Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941

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

Biographical Note

• 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)