Overview of the Percy Brown papers

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Overview of the Percy Brown papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California
Processed by:
Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:
2008
Encoded by:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.
© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Title: Percy Brown papers
Dates: 1914-1967
Collection Number: 88033
Creator: Brown, Percy, 1885-
Collection Size: 1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box. (0.8 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Printed and draft writings, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, relating primarily to journalistic coverage of military activities on the Western front during World War I; conditions in Ruhleben prison camp, Germany, during the war; and the rescue of the icebound Soviet ship Solovei in 1920.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.
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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Percy Brown papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1988.

Accruals

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Biographical/Historical Note

British journalist and photographer; German prisoner of war during World War I.

Scope and Content of Collection

Printed and draft writings, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, relating primarily to journalistic coverage of military activities on the Western front during World War I; conditions in Ruhleben prison camp, Germany, during the war; and the rescue of the icebound Soviet ship Solovei in 1920.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ruhleben (Prison camp : Germany)
Solovei (Ship)
World War, 1914-1918--Campaign--Western Front.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons.
Prisoners of war
Journalists.