creator:

Brown, Charles Harvey (1875-1960)

title:

Papers

dates:

1907-1986, n.d.

extent:

9.36 linear ft. (16 document boxes)

collection number:

RS 25/1/19

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Charles H. Brown Papers, RS 25/1/19, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Charles Harvey Brown was born December 23, 1875 in Albany, New York. Dr. Brown received a Bachelor of Arts (1897) and a Master of Arts (1899) at Wesleyan University.  He also received a Bachelor of Library Science (1901) at the New York State Library, and his Literary Doctorate (1937) from Wesleyan. 

Dr. Brown began his career at Wesleyan University (1897-1899); he then worked for the Library of Congress (1901-1903); John Crerar Library (1903-1909) in Chicago, Illinois; Brooklyn Public Library (1909-1919); and the United States Navy (1919-1922).  He joined the Iowa State College (University) Library and was the Dean of the Library (1922-1946) until he retired, when he became Librarian Emeritus.

Collection description

This collection (1907-1986, n. d.) contains biographical information, correspondence, publications, reports, and exchanges.  The correspondence, with other Iowa State faculty members, relates to collecting and maintaining books for the library and with colleagues associated with him while active in library committees and the American Library Association (ALA). Dr. Brown wrote numerous papers throughout his career focusing on research libraries, libraries during the depression, rural libraries, and libraries (budgets and purposes) during World War I and World War II.  

Dr. Brown’s papers and reports focus on college libraries, ALA activities, and the National Diet Library of Japan. The National Diet Library of Japan organized following World War II as an effort to re-establish public access to research publications lost during the war.

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

1

1

Address Book

n.d.

1

2

Biographical – Bibliographies

1947

1

3

Biographical – Charles Harvey Brown Memorial Fund

1960-1963, n.d.

1

4

Biographical – Family Information

1965, n. d.

1

5

Biographical – General

1922-1960, n.d.

1

6

Biographical – Honors

1945-1956

1

7

Biographical – News clippings

1925-1965, n.d.

1

8

Biographical – Obituary/Tributes

1960, n.d.

1

9

Biographical -- Publications

1947-1983

1

10

Commencement Address – “Bridging Deep Waters”

1930

1

11

Correspondence – Bay, J. Christian

1944-1945

1

12

Correspondence – Bishop, William W.

1941

1

13

Correspondence – Brown, Francis J.

1945

2

1

Correspondence – Buchanan, R. E. (1 of 2)

1924-1935

2

2

Correspondence – Buchanan, R. E. (2 of 2)

1936-1945

2

3

Correspondence – College and Research Libraries: Essays in Honor of Charles Harvey Brown

1946-1947

2

4

Correspondence – Committee on the Orient and South Pacific (1 of 2)

1943-1947

2

5

Correspondence – Committee on the Orient and South Pacific (2 of 2)

1948

2

6

Correspondence – Committee on the Relations of the A.C.R.L. to the A.L.A.

1946-1949

2

7

Correspondence – Committee on the Reorganization of the College and Reference Section

1933-1946

3

1

Correspondence – Coover, W. F.

1925

3

2

Correspondence – Downs, Robert B.

1950-1951

3

3

Correspondence – Ellsworth, Ralph E.

1959

3

4

Correspondence – FEA-ALA Committee on Oriental Collections

1949-1951

3

5

Correspondence – First Co-Operative creamery in Iowa

1940

3

6

Correspondence – Friley, C. E.

1938-1945

3

7

Correspondence – Gaskill, H. V.

1940

3

8

Correspondence – Gilchrist, Donald B.

1932-1934

3

9

Correspondence – Gue, Gurney

1944-1948

3

10

Correspondence – Hamlin, Arthur T. (1 of 2)

1951-1955

3

11

Correspondence – Hamlin, Arthur T. (2 of 2)

1956-1959

3

12

Correspondence – Henkle, Herman H.

1941

3

13

Correspondence – Hughes, R. M.

1929-1945

3

14

Correspondence – International

1950-1959

3

15

Correspondence – Interoffice

1945, n. d.

3

16

Correspondence – Iowa State College (University)

1941

3

17

Correspondence – Kuhlman, A. F. (1 of 4)

1937-1939

4

1

Correspondence – Kuhlman, A. F. (2 of 4)

1940-1944

4

2

Correspondence – Kuhlman, A. F. (3 of 4)

1945

4

3

Correspondence – Kuhlman, A. F. (4 of 4)

1946-1956

4

4

Correspondence – Library Dedication (1 of 2)

1926

4

5

Correspondence – Library Dedication (2 of 2)

1926, n.d.

4

6

Correspondence – Ludington, Flora B.

1942-1951

5

1

Correspondence – McCrum, Blanche Prichard

1934-1946

5

2

Correspondence – McDiarmid, E. W.

1946-1949

5

3

Correspondence – Metcalf, Keyes D.

1939-1955

5

4

Correspondence – Milan, Carl H.

1922-1948

5

5

Correspondence – Rockefeller Foundation

1944-1948

5

6

Correspondence – Shera, Jesse H. (1 of 4)

1935-1937

5

7

Correspondence – Shera, Jesse H. (2 of 4)

1938

5

8

Correspondence – Shera, Jesse H. (3 of 4)

1939

6

1

Correspondence – Shera, Jesse H. (4 of 4)

1940-1981

6

2

Correspondence – State Library, Iowa

1928

6

3

Correspondence – Third Activities Committee

1939

6

4

Correspondence – Universities (mainly University of Vanderbuilt)

1945-1957

6

5

Correspondence – U. S. Library Mission to Japan

1947-1948

6

6

Correspondence – Walter, Frank K. (1 of 3)

1921-1935

6

7

Correspondence – Walter, Frank K. (2 of 3)

1936-1939

6

8

Correspondence – Walter, Frank K. (3 of 3)

1940-1943

6

9

Correspondence – West, Stanley L. (1 of 2)

1952-1955

6

10

Correspondence – West, Stanley L. (2 of 2)

1956-1960

6

11

Correspondence –  Wilson, Louis R.

1929-1956

6

12

Correspondence – Wimersberger, Evelyn

1950-1953

7

1

Correspondence –Windsor, Phineas L.

1928-1958

7

2

Exchanges – America, South and Central

1958

7

3

Exchanges – Argentina (1 of 6)

1940-1948

7

4

Exchanges – Argentina (2 of 6)

1947-1976

7

5

Exchanges – Argentina (3 of 6)

1948-1959

7

6

Exchanges – Argentina (4 of 6)

1950-1959

7

7

Exchanges – Argentina (5 of 6)

1951-1959

7

8

Exchanges – Argentina (6 of 6)

1953-1959

7

9

Exchanges – Australia

1950-1958

7

10

Exchanges – Austria

1953-1957

7

11

Exchanges – Belgian Congo

1958

7

12

Exchanges – Belgium

1952-1960

7

13

Exchanges – Brazil (1 of 2)

1949-1959

7

14

Exchanges – Brazil (2 of 2)

1950-1963

7

15

Exchanges – Bulgaria

1956-1959

7

16

Exchanges – Canada (1 of 3)

1952-1960

7

17

Exchanges – Canada (2 of 3)

1952-1960

7

18

Exchanges – Canada (3 of 3)

1953-1960

7

19

Exchanges – Chile

1947-1960

7

20

Exchanges – China

1952-1960

7

21