University of
Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]
Green, Robert Gladding, 1895-1947
Robert G. Green papers
1918-1946
10 boxes (9.3
cubic feet)
The collection contains
the papers of Dr. Robert G. Green, professor and head of the department of
bacteriology at the University of Minnesota.
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Administrative Information
Use of Materials
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house
only.
Copyright
Requests for permission to quote from the Robert G. Green papers
should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives head.
Preferred citation
Robert G. Green papers, University of Minnesota Archives.
Source of acquisition
The collection was deposited in University Archives by Dr. Syverton,
head of the department of Bacteriology and Immunology in 1950.
Processing Information
Collection has been processed.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts
- Photographs
- Research
- Teaching Responsibilities
Scope and Content
The collection contains the professional papers of Dr. Robert Green.
Materials in the collection include correspondence, surveys, research reports,
manuscripts, reprints, societies meetings and lectures, University funding
reports, WPA projects, virus and cancer research materials and experiments, and
materials regarding his time and activities in the Minnesota wildlife disease
investigation project.
Biographical Sketch of Robert G. Green (1895-1947)
Robert Gladding Green (1895-1947) was world renowned for his research
on diseases in animals caused by viruses and its relationship to cancer. He
earned his B.A (1919), a M.A. (1920) in bacteriology, and his M.B. and M.D.
(1922) all at the University of Minnesota.
Born in Wadena, Minnesota, he attended Valparaiso University from 1914
to 1916 before transferring to the University of Minnesota to complete his
bachelor's degree. He joined the staff at the University of Minnesota in 1918
as a laboratory assistant and served as an instructor, assistant professor, and
associate professor before being appointed as a full professor of bacteriology
and immunology in 1929. He was promoted to chair of the department of
bacteriology in 1947, but served for only six months before his death on
September 6, 1947 at age 52.
In the 1920s, Dr. Green hypothesized the evolutionary nature of
viruses and how they cause disease. In 1946, he developed a revolutionary
theory of how cancer cells spread in the body. From 1932-1940, Dr. Green
directed the Minnesota Wildlife Disease Investigation, sponsored by the State
of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota and the United States Biological
Survey. During his tenure, he created a vaccine to prevent encephalitis in
foxes. He also discovered a vitamin deficiency causing widespread death in
foxes and developed a vaccine effective against canine distemper.
Related Materials in University Archives
University of Minnesota. Division of Entomology and Economic Zoology.
Economic Zoology papers
Minnesota Wildlife Disease Investigation
Report. Vol. 1-4, 1933-1938. (Call No. MY/M66r)
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Persons:
Green,
Robert Gladding, 1895- -- Archives
Organizations:
Minnesota.
Dept. of Conservation
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
United
States. Bureau of Biological Survey
University of
Minnesota. Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology
Subjects:
Bacteriology
Cancer -- Research
Encephalitis
Vaccines --
Research
Veterinary virology
Viruses -- Research
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Correspondence
1
A
1939-1944
1
American Fur Breeder Harry J. La Due
1939-1944
2 folders
1
American Veterinary Medical Association
1939-1941
1
"B" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
2 folders
1
Bird, Smith, Okoneski and Puchner Attorneys
1939-1942
1
Bureau of Biological Survey
1939-1940
2 folders
1
"C" Miscellaneous
1937-1946
2 folders
1
Civil Works Administration (CWA) Projects
1934
1
Canada Mines and Natural Resources McDiarmid, Savage,
Cunningham
1938
1
Canada, Miscellaneous
1944
1
Canada Regarding Distemper Vaccine
1934-1941
1
Canada Mines and Natural Resources McDiarmid, Savage,
Watson
1939
1
Carnegie Corporation of New York and Institution of
Washington
1939-1942
2 folders
1
"Crank" Letters
1931-1937
1
"D" Miscellaneous
1939-1944
1
Darling, Jay N.
1936
1
Distempered Virus License
1939
1
Dogs, Vaccination of
1940-1943
1
"E" Miscellaneous
1936-1944
2 folders
1
Equipment, Ultracentrifuge Beams University of Virginia
1938-1942
1
"F" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
1
Federal Correspondence, Miscellaneous
1935-1944
3 folders
1
Fish and Wildlife Service (Formerly Bureau of
Biological Survey)
1940-1943
2 folders
1
Foshay, Dr. Lee
1933
2
Fox Breeders Correspondence
1937
2
Foxes - Wild Grey
1937-1938
2
Fox and Fur Farmers Miscellaneous
1938-1940
3 folders
2
Fox and Fur Farmers, Canada
1938-1940
2 folders
2
Fox and Fur Farmers
1941-1942
2
"G" Miscellaneous
1938-1944
2
Gillespie, Dr. M. G. The Duluth Clinic
1933-1934
2
Glenwood-Inglewood Company J. Donald Fruen
1940-1942
2
Gopher State Caviary
1933-1936
2
Grange, Wallace
1933-1937
2 folders
2
Green, Dr. R.G. Correspondence with Office
1933-1944
11 folders
2
Paratyphoid Cultures Studies Correspondence and Papers
of the Second North American Wildlife Conference
1937
2
"H" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
2
Hanson, Dr. K. B.
