Farwell T. Brown

From Rofflehaus

Farwell Tilden Brown (born 1910) was a founder of the Ames Historical Society and proclaimed "Official Historian for the City of Ames" in 1986. He contributed significantly to the Ames Public Library. His family has lived in Ames since his grandfather K. W. Brown and family arrived in Ames in 1866. His other grandparents (the family of George G. Tilden) arrived in town in 1869, and their stories of the town's early years had a lasting effect on Farwell.

After graduating from high school in 1929, Brown attended Oberlin College briefly before returning to Ames to finish his studies at Iowa State College. He graduated in 1934 with a degree in Agricultural Economics, and soon after went to work for his father's insurance business. He worked there for nearly thirty years before leaving to appraise property for the Iowa Highway Commission, where he stayed until his retirement in 1976.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 List of publications 3 See also 4 News articles 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Trivia

An auditorium in the Ames Public Library is named after him.

[edit] List of publications

• Ames : a ride through town on the "Dinkey" (ISBN 0738519332)
  • Photo collection (Call number F629.A5 A65x 1994)
• Ames in word and picture series
  1. From marsh to modern city (ISBN 0963669605, ISBN 0963669613)
  2. Further tales and personal memories (ISBN 1928751008, ISBN 0963669699)
  3. Tales from two old-timers (ISBN 1928751040)

There are also some videorecordings and exclusive materials held by both libraries.

• http://www.lib.iastate.edu:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=link=3100014~!1697583~!3100001~!3100002
• http://catalog.amespubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=link=3100018~!105675~!3100001~!3100002

[edit] See also

• Farwell T. Brown Photographic Archive

[edit] News articles

• The article, Ames historian reflects on King speech, in the 01/21, 2003 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 01/21/2003)
• The article, Ames historian Farwell Brown releases third book in series, in the 07/15, 2003 edition of the Iowa State Daily is still unavailable due to a change in the Daily's website and general laziness of Rofflehaus contributors. If you'd like to help fix a broken link like this, check out Template talk:ISUD to find out how. Thank you for your patience. (D: 07/15/2003)

[edit] References

• http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS247.html
• Svec, Kathy (2001). "Farwell T. Brown: Stories of the historian." Ames Intelligencier.

[edit] External links

• Profile on the Ames Historical Society website
• Profile on the Parks Library website