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Brown family collection
Manuscripts
Collection of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera pertaining to the abolitionist John Brown and his family, compiled by his granddaughter Ella Towne. There are letters written by John Brown's sons, John, Jr., Jason, Oliver, Frederick, and Owen Brown, from Kansas in 1855 to 1856 to the family back in North Elba, New York; they are chiefly addressed to Ruth Brown Thompson. The letters discuss family matters, business pursuits, the move to Kansas Territory, and the political situation in Kansas. Also included are typescript copies of letters of Samuel Adair from Osawatomie July 1855 to February 1859 to T.H. Hand and Stephen Davis. There are also letters dealing with honoring John Brown's memory, including a letter from Gerrit Smith to Ruth Brown Thompson in 1874. Also included are ephemera, typescript articles, photographs, addresses, etc. There is also a scrapbook made by Ella J. Towne for her daughter, Adeline Clausen, in December 1945, sound recordings of the address by Dr. J. W. Shirley on John Brown delivered on May 9, 1943 and of a radio program at John Brown's grave on July 4th, 1943, views of the Jason and Owen Brown's Las Casitas homestead, and photographs of the ceremony of re-internment of John Brown's body in Lake Placid, New York, in 1899.
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Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: John Brown Collection
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A collection of photographs, prints and ephemera pertaining to abolitionist John Brown and his family. Images include portraits of Brown, his family members, supporters and other abolitionists; participants in the raid on Harper's Ferry and officials involved in Brown's trial; views of Harper's Ferry and buildings related to the raid; and views of Brown's grave and home in New York. There are also several views of Jason and Owen Brown's Las Casitas homestead in the mountains near Pasadena, California, and a scene of mourners gathered at Owen Brown's grave. The collection was compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), who was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and became a friend and supporter of John Brown. He also helped raise funds for Brown's family after John Brown's death, and was a friend to Brown's children Ruth, Jason and Owen, who moved to the Pasadena area in the 1880s. Rust was an early Pasadena resident and booster, as well as a U.S. Indian agent, collector of archeological artifacts and horticulturist. A few additional items in the collection were acquired from other sources and transferred to the collection at various times.
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John Brown Collection
Visual Materials
A collection of photographs, prints and ephemera pertaining to abolitionist John Brown and his family. Images include portraits of Brown, his family members, supporters and other abolitionists; participants in the raid on Harper's Ferry and officials involved in Brown's trial; views of Harper's Ferry and buildings related to the raid; and views of Brown's grave and home in New York. There are also several views of Jason and Owen Brown's Las Casitas homestead in the mountains near Pasadena, California, and a scene of mourners gathered at Owen Brown's grave. The collection was compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), who was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and became a friend and supporter of John Brown. He also helped raise funds for Brown's family after John Brown's death, and was a friend to Brown's children Ruth, Jason and Owen, who moved to the Pasadena area in the 1880s. Rust was an early Pasadena resident and booster, as well as a U.S. Indian agent, collector of archeological artifacts and horticulturist.
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Photographs and artifacts
Manuscripts
Contains photographs, mostly later prints, of Gilmor Brown with others, in portraits, and in various roles Also includes two photographs from Brown's casting file. Also includes framed autograph of Francesca Janaushek, 1889, presented to Brown by actor Daniel Reed; buttons, tie clip, and shell (7 pieces); wallet and checkbook; Gilmor Brown Memorial plaque; and two sets of Crane's engraved bookplates, 50 plates each, with Brown's name on them.
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Ford Madox Brown correspondence
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A collection of letters related to Ford Madox Brown; the majority of which are addressed to Brown or his wife, Emma Hill Brown. Although the correspondence spans a twenty-two-year period, the vast majority of the letters were written between November and December of 1874. The Brown's only son, Oliver Madox Brown, died in 1874 at the age of nineteen, and the majority of the correspondence relates to his passing and the family's grief over his loss. Correspondents include George Price Boyce, Moncure Daniel Conway, Thomas Gordon Hake, William John Hennessy, Alfred J. Hipkins, Philip Bourke Marston, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti, Frederic Shields and Frederic George Stephens.
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Ford Madox Brown correspondence
Manuscripts
A collection of letters related to Ford Madox Brown; the majority of which are addressed to Brown or his wife, Emma Hill Brown. Although the correspondence spans a twenty-two-year period, the vast majority of the letters were written between November and December of 1874. The Brown's only son, Oliver Madox Brown, died in 1874 at the age of nineteen, and the majority of the correspondence relates to his passing and the family's grief over his loss. Correspondents include George Price Boyce, Moncure Daniel Conway, Thomas Gordon Hake, William John Hennessy, Alfred J. Hipkins, Philip Bourke Marston, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti, Frederic Shields and Frederic George Stephens.
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