Forace George Green papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1503
Scope and Contents
The Forace George Green papers (1910-1988) consist of fifty-eight disassembled scrapbooks documenting the life of Green (1910-1988), a Utah journalist, publisher, and author. The scrapbooks contain photographs, correspondence, greeting cards, programs, news clippings, postcards, family histories, and a variety of personal memorabilia. Green's long-time affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America is documented in this collection. Much of the material, however, pertains to the Green and Lauritzen families. In addition, there are documents related to the LDS Book Club, various wards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), Utah's Millcreek Canyon, the Liberty Jail visitor's center in Missouri, and the National Beaver Association.
Dates
- 1910-1988
Creator
- Green, Forace George, 1910- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Sketch
Forace George Green was born to George Alfred Green Jr. and Lucy May Brady Green on 30 June 1910 in Union, Utah. He became a Boy Scout in 1924 at the age of 14 and remained active in scouting for the rest of his life. From 1930 to 1933, Green served a mission for the LDS Church in the eastern United States as Scout Commissioner. He returned from his mission in 1933 and entered Brigham Young University. The following year, he married Edna I. Lauritzen in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. The couple lived in Provo until 1936, when Green received his degree in journalism. That same year, Green received his Eagle Scout badge and began publishing the South Lake Herald. In 1944, he began the Granite Park Press, and four years later he became the scouting editor of the Deseret News. In 1955, he started the LDS Book Club, patterned after the Book of the Month Club. He was also the owner and operator of the Union Beaver Ranch. In 1965, the Greens moved to Kanab where Forace was active in LDS Church affairs and wrote a column for the Southern Utah News. The Greens traveled to Europe, Hawaii, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and other countries with church-sponsored groups.
Extent
16 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Forace George Green papers (1910-1988) consist of fifty-eight disassembled scrapbooks documenting the life of Green (1910-1988), a Utah journalist, publisher, and author.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dixie Green in 1995.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0729 and A0537).
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Carver in 1996.
Addendum processed by Lisa Townsend in 1998.
Addendum processed by Lisa Townsend in 1998.
Creator
- Green, Forace George, 1910- (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Forace George Green papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Karen Carver.
- Date
- 1996 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu