Contents List
Box 1: Correspondence, 1878-1921
Folder 1. Letters 1878
Folder 2. Letters 1883-1886
Folder 3. Letters 1890-1895
Folder 4. Letters Jan. 1896-June 1896
Folder 5. Letters July 1896
Folder 6. Letters Aug. 1896-Sept. 1896
Folder 7. Letters Oct. 1896-Dec. 1896
Folder 8. Letters Jan. 5, 1897-April 12, 1897
Folder 9. Letters April 13, 1897-April 27, 1897
Folder 10. Letters May 1897-June 30 1897
Folder 11. Letters July-Aug. 1897
Folder 12. Letters Sept. 1897
Folder 13. Letters Oct.-Dec. 1897
Folder 14. Letters Jan.-July 1898
Folder 15. Letters Sept.-Oct. 17 1898
Folder 16. Letters Oct. 20-30 1898
Folder 17. Letters Nov.-Dec. 1898
Folder 18. Letters Feb.-April 1899
Folder 19. Letters May-June 1899
Folder 20. Letters July-Dec. 1899
Folder 21. Letters Feb.-Nov. 1900
Folder 22. Letters Feb. 18 1904-Dec.31 1914
Folder 23. Letters Mar. 13 1915-Feb.7 1921
Folder 24. Letters Undated
Folder 25. Typescript of Letters from copybook 1899-1902
Folder 26. Letter book 1899-1902
Journals, 1887-1909 inclusive and undated
Folder 1. Daily Journal 1 Vol. Dec. 1908-1909
Folder 2. Travel Journals Canadian Trip 1 Vol. ca. 1880s
Folder 3. Travel Journals New Orleans Trip 1 Vol. 1894 [Brown attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas Texas in 1894. The notes refer to his return trip.]
Folder 4. Travel Journals First European Trip 2 Vols. June Aug. 1905
Folder 5. Travel Journals Second European Trip 1 Vol. May-Sept. 1909
Folder 6. Travel Journals Florida Trip 1 Vol. Undated
Lecture and Study Notes, bulk 1872-1874
Folder 1. Lectures and Study Notes So. Baptist Theological Seminary Loose Notes undated
Folder 2. Lecture on Ordination (#9) by Dr. Williams undated
Folder 3. The Inspiration of the Scripture (#3)
Folder 4. Abstract of lectures on church government
Folder 5. Studies in the Pentateuch by E. Harold Browne Bishop of Ely England
Folder 6. Other Notes Paul’s First Missionary Journey 1877
Box 2: Commonplace Books, Scrapbook, Death of C.C. Brown
Folder 1. Commonplace Books 3 Vols. undated [4 vols of poetry, recipes, biographical sketches, etc.]
Folder 2. Addresses Hymns 1904 and undated
Folder 3. Addresses Pastor’s Work, undated
Folder 4. Scrapbook undated (2 pages) [Includes clippings concerning the death of family members.]
Folder 5. Death of C.C. Brown, 1921 [Includes "Resolutions of Respect" and several telegrams relating condolences to Mrs. W. W. Sibert Brown's daughter.]
