Collection contains correspondence and book reviews, Brand's manuscript of "England in the mid-nineteenth century", class notes, notes from his student days, material pertaining to classes taught by Brand at Stanford, notebooks on travel, materials on conferences and meetings, notes and pages from Brand's work, "The British Labor Party", personal and official correspondence, galleys of books, papers by Brand's students, newspaper clippings and research notes. The personal correspondence portrays life in the United States during the war years (1940's). There is also family correspondence about life in China after Japan's invasion in the 1930's.

Professor of British history at Stanford University, 1924-1958, Brand began the Hoover Institution's British Labor Party collections. He received his A.B. from Indiana University in 1915 and A.M. in 1916; his A.M., 1918 and Ph.D. 1923 from Harvard University.

20 Linear feet

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This collection is open for research.