Title: Jabez Brown Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1848-1949

Creator:

• Brown, Jabez, 1825-1903

Call Number: Wis Mss QA; M80-275

Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes); plus 0.2 cubic feet of additions

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Primarily diaries recording Jabez Brown's trip to Indiana to Wisconsin in 1855 and his work as teacher and farmer in Juneau and Sauk counties, as school principal in Ironton and Hillsboro, and as a Quaker lecturer in behalf of the temperance movement. During the last decade of his life, he resided in Madison and he describes briefly some of the civic and university events there. Poems, essays, and lectures by Brown and a few family letters accompany the diaries. Diaries, 1859-1876, contain the family record of Jabez and Sarah Brown and several remedies and cures for wounds and sicknesses.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000qa

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (Wis Mss QA): Original Collection, 1848-1949
• Part 2 (M80-275): Additions, 1859-1876

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: M80-275, M87-049

Wis Mss QA	Part 1 (Wis Mss QA): Original Collection, 1848-1949 Physical Description: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Primarily diaries, 1855-1903, recording Jabez Brown's trip to Indiana to Wisconsin in 1855 and his work as teacher and farmer in Juneau and Sauk counties, as school principal in Ironton and Hillsboro, and as a Quaker lecturer in behalf of the temperance movement. During the last decade of his life, he resided in Madison and he describes briefly some of the civic and university events there. Poems, essays, and lectures by Brown and a few family letters accompany the diaries.
Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1848-1949
Box   1 Folder   2	Essays, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Poetry, 1859 November 23-1901 November 28
Box   1 Folder   5	Poetry, undated
Box   3 Volume 33	Speech notes, 1870
Box   1 Folder   4	Speeches and biographical material
	Diaries
Box   2 Volume 1	1855 March 14-1859 March 3
Box   2 Volume 2	1866 February 27-1867 August 24
Box   2 Volume 3	1867 August 25-1868 May 31
Box   2 Volume 4	1868 June 1-1869 November 21
Box   2 Volume 5	1869 November 22-1872 May 31
Box   2 Volume 6	1876 September 13-1877 July 16
Box   2 Volume 7	1877 July 17-1878 August 19
Box   2 Volume 8	1878 August 20-1879 August 9
Box   2 Volume 9	1879 August 10-1880 November 11
Box   2 Volume 10	1880 November 12-1883 January 9
Box   3 Volume 32	1882 September 12-November 7
Box   2 Volume 11	1883 January 10-August 27
Box   2 Volume 12	1883 August 28-1884 February 17
Box   3 Volume 13	1884 February 18-1885 November 14
Box   3 Volume 14	1885 November 15-1886 July 20
Box   3 Volume 15	1886 July 21-1887 February 8
Box   3 Volume 16	1887 February 9-November 30
Box   3 Volume 17	1887 December 1-1888 August 31
Box   3 Volume 18	1888 September 1-1889 May 22
Box   3 Volume 19	1889 May 23-1890 March 25
Box   3 Volume 20	1890 March 26-1891 January 16
Box   3 Volume 21	1891 January 17-September 10
Box   3 Volume 22	1891 September 11-1892 November 30
Box   3 Volume 23	1892 December 1-1893 August 31
Box   3 Volume 24	1893 September 1-1895 January 16
Box   3 Volume 25	1895 January 17-1896 April 30
Box   3 Volume 26	1896 May 1-1897 May 21
Box   3 Volume 27	1897 May 22-1898 March 18
Box   3 Volume 28	1898 March 19-December 31
Box   3 Volume 29	1899 January 1-1900 July 31
Box   3 Volume 30	1900 August 1-1901 July 15
Box   3 Volume 31	1901 July 16-1903 January 1
M80-275	Part 2 (M80-275): Additions, 1859-1866, 1872-1876 Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Seven diaries written by Brown from 1859-1866, and one diary, 1872-1876, containing the family record of Jabez and Sarah Brown and several remedies and cures for wounds and sicknesses.	⇧
Box   1 Volume 1	1859 March 4-1860 March 25
Box   1 Volume 2	1860 March 26-December 14
Box   1 Volume 3	1860 December 15-1861 October 16
Box   1 Volume 4	1861 October 17-1862 December 31
Box   1 Volume 5	1863
Box   1 Volume 6	1864 January 1-1865 April 7
Box   1 Volume 7	1865 April 8-1866 February 26
Box   1 Volume 8	1872 June 1-1876 September 13