Topical Files, ca. 1880s-1890s
Folder 1. Historical Sketch, First Baptist Church Sumter SC
Folder 2. S.C. Baptist Board for the Relief of Aged and Indigent Ministers Financial Papers (1920-1925) Receipts for disbursements (Jan. 1920) Reports (1922 1925)
Folder 3. S.C. Baptist Board for the Relief of Aged and Indigent Ministers Pamphlets and Tracts (ca. 1890s-1910s)
Folder 4. S.C. Baptist Board for the Relief of Aged and Indigent Ministers Miscellaneous Papers (1900s-1920s)
Folder 5. Negro Preacher Fund Misc. Papers ca. 1880s-1890s
Folder 6. Poetry Misc. items
Folder 7. Poetry Misc. items
Addresses
Folder 1. Addresses, Death
Folder 2. Addresses, Education, undated
Folder 3. Addresses, Temperance
Folder 4. Addresses, Reminiscences, 1898 and undated
Folder 5. Addresses, Miscellaneous Addresses, undated
Folder 6. Addresses, Miscellaneous Addresses, undated
Folder 7. Addresses Arranged by Topic, 1875-1904
- Address delivered before the Sumter Bible Society, October ,3 1875
- Introduction of John C. Wilson at the Sumter Eclectic Female College Commencement, 1887
- Address delivered at the Graded School Exhibition— First graduating class, June 4, 1891
- Alumni meeting in Greenville S.C., 1893
- Address to Methodist Conference, 1893
- Presentation of pens to girls (Greenville 1893); Unveiling Monument to T. B. Jenkins, undated
Folder 8. Addresses Arranged by Topic, undated
- Brown’s firsthand account of reaction of hearing of Robert E. Lee's death while a student at Washington and Lee University, undated
- Address to Templars Lodge Sumter S.C., undated
- Y.M.C.A. Welcome (Sumter 1893 or 1894)
- Death of Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892
Folder 9. Funeral Sermons and Memorial Addresses (1875-1897)
- Barnwell child, August 1875 [Written soon after hearing of the death of Bro. Barnwell's child.]
- John A. Broadus, Mar. 17 1895 [Covington?] Rev. B. G. (Oct. 1893) W. T. Cook ([1887?])
- Mrs. Leonora Dunkins, Sept. 1 1875; Annie Ellis, Dec. 6 1893; Nannie Ellis, Feb. 17, 1894; Louisa Gordon, Apr. 16, 1885
- "an old Negro woman" Isadore Hoyt, May 6 1890 "in the Methodist Church" Mrs. J. S. Hughson
- "Prepared for use at the funeral of Mrs. J. S. Hughson but laid aside because I learned the family ... [disliked?] anything like a eulogy of the dead."
- Mrs. J. S. Hughson; W. C Hughson
- Rev. Jenkins Joe (1897) Mason Arthur (1896) Bro. [Mebough?] (June 19. 1895) Mellet Col. (Nov. 1893) Pringle William Judson Scaffe Sarah (188?)
Box 3 Sermons early 1870s-1920s
Folder 1. Sermon Materials Topical Notes for Sermons, undated Experiences as a clergyman Hymns Making of a man Marriage and courtship State missions Sunday School literature question Sermon by "Lindsay" (Heb. 10:25)
Folder 2. Altar Calls
Folder 3. Prayer Meeting Talks 1 Vol. 1885
Folder 4. Sermons Old Testament
Folder 5. Sermons Old Testament
Folder 6. Sermons Old Testament
Folder 7. Sermons Old Testament
Folder 8. Sermons New Testament
Folder 9. Sermons New Testament
Folder 10. Sermons New Testament
Folder 11. Sermons New Testament
Folder 12. Sermons Incomplete Sermons
Folder 13. Sermons on Cards
Folder 14. Sermons Notebooks ca. early 1870s
Folder 15. Sermons Notebooks ca. early 1870s
Folder 16. Sermons Notebooks 1873
Folder 17. Sermons Notebooks 1874
Folder 18. Sermons Notebooks 1875
Folder 19. Sermons Notebooks 1875
Box 4 Sermons
Folder 1. Sermons Loose-leaf notebooks 1904
Folder 2. Sermons Loose-leaf notebooks 1913
Folder 3. Sermons Loose-leaf notebooks 1913
Folder 4. Sermons Loose-leaf notebooks 1916-1917
Folder 5. Sermons Loose-leaf notebooks undated
Folder 6. Newspaper Clippings 1887-1896
Folder 7. Newspaper Clippings 1897-1903
Folder 8. Newspaper Clipping 1905
Folder 9. Newspaper Clippings 1907-1916
Folder 10. Newspaper Clippings 1919
Folder 11. Newspaper Clippings Aug. 1919-Feb. 1920
Folder 12. Newspaper Clippings March 1920-June 1921
Folder 13. Newspaper Clippings Aug. 1921-Nov. 1921
Folder 14. Newspaper Clippings undated
Folder 15. Newspaper Clippings undated
Folder 16. Scrapbooks 1871 contains The Working Christian (1 vol. : 1871)*
Folder 17. Published Works Scrapbooks 1877-1879 contains The Baptist Courier (1 vol. : 1877-1879)
Folder 18. Scrapbooks 1881 contains The Watchman or The Sumter Watchman (1 vol.: 1881) [Brown with N. G. Osteen bought The Watchman in 1881. On August 2, 1881 The Watchman merged with The Southern to form The Watchman and Southern.]