1933-1934
2
Horn, Charles L.
1933-1934
2
Hudson's Bay Company
1932-1937
2
Huth, Fredk and Co.
1933-1934
2
"I" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
2
"J" Miscellaneous
1933-1943
2
Jane Coffin Childs
1946
2
"K" Miscellaneous
1933-1943
2
King, Ralph T.
1931-1933
2
Krueger, W. E.
1934
2
"L" Miscellaneous
1939-1944
2
Lacroix, Dr. J.V.
1942
2
Lead Poisoning Data
1940
2
Leopold, Aldo
1934-1938
2
Library, University
1936-1938
3
"M" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
4 folders
3
Manuscripts, Correspondence Regarding
1939-1944
3 folders
3
Matlock, Robert
1940-1941
3
Merillat-Laine Co.
1939-1940
3
Michigan Department of Conservation
1933-1937
3
Minnesota Wildlife Disease Investigation Requests for
Further Reports and Publications
1939
3
Mosher, Dr. L.A.
1941
3
"N" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
3
National Research Council Committee on Growth
1945-1946
3
Neisser-Meyerhoff, Inc.
1938-1940
3
Northwest Aviation Exposition
1944
3
Northwest Sportsman's Show
1935-1938
3
"O" Miscellaneous
1933-1943
3
"P" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
3
Parker, Dr. R. R.
1933-1938
3
Pennsylvania, State of, Tularemia Investigation
1938-1940
3
Pitman-Moore Co.
1933
4
"R" Miscellaneous
1933-1944
4
Reprints and Information Sent
1939-1944
4 folders
4
Reprints Received Here Requests and Thank You Notes
1939-1944
4
Rockefeller Institute
1932-1937
4
Recommendations
1941-1943
4
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
1940-1944
4
"S" Miscellaneous
1936-1944
4
Schroeder, C. R.
1939-1940
4
Society Meetings and Lectures, Conventions, Short
Courses
1933-1944
4 folders
4
Stader, Dr. Otto
1941-1944
2 folders
4
State Department of Conservation - Minnesota
1933-1937
5 folders
4
State Department of Conservation and Minnesota
Conservationist
1934-1939
5
State Department of Conservation and Conservation
Volunteer
1940
5
State Department of Conservation Correspondence
1941-1943
2 folders
5
State Department of Conservation
1939-1943
5
Minnesota Game Wardens Animals and Birds Sent In
1933-1938
3 folders
5
State, Federal and University Cooperative Project
1935-1936
5
"T" Miscellaneous
1936-1943
5
"U" Miscellaneous
1938-1944
2 folders
5
University Hospital
1944-1947
5
University of Minnesota Regarding Funds, Reports
1933-1941
5
University of Minnesota Miscellaneous
1942-1944
5
"V" Miscellaneous
1936-1944
5
Veterinarians Canada
1943-1944
5
Veterinarians Dr. J.L. Ruble
1943
5
Veterinary Medicine Dr. D. M. Campbell
1939-1942
5
"W" Miscellaneous
1938-1944
5
Welsh, Dr. Mark
1941
5
Wisconsin Conservation Department
1936-1937
5
"XYZ" Miscellaneous
1941-1944
6
Dye Used for Marking Fish
1939
6
Viruses in relation to Animal Species
1944
7
Fromm Brothers and Nieman and Company
1934-1935
3 folders
7
Fromm Brothers Walter E. Carlson
1935-1937
3 folders
7
Fromm Brothers K.B. Hanson
1935-1936
8
Fromm Brothers and Nieman and Company
1936-1938
4 folders
8
Larson, W. P.
1918-1937
19 folders
8
Station-on-Alexander
1933-1934
2 folders
9
Station-on-Alexander
1934-1943
18 folders
9
Bureau of Biological Survey
1933-1938
11 folders
9
Bureau of Biological Survey Morley, Dr. L.C.
1936
9
Correspondence regarding Mary A. Marcus
1928-1954
Manuscripts
3
Manuscripts
1936-1942
2 folders
3
Manuscripts - Parts I - IV Epizootic Fox Encephalitis
1930-1933
3
Manuscripts - Part V Properties of the Virus
1933
3
Manuscripts - Part VI Encephalitis in Dogs
1933
3
Manuscripts - Part VII Nature of the Immunity
1934
3
Manuscripts - Part VIII Virus in Upper Respiratory
Tract
1936
3
Manuscripts Popular Articles
1934-1943
6
Transplantation of Human Tumors
1940
6
Cancer: Antigenic Character of the Cancer Milk Agent in
Mice
1945-1946
6
Manuscripts in Progress
1938-1939
6
The Bacteriophage and Evolution
1921-1933
6
Evolution and Cancer Manuscripts
1928-1937
6
Canine Oral Papillomatosis
circa 1939
6
Chastek Paralysis
1940-1945
6
Cuto-Distemperoid
1944
6
Distemper in Mink
1945
2 folders
6
Hog Cholera
1943
6
Distemper Book
1943
6
Failure of Distemper Virus to Interfere with
Poliomyelitic Infection
1937-1944
6
Modification of Distemper Virus for Journal of American
Veterinary Medical Association (J.A.V.M.A.)
