Brown family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Dora Altman collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1006
Collection Overview
Includes photographs, photocopies, correspondence, address books, autograph books, and ephemera.
Collection consists of material related to Dora Altman's immediate family and relatives, including obituaries and family genealogy notes. Also included are a personal autograph book (1920s) and several address and memo pads with notes on family birthdays and death dates. Material of the related Brown family consists of correspondence and publications (1980s-1990s).
Collection includes candid...
Dates:
circa 1880-1998
Found in:
Special Collections
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Dora Altman collection
J. Arthur Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine, who was...
Dates:
1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
W. Melvin Brown, Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1119
Abstract
William Melvin Brown, Jr. was born on February 19, 1934 in Charleston, South Carolina to William and Eva Taylor Brown. He graduated from Immaculate Conception High School and received a BS in Science from South Carolina State College. Brown later acquired a Master of Science from Atlanta University, a MBA from Webster College, and an Advanced Studies degree from Boston University. Brown married Juanita Washington, also a Charleston native and high school science teacher, on June 4, 1960....
Dates:
1951-2005
Gibbs, Stanyanne, Washington, Peronneau, Finley, Broun, DuBose, Moore, and Vanderhorst family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-162
Collection Overview
This collection consists of items related to the Gibbs, Stanyanne, Washington, Peronneau, Finley, Broun, DuBose, Moore, and Vanderhorst families. All of these families were early immigrants to the Charleston, S.C. area. The collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, biographical, and primary sources.
Dates:
approximately 1873-approximately 1990