Box 4

Scope and Contents The aerial negatives series documents the various farms, churches, schools and businesses that Brown photographed during his career. Some of the original envelopes which contained the negatives also had slips of papers with notations about the farms and the families that lived on the farms. Brown had also made other notations, including handwritten maps on the outside of the envelopes. The slips of paper that have notations about the farms and those who lived on them also appear before their...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The aerial negatives series documents the various farms, churches, schools and businesses that Brown photographed during his career. Some of the original envelopes which contained the negatives also had slips of papers with notations about the farms and the families that lived on the farms. Brown had also made other notations, including handwritten maps on the outside of the envelopes. The slips of paper that have notations about the farms and those who lived on them also appear before their...

Scope and Contents The Ralph O. Brown papers document Brown's businesses, Southside Studio, Huntington, Indiana and the Northern Indiana Aerial Photographic and Survey Service. The papers are comprised of Ralph O. Brown's pilot flight records and log books, which include his remarks and notations and Brown's journal which contains stories, including, "My First Solo Flight," and "Flying Dangerous or Not?" Also included are business receipts (1950s), business related correspondence, two clippings about Brown and...