George W. Brown Papers
name: label: Civil engineer
content: Brown, George W.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
place: label: Place
content: Nicaragua.
topic: label: Topic
content: Canals
label: Topic
content: Civil engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mabel L. West, niece of George W. Brown, March 1963.
creator: label: Civil engineer
content: Brown, George W.
setName: label: See more items in
content: George W. Brown Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers relating to the work of civil engineer George Williams Brown including a logbook, photograph album, and correspondence.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897-1935
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center form the Division of Work and Industry, February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1527
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Typescripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Typescripts
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Papers relate to the work of civil engineer George Williams Brown.  Among the materials is a one hundred-and thirty-three-page logbook of his trip to Nicaragua dating from 1897-1898. There are also letters from Brown to his family primarily discussing his work, especially in Nicaragua and at the Dry Tortugas during 1897. In addition, there is a photograph album created by Brown dating from 1898 and his later description of it in 1935.  The papers are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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