Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941

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Secretary to James Garfield who married the president's daughter, Mollie, in 1888. He also served as stenographer to Maj. John W. Powell on a geologic survey of the Rocky Mountains, and as a member of the Bering Sea Arbitration Commission.

From the description of Papers, 1874-ca. 1930. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17383238

Presidential secretary, civil servant, and banker.

From the description of Joseph Stanley-Brown papers, 1730-1941 (bulk 1890-1899). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455034

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1858, Aug. 19 Born Joseph Stanley Brown (later changed to Joseph Stanley-Brown), Washington, D.C. 1866 1876 Educated in Washington, D.C., public schools 1876 1880 Stenographer to John Wesley Powell, director of the Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region 1878 1881 Secretary to James A. Garfield 1881 1882 Private secretary to Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester Alan Arthur 1882 1885 Civil servant, U.S. Geological Survey 1885 1888 Studied geology, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1888 Married Mary Garfield, daughter of the assassinated president 1888 1889 Assistant geologist, U.S. Geological Survey 1891 1893 Special agent, Treasury Department, investigating seal life on Pribilof Islands 1892 Secretary to Bering Sea Joint Commission 1893 Secretary to American commissioners in attendance on the Fur Seal Tribunal of Arbitration, Paris, France 1893 1932 Editor, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 1894 1899 Superintendent, North American Commercial Co., and leaseholder of sealing rights in Pribilof Islands 1899 1902 Assistant secretary, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railway systems, New York, N.Y. 1902 1904 Assistant to the president, Long Island Railroad Co., William H. Baldwin 1905 1914 Manager, railroad department, Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, N.Y. 1915 1929 Partner, Robinson & Co., New York, N.Y. 1941, Nov. 2 Died, Pasadena, Calif. From the guide to the Joseph Stanley-Brown Papers, 1730-1941, (bulk 1890-1899), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Arbitration (International law)

Sealing

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Alaska

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Great Britain

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Bering Sea

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Alaska

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Alaska--Pribilof Islands

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