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William Greenleaf, 1917-1976

Papers, 1952-1975

MC 135

20 boxes (6.66 cu.ft.)

About William Greenleaf

William Greenleaf was born July 1, 1917 in New York. In 1942 he graduated from City College, New York and from 1943-46 served in the Army during World War II. Greenleaf then went to Columbia University, where he earned his masters degree in 1948, and his Ph.D, in 1955. He became a consultant for the Ford Foundation and a researcher for the Ford Motor Company History Project at Columbia. He was an Assistant Professor at Colorado State from 1956 until 1958, when he came to work at the University of New Hampshire. In April 1964, as an Associate Professor of History, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete a study of American Business during the Civil War. A year later, he was promoted to Professor of History with tenure.

Greenleaf wrote extensively on industrial and business history. His books include: John D. Rockefeller (1959), Monopoly On Wheels (1961); From These Beginnings (1964); The Making of Industrial America: 1840-1900 (with Richard B. Morris c.1969); The History of a Nation (with Richard B. Morris and Robert H. Ferrell) (1969); American Economic Development Since 1860 (1969); America: A History of the People (1971); and Research Associate Ford (3 vols.). He also contributed several articles to The Dictionary of American Biography and The Encyclopedia of American Biography.

Professor Greenleaf died December 17, 1975 after a long illness.

About the William Greenleaf papers

The collection primarily contains manuscripts relating to Greenleaf’s several books and articles dating from 1952-1975, as well as relevant research notes, correspondence, and lecture notes from his various history classes. Also included are notes concerning the economic situation of the North during the Civil War and the early history of the movie industry (mostly about patent rights), both of which Greenleaf was working on when he died.

Folder Listing:

  1. Manuscripts and Related Material
  2. Lecture Notes
  3. Articles
  4. Miscellaneous
  5. Microfilm
  6. Publications

I. Manuscripts and Related Material

BOX 1
f.1-3 Correspondence for Monopoly on Wheels (July 1952-Feb. 1953).
f.4 Correspondence for Monopoly on Wheels(March 1953-July 1953).
f.5 Correspondence for Monopoly on Wheels (June 1954-Oct. 1954).
f.6 Correspondence for Monopoly on Wheels (Feb. 1955-March 1955).
f.7-9 Correspondence concerning research for Doctoral dissertation Monopoly on Wheels (April 1952-August 1954).
f.10 Dissertation material (not sorted).
f.11-24 Monopoly on Wheels: Henry Ford and the Selden Automobile Patent (1961). Typed manuscript (Chapters 1-10 & Bibliography).
f.25-32 Monopoly on Wheels. Original typescript (Chapters 1-7).

BOX 2
f.1-5 Monopoly on Wheels. Original typescript (Chapters 8-10).
f.6 Correspondence to and from Greenleaf concerning his book on the Ford Motor Company: From These Beginnings (Jan. 1963-June 1963).
f.7-8 Correspondence (June 1963-Aug.1963).
f.9-10 Correspondence (Aug 1963-Oct.1963).
f.11-12 Correspondence (Oct.1963-March 1964).
f.13 Correspondence (March 1964-Oct.1964).
f.14 Correspondence (Nov. 1964-June 1966).
f.15-17 Notes for From These Beginnings.
f.18-28 Typed manuscript for From These Beginnings: The Early Philanthropies of Henry and Edsel Ford (1964) Chapters 1-7.
f.29-32 Manuscript (c.2) for From These Beginnings. Chapters 1-2.

BOX 3
f.1-8 Manuscript (c.2) for From These Beginnings. Chapters 7-10.
f.9-11 Notes and working outline for The Ford Foundation: The Formative Years (The Ford Motor Company never waived the rights for this work, so it remained unpublished).
f.12-31 Manuscript for The Formative Years, Chapters 1-10.
f.32-34 Correspondence – Permissions.
f.35 Correspondence and some notes (March 1965 – May 1966).
f.36-38 Correspondence and some notes (June 1966 – Oct.1967).

BOX 4
f.1-3 Correspondence and some notes (Oct. 1967 – Feb. 1968).
f.4 Correspondence and some notes (Feb. 1968 -May 1968).
f.5 Correspondence with Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, April 1969.
f.6-9 Introduction to The Legend of Henry Ford by Keith Sward: correspondence and manuscripts (various stages).
f.10-12 Expenses for American Economic Development.
f.12-28 Notes for American Economic Development.
f.29-35 Page proofs for American Economic Development.

