Joseph Mackey Brown papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Mackey Brown papers
Creator: Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932
Creator: Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931
Inclusive Dates: 1843-1926
Language(s): English
Extent: 2.4 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 2 oversized boxes)
Collection Number: ms27a
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Joseph M. Brown (1851-1932), railroad executive, Georgia Governor (1909-1911; 1912-1913), son of Joseph E. and Elizabeth Grisham Brown, born in Cherokee County, Georgia.

For more information, see the article Joseph M. Brown (1851-1932) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Julius L. Brown (1848-1910) was the son of Joseph E. Brown and brother of Joseph M. Brown. He received an A.B in 1868 and an A.M. in 1869 from the University of Georgia and a B.L. from the Harvard College Law Department. -- "Brown, Julius L., b. 1848." University of Georgia Centennial Alumni Catalog. http://dlg.galib.uga.edu/centennialcatalog/html (Retrieved June 26, 2009)

Scope and Content

The collection consists of personal and business correspondence, legal papers, writings, letterbooks, and other miscellaneous items. The bulk of this material deals with family lawsuits concerning the estates of Joseph E. Brown (father of Joseph M.) and Julius L. Brown (brother of Joseph M.). Box 1 includes letters written by Joseph M. Brown (1909-1926, mainly drafts and typescripts) Theodore Roosevelt, Hoke Smith,S. V. Sanfor, and Thomas Watson. Also in this box are a few of Brown's writings on military history of the Civil War, as well as his views on labor unions. Box 2 consists of legal documents and correspondence to and from other people, including other Brown family members. Boxes 3 and 4 contain letterbooks of Julius L. Brown and cover the periods 1894-1895 and 1908-1910.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Joseph Mackey Brown papers, ms27a, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Conditions Governing Use

Portions of this collection are in the Public Domain. No Copyright – United States: Collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 March 18.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related materials available in the following collections of this repository: Joseph Mackey Brown papers, ms27.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Joseph M. Brown papers, 1902-1926
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1	1	Draft letter to the General Assembly re. Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1909 June 28
1	2	Draft letter to Mary Connally re. Joseph E. Brown Company and disposition of properties, 1921 February 16
1	3	Draft letter to N. E. Harris, Board of Trustees, Georgia School of Technology, re. Joseph E. Brown Company, circa 1922 March
1	4	Draft letter to Mary Connally, 1922 June 24
1	5	Letter re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1922 June 24
1	6	Draft letter re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1922 June 24
1	7	Memorandum re. the Will of Julius Brown, 1922 November 9
1	8	Letter to J. A. Buchanan, 1923 April 3
1	9	Letter to Mary Connally re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1923 July 7
1	10	Letter re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1923 July 7
1	11	Letter to Mary Connally, 1923 July 11
1	12	Draft letter re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1924 August 27
1	13	Draft letter to Thomas Jeffries re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1925 January 28
1	14	Draft letter re. Joseph E. Brown Compay, 1926 February
1	15	Draft letter re. Joseph E. Brown Company, undated
1	16	Draft letter to Sally, undated
1	17	Drafts re. American Federation of Labor, William Jennings Bryan, undated
1	18	Re. Joseph E. Brown Company and estate of Julius L. Brown, Undated
1	19	Letter to George re. Joseph E. Brown Company, Undated
1	20	Mostly re. Joseph E. Brown Company, undated fragments
1	21	Thank you note from Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 August 29
1	22	Letter from S.V. Sanford, 1917 July 12
1	23	Letter from Hoke Smith re. Atlanta & Savannah Railway, 1902 September 10
1	24	Letter from Thomas Watson, 1909 February 29
1	25	Letter from Thomas Watson, 1911 July 13
1	26	Empty envelopes
1	27	Printed material
			Includes Julius L. Brown biography; train timetable Marietta to Atlanta; Officers, Directors and Standing Committees of the Second Baptist Church (Atlanta, 1876); charter to incorporate Georgia Home Insurance Company and Oglethorpe Insurance Company of Savannah (1877)
1	28	Will, Julius L. Brown
1	29	Writings by Joseph M. Brown and others
			Includes copies of correspondence from the destruction of the Western & Atlantic Railroad from Kennesaw Mountain in 1864; draft re. labor unions and mine workers

 

2. Brown family papers, 1843-1923
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2	1	Letter, William Darry re. Phi Delta Society at Oglethorpe University, 1843
2	2	Letter, Charles Campbell re. Phi Delta Society, Oglethorpe University, 1849
2	3	Letter, William H. Stiles re. Phi Delta Society, Oglethorpe University, 1853
2	4	Letter, Joseph B. Cumming re. Phi Delta Society, Oglethorpe University, 1860
2	5	1873
2	6	Letter, Marcus Feld to Joseph M. Brown, 1874
2	7	Letter, W. B. Wynne, 1877
2	8	Letter, R. J. Moses, 1879
2	9	Indenture, Ormond Grove, Atlanta, Ga. tract on Crew Street, 1883
2	10	1884
2	11	1885
2	12	Letters re. W & A Railroad Company and George N. Barnard Photographic View of the Sherman Campaign, 1886
2	13	1887
2	14	1888
2	15	Letter, Georgia Mining Manufacturing and Investment Company, 1889
2	16	Letter, Georgia Mining Manufacturing and Investment Company; Certificate of interest Western and Atlantic Rail Road Company, 1890
2	17	William Walters et al vs. Western & Atlantic Railroad Company, 1891?
2	18	Letter, Blanche Kell re. a key to safe on the Alabama (ship), 1892
2	19	Home insurance policy, 1893
2	20	Trust deed, 1894
2	21	Correspondence and legal documents - some re. Georgia Mining Manufacturing and Investment Company, 1895
2	22	Georgia Mining Manufacturing and Investment Company, 1896
2	23	1897
2	24	Letter, George Brown, 1898
2	25	1899
2	26	Estate of Joseph E. Brown, 1900
2	27	1901
2	28	1902
2	29	1903
2	30	1904
2	31	Estate of Joseph E. Brown, 1905 January-April
2	32	1905 May-December
2	33	1906
2	34	Letters re. Joseph E. Brown Company, 1907
2	35	1909
2	36	1910
2	37	1911
2	38	1912
2	39	1913
2	40	1914
2	41	1917
2	42	1921
2	43	1922
2	44	1923
2	45	undated

 

3. Julius L. Brown letterbooks

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Letterbook, 1894-1895

Includes copies of correspondence on a variety of topics including railroads, legal and financial matters, Freemasons, convicts, estate of Joseph E. Brown

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Letterbook, 1908-1910

Correspondence on various topics including 1908 election