Josephine was born about 1910 and died on January 23, 2000.
She never married, and worked thirty years as Superintendent of
Operations for Arkla. She served in multiple offices for the societies
and clubs of which she was a member, including two terms as regent for
the Little Rock chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
board member of the Little Rock Departmental Club, and vice-president of
the Ligon Family and Kinsmen Association. She was a life member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Washington, District of
Columbia, and helped raise money for the publication of a book about
Arkansas Post. She also established a scholarship for student nurses at
the Baptist Medical System Foundation in Little Rock.
Esther was born August 7, 1912. She married Samuel Edwin Tyson on March 10, 1935, and they were divorced in 1938. They had one child, Terry, who died on July 23, 1977. Esther lived and worked in Little Rock the majority of her life, but spent several years in Memphis working as a secretary for John Deere Company. Following the death of her daughter Esther moved back to Little Rock and remained there with her sister until her death on December 9, 1991.
This collection contains material related to Lida Ross Browne, Josephine Sue Browne, and Esther Browne Tyson, including correspondence, hereditary societies, clubs and associations, family histories, memorabilia, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Esther was born August 7, 1912. She married Samuel Edwin Tyson on March 10, 1935, and they were divorced in 1938. They had one child, Terry, who died on July 23, 1977. Esther lived and worked in Little Rock the majority of her life, but spent several years in Memphis working as a secretary for John Deere Company. Following the death of her daughter Esther moved back to Little Rock and remained there with her sister until her death on December 9, 1991.
This collection contains material related to Lida Ross Browne, Josephine Sue Browne, and Esther Browne Tyson, including correspondence, hereditary societies, clubs and associations, family histories, memorabilia, photographs, and scrapbooks.
- Diary
- 1973 (Box 1)
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988 (Box 2)
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992 (Box 3)
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996 (Box 4)
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- Undated
- Correspondence
- Lida Ross Browne (Box 5)
- 1945 January-June
- 1945 July-December
- 1946-1952
- Undated
- Esther Browne Tyson
- 1960-1963 (Box 6)
- 1966-1967
- 1968
- 1969
- circa 1969
- 1970
- circa 1970
- 1971
- circa 1971
- 1972
- circa 1972
- 1973
- circa 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1979 January-June
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978 (Box 7)
- 1979 July- December
- 1980 January-June
- 1980 July-December
- 1981 January-September
- 1981 October-December
- 1982 January-February
- 1982 March-April
- 1982 May
- 1982 June-September
- 1982 October-December
- 1983 January-June
- 1983 July
- 1983 August-December
- 1984 January-June (Box 8)
- 1984 July-December
- 1985-1989
- 1990
- Undated
- Josephine Sue Browne
- 1950-1956 (Box 9)
- 1957-1959
- 1960-1962
- 1963
- 1964-1965
- 1966-1970
- 1971-1972
- 1973
- 1974 January
- 1974 February
- 1974 March-April
- 1974 May-June
- 1974 July
- 1974 August
- 1974 September
- 1974 October
- 1974 November
- 1974 December
- 1975 January
- 1975 February
- 1975 March
- 1975 April
- 1975 May-December
- 1976 January-May
- 1976 June
- 1976 July-August
- 1976 September-October
- 1976 November-December
- 1977 January-March
- 1977 April-May
- 1977 June-September
- 1977 October-December
- 1978 January-March (Box 10)
- 1978 April-May
- 1978 June
- 1978 July-August
- 1978 September-December
- 1979 January-June
- 1979 July-December
- 1980 January-April
- 1980 May-December
- 1981 January-May
- 1981 June-December
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985 January-May
- 1985 June-December
- 1986 January-February
- 1986 March-April
- 1986 May-June