BOX 5
f.1-10 Page proofs for American Economic Development.
f.11-12 Carbon of Introduction to American Economic Development.
f.13-14 Xerox copy of Introduction to American Economic Development.
f.15-16 Textbook by Richard Morris and Greenleaf, U.S.A. The History of a Nation, 1969.
f.17-24 Working outline and notes for An American College History (later titled America: A History of the People), 1971.
f.25-34 An American College History manuscript, Chapters 1-15, 18-24, and 26. (Chapters 1-5 of the finished work).

BOX 6
f.1-35 An American College History. Manuscript (Chapters 5-22).

BOX 7
f.1-17 An American College History Manuscript (Chapters 21-26).
f.18-33 Condensation of book America II Unfinished Works.

BOX 8
f.1-12 Condensation of book America II Unfinished Works.
f.13-14 Civil War Impact Series (Impact of Civil War on economy) for Civil War Centennial Commission, publisher would have been Alfred Knopf (also correspondence). (Dec.1961-Oct. 1962).
f.15-16 Research correspondence for Civil War Impact Series. (Oct. 1962-Oct. 1965).
f.17-19 Research correspondence for Civil War Impact Series. (Nov. 1965-April 1971).
f.20-21 Correspondence with the Library of Congress and notes: Manuscript Division (March 1965-June 1965).
f.22-25 Grant applications and inquiries and various stages of manuscript, first chapter for Civil War study.
f.26-30 Notes for Civil War Impact Series.
f.31 Outline.
f.32 Editorial specifications, outline, and bibliography.

BOX 9
f.1-8 Bibliography.
f.9-28 Manuscript of Civil War Impact.

BOX 10
f.1-29 Manuscript of Civil War Impact.
f.30 Motion Picture Patent Corporation (MPPC) book correspondence (July 1965-Feb. 1968).

BOX 11
f.1-3 MPPC Book Correspondence (March 1969-Dec. 1969).
f.4-6 MPPC Book Correspondence (Jan. 1970-Dec. 1970).
f.7-8 MPPC Book Correspondence (Feb. 1971-Dec. 1971).
f.9-11 MPPC Book Correspondence (Jan. 1972-Sept. 1974).
f.12-13 Notes for History of MPPC (the following headings were taken from Greenleaf’s original folders on MPPC).
f.14 Biograph Company (Including American Mutoscope Co.).
f.15 Dyer, Frank L.
f.16 Eastman Kodak.
f.17 Edison, Thomas A.
f.18 Edison Manufacturing Co.
f.19 Edison Patents (1889 – 1908).
f.20-28 Edison Patent Suits.
f.29 Essay.
f.30 Exchanges – at large.
f.31-32 Exchanges – Independent.
f.33 Exchanges – Licensed.
f.34 Exchanges after 1916 (including Film Clubs).
f.35 Exhibitors (1909-1908). See also Nickelodeons.
f.36 Exhibitors (1909-1912). See also Nickelodeons.
f.37 Exhibitors (1913-1918).
f.38 Famous Players – Lasky.
f.39-42 Film Service Association.

BOX 12
f.1 Film Service Association.
f.2 Fox, William.
f.3 Fox Suit.
f.4-6 General Film Co.
f.7 Grosvenor, Edwin P.
f.8 Illustrations – suggested.
f.9 Kalem.
f.10 Kennedy, J.J.
f.11-12 Kleine, George.
f.13-15 Laemmle, Carl.
f.16-17 Independent Producers (collectively).
f.18 Licensed Producers (collectively).
f.19 Lubin, Sigmund.
f.20 MPPC – Summary accounts (Reference).
f.21-25 MPPC (1908-1910).
f.26 MPPC (1911-1912).
f.27 MPPC (1913-1917).
f.28 MPPC – Edison Patents Litigation.
f.29 MPPC – Other Litigation (1909-1917).
f.30-32 Movie Industry (1906-1908).
f.33-35 Movie Industry (1909-1912)
f.36-41 Movie Industry (1913 et seq.).

