Prentiss Marsh Brown papers, 1902-1973.

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Prentiss Marsh Brown papers, 1902-1973.

Correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, political and legislative files, and business and legal records; include material concerning New Deal legislation especially banking and taxation bills, the politics of the Second World War, the elections of 1938, 1940, and 1942, the administration of the Office of Price Administration in 1943, and the campaign to build a bridge across the Mackinac Straits; and papers concerning business and personal affairs, particularly interests in ferry transportation across. Mackinac Straits and the operation of the Arnold Transit Company; also photographs.

28 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7360520

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