The collection is contained in one document box, and encompasses the years 1895-1939. The collection primarily documents Ernest A. Green's career as a lawyer and public servant from 1906-1938. The Correspondence Series includes both personal and professional correspondence for the years 1903-1938. There is no business correspondence dating from the periods when he was Prosecuting Attorney of Butler County, Missouri (1906-1910) or Assistant-Attorney General of Missouri (1912-1914). Green was an active worker for the Democratic party throughout his career, and letters with prominent political figures such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Senator Bennett Champ Clark, and Lloyd C. Stark, Governor of Missouri, are included in the collection. Among the many letters of recommendations for appointments are several letters which discuss current political issues: Pendergast's control of the Democratic party in Missouri; strategies to be used in Missouri to persuade delegates to the Democratic National Convention in 1932 to nominate Franklin Roosevelt for President; and suggestions for organizing Missouri Headquarters for Roosevelt. Green's letter of November 9, 1932, to Roosevelt congratulates the President-elect on his "magnificent triumph." The Speeches Series includes speeches from Green's college years when he participated in debates and was valedictorian of his class. Brief remarks he made at the ceremony of the laying of the corner stone of the Civil Courts Building in St. Louis, February 3, 1928, and political speeches he gave on behalf of democratic candidates in the 1930s are also among his papers. The Legal Documents Series includes an Affidavit in Support of Application for Membership in the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, a petition to nominate Green for the office of State Delegate from the State of Missouri, and Green’s license to practice law in Missouri. The Financial Documents Series includes receipts and a sale of bonds agreement. Finally, the Printed Materials Series includes invitations, certificates, membership cards, programs, railroad passes, credit courtesy cards, publications relating to Green's law career, passes and tickets from political activities, and memorabilia from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of St. Louis.