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Collection
Identifier: SC 01110
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The Emma L. Brown papers consist for the most part of letters Emma Brown of Danielson, Connecticut, received from her son, Sergeant Percy Brown, who was deployed to France in July 1917. He was wounded and hospitalized in Orleans in the fall of 1918 and his letters date from 12 November 1918 to his return to the US in the spring of 1919. He talks about Armistice celebrations in the streets, life in the hospital, his leg injury, celebrating Christmas in the hospital and with a local family,...
Dates:
1908-1919
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.133
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This collections consists of Erma M. Brown's composition book for psychology while a student at the College of William and Mary. It contains class notes and/or textbook outlines.
Dates:
circa 1925
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ab19
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Account book, 1851-1860, of F. H. Brown, blacksmith.
Dates:
1851-1860
Collection
Identifier: MS 00025
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This accession contains letters, receipts, sermons, legal documents and other material related to the Brown family of Madison and Schoharie Counties in New York, and Fairfax County, Virginia. The bulk of the papers concern clergymen farmers Rev. Jesse Brown and his sons, the Rev. Joseph Brown and the Rev. Augustus Americus Brown. Most of the collection is made up of ephemera related to the Brown's farm, including the buying and selling of items for the family, selling timber from their land,...
Dates:
1836-1908
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Am2
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Account book, 1861-1866, of Dr. G. A. Brown which includes account book, 1865-1868, of Brown and Crawford, physicians, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Va. The volume contains a record, 1860-1861, of shipments made by E. M. Armstrong, commission merchants.
Dates:
1861-1868
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B845
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Papers, 1830-1921, of the Henry James Brown family. There is a biographical sketch of Henry James Brown an artist and Methodist clergyman, as well as sketches drawn by him and sermons written by him. The papers also are of other members of his family. Includes a cut-out valentine and a fold-out book of poems illustrated in water color both made by Mary A. Brown, sister of Henry James Brown; cut-out valentines and a bookmark made by Salina Brown Worsham; and correspondence between Salina...
Dates:
1830-1921
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 00083
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 bound letterbooks. One volume has letters from J. Willcox Brown to Ellen Turner Macfarland, and the other volume contains her letters to him.There is also a microfilm reel of the correspondence.
Dates:
1828-1867
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.068
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This collection is composed entirely of a scrapbook containing the correspondence of James 'Jimmy' W. Brown, Jr. while a student at the College of William and Mary from 1936-1937. He was a student at William and Mary from 1936-1940. The letters have been pasted into the scrapbook.
Dates:
1936-1937
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.134
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One letter from John Brown of Philadelphia to his brother, James Brown. The letter concerns life in the military. Brown describes the conduct of Benjamin Logan, Colonel of the Kentucky County, Virginia militia, the sale of Brown's property on Potts Creek in Virginia, and the possible resignation of General Arthur St. Clair from the army.
Dates:
1792 March 29
Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 85, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 00506
Content Description
Series of letters, bound into a black volume with gold embossing around its edge. The letters span from 1828- 1857 but the bulk of the letters are from 1830- 1833. Brown writes to an assortment of recipients and from varied places such as Petersburg, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. Topics in his letters include politics, Brown was a member of the House of Delegates for Virginia, love, business, and family affairs. One later letter laments the ill health of his...
Dates:
1828-1857; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1833
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Me1
Scope and Contents
An almanac for 1829 and the Virginia and North Carolina Almanac for 1832, bound together and used as a memorandum book by Samuel Brown, probably of Henrico County, Va. 90 pages.
Dates:
1829-1832
Collection
Identifier: SC 00825
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Diary of Samuel H. Brown (b. 1819) of Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts for the year 1864. Dates for accounts kept in the back of the book range from 1864-1869. In brief daily entries Brown mentions his work like planting, working on the hog house and other activities related to farm work. Most days he enters who he worked for and for how many hours. Each Sunday he went to a 'meeting at the Junction' which probably refers to church meetings. The back of the...
Dates:
1864-1869
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.088
Scope and Contents
One letter from Dabney Browne, a professor at the College of William and Mary, to G. Southall concerning the room and board for members of the Jones family. He states the Jones' would have to sleep in a room without a fireplace and sit in the family sitting room. The charge for board would be 120 dollars each, with a tuition fee of 20 dollars.
