Joseph E. and Elizabeth Grisham Brown papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph E. and Elizabeth Grisham Brown papers
Creator: Brown, Elizabeth Grisham, 1826-1897
Inclusive Dates: 1847-1951
Bulk Dates: 1868-1871
Language(s): English
Extent: 15.2 Linear Feet (23 document boxes, 1 half box, 4 oversized boxes, 1 flat box)
Collection Number: ms85
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894), lawyer, Georgia Governor (1857-1865), son of Mackey and Sally Rice Brown, married Elizabeth Grisham, daughter of Joseph and Mary L. Grisham. Parents of Julius L. Brown, Mary Virginia Brown, Joseph M. Brown, Franklin P. Brown, Elijah A. Brown, Charles M. Brown, Sally Eugenia Brown, and George M. Brown.

For more information, see the article Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the Joseph E. and Elizabeth Grisham Brown family of Cherokee County, Georgia from 1847-1951. The papers consists of correspondence, genealogical notes, photographs, and scrapbooks. The bulk of the correspondence (1866-1884), contains family letters to and from Joseph E. Brown; his wife, Elizabeth Grisham Brown; her parents Joseph Grisham and Mary L. Grisham; the Brown children, Mary V. Brown (Connally), Franklin Pierce Brown; and other relatives including uncle James Steele and cousin Mary E. Maxwell. The scrapbooks (46) contain a variety of materials including newsclippings and ephemera, some relating to Brown's political career, kept by various members of the Brown family.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Joseph E. and Elizabeth Grisham Brown papers, ms85, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Mary Connally Spalding and Elizabeth Grisham Spalding Sheffield in 1946-1959

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 April 2.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Genealogy

 

1	2	Correspondence, 1847-1859
		Toombs, Stephens, Cobb letters here Photostats of letters of Jos. Brown of Tennessee

 

1	3	Correspondence, 1860-1867
		Typescripts of parole; letter to Pres. Johnson

 

1	4	Correspondence, 1861-1864
		Photostats of correspondence with Govs. Letscher of Virginia, and Vance of North Carolina.

 

1	5	Correspondence, 1868
		Letters to Frank, and others.

 

1	6	Correspondence, 1869
		More Letters to Frank, and others.

 

1	7	Correspondence, 1870
		More Letters to Frank, and others. Stephens to Frank, September & October

 

1	8	Correspondence, 1871
		More Letters to Frank, and others.

 

1	9	Correspondence, 1873-1879
		General correspondence.

 

1	10	Correspondence, 1880-1883
		General correspondence.

 

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General Correspondence, 1884 - 1885

 

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General Correspondence, 1890 - 1939

 

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General Correspondence, 1940 - 1945

 

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General Correspondence, 1946 - 1951

 

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General Correspondence, Undated

 

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Photographs, Clippings, Printed Material, 1875 - 1920

 

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Photograph Atlanta, Ga. Trust Co. of Georgia (West Peachtree office)

 

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Photograph Brown, Elizabeth Grisham

 

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Photograph Brown, Joseph E.

 

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Photograph Brown, Julius

 

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Photograph Canton, Ga. Brown Park

 

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Photograph Civil War. Scenes of War and Peace Along the W. & A. Great Kennesaw Route

 

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Photograph Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College

 

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Photograph Milledgeville, Ga. Fort (Tomlinson) Home

 

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Photograph Milledgeville, Ga. Governors Mansion

 

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Photograph Milledgeville, Ga. Harrison Home

 

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Photograph Milledgeville, Ga. Root Home

 

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Photograph Negatives

 

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Miscellaneous Cards

 

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Printed Material

 

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Newspaper Clippings

 

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Printed Material

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notebook 1 - "Studies in Georgia History"

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notebook 2 - "Edwin S. Pressey" and correspondence

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notebook 3 - Duplicate copy of #2

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notebook 4 - Newspaper clippings and Pictures

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notebook 5 - Notes on Georgia history; A. H. Stephens and others

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notebook 6 - Clippings re A. H. Stephens

 

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Mary Conally Spalding - Notes

 

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Notebook, 1853, 1854, and 1855

 

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Notebook, 1856 - 1859

 

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Notebook, 1857 - 1859

 

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Journal, 1857-1866

 

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Journal, 1857 - 1859

 

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Journal, 1860 - 1861

 

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Journal, 1861

 

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Journal, 1861 - 1865

 

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Journal, 1868

 

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Journal, 1867, 1867, 1868 - 1872

 

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Scrabook No. 12, 1860's to 1871 - 72

 

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Scrabook No. 13, 1860's to early 1870's

 

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Scrabook No. 14, 1871 - 72, 1977

 

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Scrabook No. 15, 1875 - 1878

 

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Scrabook No. 16, 1867 - 1870's

 

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Scrabook No. 18, 1870's

 

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Journal, No. 20, 1879 - 1880

 

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Journal, No. 21, 1880

 

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Scrapbooks (22 - 24), 1880

 

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Journal, No. 25, 1880 - 1882

 

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Journal, No. 26, 1881 - 1882

 

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Journal, No. 27, 1881 - 1882

 

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Journal, No. 28, 1880 - 87, 1890s, 1915, 1933

 

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Journal, No. 29, 1882

 

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Journal, No. 30, 1881

 

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Journal, No. 31, 1882 - 1883

 

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Scrapbooks (32 - 34), 1882 - 1884

 

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Scrapbooks (35 - 36)

 

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Journal, 1884 - 1885

 

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Journal,No. 38, 1885 - 1886

 

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Journal No. 39 , 1885

 

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Journal No. 40, 1885

 

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Journal No. 41

 

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Journal No. 42, 1886 April 1 to Jul 10

 

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Journal No. 43, 1888

 

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Journal No. 44, 1888

 

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Journal No. 45, 1889 - 1890

 

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Scrapbooks ( 46 - 48), 1890 - 1892

 

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Journal No. 49, 1889 - 1891

 

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Journal No. 50, 1894

 

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Journal No. 51, 1894 - 1896

 

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Journal No. 54, 1920's - 30's

 

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Ceramic wall plaque: Old State Capital, Milledgeville, GA