BROWN, John Young, 1835-1904


Guide to Research Collections

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Frankfort, KY
Papers: 1891-1895, 54 cubic feet.
The gubernatorial papers of John Young Brown. A finding aid is available in the repository.


The Filson Club Historical Society
Louisville, KY
Papers: In the Young Ewing Allison Papers, 1840-1932, 10 cubic feet.
Other authors include John Young Brown.

Papers: In the Don Carlos Buell Papers, ca. 1813-1898, 4 cubic feet.
Subjects include John Young Brown.

Papers: In the Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Records, 1895, 11 cubic feet.
Subjects include John Young Brown.

Papers: In the Charles Lanman Collection, 1 cubic foot.
The collection contains an autobiographical or biographical sketch of John Young Brown. An unpublished finding aid is available in the repository.


Kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Papers: 1899, 1 item.
The collection contains a letter written by John Young Brown of Louisville, Kentucky, to John McCord of Lebonnon, Kentucky. The document was written June 16, 1899. The letter concerns the upcoming election and the bitter divisions within the Democratic Party. Young states that, “the party is in retched condition,” and could not “promise the results” of the election. A finding aid is available in the repository.


Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers: In the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1874, 1 letter.
Letter of John Young Brown, 1874.


State University of New York, University at Buffalo
The Poetry Collection
Buffalo, NY
Papers: In the Lockwood Collection, ca. 1873, 1 item.
An autograph album containing signatures of famous 19th century figures. Persons represented include John Young Brown.


University of Kentucky Libraries
Special Collections Library, Margaret I. King Building
Lexington, KY
Papers: In the Benjamin Forsythe Buckner Papers, 1785-1918, 3 volumes.
Subjects include John Young Brown.

Papers: In the Lindsay Family Papers, 1794-1932, 20.1 cubic feet.
Subjects include John Young Brown.

Papers: In the Thomas Stevenson Pettit Papers, 1864-1932, 0.4 cubic foot.
Subjects include John Young Brown.

Microfilm: In the William Sylvester Taylor Papers 1899-1937, 1 microfilm reel.
Subjects include John Young Brown.