Edward F. Brown papers, 1915-1962.

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Edward F. Brown papers, 1915-1962.

Primarily business and political papers relating to Brown's association with Emil Holmes and the American Security Alliance Organization in Minneapolis, including Holmes' letters and speeches (1940s-1950s); correspondence with state and national political figures and pamphlets and leaflets relating to presidential and state election campaigns (1928-1956); sheet music used in the 1936 presidential campaign of the Union Party, of which both Brown and Holmes were officers. Four letters (1915-1916) written by Brown to his parents describe his work as minister of a mission church at Fond du Lac, Minnesota.

2.5 cu. ft. (6 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6727208

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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