Jimmy Brown Went to Big Time But Returns To A Small Town,

mss00087 Guide to the James Roberson Brown Program and Newsclipping, 1977 MSS 00087 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Special Collections Staff;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dawne E. Howard Special Collections Research Center 2005 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-30T17:54-0400 Finding aid written in English. James Roberson Brown Program and Newsclipping MSS 00087 Special Collections Research Center 2.0 items 1977 These materials consist of a newsclipping and a program documenting and honoring the life of baseball player James Roberson Brown. James Roberson Brown (1909-1977) was a baseball player at North Carolina State University in the early 1930s. He later played in the major leagues from 1937 to 1946. Brown was a native of Jamesville, North Carolina, and later lived in Bath, North Carolina. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Atkinson, Herbert E., Jr. Restrictions to Access

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Received from Herbert E. Atkinson, Jr., May 1984.

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Biographical Note

James Roberson Brown (1909-1977) was a baseball player at North Carolina State University in the early 1930s. He later played in the major leagues from 1937 to 1946. Brown was a native of Jamesville, North Carolina, and later lived in Bath, North Carolina.

Scope and Content Note

These materials consist of a newsclipping and a program documenting and honoring the life of baseball player James Roberson Brown.

Brown, James Roberson North Carolina State University. St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team). Baseball--North Carolina--History Bath (N.C.) Clippings Jamesville (N.C.) Programs James Roberson Brown program and newsclipping 1977 Newsclipping: Jimmy Brown Went to Big Time But Returns To A Small Town, Williamston Enterprise MSS.2 MSS 87 1977 October 27 Program: A Tribute to Jimmy Brown, Jamesville School MSS.2 MSS 87 1977 December 3