Correspondence, writings, research and lecture notes, speeches and other papers primarily related to the history of Amherst College and higher education, generated by Greene as professor of history and American Studies, 1952-1989. The collection includes Greene's undergraduate writings, manuscript drafts for his book America's Heroes: the Changing Models of Success in American Magazines (1970), and occasional chapel talks delivered to Amherst College students. The collection includes a variety of research notes created for teaching, advisement to the Amherst administration, or scholarly publication on Amherst College topics such as the life of Charles W. Cole (AC 1927), military recruiting, parietal rules, Jeffery Amherst and charges of germ warfare, cultural diversity, coeducation and other topics. There are also papers related to his personal or family associations with First Congregational Church (Amherst, Mass.) and the town of Jaffrey, N.H.

This collection is organized into six series:

• Writings, 1940-1971
• Research on Amherst College history, 1973-1995
• Speeches/Talks, 1943-1998
• Committees, 1967-1980
• Correspondence, 1952-2004
• Personal Affairs, 1948-2006