Brown, Clawson, and Parvin family papers, 1739-1978 (bulk 1885-1941).

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Brown, Clawson, and Parvin family papers, 1739-1978 (bulk 1885-1941).

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The collection includes correspondence, clippings, documents, and ephemera, most of which relate to Zimiri Parvin, James Nassau Brown, Mamie Parvin Brown, Vivian Z. Brown, and Verne Clawson Brown. There are also some materials on the Sutton, Taylor, Clawson, and Price families, all related by marriage to the Parvins and Browns. Included are: musical compositions by Zimiri Parvin, letters from James Nassau Brown to his wife Mamie, a biographical article by Doris Huffman (1976), diplomas and certificates, high school yearbooks, a pocket diary of Josephine Taylor Sutton containing recipes, a program for a banquet honoring Susan B. Anthony in Salem in 1900, a Taylor family history document from the late 18th century, a group of baggage tags from hotels, and a collection of bank notes from the early 19th century. Among James Nassau Brown's letters is one of 1903 from Salem describing a typhoid epidemic.

1 cubic foot (1 document case, 1 oversize folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7883682

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Brown, Mamie Parvin

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Clawson family.

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Brown, Verne Clawson.

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Brown, Walter Zimiri.

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Huffman, Doris, 1921-

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Brown, Vivian Z.

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Parvin, Zimiri Mullin, 1845-1921.

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