Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Brown, Jane Desloge.
Scrapbook, no date. 1 volume
Scrapbook of Jane Desloge Brown contains newspaper and magazine reproductions of
engravings of prominent people and works of art. Some of the clippings are from the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Cite as: Jane Desloge Brown Scrapbook, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2146
Brown, John (1800-1859).
Battle of Black Jack Report, 1856. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
An original copy of abolitionist John Brown’s “Report of the Wounded in the Battle of Black
Jack.” The report was presented to Mrs. T.M. Post of St. Louis by Brown’s widow. The Battle of
Black Jack was one of several raids against pro-slavery forces in the Kansas Territory during the
skirmishes known as the Missouri-Kansas Border War.
Cite as: John Brown Battle of Black Jack Report, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2145
Brown, John C.
Genealogy, 1905. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by John C. Brown,
Richmond, Ray County, Mo.
Cite as: John C. Brown Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2202
Brown, John Hart.
Biographical Data Sheets, 1957; no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheets for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Josephine McPike
Brown (7209 Waterman Ave., St. Louis), wife of John Hart Brown.
Cite as: John Hart Brown Biographical Data Sheets, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0186
Brown, Joseph C. ( -1849).
Papers, 1818-1907. 1 folder (4 items); 1 volume
Joseph C. Brown was a surveyor of lands and treaty lines for the government. He was the
sheriff of St. Louis County during its territorial days and was also elected sheriff after statehood
was achieved. He surveyed the state line between Missouri and Arkansas and also the line
between Kentucky and Missouri in relation to Wolf Island and other islands in that vicinity. He
surveyed and marked, under the authority of the state, the northern boundary line of Missouri. At
the time of his death, he held the office of county engineer.
Collection contains bound field notes on the western boundary of Missouri, south of the
mouth of the Kansas River, which Brown surveyed in 1823. The volume also includes
preparatory notes and remarks in relation to the eastern boundaries of the Indian lands bordering
on the states of Missouri and Arkansas, circa 1839. Collection also includes a document
appointing Brown sheriff of St. Louis County in 1818, and a typescript of Brown’s obituary
notice from the Missouri Republican.
Cite as: Joseph C. Brown Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.