Brown family collection
Collection 4341
1806 - 2020(59.0 Linear feet ; 74 boxes, 92 volumes, 7 flat files)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Brown, Charles Stuart, 1915-1993.
- Title
- Brown family collection
- ID
- 4341
- Date
- 1806 - 2020
- Extent
- 59.0 Linear feet ; 74 boxes, 92 volumes, 7 flat files
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Judith A. Robins, C.A.; updated by Sara H. Nash.
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection was generously funded by Bruce M. Brown and Family.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains the papers of various members of the Houston, Brown, and allied families, mainly Charles Boone Houston I (1832-1902), Howard Hathaway Houston (1861-1929), Charles Boone Houston II (1890-1973), Margaret Houston Brown (1915-1987), Medford Jennings Brown (1884-1936), Charles Stuart Brown (1915-1993), and Bruce Maitland Brown (1947-2020). The Houston men were bankers and entrepreneurs in the coal, lumber, and steel industries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Howard H. Houston served as mayor of the City of Chester. Medford Brown was president of a coal company, and his son Charles Stuart was manager of the advertising department at Avisco. Bruce Brown started his career in public relations with the Food and Drug Administration, but shifted professions midlife and spent the remainder of his career as a philanthropy consultant and a grantmaker. He established the HBE Foundation with his wife Elaine Eldrege Brown in 1987. The materials in the collection include personal papers, vital records, extensive correspondence, many photographs and scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and some artifacts. The majority of the material dates from the 20th century.
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Brown family collection (Collection 4341), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Background note
This collection is divided into two main, topical groups of material. The first group concerns the families of Charles Boone Houston I and his descendants. The second group concerns the families of Medford Jennings Brown Sr. and his descendants. The biographical sketches provided here are based solely on the information contained within this collection and are not intended to represent complete or authoritative biographies of the individuals represented.
HOUSTON FAMILY
John Houston
Various efforts have been made to trace the Houston family to its earliest origins in Scotland. An account published in a memorial tribute to C. B. Houston lists the originator of this branch as Robert Houston, who emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland, to the district of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1690. The materials in this collection begin with the descendants of John Houston, the great-great-grandson of Robert Houston.
John Houston was born in Northern Ireland. The dates of his birth and death are not known. According to the source noted above, he emigrated to the United States as a young man, where he married his first wife, Sarah McElree, in 1822; they had three daughters. After his wife’s death, he returned to Ireland, where he married Elizabeth Boone and began another family. In 1834, he re-emigrated to the United States with his new family, this time permanently. They settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where John Houston owned and farmed a “plantation.”
His second marriage produced twelve children; three are known to have died in infancy or early childhood, and at least five lived to adulthood. These five were Charles Boone, John, Thomas James, David Fleming, and George Orr.
Charles Boone Houston I
The third of John and Elizabeth Houston’s children, Charles B. Houston, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1832. He came to America with his parents at the age of two but did not become a naturalized citizen until 1884. A biographical sketch of his son, Howard, states that C. B. Houston was educated at the Normal School at Millersville, Pennsylvania, and that afterward he ran a merchandising business in Gap, Lancaster County, with his cousin Samuel J. Boone. From 1863 to 1869, he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Then for the next two years, he “joined” his brother Thomas in the construction of a blooming furnace in Greensboro, North Carolina. Afterwards, he worked for McCormick and Company at their ironworks in Harrisburg.
This account goes on to state that in 1874 he and his partner John Roach built the Chester Rolling Mill. After this plant was purchased, he continued to manage it for sixteen years. He then resigned to look after his own interests in the coal and iron industries of Virginia and West Virginia. His brothers THomas and David were frequent business partners in these ventures, particularly the Houston Coal and Coke Company in Elkhorn, West Virginia.
His business affairs included directorship of the Chester National Bank, the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding Company, the Crozer Steel and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia (of which his brother David was the manager), Edith Iron and Mining Company, the Twelve Pole Coal and Lumber Company, Mate Creek Coal and Lumber Company, and Roanoke Coal and Lumber Company. There are papers relating to many of these companies in the collection.
