C. A. Brown Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-277
Scope and Content
Collection includes photographs of Dr. Charles A. Brown, his wife Maggie Keller Brown, and their children (portraits, informal groups and family outings, children with pets). Also includes one photograph captioned "Dan Keller at Keller family reunion" in Virginia. This photograph was donated by Byrd Gibbens. Other photos show the family homes in Virginia, and views, businesses, and other buildings in New Mexico and Colorado. Many types of photographic formats are represented: stereographs, tintypes, cabinet cards, snapshots, and photos mounted on album pages; some prints are badly faded. Unusual subjects include a man operating a railroad handcar, woman horseback riding sidesaddle, the post office at Rincon, N.M.
The Keller Family Reunion Photograph (PICT 988-032-001) was added to this collection in November 2009.
The Keller Family Reunion Photograph (PICT 988-032-001) was added to this collection in November 2009.
Dates
- 1870-1937
Creator
- Brown, C. A. (Charles A.), 1848-1930 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of materials allowed for research purposes in most cases. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Dr. Charles A. Brown, graduate of Virginia Medical College, was a physician from Virginia who migrated west in the mid- to late 1800s to seek his fortune in mining. Throughout his time as a frontiersman in both Bonanza, Colorado and Rincon, New Mexico (among other western towns), Brown managed to eke out a living at various professions, including medicine, mining, ranching and livestock raising, working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as surgeon and clerk, and always looking for a plan to get-rich-quick. Dr. Charles A. Brown is mentioned as one of the few doctors located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico (in Rincon, specifically) in 1884 by Ralph Emerson Twitchell.
Extent
uncounted items (1 box) : uncounted photographs
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes photographs of Dr. Charles A. Brown, his wife Maggie Keller Brown, and their children.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Photographs were separated from the C. A. Brown Papers.
General
Contact Information
- University of New Mexico
- MSC05 3020, 1, University of New Mexico
- Center for Southwest Research
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- Phone: 505-277-7173
- Fax:
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr
Processing Information
The Keller Family Reunion Photograph (PICT 988-032-001) was added to this collection in November 2009.
- Bridgewater (Va.)
- Brown, C. A. (Charles A.), 1848-1930
- Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Children and animals -- Pictorial works
- Frontier and pioneer life
- General stores -- New Mexico
- Horsemanship
- Keller family
- Keller, Dan
- Physicians -- New Mexico
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)
- Rincon Valley (N.M.)
- Stereographs
- Tintype
Creator
- Brown, C. A. (Charles A.), 1848-1930 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the C. A. Brown Photograph Collection, 1870-1937
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2006, 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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
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