Joseph Stanley-Brown papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2000
Subjects: Sealing; North American Commercial Company; Arbitration (International law); Foreign relations; History
Description: Correspondence, family papers, notes, reports, briefs, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating to Stanley-Brown's genealogical studies, his service as private secretary to Presidents Garfield and Arthur, his work in connection with the arbitration (1891-93) between the U.S. and Great Britain over sealing in the Bering Sea and on the Pribilof Islands, and his tenure as a superintendent in Alaska for the North American Commercial Company.  Prominent individuals represented in the papers include Henry W. Elliott, John W. Foster, George Kennan, Robert Lansing, H.H. McIntyre, and Thomas C. Mendenhall.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Joseph Stanley-Brown, 1929.

Gift, Ruth Stanley-Brown Feis, 1961-1969.

Gift, Ronald S. Hobar, 1981.

transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

Presidential secretary, civil servant, and banker.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.