John W. Browne Collection
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) -- History
Description: This collection contains correspondence, receipts, resolutions, financial documents, and miscellaneous items pertaining to John Browne's mission to secure donations of money and books for Miami University.
Notes: John W. Browne Collection, The Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Photocopying allowed on an item-by-item basis at the discretion of the staff of The Walter Havighurst Special Collections.

Stokes, Samuel; gift; 1937.

A native of Bristol, England, the Reverend John W. Browne was editor of the Cincinnati weekly newspaper, Liberty Hall.  In 1810, Browne was appointed as missionary to solicit and receive donations for Miami University.  Riding on horseback, Browne traveled East from his congregation at Paddy's Run in Butler County, Ohio on January 4, 1811 to raise a building fund for the university.  He returned to Cincinnati on August 3, 1812 and died shortly thereafter.

Finding aid available in the repository.
Table of contents: value: Series I. Box 1.