Brown directed the Iowa State University Library from 1922 to 1946 until he retired and was named Librarian Emeritus.

[4][5] In 1947 the journal, College & Research Libraries published essays in his honor.

[6] He helped to organize the National Diet Library in Japan.

[7] In 1954 Brown was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership.

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