W. Vance Brown and Family Collection
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| Title | W. Vance Brown and Family Collection |
| Creator | W. Vance Brown |
| Alt. Creator | W. Vance Brown Family |
| Subject |
Keyword : Brown, John (1772-1845) ; Brown, William J. (1803-1884) ; Brown, William Caleb ; Brown, Samuel S. ; Brown, John Evans (1827 -1894) ; Brown, W. Vance ; "Forty-Niners" ; Zealandia |
| Subject |
LCSH : Brown, John, 1772-1845 Brown, John Evans, 1827 -1894 Brown, Samuel S. Brown, W. Vance Brown, William J., 1803-1884 Brown, William Caleb California -- Gold discoveries -- Sources |
| Description | This group of items concerns four generations of the Brown family, who at one time or another lived in western North Carolina. They are: John Brown (1772-1845); his son William J. Brown (1803-1884); his sons William Caleb Brown, Samuel S. Brown, and John Evans Brown (1827-1894); and John Evans Brown's son, W. Vance Brown. Items include pamphlets, memoirs and deeds. Many items are photocopies of original documents. |
| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Contributor | Mr. Carson Foard ; Southern Highlands Research Center |
| Date original | |
| Date digital | 2001-04-22 |
| Type | Collection ; Text |
| Format | 1 folder ; 8 items |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/brown/default_brown_vance.html |
| Source | M79.10.1 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | W. Vance Brown Collection in the North Carolina State Archives (28 pages) |
| Coverage temporal | 1772-1979 |
| Coverage spatial | Western North Carolina |
| Rights |
Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey
Library,
Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
| Donor | Donor number 64 |
| Acquisition | 1979-06-01 |
| Citation | W. Vance Brown and Family Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 1979 and 2001, 2005-12-05 JW |
| ITEM LIST | ||
| M79.10.1 | 1 | Pamphlet: "John Evans Brown Memorial Foundation" |
| 2 | Pamphlet: "Speech made by Mr. John Evans Brown at Merrivale when standing for election...," Christchurch, New Zealand, Nov. 1, 1881 | |
| 3 | Printed booklet, Memoirs of a Forty-Niner (1907): the transcript of a diary of a trip by John Evans Brown from Asheville to the California gold fields transcribed by his daughter Kate E. Blood.; [POOR CONDITION: USE SHOULD BE DIRECTLY SUPERVISED BY STAFF MEMBERS] | |
| 4 | Typed transcript of a diary of John Brown of Lewiston, Pennsylvania, 1794-95, who came to North Carolina representing a syndicate of land speculators from Pennsylvania (31 pp.) Transcription probably by daughter Kate E. Blood. | |
| 5 | One photocopy of this transcript. | |
| 6 | One photocopy of this transcript. | |
| 7 | Inventory of the W. Vance Brown Collection in the North Carolina State Archives (28 pp.) | |
| 8 | Photocopy of a typed transcript of a grant to William Cathcart, Burke County, 1796 (2 pp.) | |
| 9 | Photocopy of a typed transcript of a grant to William Cathcart, Burke County, 1796 (3 pp.) | |