Francis Brown papers May Be Restricted

The papers of Francis Brown contain family, personal and professions correspondence, manuscript materials, typescripts, memoirs, photocopies and originals of articles, reports, meeting minutes, financial and administrative papers, essays, contracts, memos, book reviews, photographs, and clippings related to his book, “Raymond and the Times”(1951), "Joseph Hawley, Colonial Radical"(1931), his public service, and editorial career with "Current History," "Time" magazine, and the "New York Times Book Review."

Materials also relate to Time Inc. Latin America and to Brown's undergraduate study, teaching and alumni involvement at Dartmouth College. Of note is correspondence outlining the background of the Daniel Webster papers project at Dartmouth College and correspondence with major literary figures of the nineteen fifties and sixties due to Brown's role as Editor of the "New York Times Book Review." Brown's decade long correspondence with his mother Jessie Brown during his times at Dartmouth College, Columbia University and early years in his career provides an inside into his thinking and life.