sociology. Green's interest in housing included rural housing, farm houses, and the financing of these homes. He was also interested in population patterns, including birth rate and migration.

    • Agricultural Economics, 1944 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder5]
    • Air Force Base Project, 1951 - 1953, undated [MC 158 Box 2, Folder6]
    • Extension Services, 1949 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder7]
    • Housing: Farm House Study: Instructions and Data, 1950 - 1951 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder8]
    • Housing: Farm House Study: Photographs, undated [MC 158 Box 2, Folder9]
    • Housing: Committee on Housing Research: Correspondence and Green's drafts, 1951 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder10]
    • Housing: Committee on Housing Research: Conference Proceedings, First Session, 1951 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder11]
    • Housing: Committee on Housing Research: Conference Proceedings, Second Session, 1951 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder12]
    • Housing: Committee on Housing Research: Conference Reports and Excerpts, 1951 [MC 158 Box 2, Folder13]
    • Housing: Committee on Housing Research: Conference Program, Notes, and Project Descriptions, 1950 - 1951 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder1]
    • Housing: Rural Housing Conference Proceedings, 1946 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder2]
    • Housing: Financing Rural Housing report, 1948 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder3]
    • Population: Birth Rate, 1937 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder4]
    • Population: Migration, 1930 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder5]
    • Population: Past Increase, 1942 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder6]

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  • MC 158 Series 4:Writings, 1948 - 1952


    0.25 Archival Boxes , 0.125 linear feet

    Only a few of Green's writings are found in the Writings series. Two reports are about sociological topics; another is about William Fielding Ogburn, a prominent sociologist. A small collection of critiques about rural sociology textbooks is also included.

    • Reports: "A Framework for Research in the Actions of Community Groups," 1952 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder7]
    • Reports: "Rural Urban Religious Differences," 1948 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder8]
    • Reports: "William Fielding Ogburn" and supplementary materials, 1951 and undated [MC 158 Box 3, Folder9]
    • Textbook Critiques, 1952 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder10]

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  • MC 158 Series 5:Teaching Career, 1937 - 1954


    2.5 Archival Boxes , 1.25 linear feet

    The Teaching Career series contains documents relating to the classes Green taught, two people whom he advised, his administrative activities, and his involvement in professional organizations. The rural sociology classes that Green taught included RS201, "Rural Social Problems"; RS411, "Rural Population Problems"; RS413 and RS513, both "Community Organizations"; and RS653, "Theory and Development of Rural Sociology." In his materials relating to RS201, Green kept student autobiographies, which illuminate the personal lives of North Carolina State College students in 1949.

    The Manuscript Reviews subseries includes Green's manuscript reviews of two reports done by rural sociologists. The Administrative Activities subseries contains information about the curriculum of the Department of Rural Sociology. Green's membership in groups like the Rural Sociological Society and the Southern Sociological Society is detailed in the Professional Organizations subseries.

    • Classes: RS201: Course Outlines, 1937 - 1952, undated [MC 158 Box 3, Folder11]
    • Classes: RS201: Lesson Plans and Assignments, 1950 - 1954, undated [MC 158 Box 3, Folder12]
    • Classes: RS201: Lesson Plans, undated [MC 158 Box 3, Folder13]
    • Classes: RS201: Notes, undated [MC 158 Box 3, Folder14]
    • Classes: RS201: Student Autobiographies, B - J, 1949 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder15]
    • Classes: RS201: Student Autobiographies, M - S, 1949 [MC 158 Box 3, Folder16]
    • Classes: RS201: Tests, 1949 - 1952 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder1]
    • Classes: RS201: Tests, 1953 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder2]
    • Classes: RS201: Tests, 1954, undated [MC 158 Box 4, Folder3]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Problem No. 1, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Problem No. 2, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder5]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 3, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder6]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 7, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder7]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 8, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder8]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 9, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder9]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 19, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder10]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 21 - 22, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder11]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith Ch. 24, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder12]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith, pages 363 - 369, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder13]
    • Classes: RS201: Quizzes: Smith, pages 423 - 436, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder14]
    • Classes: RS411: Outline and Bibliographies, 1949 - 1953, undated [MC 158 Box 4, Folder15]
    • Classes: RS411: Lesson Plans, undated [MC 158 Box 4, Folder16]
    • Classes: RS411: Supplementary Materials, 1949 - 1950, undated [MC 158 Box 4, Folder17]
    • Classes: RS411: Tests, 1947 - 1949, undated [MC 158 Box 4, Folder18]
    • Classes: RS 413: Book Reports and Term Papers, 1951 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder19]
    • Classes: RS513: Outline and Lesson Plans, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder20]
    • Classes: RS513: Book Reports: A - E, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder21]
    • Classes: RS513: Book Reports: H - M, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder22]
    • Classes: RS513: Book Reports: R - S, 1954 [MC 158 Box 4, Folder23]
    • Classes: RS513: Papers: A - B, 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder1]
    • Classes: RS513: Papers: C - K, 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder2]
    • Classes: RS513: Papers: M - S, no name, 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder3]
    • Classes: RS513: Exams, 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder4]
    • RS 653, Lesson Plans, 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder5]
    • Manuscript Reviews: Charles Freeman, 1952 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder6]
    • Manuscript Reviews: Josephine Kremer, 1952 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder7]
    • Administrative Activities: Curriculum Committee, 1953 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder8]
    • Administrative Activities: Department of Rural Sociology, 1952, undated [MC 158 Box 5, Folder9]
    • Administrative Activities: Agricultural Experiment Station, 1953 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder10]
    • Administrative Activities: North Carolina State College, 1952 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder11]
    • Professional Organizations: Alpha Kappa Delta, 1948 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder12]
    • Professional Organizations: American Association of University Professors, 1950 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder13]
    • Professional Organizations: American Sociological Society, 1949 - 1954, undated [MC 158 Box 5, Folder14]
    • Professional Organizations: Rural Sociological Society, 1949 - 1953 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder15]
    • Southern Sociological Society, 1949 - 1954 [MC 158 Box 5, Folder16]

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