Scope and Contents January 2, 1909 Elizabeth D. Brown to C.T. Brown, Wingo. We sure have been gay this week. January 8, 1909 Jonathan Bryan to J.T. Brown, Brierfield, Va. Concerning the WV coal lands. Includes forwarded letters concerning the matter. January 9, 1909 Jonathan Bryan to J.T. Brown, Richmond, Va. Concerning WV coal lands, businessmen, and timber thieves. January 14, 1909 Elizabeth D. Brown to C.T. Brown, Wingo. News of family and attending parties. I am very excited about the wedding. January 20,...

Scope and Contents No correspondence from May 1909. June 6, 1909 J.T. Brown to his wife, C.T. Brown. I will reach Evington on Friday evening … how is the wheat cutting going … let me know if we need beef. Liz to Josphine Ellett, Norfolk, Va. Social and family news. August 8, 1909 J.T. Brown to his wife, C.T. Brown, Westmoreland Club, Richmond, Va. Election returns … it looks as if I’ll win. August 9, 1909 George E. Bryan to J. Taylor Ellyson Yorktown, Va. Returns of primary election for York County. August 9,...

Scope and Contents No correspondence from September 1909. October 27, 1909 Frances Bland Brown Suanders to Elizabeth Charleston, WV. Discussion of travels, family, work, and the general goings on. October 30, 1909 Frances Bland Brown Saunders to her father, J.T. Brown, Charleston, WV Plans to visit various places, including Washington, DC. November 23, 1909 F.B.B. Saunders to her mother, C.T. Brown, Charleston, WV. Weather and local happenings [letter is incomplete]. December 12, 1909 F. Brown to her mother...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers and correspondence of three generations of the Brown Family of Virginia:  Frances (Fanny) Bland Coalter Brown and her husband, Henry Peronneau Brown (1838-1888),  J. Thompson and Cassie Tucker Brown (1890-1920) and Frances Bland Brown and Fleming Sanders (1921-1964).