Manuscript Collection

"The Boy and the Farm" Robert L. Brown Memoir - Accession 1473 - M716 (772)

Robert Little Brown
Winthrop College History
Olde Stone House, Winthrop
College Farm, Winthrop
Brown Family
Lindler Family
Little Sheppard Lindler

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a memoir by Robert Little Brown titled, The Boy And The Farm: A personal Memoir: The Winthrop College Farm & Stone House 1942-1946 which was published by the author at The Ravens Nest at Crow Hill Farm (the name of the farm) in Dalzell, SC in 2010. The memoir details Robert Little Brown’s (1938-2016) experiences as a child growing up while living in Winthrop’s Olde Stone House and on the Winthrop College Farm which was operated by his grandfather, Little Sheppard Lindler (1886-1970). L.S. Lindler was the Farm Manager at Winthrop’s Farm from 1937-1947 and Robert and his mother, Henry Linnette “Nette” Lindler Brown (1917-2001), went to live with L. S. Lindler in 1942 while his father, William Hall Brown (1914-2008), served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He offers vast details on life on the Winthrop College Farm and the Olde Stone House. He delves into the operation of the farm and the work of his grandfather while also offering details of family history before and after his stay at the farm from 1942 to 1946. Family Names included are, Brown, Lindler, Goodson, and Stockstad. Mr. Brown also attended the Winthrop Training School while he lived at the farm and writes about his experiences. The chapter tiltes are: “The Boy Comes To Live At The Farm,” “The Lindler Family,” “The Lindler Daughters- Wives and Mothers,” “The Stone House,” “Early Farm Impressions and Lessons,” “Sand Boxes and Threshing Machines,” “Farm Playmates,” “Ice Cream and Green Apples,” “The Winthrop Training School,” “The World Outside the College Farm,” “The War,” “The Original Farm,” “The Farm’s Management and Production,” “Problems On The Farm,” “Changing Times ~ Moving On,” “The Boy at the Catawba Farm ~ New Lessons Learned,” “The End of an Era,” “The Boy Grows Older,” “Robert L. Brown,” and “The Renovated “Olde Stone House.”