Folder 19. Scrapbooks mid to late 1880s contains The Baptist Courier (1 vol. : mid to late 1880s) [Includes one article from The Watchman and Southern.]
Folder 20. Published Tracts and Pamphlets
Folder 21. Published Tracts and Pamphlets
Folder 22. “Should Women Speak in Mixed Religious Assemblies”
Box 5 Sermons books 1902-1914
Individual books numbered 110-202 containing handwritten sermons
Box 6 Sermon books 1881-1902
Individual books numbered 20-109 containing handwritten sermons
Box 7
- Commonplace book 1876
- Lectures on Homiletics 1873-1874 (1 vol.: 1873-1874) by John A. Broadus (SBTS)
- Old Testament Notes 1872-1873(1 vol.: 1872-1873) Lectures by C. H. Toy (SBTS)
- Lectures by Dr. Williamson (1972-1974) on 1. Church Government and Pastoral Duties 2. Systematic Theology 3. Notes from Hinton’s History of Baptism 4. Brief Notes by Dr. John A. Broadus on our Lord’s Farewell Address and Prayer
- C.C. Brown’s letters, March 1899-Nov. 1903 (Carbon Copies)
- Book of Sermons 13 May 1875-3 Dec. 1875
- Book of Sermons Dec. 7,1875-March 22,1876
- Greek Notes and Translations
- Index of Sermons possibly 112-205 and loose-leaf notebooks
- Book of Sermons 28 June 1876-15 Sept. 1876
- Book of Sermons 8 March 1877-15 June 1877
- Book of Sermons 21 June 1877-3 Oct. 1877
- Book of Sermons 7 Nov. 1877-23 Jan. 1878 15 June 1878
- Book of Sermons 23 Jan. 1878-28 May 1878
- Book of Sermons 4 June 1878-30 Dec. 1879
Box 8
1 Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings
Box 9
3 Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings
Published Works. Tracts and pamphlets.
- The Denominational College. A Page Out of My Own Life. The Education of the Negro Preacher. A Plea Presented to the Baptists of South Carolina (1887). Elijah's Last Visit to the Schools of the Prophets. "He Shet the Do' in My Face!" A Poem (1898).
- "Dedicated to the Reverend Father Geo. W. Gardner D.D. The Genial Editor of the So. Ca. Baptist." Hendie.
- In Memory of Rev. Samuel M. Richardson (1893). The Love of God. The Burial of Gen. Robert E. Lee (1874).
- May Be You Have Not Thought of It!
- My Brethren (1904)
- An Old Preacher's Soliloquy (1909) Partner or Pauper — An Impossible Story.
- The Proper Attitude of Southern Baptists Toward the American Baptist Publication Society (1904)
- Should Women Speak in Mixed Religious Assemblies? (second printing 1901)
- Sorrow's Crown of Sorrow. South Carolina Baptist Ministers' Mutual Benefit Association (1890) Sumter Baptist Church.
- Decennary Celebration of the Pastorate of Rev. C. C. Brown (1885).
- Themes and Texts of South Carolina Baptist Preachers (1882).
- A Vision in the Night Watches.
- Where to Send Your Boy to College.
- A Page Out of My Own Life.
- Working for the Rabbit Foot Instead of Preaching.