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Calvin Brown Collection

Calvin Smith Brown III was born in Obion County, Tennessee on February 13, 1866. After graduating from high school, he attended Vanderbilt University, receiving his B.S. in 1888, M.S. in 1891, and D.Sc. in 1892. After his graduation from Vanderbilt, Brown studied at the Universities of Paris and Leipzig (1894-1895) and then returned to pursue a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado. After completing his studies at the University of Colorado, Brown taught at Vanderbilt, served as an Instructor in the Department of Romance Languages, University of Missouri, and in 1905 would assume the post of Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Mississippi where he remained for the rest of his academic life. He taught German, French and Italian, and eventually became the chair of the Department of Modern Languages. He married Maud Morrow Brown in 1905. Maud was a former Professor of Latin and Greek at the Agnes Scott Institute in Decatur, GA.

While Brown’s professional duties were in modern languages, he continued to pursue his interests in the sciences, publishing a monograph on The Lignite of Mississippi in 1907, as well as essays on the “Botany of Tishomingo State Park,” on “Landscaping with Native Plants,” and on the petrified forest of Mississippi. In addition, Mississippi had initiated a Geological Survey of the state in the early twentieth-century, and Dr. E. N. Lowe, State Geologist and Director of the Mississippi Geological Survey, asked his friend Brown to assume the title of “archaeologist” for the project. Brown began photographing mound sites as early as 1912, and for the next fourteen years he amassed an impressive collection of photographs and artifacts, while documenting his work with multiple records. The end result of Brown’s labors was his book The Archaeology of Mississippi (1926), which is now recognized as one of the pioneering works of its kind. (Biographical note has been adapted from the Comparative Literature Center site at the University of Georgia).

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  • Ancient foot path in stone, Tsankawi, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Ancient foot path in stone, Tsankawi, New Mexico

  • Ancient wattle work in kitsil pueblo, northern Arizona by Calvin S. Brown

    Ancient wattle work in kitsil pueblo, northern Arizona

  • Bowls from San Juan County, Utah by Calvin S. Brown

    Bowls from San Juan County, Utah

  • Ceramic mugs by Calvin S. Brown

    Ceramic mugs

  • Cliff dwellings in Canyon of the Frijoles, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Cliff dwellings in Canyon of the Frijoles, New Mexico

  • Comb of pine needles with human hair cord from Colorado by Calvin S. Brown

    Comb of pine needles with human hair cord from Colorado

  • Dwellings cut into rock formation by Calvin S. Brown

    Dwellings cut into rock formation

  • Excavation scene in Puje, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Excavation scene in Puje, New Mexico

  • Fence rail bowl from Montezuma County, Colorado by Calvin S. Brown

    Fence rail bowl from Montezuma County, Colorado

  • Foot path in Tsankawi, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Foot path in Tsankawi, New Mexico

  • Kitsil house, northern Arizona by Calvin S. Brown

    Kitsil house, northern Arizona

  • Ladles from San Juan County, Utah by Calvin S. Brown

    Ladles from San Juan County, Utah

  • Map drawing of location of game pit in Navawi, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Map drawing of location of game pit in Navawi, New Mexico

  • Mountain caves, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Mountain caves, New Mexico

  • Open front cave dwelling in Puje, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Open front cave dwelling in Puje, New Mexico

  • Part of Indian pueblo in Santa Clara, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Part of Indian pueblo in Santa Clara, New Mexico

  • Photograph of cave drawing by Calvin S. Brown

    Photograph of cave drawing

  • Photograph of pueblo buildings by Calvin S. Brown

    Photograph of pueblo buildings

  • Pitcher from Montezuma County, Colorado by Calvin S. Brown

    Pitcher from Montezuma County, Colorado

  • Pitchers and mugs from San Juan County, Utah by Calvin S. Brown

    Pitchers and mugs from San Juan County, Utah

  • Restored communal house in New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Restored communal house in New Mexico

  • Rock dwellings by Calvin S. Brown

    Rock dwellings

  • Rock trail in New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Rock trail in New Mexico

  • Santo Domingo pueblo, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Santo Domingo pueblo, New Mexico

  • Section of Kitsil Cave pueblo in northern Arizona by Calvin S. Brown

    Section of Kitsil Cave pueblo in northern Arizona

  • Stone carvings by Calvin S. Brown

    Stone carvings

  • Stone pumas in Cochiti, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    Stone pumas in Cochiti, New Mexico

  • The kiva in Santo Domingo, New Mexico by Calvin S. Brown

    The kiva in Santo Domingo, New Mexico

  • The snake house by Calvin S. Brown

    The snake house

  • Two rooms in Kitsil pueblo, northern Arizona by Calvin S. Brown

    Two rooms in Kitsil pueblo, northern Arizona

  • View of caves from pueblo dwellings by Calvin S. Brown

    View of caves from pueblo dwellings

  • Indian mound at Cornish, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Indian mound at Cornish, Mississippi

  • Indian mound near Oliver Bridge, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Indian mound near Oliver Bridge, Mississippi

  • Ax and double ax from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Ax and double ax from Mississippi

  • Collection of arrowheads from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Collection of arrowheads from Mississippi

  • Collection of stone spearheads from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Collection of stone spearheads from Mississippi

  • Collection of stone tools from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Collection of stone tools from Mississippi

  • Collection of various stone tools from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Collection of various stone tools from Mississippi

  • Crude hand hammer from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Crude hand hammer from Mississippi

  • Display of stone tools from Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Display of stone tools from Mississippi

  • Earthenware pipe from Lake George, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Earthenware pipe from Lake George, Mississippi

  • Flint hoes from Clarksdale, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Flint hoes from Clarksdale, Mississippi

  • Four mounds at Dundee, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Four mounds at Dundee, Mississippi

  • Indian mound in Clarksdale, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Indian mound in Clarksdale, Mississippi

  • Indian wall in Copiah County, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Indian wall in Copiah County, Mississippi

  • Large mound at Evansville, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Large mound at Evansville, Mississippi

  • Large mound in Pocahontas, Mississippi by Calvin S. Brown

    Large mound in Pocahontas, Mississippi

  • Map of mound locations by Calvin S. Brown

    Map of mound locations

 
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