Family papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Personal papers of members of a single family; usually of parents and their children, but sometimes including papers of spouses and their families as well.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Papers, mostly correspondence, of Rev Robert Brown, Cumnock, Ayrshire and the Brown family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12100/1-61
Scope and Contents
The archive contains the correspondence of the members of the Brown family from 1810-1899. The letters reflect the personal lives of the Brown family and provide a stark insight into the lives of early settlers who travelled to the Victorian colonies in Southern Australia to reap the benefits of the quartz mines and the gold fields. The collection also contains documents that complement the narrative portrayed within the family’s correspondence.
Dates:
1743-1899.