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Finding Aid for the Lucius P. Brown Papers, 1856-1898


MS-0252

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 19, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Lucius P. Brown Papers

Date/Date Range :   1856-1898

Extent: 3.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence, record books, memoranda, printed material, and other records concerning the Spring Hill and Melrose plantations in Tennessee from 1856 to 1898.

Call number: MS-0252

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This material was donated to the Special Collections Library by Lucius P. Brown and his heirs between 1935 and 1943.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Lucius P. Brown Papers, MS-0252. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of three boxes.


Biography / History

Lucius Polk Brown was born in Maury, Tennessee, to Campbell (1843-1893) and Susan Rebecca Polk (1847-1922) Brown on August 1, 1867. He was married twice: once to Jesse Roberts (1871-1897) on January 30, 1895 and once to Susan Massie (1871- ) on December 12, 1903. Brown managed a well-known family farm, Ewell Farm, and two plantations, Spring Hill and Melrose, for many years.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains correspondence, record books, memoranda, printed material, and other records concerning the Spring Hill and Melrose plantations in Tennessee from 1856 to 1898. Interested researchers may also wish to consult UTK-MS-0628: Lucius P. Brown Herd Records, 1856-1916 and UTK-MS-2421: The Lucius Brown Journal, 1921.

Subject Terms

  • Horses -- Breeding -- Tennessee.
  • Cattle -- Breeding -- Tennessee.
  • Dairy products industry -- United States.
  • Farm management -- Tennessee.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   A    
Correspondence File (with calendar), 1869-1874
Box   1     Folder   B    
Correspondence File, 1875-1880
Box   1     Folder   C    
Correspondence File, 1881-1894
Box   1     Folder   D    
Photographs and Cuts, undated
Box   1     Folder   E    
Photographs, undated
Box   1     Folder   F    
Campbell Brown diary of trips to Mississippi and South Carolina from Spring Hill and other memoranda, 1868-1879
Box   1     Folder   G    
Dairy and farm accounts touching Spring Hill and Melrose plantations, 1868-1871
Box   1     Folder   H    
Dairy record of farming operations, 1869
Box   1     Folder   I    
Record of cotton picking, slaves and other items concerning Melrose in Mississippi, 1856-1870
Box   1     Folder   J    
General memorandum book, pedigrees, recipes, stock purchases, sales, etc., 1879
Box   2     Folder   A    
Printed material--Herd catalogues, butter tests, pedigrees, etc., undated
Box   2     Folder   B    
Correspondence--butter testing, cattle, etc., undated
Box   2     Folder   C    
Miscellaneous correspondence, cattle, undated
Box   2     Folder   D    
Miscellaneous correspondence, horses, undated
Box   3      
Other Papers, 1889-1896

Scope Note:
  1. Folders A-H contain correspondence and material concerning horses; pedigrees, track performances, breeding, etc.
  2. Oversize: Dairy, sales, and memoranda. Begins 1889. Latest entry, 1896.