Joseph E. Brown Papers, 1858-1930.

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894.
Abstract:

Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was the governor of Georgia between 1857 and 1865 and a United States senator from 1880 to 1891.

The collection contains clippings and genealogical data, 1927-1930, pertaining to the family of Joseph Emerson Brown including material on the Spalding and Connally families and from his wife, Elizabeth Grisham Brown; a few pictures; and mimeographed copies of seven letters, 1858-1861, from Reverend Joseph Brown of Tennessee to Joseph E. Brown, chiefly giving family information.

Extent:
2 items
Language:
Materials in English

Background

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was the governor of Georgia between 1857 and 1865 and a United States senator from 1880 to 1891.

Scope and content:

The collection contains clippings and genealogical data, 1927-1930, pertaining to the family of Joseph Emerson Brown including material on the Spalding and Connally families and from his wife, Elizabeth Grisham Brown; a few pictures; and mimeographed copies of seven letters, 1858-1861, from Reverend Joseph Brown of Tennessee to Joseph E. Brown, chiefly giving family information.

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Jordan, February 2011

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Joseph E. Brown Papers, #1183-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765