Charles Wilson Brown collection of Brown and Wilson family papers (Ms.97.3)

This collection of approximately 62 items, dating from 1846 to 1967, consists of letters, clippings, cash books, and two autobiographies. These are mostly the papers of Lanta Wilson Smith (Charles Brown's aunt) as well as those of Rev. Henry Wheaton Brown (Charles Brown's father), and Rev. William Jones Wilson (Charles Brown's grandfather).

The correspondence (Series 1) letters from and to Lanta Wilson Smith and letters from others. Subsequent series contain manuscripts (including the autobiographies), printed items, newspaper clippings, and photographs.