- 1986 July
- 1986 August-September
- 1986 October-November
- 1986 December
- 1987 January-February
- 1987 March-April
- 1987 May-August
- 1987 September-December
- 1988 January-March (Box 11)
- 1988 April-August
- 1988 September-December
- 1989 January-June
- 1989 July-December
- 1990 January-June
- 1990 July-December
- 1990 December 11: Condolences
- 1990 December 12: Condolences
- 1990 December 13: Condolences
- 1990 December 14: Condolences
- 1990 December 15-17: Condolences
- 1990 December 18-19: Condolences
- 1990 December 20-26: Condolences
- 1991 January-February: Condolences (Box 12)
- circa 1991
- 1991 January-April
- 1991 May-December
- 1992 January-March
- 1992 April-December
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996 January-July (Box 13)
- 1996 August-December
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- Undated
- Undated
- Undated
- Undated
- Undated
- 1904-1984: Miscellaneous
- Lida Ross Browne (Box 5)
- Family history research
- Browne family (Box 14)
- Browne family
- Ligon [Lygon] family ancestors
- Ligon [Lygon] family
- 1856-1877: Ligon [Lygon] family
- Ligon [Lygon] family
- Ligon [Lygon] family
- Person family
- Person family
- Person family
- Person family
- Ross family
- Taylor family
- Taylor family
- Taylor family
- Taylor family
- Webb family
- Miscellaneous
- 1771: Will of William Person (Box 15)
- 1781: Will of Ann Person
- 1781: Will of Ann Person
- 1946: Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society
- 1814-1905: Taylor family record
- 1813-1862: Taylor family record
- 1784 James Taylor will
- 1750: Martha Taylor will
- 1727: Edward Hoskins will
- 1798: Taxable property, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1838: Foster will
- Family history
- Scrapbook of Sue John Ligon (Box 16)
- Scrapbook [Lida Ross]
- Hereditary societies
- Arkansas State Pioneers Association
- 1979-2000: Arkansas State Pioneers Association (Box 17)
- Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
- Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
- Colonial Dames of the XVII Century certificates
- 1983-1995: Colonial Dames of the XVII Century yearbooks
- 1995-1999: Colonial Dames of the XVII Century yearbooks
- 1986-1999: Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, National Society Review (Box 18)
- Dames of the Court of Honor, lineage
- Dames of the Court of Honor
- Daughters of American Colonists
- 1982-1994: Daughters of American Colonists yearbooks
- 1984-1986: Daughters of the American Revolution
- Little Rock chapter
- 1984-1986: Agendas (Box 19)
- Regent
- 1893: Minutes
- 1967: Minutes
- 1984: Minutes
- 1985: Minutes
- 1986: Minutes
- Membership
- Proclamations
- 1980-1990: Proposed budget
- 1974-1983: Yearbooks
- 1984-1992: Yearbooks
- 1995-2000: Yearbooks
- Arkansas Society (Box 20)
- Articles
- Arkansas chapters
- Arkansas conference
- Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution room
- Chairman
- Chaplain
- Chaplain
- Chaplain
- Constitution week
- Indian committee
- Meetings
- Memorials
- Organizing secretary
- Proclamations
- Reports
- Ribbons
- News
- 1970-1972 (Box 21)
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975-1976
- 1977
- 1978-1979
- 1983-1985
- 1986-1989
- 1990-1994
- Arkansas Society yearbooks
- 1974-1976 (Box 22)
- 1984-1995
- National Society
- By-laws (Box 23)
- Certificates
- Memorial Continental Hall
- Museum
- Elections
- Friends of the Museum
- Lineage
- Lineage
- Museum committee
- Museum exhibits
- Museum insignia
- "The Congress Herald" newsletter
- Papers
- Papers
- Papers
- Publications and products
- Tours
- 1974-1976: Yearbooks, handbooks, et cetera (Box 24)
- Magazines
- Memorabilia (eyeglass case)
- Calendars
- Little Rock chapter
- Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, National Society (Box 25)
- 1977-2001: Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, National Society yearbooks
- First Families of Virginia
- First Families of Virginia
- 1990-2000: First Families of Virginia yearbooks
- Hereditary Register of the United States of America
- Jamestown Society