Dates:
1838 November 1
Collection
Identifier: SC 00146
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Consists of many family items relating to the Brown/ Browne family of Robert L. Browne, class of 1970, including: New Testament Bible written in Swedish bearing the name of Alma Louise Carlsson (Dec. 10,1875- Oct. 23, 1960) along with the date, 1890. An immigrant from Sweden, Alma was the mother of Helen L. Browne. Certificate of Naturalization presented to Leonard L. Bjornson, December 24, 1910. An immigrant from Sweden, Bjornson was the husband of Alma L. Carlson...
Dates:
1890-1945
Collection
Identifier: SC 00635
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1840-1842 of Mildred Stone Brown of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Mildred Stone Browne was born in October of 1820 to William Browne and Margaret Emily Stone. In 1846, Mildred Stone Brown married John Lawrence Mayre, who later became the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. In her diary, Mildred writes about the weather, events, and illnesses. She spends many of her days visiting and hosting family and friends. She attends weddings, engagement parties, social events, and goes on numerous...
Dates:
1840-1842
Collection
Identifier: SC 01539
Scope and Contents
Letters on Confederate States of America Executive Department stationery to Mary Taylor concerning rising rent on the house that Browne is renting from here in Richmond. In the first letter, Browne writes that he must decline to take the house for another year as Taylor has raised the rent and he believes that "$1500 is as much as [he] ought to pay." In the second letter, Browne writes that since Taylor did not reply to his first letter he "concluded that [she] had resolved to allow [him] to...
Dates:
1863 July 23; 1863 August 4
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Aa13
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Appraisement, 1837, of the personal property of [the estate of] Henry R. Browning of [Shenandoah County, Va. ?]
Dates:
1837
Collection
Identifier: SC 00822
Scope and Contents
Diary of Milton G. Brubaker (b. 1875) for the year 1902. At the time the diary was written, 1902, Brubaker was a Mennonite school teacher in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Brubaker begins every daily entry with a verse ("Time is the mighty leveler of all things" or "To do is better than to dream of air castles") and finishes each entry with the word "Now!"He writes about school, social activities, occurrences in the community, his courtship with Mary D. Huber and...
Dates:
1902
Collection
Identifier: MS 00060
Content Description
Collection is contained on 7 DVD's and 2 CD's. Titles of discs from creator are as follows: Pentagon Fire DVD 09-11-2001, President Bush Visits Pentagon, September 12, 2001, Exterior/ Interior Aerials of Pentagon Crash Site 09-14-2201, The Pentagon Power Point Presentation, News Media Coverage of Bruce H. Centner NEWS 13 9/9/2011, BS News 7 9/11/11, "At the Arc" Photo Collection, Charles Lindbergh, DRHS Welcomes, DRHS Signage.
Dates:
Other: 2001- 2011
Collection
Identifier: SC 00237
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This collection contains 16 letters written by Bruce Hildebrand, a Lieutenant in the 541st Military Intelligence Detachment,11th Armored Cavalry during the Vietnam War. The letters are addressed to his parents in Dayton, Ohio and were written between 1969 and 1970. Topics covered include his day-to-day activities, sports back home, descriptions of combat, and the mood of the officers.
Dates:
1969-1970
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.128
Scope and Contents
Material collected and created by William & Mary alumna Karla K. Bruno, ranging from 2007-2010 and related to the organizations 'Save the Wren Cross,' 'ShouldNicholBeRenewed.org,' and 'The Society for the College.' Also included are: copies of material related to the Department of Philosophy (2007), an interview with Gene Nichol on PBS's "What Matters" (January 2008; VHS tape) and a Fox News piece "Wren Cross" with Brit Hume (circa 2006-2007, VHS tapes.
Dates:
2007-2010
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ch7
Scope and Contents
Minute book, 1905-1914, of the Parish Aid Society of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.
Dates:
1905-1914
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ac18
Scope and Contents
Account book, 1832-1838, of [Bruton Parish] Episcopal Church with J[acob] C. Sheldon, treasurer.
Dates:
1832-1838
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 91 B38
Scope and Contents
Records of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.
Dates:
1662-[ongoing]; Majority of material found in 1900-2000
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV P2
Scope and Contents
Photograph album of Charles Page Bryan, U. S. Minister to Portugal containing black and white photographs and color postcards of Madeira and the Azores, calling cards, newspaper clippings, and a small amount of correspondence.
Dates:
1906
