Charles Newton Brown Family Papers
1816-1938
- Brown, Charles Newton, 1855-1925
Mss 231; PH 103
9.6 c.f. (24 archives boxes) and 526 photographs (5 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society
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The family papers of Charles Newton Brown, a nineteenth-century Madison, Wisconsin lawyer and court commissioner; of his wife, Nellie Melvina Williams Brown, a high school teacher and owner of rental properties in central Madison and the University of Wisconsin campus area; and of their son, Irving Henry Brown, a university professor of romance languages, author, and nationally-known authority on gypsies. The collection's Charles N. Brown papers (1890-1925) include genealogical forms and notes, correspondence and financial records relating to the Dane County Bar Association, the Madison Literary Club, the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, and United Bond and Mortgage Company. Charles N. Brown's diaries, and writings, are also included. The Irving Henry Brown papers consist of his diaries; drafts, copies, and reviews of his published writings on gypsies, as well as poetry, essays and lecture notes, and miscellany. The Nellie Melvina Williams Brown papers include financial records concerning her rental properties, writings and notes mainly from her years at the university, and miscellaneous family and school activities records. General correspondence concerns Brown family genealogy, the courtship of Charles and Nellie, Irving Brown's marital problems, and activities of other family members. The photographs include images of parks, roads, and lakes in the region of Madison, Wis., circa 1890-1915, probably made by Charles N. Brown in conjunction with the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association.
English
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