Box 1
Container
Contains 4 Results:
parts and undated letters in order of envelopes 1-5
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Items 1-90
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...
Dates:
1827-1958
Memorandum book with misc items,. including Brown names, etc.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 91
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...
Dates:
1827-1958
newspaper clippings about C. A. Brown, Rincon
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Items 92-96
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...
Dates:
1827-1958
letters
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Items 97-161
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...
Dates:
1827-1958