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1906; 1925; 2012 (Creation)
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- Brown, Kenneth
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- Peterborough
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12 cm of textual records
ca. 50 photographic reproductions
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Kenneth Brown was born 21 January 1949 in Toronto and moved to Peterborough in 1974. He is married to Kathleen Brownscombe and has three children. Brown attended the Haliburton Scout Reserve for boy scouts in 1965-1967 and became a leader there. He was founding president of Kawartha Jazz Society (founded in 1989) and a partner at Stow Brown and McLeod where he worked until 2011 in public accounting. Interested in local history, Brown has extensively researched his wife’s family, the Brownscombes, and is author of: The Invention of the Board Canoe, 2001; The Peterborough Potteries, 2003; and The Canadian Canoe Company, 2011. He also published a poster entitled “View of Ashburnham from the Tower of St. John's Church c. 1874.”
Custodial history
Fonds was in the custody of Kenneth Brown before being donated to Trent University Archives in 2012.
Scope and content
Fonds is primarily comprised of copies of research material. Included are reproductions of genealogical materials related to the Brownscombe family of Peterborough, Ontario, beginning with William Brownscombe (1830-1893), a descendent of Kenneth Brown's wife, Kathleen Brownscombe. Also included is material related to the Haliburton Scout Reserve, the Canadian Canoe Company and the Wm. English Canoe Company.
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Fonds acquired from Kenneth Brown in 2012.
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The copied materials may not be reproduced. Copies must be attained from the original source.