Finding Aid for the A. Brown Co. Records LSC.0687
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Online finding aid last updated 2017 August 9.
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: A. Brown Co. records
Creator:
Brown, Andrew
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0687
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear Feet
(16 document boxes and 1 oversize carton)
Date (inclusive): 1880-1935
Abstract: Andrew Brown (1829-1909) was born in Ireland. In 1852, he sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco. He later went into the
mercantile business, purchased thousands of acres of land, built a flour mill and a lumber mill and became engaged extensively
in farming as well as raising cattle and horses. The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, receipts, bills,
and other papers connected with Andrew Brown's store in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and agent for the Wells
Fargo and Company's Express, and his other business interests.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], A. Brown Co. Records (Collection 687). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. P. Sumner Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Pallette, August 1935.
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Biography
Andrew Brown was one of the pioneers of Kernville. He was born in Ireland on September 15, 1829; came to Philadelphia as a
young man and in 1852 sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; after a try at mining and farming, he went to Kernville and
operated the quartz mill of Joseph W. Sumner, whose daughter he married in 1873; later went into the mercantile business,
owning a very successful general store at Kernville and one at Weldon; was owner of thousands of acres of land, and became
engaged extensively in farming and raising cattle and horses; built a flour mill and a lumber mill; was known throughout Kern
County as a prominent and active citizen; retired in 1904 and moved to Los Angeles; he died on October 12, 1909.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, business papers, receipts, bills, and other papers connected with Andrew Brown's store
in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and agent for the Wells Fargo and Company's Express, and his other business
interests.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pioneers -- California -- Kern County -- Archives.
Brown, Andrew--Archives.
A. Brown Co.--Archives
box 1, folder 1
Correspondence: A-C
1918-1932
box 1, folder 2
Correspondence: D
1918-1932
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence: E
1918-1932
box 1, folder 4
Correspondence: F
1918-1932
box 1, folder 5
Correspondence: G
1918-1932
box 1, folder 6
Correspondence: H
1918-1932
box 1, folder 7
Correspondence: I-J
1918-1932
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence: K
1918-1932
box 1, folder 9
Correspondence: L
1918-1932
box 1, folder 10
Correspondence: M
1918-1932
box 1, folder 11
Correspondence: N-O
1918-1932
box 1, folder 12
Correspondence: P-Q
1918-1932
box 1, folder 13
Correspondence: R
1918-1932
box 13, folder 1
Correspondence: Security Trust Co.
1910s-1920s
box 13, folder 2
Correspondence: Boston and Kern River
1910
box 13, folder 4
Correspondence: Baker, Hamilton, and Pacific Co.
1910s
box 13, folder 5
Correspondence: Southern California Edison Co.
1919-1922
box 13, folder 6
Correspondence: Standard Oil Co.
1919-1922
box 13, folder 7
Correspondence: D.A. Syme
1918-1919
box 13, folder 8
Correspondence: Dr. Smith
undated
box 13, folder 9
Correspondence: Thomas Scott
1917-1918
box 13, folder 10
Correspondence and catalogs
1910s
box 13, folder 11
Correspondence: National Protective Agency
1910s-20s
box 13, folder 12
Correspondence: International Harvester Co.
1918-1921
box 13, folder 18
Correspondence: P. Sumner Brown
1907-1922
box 15, folder 4
Correspondence: M
1910s-1920s
box 15, folder 4
Correspondence: S
1910-1929
box 15, folder 5
Correspondence: U
1910s-1920s
box 15, folder 6
Correspondence: W
1910s-1920s
box 15, folder 8
Correspondence: American Protective League
1918-1922
box 15, folder 9
Correspondence: Cattlemen's Protective League
1918-1926
box 15, folder 10
Correspondence: Taylor, Chas C.
1918-1920
box 15, folder 11
Correspondence: Weber Showcase and Fixture Co.
1918
box 15, folder 13
Correspondence: John C. Moore Corporation
1917-1920
box 1, folder 21
Booklets: Vienna Technische Museum fur Industrie and Gewerbe (German)
1930s
box 2, folder 1
Financial records: Standard Oil Co.
1922-1924
box 2, folder 2
Financial records: Standard Oil Co.
1921-1923
box 2, folder 3
Financial records
1923-1924
box 2, folder 4
Financial records
1922-1923
box 4, folder 2
Catalog: Union Hardware and Metal Co.
undated
box 4, folder 3
Postmaster's Postal Account Books
1915-1921
box 4, folder 4
Financial records
1936-1937
box 6
Telegraph records and financial records
1920
box 7
Service Station Order Book
1922
box 7
Weldon Store Order Book
1915-1917
box 8
Order Book ledgers: "China Book"
1890s-1920s
box 8
Leather ledger
circa 1920s
box 10
Meteorological records
1890s-1930s
box 11
Ledger books
circa early 1900s
box 12
Ledger books
circa early 1900s
box 14, folder 1
Financial records
1940-1941
box 14, folder 4
Financial records
1935-1937
box 15, folder 7
Liberty Bond Payments
1920-1923
box 16, folder 1
Financial Records: Cash Book, District Post Offices
1924
box 16, folder 2
Merchandise Inventory, Weldon Store
1920-1922
box 16, folder 5
Meteorological records
1900-1931
box 1, folder 20
Miscellaneous
1920s-1930s
box 17
Deed and stock certificates
circa 1900
box 17
Financial records
circa 1900
box 17
Transfer Ledger oversize book
circa 1900
