Archives West Finding Aid

Diaries written by Ed C. Brown, primarily covering daily activities and weather reports. A birth and death register of Brown's family, friends, and acquaintances is in Box 2, Folder 2.

Personal correspondence received or written by Ed Brown between 1958-1960. The correspondence is mainly with W.W. Magee, reminiscing of working at the U Cross Ranch near Buffalo, Wyoming during the 1890s. Photographs referred to in these letters are in Series 4, Photographs.

Sketches of Brown's field plots and maps for Huntley Project.

Photographs are of W.W. Magee and his travels, and Brown's dairy cows. Photographs are individually numbered, duplicates are given the save number. Photos vary in size.

Newspaper clippings, booklet, descriptions of pictures, and materials covering Huntley Project Irrigation District are topics in this series. Newspaper clippings include obituaries, advertisements, and other stories. The booklet known as the "Argument Settler" list facts on many topics. The hand written descriptions of pictures were done by Ed Brown. The pictures were donated to University of Wyoming Library and Archives by Brown in 1959.

Ledgers, account books, investments, county tax records, and other materials related to financial matters of Ed Brown. Materials related to Brown's livestock and farm operations are found here. The memo books in Box 3, Folders 6-8 contain daily living expenses, cost of trips the Brown's took, and farming ideas and notes. Farm lease contracts are in Box 3, Folder 13, and land tenant's production and yields are in Box 3, Folder 14.