Brown family papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1995-031
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of papers of several generations of the Brown family.
Materials include: medical notebooks of George W. Brown; medical school notebooks, financial and legal records, and travel journals of George Artemas Brown; and diaries, family photos, and notebooks of Susan Barnum Brown (Mrs. George A. Brown).
Materials in the collection related to George Percy Brown include: medical school notebooks, travel journals, garden journals, ephemera and scrapbooks; and a small amount of correspondence and printed material from the American Association on Mental Deficiency.
Mary E. Hicks Brown (Mrs. George Percy Brown) materials include: correspondence from family and friends (1930s-1970s); college scrapbook, 1911-1913; correspondence, invitations, and ephemera (removed from scrapbook); clippings; correspondence and notes on Brown and Hicks family genealogy; and diaries (1950s-1960s).
Durant Brown materials include: correspondence (1940s); school notebook; Navy recruitment materials; and family financial records such as stocks, estate accounts, and insurance. The collection also contains: photographs; playbills; newspaper clippings (many featuring images of buildings); and a small amount of information about local Barre cultural groups.
Portraits, glass slides, film negatives, and illustrations taken of/done by the Brown family make up a large portion of this collection.
Brown family members Catherine Wood Brown, Evelyn, Donald Romaine Brown, Ephraim Brown and Thomas all featured minimally within correspondence and photograph collection described above.
Materials include: medical notebooks of George W. Brown; medical school notebooks, financial and legal records, and travel journals of George Artemas Brown; and diaries, family photos, and notebooks of Susan Barnum Brown (Mrs. George A. Brown).
Materials in the collection related to George Percy Brown include: medical school notebooks, travel journals, garden journals, ephemera and scrapbooks; and a small amount of correspondence and printed material from the American Association on Mental Deficiency.
Mary E. Hicks Brown (Mrs. George Percy Brown) materials include: correspondence from family and friends (1930s-1970s); college scrapbook, 1911-1913; correspondence, invitations, and ephemera (removed from scrapbook); clippings; correspondence and notes on Brown and Hicks family genealogy; and diaries (1950s-1960s).
Durant Brown materials include: correspondence (1940s); school notebook; Navy recruitment materials; and family financial records such as stocks, estate accounts, and insurance. The collection also contains: photographs; playbills; newspaper clippings (many featuring images of buildings); and a small amount of information about local Barre cultural groups.
Portraits, glass slides, film negatives, and illustrations taken of/done by the Brown family make up a large portion of this collection.
Brown family members Catherine Wood Brown, Evelyn, Donald Romaine Brown, Ephraim Brown and Thomas all featured minimally within correspondence and photograph collection described above.
Dates
- 1837-1971
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
George W. Brown was a graduate of the University of New York Medical Department. He was the superintendent of the Elm Hill Private School and Home for the Education of Feeble-Minded Youth. Never accepting more than 100 residents, and remaining private, Elm Hill was run by the Brown family until it ceased operation. George Artemas Brown (1858-1942),who graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York (later Columbia Medical School), was the second Brown to become superintendent. George Artemas’ son George Percy Brown (1888-1971), who attended Yale and Harvard Medical School, was also a superintendent. Elm Hill closed in 1946.
Extent
6.5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Accession number: 1995-031
- Title
- Brown family papers 1837-1971 1995-031
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
