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1Title:  Fayette Brown Family Papers     
 Creator:  Brown, Fayette Family 
 Dates:  1831-1891 
 Abstract:  Fayette Brown (1823-1910) was a banker and industrialist who resided in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Cornelia, and children, Alexander, William, and Mary. The collection consists of personal correspondence of members of the Brown family, poetry, grade reports, a cash sheet detailing school expenses, a Union Army payroll sheet, and notices and memoranda from the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair (1864). 
 Call #:  MS 3150 
 Extent:  1.40 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Brown family. | Brown, Fayette, 1823-1910. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- United States -- Social life and customs. | Upper classes -- United States -- Social life and customs. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Yellowstone National Park.
 
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2Title:  Ephraim Brown Family Papers     
 Creator:  Brown, Ephraim Family 
 Dates:  1771-1968 
 Abstract:  Ephraim Brown (1775-1845) was a land agent and legislator of North Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, deeds, account books, business papers, financial receipts, certificates, and court-docket books relating to Brown's activities in the Ohio legislature (1820s-30s), as road commissioner of Ohio, and in business ventures. Includes account books of E. A. Brown & Brothers Company and other papers of Brown's son, Ephraim A. Brown; papers of other family members, and plans and charts of North Bloomfield, Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 1872 
 Extent:  10.60 linear feet (8 containers and 24 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Brown, Ephraim, 1775-1845. | Brown family. | Brown, Alexander Cushing, 1885-1964. | Brown, Ephraim Alexander, 1807-1894. | Brown, Mary Huntington. | Brown, Anne F. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Management. | Roads -- Ohio -- Management. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Bloomfield (Trumbull County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
 
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3Title:  Johnson Family Papers     
 Creator:  Johnson Family 
 Dates:  1811-1977 
 Abstract:  John Cumming Johnson (1828-1892) moved to Memphis, Tennessee, from Franklin, Ohio, in 1854. In 1856 he married Mary Anne Elizabeth Fisher (1834-1883). They were active in many philanthropic enterprises, especially education. Johnson and his son, William Cumming Johnson (1870-1958), were involved in the cotton trade. William Cumming Johnson was a major stockholder in the Tennessee Fiber Company and had extensive real estate dealings in Florida. In 1877 he married Sarah Evangeline Harvey (1870-1930). Their son, William Cumming Johnson, Jr. (born 1904), married a great-granddaughter of Noah Mayo Farrin and Agnes Saline Faris Farrin. The collection consists of diaries of John and Elizabeth Johnson, correspondence of the Farrin and Johnson families, genealogical material on the Johnson, Fisher, Plume, Van Wagenen, Schenck, and Brown families, two memory books of William Johnson, Jr., an index to the memory books of Evangeline Johnson, and miscellaneous documents including clippings, estate papers of John and William Johnson, memorials for John and Elizabeth Johnson, and a key to the family code. Major topics of the papers include World War I and women's rights. 
 Call #:  MS 3782 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Johnson family. | Farrin family. | Fisher family. | Plume family. | Van Wagner family. | Schenk family. | Brown family. | World War, 1914-1918. | Women's rights.
 
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