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

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)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. James A. Garfield family papers, series III, 1859-1990. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
creatorOf Joseph Stanley-Brown Papers, 1730-1941, (bulk 1890-1899) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941. Papers, 1874-ca. 1930. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. James A. Garfield family papers, 1855-1938. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947. Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown papers, 1881-1967. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. person
associatedWith Brown family. family
associatedWith Brown family. family
associatedWith Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930. person
associatedWith Foster, John Watson, 1836-1917. person
associatedWith Garfield family. family
associatedWith Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. person
associatedWith Kennan, George, 1845-1924. person
associatedWith Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928. person
associatedWith McIntyre, H. H. person
associatedWith McIntyre, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1844-1906. person
associatedWith Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924. person
associatedWith North American Commercial Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Stanley-Brown family. family
associatedWith Stanley-Brown family. family
associatedWith Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947. person
associatedWith Stanley family. family
associatedWith Stanley family. family
Place Name Admin Code Country
Bering Sea
Alaska
United States
Alaska
Alaska--Pribilof Islands
United States
Great Britain
Great Britain
Subject
Arbitration (International law)
Sealing
Sealing
Sealing
Occupation
Bankers
Civil servants
Secretaries, Presidential
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Birth 1858

Death 1941

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