Louis Marshal Brown papers

  • Creator Names Brown, Louis Marshal, d. 1965.
  • Title Louis Marshal Brown papers [manuscript], 1872-1964.
  • Physical description 3 folders.
  • Collection summary Correspondence, abstracts of title, appraisals, deeds, receipts, and notes relating to Chicago real estate, especially around Canal Street, owned or managed by Koch & Company or by Brown. Also Brown's proposals for civic improvement from the 1940s through the 1960s including town meetings to combat Nazism and Communism and a revised method of collecting real estate taxes.
  • Subjects
    • Jews Illinois Chicago.
    • Real property Illinois Chicago.
    • Real property and taxation Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 19th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Abstracts of title. lcsh
    • Appraisals (records). aat
    • Deeds. aat
  • Names Koch & Company (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.