Diary
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Description
- Title
- Diary
- Contributor
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Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
United States. Army Military life - Published / Created
- n.d.
- Abstract
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Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; Forts Dalles and Nachess and Mt. Hood, Oregon Territory; Forts Stillicum and Taylor, Washington Territory.
The two volume diary is a corrected typescript containing extracts from a diary Brown kept from 1849 to 1859, and includes 24 ink and wash drawings. Brown describes towns, forts, and missions in Texas and the Pacific Northwest; travels by land in Texas; conflicts with Indians in Texas, Oregon, and Washington; cholera and typhoid epidemics; travelling with his family; marching to Arkansas; spending time with Robert E. Lee; and travelling to the Pacific Coast via steamer. The 24 ink and wash drawings depict the front of the Alamo and the mission of La Conception, San Antonio; Mexican women making tortillas; breakfast on the march; the head of Las Morus River; officer's quarters at Ringgold Barracks, Fort Vancouver, and Fort Dalles; "Chenoweth, chief of Dog-River Indians, hung at Cascades"; and "Cut-Mouth John, friendly Cayuse Scout".
- Description
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Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville.
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1997, and from William Reese Company on the Winlock William Miller Jr. Memorial Fund, 1998. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-2114
- Collection Title
- Joseph B. Brown diary and artwork
- Collection / Other Creator
- Brown, Joseph B. (Joseph Bullock), 1822-1891
- Collection Date
- [1847]-1957
- Container / Volume
- Box 1 | 1-2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Diaries
Drawings (visual works)
Typescripts - Subject (Geographic)
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Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Pictorial works
Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.)--Pictorial works
Fort Naches (Or.)--Pictorial works
Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)
Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)--Pictorial works
Fort Vancouver (Wash.)--Pictorial works
Hood, Mount (Or.)--Pictorial works
Oregon--Description and travel
Oregon--Pictorial works
Port Isabel (Tex.)--Pictorial works
Texas--Description and travel
Texas--Pictorial works
Washington--Description and travel
Washington--Pictorial works - Subject (Name)
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Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
United States. Army Military life - Subject (Topic)
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Indians of North America--Texas
Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875
Indians of North America--Wars--Oregon
Indians of North America--Wars--Washington (State)
Missions, Spanish--Texas--Pictorial works
Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865
Voyages to the Pacific coas
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Joseph B. Brown Diary and Artwork. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4143955
- Object ID (OID)
- 17265488