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Home > University Libraries > Special Collections & Archives > Special Collections and Archives > Martha McClellan Brown Papers (MS-147) > Miami Military Institute Photographs

Miami Military Institute Photographs

In 1885, Orvon Graff Brown leased a property from the city of Germantown, Ohio and established the Twin Valley College and Ohio Conservatory of Music. The music program was subsequently eliminated in favor of military studies, and in January, 1894 the institution name was changed to Miami Military Institute. The Miami Military Institute operated at the site until dwindling enrollment during the Great Depression caused it to close its doors. A church camp, which came to be known simply as “Camp Miami,” was later operated at the site for a number of years. This collection contains photographs of the cadets and faculty of MMI during its years of operation, and depicts annual military encampments, sporting events, cadets performing military exercises, and at play.

Orvon Graff Brown was the oldest of six children of the Reverend William Kennedy Brown and Martha McClellan Brown, a prominent local family. Mrs. Brown was a nationally known leader in the temperance movement as well as a strong advocate of women's rights and suffrage. Orvon Graff Brown was married to Lulu Reed. Several of Orvon’s brothers also served as faculty for the Miami Military Institute. Also included in this collection are photographs from the scrapbook of Kleon Thaw Brown, youngest son of the Rev. and Mrs. Brown, during his years of attendance at Miami Military Institute. Kleon was married to Katharine Kennedy Brown, a prominent figure in politics during the era.

For more information on this collection, please view the collection finding aid or visit Wright State University Special Collections and Archives.

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  • List of handwritten names identifying students pictured in portraits on verso

    List of handwritten names identifying students pictured in portraits on verso

  • Photograph of cadet commissioned officers at Miami Military Institute, 1905

    Photograph of cadet commissioned officers at Miami Military Institute, 1905

  • Photograph of cadets and faculty posed on steps and entrance to Miami Military Institute, 1905

    Photograph of cadets and faculty posed on steps and entrance to Miami Military Institute, 1905

  • Photograph of Faculty officers of Miami Military Institute, 1905

    Photograph of Faculty officers of Miami Military Institute, 1905

  • Photograph of individual school portraits of Miami Military Institute cadets on a photograph album page, 1905

    Photograph of individual school portraits of Miami Military Institute cadets on a photograph album page, 1905

  • Photograph of Kleon Thaw Brown and another unidentified cadet, standing beside the Miami Military School building, 1905

    Photograph of Kleon Thaw Brown and another unidentified cadet, standing beside the Miami Military School building, 1905

  • Photograph of Miami Military Institute band members and faculty advisors, 1905

    Photograph of Miami Military Institute band members and faculty advisors, 1905

  • Photograph of Miami Military Institute cadet Kleon T. Brown, 1905

    Photograph of Miami Military Institute cadet Kleon T. Brown, 1905

 

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