Earl Ivan Brown papers, 1880s-1936
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Summary
- Creator:
- Brown, Earl Ivan, 1874-1963
- Abstract:
- Earl Ivan Brown, civil engineer with the United States Army Corps of Engineers; served in Philippines and Cuba during the Spanish-American War; 92nd Division Engineer in the American Expeditionary Forces; developed river and harbor improvements in the United States, principally on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and on the Ohio River, including the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Collection includes correspondence, genealogical materials, notebooks, legal papers, and other collected papers of Earl Ivan Brown, a civil engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers, 1900s-1930s. Materials document Brown's career developing river and harbor improvements on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts as well as his work on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet
500 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00158
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes correspondence, genealogical materials, notebooks, legal papers, and other collected papers of Earl Ivan Brown, civil engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers. Materials document Brown's career developing river and harbor improvements on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts as well as his work on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
- Biographical / historical:
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Earl Ivan Brown, civil engineer, was born at County Line, Georgia, on 13 October 1874 and graduated 6th in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1898. As a member of the Corps of Engineers, Brown served in both the Philippines and Cuba during and after the Spanish-American War. He participated in the Philippine Insurrection and the Moro Expedition before traveling to the Caribbean for the Cuban Pacification in 1906. During World War I, Brown was the 92nd Division Engineer in the American Expeditionary Forces. Throughout his career Brown developed river and harbor improvements in the United States. He worked principally on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and on the Ohio River. Brown also worked on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and finished his career in 1938 as the Division Engineer of the South Atlantic Division.
Colonel Earl I. Brown died on 25 June 1963 in Durham, North Carolina at age 88. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Brown was the son of William F. and Emily Absilla (Hagen) Brown. He was married to Annie Thompson who died in 1953, and then to Marylily Fisher. His nephew, Earl Ivan Brown, II, was a professor of Civil Engineering at Duke University from 1960 to 1982.
- Acquisition information:
- The Earl Ivan Brown Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift.
- Processing information:
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Materials in this collection may not be organized or described beyond their original condition.
Processed by Rubenstein Library Staff
Encoded by Abraham Lee, April 2010
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Earl Ivan Brown Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University