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from MM to "pa" Dr. Brown lossing 5 years of claims, etc., 9.30.1883

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Item 41

Scope and Content

From the Collection: This collection is mainly comprised of personal correspondence between Dr. Charles A. Brown and his wife, Maggie Brown, during their separations as he tried his hand at mining in the west, leaving her in Virginia. Additional letters reflect Maggie's move to the west and efforts to maintain ties to her family in the east. Letters tell of mining and frontier life in such places as Bonanza, Colorado, economic conditions of the time, health problems of the era, the deaths of six children, and other family details. Many of these letters are included in the unpublished manuscript entitled "Whistling in the Wind," which is also included in the collection, and was written by Mildred Holman and Mary Augusta Brown, also known as Mary Brown Gose, daughter of Dr. Charles A. and Maggie Brown.

Additional items in the collection include diplomas and licenses to practice medicine in various places granted to Dr. Charles A. Brown, receipts for basic goods, for pharmaceutical products, business cards, land sales records, bank receipts (which provide the option of making deposits in currency, gold, or silver), tax records from Doña Ana County, prescriptions written by Dr. Brown, letters from friends, and two wallets, one which contained old photographs of the Browns' youngest child, Mary Augusta, and two locks of hair referred to in letters and perhaps taken from Maggie Brown and her first child, Mattie.

Dates

  • 9.30.1883

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 box (1 cu. ft.) + 1 oversized folder

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451