1939-1940
6
Distemper Development of Cuto-Distemperoid Virus
1941-1944
6
Distemper Zoologic and Histologic Modification of the
Virus by Ferret Passage
1944
6
Harkavy's Chorea
1941
6
Infectious Diseases of North American Wild Animals
1932
6
Bibliography on Leptospirosis
undated
6
Nutritional Disease of Mink
1943-1945
6
Memorandum on the Relationship between the Zoological
Positions of Animals and their Susceptibility to Disease
1945
6
Pneumonitis
1941-1942
6
Proposal for Additional Investigations on Virus
Pneumonitis of Infants
1941
6
Small Mammals of North Central States
1941
6
Virus Book
1939-1942
6
Modifications of Viruses
1942
6
Adaptations of Viruses
1942
6
Scientific Articles
1928-1941
6
Rabbit Horns
1937
6
On the Nature of Filterable Viruses
1935
6
Occurrence of Pseudotuberculosis as a Disease of Wild
Animals
1936
6
Hudson's Bay Report
1933
6
Canine Encephalitis
1936
6
Epizootic Fox Encephalitis: General Description of the
Disease with Special Attention to Pathology
1935
8
Fromm Reports
1933-1946
2 folders
8
Botany L. S. Knight
1910-1915
Photographs
7
Figures of Cancers in Animals
1939-1943
2 folders
7
The Biology of Animal Diseases Figures
1939-1941
7
Photographic Figures of Cancers
undated
10
Photographs and Slides
undated
Research
1
Employee Information, General
1946-1947
1
Federal Aid Project - Osmer
1934-1935
1
Federal Aid (NYA) Students - Projects
1936-1940
1
Financial Reports
1932-1938
2
Faculty Load Reports
1941-1945
2
Notations of Items Sent and Returned
1937-1938
2
Notations of Items Transferred, Received or Sent Out
1939-1943
3
NYA Students (Formerly Federal Aid)
1941-1942
3
Quotations, Estimates, and Plans
1933
3
Quotations, Foxes
1937-1940
2 folders
3
Quotations - Foxes - Raccoons
1941-1943
3
Quotations Grey Foxes
1944-1945
4
Quotations Red Foxes
1944-1945
4
Quotations, Guinea Pigs
1935-1938
4
Quotations - Opossums Illinois
1943-1944
4
Quotations - Opossums Indiana
1943
4
Quotations - Opossums Michigan
1943
4
Quotations - Opossums Wisconsin
1943
4
Quotations - Opossums Miscellaneous
1943
4
Quotations: Miscellaneous
1936-1946
5
Project - University Work Projects Administration (WPA)
1940
5
WPA Special Folder
1941
5
WPA Art Project
1941
5
Works Progress Administration Translation of German
Articles
1940-1941
6
Tick Data Lake Alexander
1932-1940
6
Cancer
1943-1944
6
Virus Research Cancer
1940-1945
6
Virus Research Cancer Correspondence
1940-1945
6
Feeding Experiment
1940
6
Cancer
1938
6
Distemper Virus Experiment
1939
6
Distemper Temperature Reaction in Dogs to Distemperoid
Virus
1944-1945
6
New Inclusion Bodies Canine Encephalitis
1935
6
State Department Changes as Related to the Wildlife
Disease Investigations
1942
6
References to Journals in Current Use by Dr. Green
1936-1937
6
The Role of Fleas and Ticks in the Transmission of
Tularemia
1931-1936
6
Susceptibility of the Ferret to Fox Encephalitis and to
Canine Distemper
1928-1929
6
Fox Encephalitis: Relationship of Streptococcus to the
Virus of Fox Encephalitis
1929
6
Animal Necropsy Reports
1927-1933
4 folders
7
Canine Encephalitis Necropsy Reports
1935-1936
7
Animal Necropsy Reports
1935-1939
2 folders
7
Cancer Necropsy Cards
1937-1939
2 folders
7
Cancer Work Charts
1937-1945
7
Complete Set of Forms Used in Disease Work
undated
7
Instructions for Research Sampling
1932-1936
7
Animal Injections
1940-1945
7
Clinical History Charts of Animals Other Than Monkeys
1940-1941
7
Clinical History Charts of Monkeys
1940-1943
8
Fromm-Green Finances
1935-1937
3 folders
8
Fromm Vaccination
1938
Teaching Responsibilities
3
Navy College Training Program
1943
5
Students and Fellows - J. Frederick Bell
1937-1942
2 folders
5
Students and Fellows - Robert G. Benedict
1938
5
Students and Fellows - Harold Elishewitz
1941
5
Students and Fellows - Charles A. Evane
1939-1942
5
Students and Fellows - Constance Fanto
1942
5
Students and Fellows - Robert J. Goodlow
1940-1941
5
Students and Fellows - Carl Larson
1938-1940
5
Students and Fellows - Heinz A. Siedentopf
1940-1944
5
Students and Fellows - Miscellaneous
1940-1943
5
Students and Fellows - Recommendations
1930-1940
2 folders
6
Seminars
1941-1944