- 1980, 1989-1990, and 1996: Jamestown Society newsletter
- Jamestown Society certificate
- Ligon family
- Application (Box 26)
- Ligon family and connections
- Insignia
- Ligon family and Kinsmen Association
- Madresfield Court
- Reunions
- Tours
- Tours memorabilia, Kentucky and East Coast
- Tours memorabilia, Nova Scotia
- Living Desendants of the Blood Royal in America
- Magna Carta
- Plantegenet Society
- United Daughters of the Confederacy certificate
- Books
- "The Clan Ross" (Box 27)
- "DAR Patriot Index"
- "DAR Patriot Index"
- "A Roster of the Arkansas Society DAR, 1893-1968"
- "The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution"
- "Five Hundred First Families of America"
- "Living Descendants of Blood Royal"
- "Adventures of Purse and Person of Virginia, 1607-1625"
- "The Ligon Family and Connections" (Box 28)
- "The Ligon Family and Connections Volume II"
- "The Ligon Family and Connections Volume III"
- Video, "The Ligon Family"
- Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock
- Friendship class (Box 29)
- 1981-1984: Membership directory
- 1985-1987: Membership directory
- 1990-1995: Membership directory
- New members
- Newsletters
- Notes on prayer
- 1987-1997: Women of the Church notices
- 1962-1997: Women of the Church history and yearbooks
- 1957: Church bulletins (Box 30)
- 1968-1969: Church bulletins
- 1980-1989: Church bulletins
- 1990-1995: Church bulletins
- 1996-1999: Church bulletins
- 1988-1997: Budget
- Newsletter
- 75th Anniversary
- 1982 April 18: Centennial celebration
- 1954: "Centennial History of Presbyterianism in Arkansas," book
- Miscellaneous church bulletins
- Clubs and associations
- American Association of Retired Persons, Pulaski Heights Chapter, Little Rock, Arkansas (Box 31)
- Arkansas County Agricultural Museum
- Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
- Arkansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- Arkla News
- Newsletter of the Audubon Society
- Baptist Health Center Circle of Excellence
- Commemorative Commission
- Garden shows
- Departmental Club, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Museum of the Confederacy
- National Sojourners
- The News
- Old State House Museum Associates
- Quapaw Quarter Tour
- The Sesquicentennial
- Pulaski County Historical Quarterly (Box 32)
- 1987 Spring
- 1987 Summer
- 1987 Winter
- 1988 Spring
- 1988 Fall
- 1989 Spring
- 1989 Summer
- 1990 Spring
- 1990 Fall
- 1992 Spring
- 1992 Fall
- 1993 Winter
- 1995 Winter
- 1996 Spring
- 1996 Fall
- 1997 Spring
- Browne family
- Financial records (Box 33)
- Financial records
- 1967: Arkansas General Assembly proposed litigation
- Insurance
- Esther Browne Tyson's death certificate and will
- Article, "Arkansas Indians: Tragedy of a Heritage Lost," "Arkansas Times"
- Memorabilia
- Calendars
- Children's paintings
- Flag day
- Magazine Americana
- Name tags
- Organizations
- Poetry and songs
- Travel
- Travel
- Stationery
- Funeral guest book for Esther Browne Tyson
- Miscellaneous (Box 34)
- Miscellaneous newsletters
- Newsclippings
- 1896
- 1962-1969
- 1970-1975
- 1976-1979
- 1980-1982
- 1983-1989
- 1990-1995
- 1996-1999
- Undated
- 1979-1983: Newspapers
- Undated: Notes
- Photographs (Box 35)
- Daughters of the American Revolution scrapbooks (Box 36)
- 1972-1986: Little Rock chapter
- 1984-1986: Little Rock chapter
- 1978: National Society Constitution Week
- 1979: National Society Constitution Week
- Certificate, Centennial Jubilee celebration
- Photograph albums
- Ligon reunion album (Box 37)
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album (Box 38)
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album (Box 39)
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album
- 1940s-1950s: Browne and Tyson families (Box 40)
- 1940s-1950s: Browne and Tyson families
- 1950s: Tyson family
- 1960s-1970s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson (Box 41)
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson (Box 42)
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson (Box 43)
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
