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Brumby Family Papers, 1882-1949

 

Summary

Extent:
7.00 items
0.00 Linear Feet 0 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Brumby Family Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1976-008

Background

Scope and content:

The Brumby Family Papers consist of newspaper clippings, biographies, and a diary related to the Brumby Family as well as information on the Brumby Rocker, a rocking chair produced by the Brumby Chair Company. The diary entitled, "Diary of Our Florida Trip From Marietta, GA" covers a camping trip of the Family by mule drawn wagon through Florida in the Winter of 1884-85.

Biographical / historical:

James Remley Brumby was a co-founder and the first president of the Brumby Chair Company in 1875. He married Laura M. Smith in 1866 and they had six children together before her death in 1912. James R. Brumby, Jr., one of three sons, was a long-time resident of Florida. [Source: Brumby Chair Co., Marietta, Georgia]

Acquisition information:
Gift of James R. Brumby
Processing information:

Processed August 8, 1976.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Brumby Family Papers, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1976-008

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA