Archive Record

Metadata

Catalog Number

MSNC00023

Filing Title

Brown (Hugh Henry) papers

Collection

Hugh Henry Brown papers

Dates of Creation

1902-1925

Extent

1 box (1.0 linear ft.)

Creator

Brown, Hugh Henry

Scope & Content

Lawyer, of Nevada; born 1872, Steubenville, Ohio; graduate law degree at Stanford University; 1897, associate of law firm Reddy, Campbell and Metson and Brown, San Francisco; admitted Supreme Court of California, 1896; law practice in San Francisco until 1902; law practice: (opened 1902) Campbell, Metson and Brown, Tonopah, Nevada, 1902, offices: Tonapah and Goldfield, Nevada, after law firm dissolved in 1910, Brown remained and took over the business.

Material dealing with legal matters of various mining, gold, and railroad interests in the Tonopah, Nevada area; includes papers pertaining to extensive litigation involving the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, the corporation of which was represented by Brown, as well as personal letters (1902-1909) from Hugh to his wife, Marjorie Moore Brown.

Subjects: Campbell, Metson, and Brown.
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Railroads -- Nevada.
Law practice -- Nevada -- Tonopah.
Lawyers -- Nevada -- Tonopah -- Correspondence.
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada.
Gold mines and mining -- Nevada -- Tonopah --
History -- 20th century.
Tonopah (Nev.)
Legal documents -- Nevada.
Lawyers -- Nevada.

Admin/Biographical History

Language of Material

English

Associated Material

Hugh H. Brown Papers, 1902-1927. MS-00883. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.