BOX 13
f.1-8 Movie Industry – West Coast.
f.2 Movie Industry – Patents (other than Edison and MPPC).
f.3 Nickelodeons.
f.4 Patent Law.
f.5 Pathe.
f.6 Photography – History.
f.7 Selig, William N.
f.8 Spoor, George K.
f.9-11 Trusts, Combinations, and Patents.
f.12-14 U.S. vs. MPPC – Suit (1912 – 1914) and Case Record.
f.15 U.S. vs. MPPC (Case Record and Suit) Gov. Brief & Reply Brief.
f.16-17 U.S. vs. MPPC – District Court – Trial and Decision.
f.18 U.S. vs. MPPC – Appeal.
f.19 Vitagraph.
f.20-21 MPPC Study Source Materials.
f.22 MPPC Study Categories.
f.23-25 UNH “CURF” Grant for MPPC Study EG.
f.26-27 Notes and Sources for MPPC Book EG.
f.28-29 Bibliography MPPC.
f.30 Grant from American Film Institute for MPPC Book EG.
f.31-32 Preface and first chapter of MPPC Book (Various stages of manuscript) EG.
f.33-38 “Chapter I – Used” Henry Ford – Philanthropist.

BOX 14
f.1-28 “Chapters I-VII – HF Philanthropist.”

BOX 15
f.1-35 “Chapters VIII-XX – HF Philanthropist”

BOX 16
f.1-6 “Ford Philanthropist Used.”
f.7-11 Draft of The Making of Industrial America, 1840-1900.
f.12-15 Manuscript: The Making of Industrial America, 1840-1900.

II. Lecture Notes

f.16-22 Lecture Notes Misc.
f.23-24 Lecture Notes Speech – “Modern Corporation and Managerial Responsibility.”
f.25-33 Lecture Notes “History 85.”

BOX 17
f.1-8 Lecture Notes “History 85.”
f.9 Lecture Notes “History 86.”
f.10-11 Lecture Notes History 198.
f.12 Lecture Notes History 504.
f.13-14 Lecture Notes History 715.
f.15-24 Lecture Notes “History 725 Business History.”
f.25-26 Lecture Notes “History 725 Business History, xerox copies of articles.”
f.27 Lecture Notes “History 725, Documents.”

III. Articles

f.28-31 Articles for The Dictionary of American History, correspondence, notes, and manuscripts.
f.32-35 Articles in The Encyclopedia of American History included in section titled:”Science and Technology,” correspondence, notes, and manuscripts.

BOX 18
f.1 Articles in The Encyclopedia of American History included in section titled:”Science and Technology,” correspondence, notes, and manuscripts.
f.2 Articles for The Encyclopedia of Notable Americans, correspondence, notes, and manuscripts – E.H. Harriman, J.B. Duke, G. Swift, F. M. Forbes.
f.3 Articles for The Encyclopedia of Notable Americans, correspondence, notes, and manuscript – Henry Ford.
f.4 Articles for The Encyclopedia of Notable Americans, correspondence, notes, and manuscript – Collins P. Hudington.
f.5 Proposed Articles for Dictionary of American Biography, (D.A.B.).
f.6-7 D.A.B. article on Henry Ford, correspondence & notes.
f.8-14 D.A.B. article on Henry Ford, manuscripts (various stages).
f.15-20 D.A.B. article on Henry Ford, handwritten manuscript.

IV. Miscellaneous

f.21-25 Miscellaneous essays written for Ford Histories.
f.26 Comments on Little, Brown Reader in American History.
f.27-28 British Sessional Papers.
f.29-30 Correspondence and conduct on possible book on Newton Baker for Alfred Knopf & Co.
f.31-33 Correspondence on Bancroft Awards (1971), on July with Richard Morris (Columbia) and Robert Ferrell (Indiana University).

BOX 19
f.1-2 Economic reprints – correspondence with Alan Nevins.
f.3-4 Correspondence regarding possible studies of U.S. Aviation industry and U.S. Bureaucracy in World War I.
f.5-8 “Dearborn Independent.”
f.9 “History.”
f.10-18 “Greenfield Village (used), Wayside Inn.”
f.19-30 Miscellaneous.

V. Microfilm

BOX 20
Five Reels of Microfilm.
Reels 1-4 include seven volumes of the transcript of record copy of the Supreme Court Case, “The United States of America v. Motion Picture Company.” The fifth reel contains a copy of a master’s thesis entitled, Preliminary Survey of the Operation of the Market in the Motion Picture Industry by Patricia K. Herbert, dated May 19, 1947.

VI. Publications in the UNH Library

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