Inventory of the Henry James Brown Papers 1830-1921
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 65 B845
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Publication Rights/ Restrictions on Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Henry James Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
Gift: 46 items,
3/3/1994.
Gift: 1 item,
4/1/1994.
Biographical/Historical Information
Henry James Brown was born 12 October 1811. He studied with George Caleb Bingham and Thomas Sully. He was a portrait painter and a Methodist clergyman and farmer. He married Susan Ann Hobson and died 9 April 1855. His daughter was Salina Brown who married J. S. Worsham.
Scope and Content Information
Papers, 1830-1921, of the Henry James Brown family. There is a biographical sketch of Henry James Brown an artist, and Methodist clergyman, as well as sketches drawn by him and sermons written by him. The papers also are of other members of his family. Includes a cut-out valentine and a fold-out book of poems illustrated in water color both made by Mary A. Brown, sister of Henry James Brown; cut-out valentines and a bookmark made by Salina Brown Worsham; and correspondence between Salina Brown Worsham and J. S. Worsham, her husband.
Arrangement
ArrangementEach series in the collection is arranged in chronlogical order.
OrganizationThis collection is organized into 5 series: 1. Letters, 2. Sermons, 3. Items of or Dealing With Art, 4. Newspaper Clippings, and 5. Genealogical Material - Addition.
Separated Material
Paintings by Henry James Brown, which were presented with the collection, are now part of the Muscarelle Museum, College of William and Mary.
Index Terms
- Worsham, J. S.
- Worsham, Salina Brown, Mrs.
- Artists-- Virginia.
- Artists--United States.
- Methodist Church--Virginia.
- Valentines.
- Watercolor painting.
Persons:
Subjects:
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Henry James Brown,
- J. S. Worsham.
- Mrs. Salina Brown Worsham,
- Worsham, J. S.
- Worsham, Salina Brown, Mrs.
Contents List
Re: papers received.
- Folder 3
1 item. ASk.
- Folder 3
Fold-out group of poems illustrated in water color; a children's book made by Mary A. Brown, [ca. 1830]1 item. AMs, Sk.
- Folder 4
Letter - Jennie [ ] to her mother, 7 December 1865.
Family affairs.
- Folder 5
Invitation to Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia, to Salina Brown, Ballsville P.O., Powhatan Co., Virginia, 13 April 1868.
- Folder 6
Three Cut-out valentines made by Salina Brown, sent to Joe [S] Worsham, her future husband, [ca. 1870]3 items. ASk.
- Folder 6
Bookmark, "With my Love," made by Salina Brown, sent to Joe [S] Worsham, her future husband, [ca. 1870]1 item. PM.
- Folder 7
J.S. Worsham, Cumberland, Mississippi to his "sister," Salina Browne, W. F. College, Murfreesboro, North Carolina, 12 January 1872.
Re: Christmas: fireworks nearly every night--young men dressed as Rag muffins--several Christmas trees-- one Christmas present only.
- Folder 8
Grubbs and Williams, Real Estate Agents, Richmond, to Salina I. Brown, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1873.
Re: portion of inheritance from the estate of Henry J. Brown. Enclosure: an account sheet.
- Folder 9
J. S. Worsham, Mississippi, to Salina Browne, Lycnhburg, Virginia, 1 April 1877.
- Folder
10
J. S. Worsham, Mississippi, to his "sister," Salina Browne, Farmville, Virginia, 12 January 1878.
Re: snow and a sleigh ride.
- Folder
11
J. S. Worsham, Michigan City , Mississippi, to his "sister," Salina Browne, Farmville, Virginia, 8 March 1878.8 pages. ALS, C.
Re: Trip back from Virginia; married a couple on his way; unpleasant visit to a poorhouse; visits with Salina's sister, Mrs. Winfree, and other members of the family; the proposal that he has made to her.
- Folder
12
6 pages. ALS, C.
Re: his activities in raising cattle.
- Folder
13
Sent with a box he has made on occasion of her commencement; news of Jennie; the temperance movement "is all the rage."
- Folder
14
J. S. Worsham, Michigan City , Mississippi, to Salina Browne, care Mr. C. V. Winfree, Lynchburg, Virginia, 12 June 1878.
Brief letter.
- Folder
15
J. S. Worsham, Michigan City , Mississippi, to Salina Browne, Clinton, Powhatan Co., Virginia, 10 July 1878.6 pages. ALS, C.
Re: his planned visit to Virginia.
- Folder
16
J. S. Worsham, Michigan City , Mississippi, to Salina Browne, "Sunnyside," Cumberland, Virginia, 18 August 1878.
Re: Yellow Fever which is causing some towns to be deserted and some of the railroads to stop running-- many refugees from Memphis.
- Folder
17
J. S. Worsham, Knoxville, Tennesse, to Salina Browne, Lynchburg, Virginia, 27 October 1878.
Re: the engagement of S.B.; enclosure a photo.
- Folder
18
J. S. Worsham, Knoxville, Tennesse, to Salina Browne, Lynchburg, Virginia, 29 October 1878.
On his way home.
- Folder
19
Edward [ ], Lynchburg, to his niece, Salina, 23 August 1880.
Re: inherited property, family news; "Love to Joe and a kiss to your little baby."
- Folder
20
[Salina Brown Worsham], Lynchburg, to her husband, J.S. Worsham, Michigan City , Benton County , Mississippi, 5 August 1881.
Ill in bed, she writes of family affairs-- of her longing for her husband but her hate of Mississippi.
- Folder
21
A letter about a Bible Class in Lynchburg with pencil notes added, 21 October 1921.
- Folder
22
P.A. Brown to his sister, 7 October [ ]29.
Re: his failing health; family affairs.
First line: "How transient the things of this life."
- Folder
24
Sermon on the test Jer. viii.22, n.d.16 pages. AMsS.
- Folder
25
19 pages. AMs.
- Folder
26
22 pages. AMs. Incomplete.
- Folder 27
- Folder
28
Notes on preparing paper for photographic drawing, etc., [1859].
Endorsed: "This paper was written by my father Henry J. Brown in 1839...June 16, 1923...Salina J. Worsham."
- Folder
29
8 items.
- Folder
29
Color miniature of a couple, n.d.4" x 4.5".
- Folder
29
Color sketch of children playing, indoor scene, n.d.6" x 7.5".
- Folder
29
Pencil sketches of sculptured heads of Franklin and Washington, n.d.?" x 9".
- Folder
29
Comic pencil sketch of man's head (perhaps self-portrait), n.d.7.5" x 9".
- Folder
29
Pencil Sketch of a child's head, n.d.8" x 10.5".
- Folder
29
Pencil sketch of a woman's head,8.5" x 12".
- Folder
29
Pencil sketch of a girl's head, n.d.8" x 12.5".
- Folder
29
Oil painting on canvas of man's bust,8" x 10".
- Folder
29
- Folder
30
Miniature painting in oil on cardboard by S[alina] B[rown] Worsham, n.d.8.5" x 6".
It probably represents a local scene in Lynchburg, Virginia, toward the end of the 19th century.
- Folder
30
8" x 10".
- Folder 31
- Folder 32