J.V. Brower autobiographical sketch

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J.V. Brower autobiographical sketch

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Notebook containing a brief autobiography. Notebook covers his life from his ancestors through March 1, 1902. Contains a cover letter explaining the document dated February 28, 1902. The work includes information about the people he worked with and field notes about geology, archaeology, and anthropology of the area. Notebook mentions Elmer Blackman, Pedro de Castañeda de N'ajera, George Catlin, Francisco V'asquez de Coronado, Frederick Webb Hodge, William Eugene Stanley, Newton Horace Winchell.

13 p.

eng, Latn

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908328

Cornell University Library

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Stanley, William Eugene, 1844-1910

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