Brown papers, 1876-1914 (bulk 1879-1882).

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Brown papers, 1876-1914 (bulk 1879-1882).

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Personal letters written by James K. Brown to his wife, Olive which offer little in the way of description about life in Arizona. There is also one letter from Quintus Monier to his family in 1921. Also present is a scrapbook kept by Elsie Siewart with clippings about the Monier and Siewart families. There is also biographical material about the Brown family, Mulford and Clarissa Winsor, and their daughter, Eleanor Winsor Davis.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417613

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Siewart, Elsie.

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Winsor, Mulford, 1874-1956

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Editor, publisher and politician; established the Yuma Sun newspaper in 1896; worked on the Tucson Citizen from 1901 to 1903, the Phoenix Enterprise from 1903 to 1905, established the Yuma Morning Sun in 1905, then worked on the Daily Globe from 1907 to 1910. Active in politics, he was appointed Arizona's first historian in 1909, held many posts in territorial and state government, and was appointed state librarian in 1932, a position he held until his death in 1956. He was married to Clarissa W...

Brown, James Kilroy, 1849-1922.

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Pioneer rancher and Pima County sheriff; Brown married Olive Letitia Stephenson in 1879 and they moved to Sahuarita where they ran the Sahuarita Ranch as a stagecoach station and post office until 1890. Their first daughter, Clarissa later married Mulford Winsor. Their son, J.K. Brown, Jr. married Elsie Siewert Brown. Elsie was a sister to Edith Monier, wife of Quintus Monier who founded Tucson Pressed Brick Co., was mayor of Tucson, and built San Augustine Cathedral among other local buildings....

Brown family.

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Monier family.

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