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Biographical sketch: Environmentalist, surveyor, county official. Of Michigan; Todd County, Minn.

Abstract: Includes correspondence between Lee R. Elliott and F. G. Adams, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, regarding J. V. Brower, archaeology in Kansas, the Kansas State Historical Society, and artifacts. The collection also contains copies of some of Brower's archaeological sketches.

Contents: A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas, dated October 8, 1897. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A sketch of "the form of a lodge circle or hut ring" near Valencia, Shawnee County, Kansas, west of the mouth of Mission Creek. The image was copied from J. V. Brower's field book No. 14.
A field sketch of a village site near Valencia, Shawnee County, Kansas, west of the mouth of Mission Creek. The image was copied from J. V. Brower's field book No. 14.
A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated December 20, 1897. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated December 22, 1897. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated January 5, 1898. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated January 19, 1898. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated February 3, 1898. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A postcard to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas from L. R. Elliot, dated February 5, 1898.
A letter from L. R. Elliott to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated February 16, 1898. The letter was written regarding Jacob Brower.
A letter from J. V. Brower to Franklin G. Adams, dated October 5, 1897. The letter is in regards to the discovery of original village sites of Coronado's Quivira in Kansas and artifacts that would be shipped to the Kansas Historical Society.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated October 9, 1897. The letter is in regards to artifacts excavated at a village site of Coronado's Quivira in Kansas.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated October 16, 1897. The letter is in regards to the receipt of a package containing "ancient" beads and other artifacts.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated October 19, 1897. The letter is informing Adams that Brower had returned prehistoric beads to the Historical Society by mail.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated October 25, 1897. The letter discusses the work that Brower intends to complete over the next few years.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated November 2, 1897. The letter is in regards to the Historical Society's annual meeting.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated November 9, 1897. The letter is an appeal to obtain information about the archeological work being done at and near Manhattan at the time.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated December 10, 1897. The letter is a request for more information about a previous letter from Adams.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated December 23, 1897. The letter is in regards to Brower's presentation at the Historical Society's annual meeting.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated January 13, 1898. The letter is informing Adams that Brower is too ill to attend the Historical Society's annual meeting.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated January 15, 1898. The letter is a formal note to Adams that Brower will not attend the annual meeting and that all of his work was forwarded to the director.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated January 29, 1898. The letter is in response to a letter from Adams commending Brower's work.
A letter from J. V. Brower to F. G. Adams of Topeka, Kansas dated February 7, 1898. The letter is an expression of Brower's desire to meet the Kansas Historical Society's committee at a meeting in Topeka.

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