Eleanor Burges Green was born March 3, 1870 in Providence, the daughter of Judge Arnold and Cornelia (Burges) Green. Her brother Theodore Francis Green was governor of Rhode Island (Eleanor served as his first lady) and a United States Senator. Eleanor graduated from Wellesley College in 1892. She worked as a volunteer nurse at Rhode Island Hospital and Newport Hospital and was a leading force in founding the Providence District Nursing Association. Eleanor was a member of the Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women and once served as its secretary. She was a benefactor of Pembroke College. The Pembroke Class of 1918 made Eleanor an honorary member of their class in recognition of her monetary and emotional support. When Dean Lida Shaw King died in 1932, Eleanor organized a memorial service and then apparently paid for the publication and distribution of a book of tributes delivered at the service (Exercises Commemorative of Lida Shaw King) and another by Mary E. Woolley (1894) (Lida Shaw King, An Appreciation). Eleanor Burges Green died in Providence on April 13, 1954.
Also includes letter regarding Eleanor Burges Green's reception for Lida Shaw King in 1911.
Contains correspondence between Eleanor B. Green and D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press regarding the publication of a commemorative book honoring Lida Shaw King. Additional letters are thank you notes from recipients of the book.
A draft of a resolution by the Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women. The resolution is in appreciation to Dean King for not accepting a position at another university.
Contains correspondence relating to fundraising activities for the Pembroke College endowment fund, a dormitory, and gymnasium.
Contains correspondence from various members of the Pembroke College class of 1918.
Contains scattered correspondence from the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and other letters relating to Pembroke College.
These papers contain correspondence relating to Eleanor Burges Green's support of Pembroke College, her role in organizing a memorial service to Dean Lida Shaw King who died in 1932, and the publication and distribution of two books paying tribute to Dean King. Additional materials include a draft of a Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women resolution and correspondence with the Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
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Eleanor Burges Green papers, MS-1U-G3, Brown University Archives.
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