The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

Also included: papers of his wife, Lucy, his son, Spencer, and his daughter-in-law, Lucy, including material on China; and papers of his grandson, Spencer C. Browne, Jr., and his wife, Lina Fergusson Browne.

Paper written for Professor James D. Hart's English 250 class, based on a letter, June 20, 1866, from J. Ross Browne to James A. Garfield, in the Library of Congress.