Research Catalog

Title

Richard T. Greene papers, 1932-2006 (bulk 1941-1995).

Author

Greene, Richard T., 1913-2006.

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Details

Description

1.2 lin. ft. (3 boxes)

Summary

The Richard T. Greene papers document Greene's career in advertising and banking. The papers are divided into Personal and Professional series. The personal papers contain biographical sketches, non-business themed speeches, correspondence, educational records and military files. The latter series covers Greene's tenure at Associated Publishers, Inc., Interstate United Newspapers and Carver Federal Savings Bank and consists of general correspondence and administrative files, press releases and speeches.

Subject

• Greene, Richard T., 1913-2006
• Carver Federal Savings
• Associated Publishers
• World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American
• African American business enterprises > New York (State) > New York
• African American bankers > New York (State) > New York
• African American executives > New York (State) > New York
• African American businesspeople > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans in advertising

Genre/Form

Speeches.

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

• Cheryll Greene & Richard Greene, Jr.

Biography (note)

• Richard T. Greene was born in Charleston, South Carolina on July 18, 1913. After graduating from Hampton Institute with a degree in business administration, Greene worked at Citizen's & Southern Bank and Trust Company in Philadelphia then served during World War II. Later, he worked as a national advertising representative and business manager with Associated Publishers, Inc. and Interstate United Newspapers, two New York City companies that managed advertising for black-owned newspapers nationwide.
• In 1960, Joseph Davis, the founder and president of Carver Federal Savings Bank, hired Greene as his executive assistant. Greene rose quickly through the ranks; within eight years, he was the bank's president, chief executive officer, and director. As Carver's chief official, Greene concerned himself primarily with the economic and social development of the communities which the bank served.

Call Number

Sc MG 815

OCLC

713646296

Author

Greene, Richard T., 1913-2006.

Title

Richard T. Greene papers, 1932-2006 (bulk 1941-1995).

Biography

Richard T. Greene was born in Charleston, South Carolina on July 18, 1913. After graduating from Hampton Institute with a degree in business administration, Greene worked at Citizen's & Southern Bank and Trust Company in Philadelphia then served during World War II. Later, he worked as a national advertising representative and business manager with Associated Publishers, Inc. and Interstate United Newspapers, two New York City companies that managed advertising for black-owned newspapers nationwide.

In 1960, Joseph Davis, the founder and president of Carver Federal Savings Bank, hired Greene as his executive assistant. Greene rose quickly through the ranks; within eight years, he was the bank's president, chief executive officer, and director. As Carver's chief official, Greene concerned himself primarily with the economic and social development of the communities which the bank served.

Source

Cheryll Greene & Richard Greene, Jr. Gift September 2009 SCM 09-9

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Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 815