Joseph Stanley-Brown papers, 1730-1941 (bulk 1890-1899).
- 2,000 items. 9 1 containers, plus oversize. 3.6 linear feet.
- Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Family Papers, circa 1730-1941; Series 2: Agency Files, 1817-1912; Series 3: Arbitral Files, 1853-1893; Series 4: Superintendency Files, circa 1845-1899; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1745-circa 1914.
Open to research.
Correspondence, reports, briefs, notes, family papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Stanley-Brown's service as private secretary to Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester Alan Arthur, work in connection with the arbitration between the U.S. and Great Britain over sealing in the Bering Sea and on the Pribilof Islands, and tenure as a superintendent in Alaska for the North American Commercial Company. Also includes material pertaining to Stanley-Brown's family and to his genealogical studies. Individuals represented in the papers include Henry Wood Elliott, John Watson Foster, George Kennan, Robert Lansing, H.H. McIntyre, and Thomas C. Mendenhall.
Broadsides Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. transferred to Pictorial materials and photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to Some maps Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. transferred to
Presidential secretary, civil servant, and banker.
Collection material in English, with Russian. Much of the collection is written in shorthand.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012115
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Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930. Foster, John Watson, 1836-1917. Garfield, James A. 1831-1881. Kennan, George, 1845-1924. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928. McIntyre, H. H. 1844-1906. Mendenhall, Thomas C. 1841-1924. Brown family. Stanley family. Stanley-Brown family.
North American Commercial Company.
Arbitration (International law) Sealing--Alaska--Pribilof Islands. Sealing--Bering Sea.
Alaska--History. Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.