In 1860, he married Margaret Ann Hathaway (known as Maggie). She was the daughter of Philip R. Hathaway and Margaret Hathaway (nee Hull). She was the third of the Hathaways’ eight children, all but one of whom lived to adulthood. The collection includes some papers relating to her parents and siblings.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston had three children. Howard Hathaway Houston was born in 1861 and died in 1929. Mary was born in 1862 and died in 1865. Thomas Edgar was born in 1866; coincidentally, he also died in the same year as his brother, 1929.
Charles Boone Houston died in 1902 as a result of heavy injuries sustained while he was inspecting one of his family’s mining operations. Ten years later, in 1912, his widow Margaret dedicated the C. B. Houston Memorial Ward of the Chester Hospital. This was a new children’s ward which was built entirely from her own donations in her husband’s memory. She died in 1914.
There are several individual photographs of both Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston in the collection, taken during their middle and later years. There are also two family group portraits. In addition, there are numerous portraits presumed to be of Charles Houston’s brothers (and perhaps sisters or sisters-in-law), several taken at the same studio and all bearing a strong family resemblance.
Howard Hathaway Houston
The elder of Charles B. Houston’s surviving children, Howard H. Houston was born in Christiana, Lancaster County, on February 16, 1861. According to the same biographical source quoted above, he was educated in public schools, as well as Hamberg-Seiter Academy in Greensboro, North Carolina; Chester Academy and Chester Grammar School; and graduated from the Normal School in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1881.
He worked in the Chester Rolling Mill, a family concern, for thirteen years. In 1892, he formed a partnership with his father and J. Max Barnard, called “C. B. Houston and Company.” Howard H. Houston became chairman of this company after his father’s death in 1902. He also followed in his father’s footsteps in his other business interests, both in West Virginia and closer to home. He became vice-president of the Houston Coal and Coke Company (Elkhorn), and a director of Chester National Bank. He was also a director of the Cambridge Trust Company, the Chester Street Railway, the Chester and Media Electric Railway, and the Chester Free Library. In addition, he served as treasurer of the Ironworkers’ Building and Loan Association and as a board member of the Chester Hospital.
Like his uncle David Fleming Houston, he also had an active career in Republican party politics. In 1887, he represented the borough of South Chester in the Chester city council. In 1888, he was elected to a four-year term as councilman for the Eleventh Ward and then was reelected to this post. In 1902, during his second term as councilman, Howard H. Houston was nominated as the Republican candidate for mayor and won by “the largest majority ever given” for that office. He served as mayor of Chester from 1902 to 1906.
In keeping with his political career, Houston led an equally active social life. He was a member of the Union League of Philadelphia, the Chester Club, Rotary Club, Penn Club, Art Club, Springhaven Club, and Rolling Green Club. He also belonged to Masons, Knights Templar, and other fraternal societies.
On October 3, 1888, Howard H. Houston married Nellie Maitland. Little is known of her family, but census records show that Nellie Maitland was born in Canada in 1865. The photographs in this collection also suggest that while she was still quite young her family lived in Chicago, before settling in Negaunee, Michigan. The Houstons had only one child, Charles Boone Houston II, named after his grandfather.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston enjoyed touring the country by automobile, as attested by photographic scrapbooks of their travels in this collection. In 1929, shortly after returning from one of these trips, Howard H. Houston died of a heart attack. His wife Nellie continued to live in the home which they had built, called “Houstonia,” until her death in 1951.
Charles Boone Houston II
The only child of Howard H. and Nellie Houston, Charles Boone Houston II was born in Chester in 1890. He graduated from the DeLancey School. He later attended Swarthmore College, and although he did not graduate, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His copy of the 1914 Swarthmore yearbook is in this collection. In that year, he left the college to answer the call for military service. When he reported, however, he was told that he could best serve by working for his family’s coal business because coal was much needed for the war effort. Later the same year, he became Secretary of the Houston Coal and Coke Company in Elkhorn, West Virginia. Also in 1914, he married Pauline Virginia Smith. She was the daughter of Charles Arthur Smith and Laura Virginia Smith (nee Grove) of Frederick, Maryland, and later Baltimore, Maryland. The Houston’s only child, Margaret Maitland Houston, was born in 1915.
Following in his father’s and grandfather’s business tradition, Charles B. Houston II was a director of the Chester-Cambridge Bank and Trust Company (which later merged with Philadelphia National Bank). He was also a director of the First National Bank of Bluefield, West Virginia, and the First Clark National Bank of Northfork, West Virginia, and a trustee of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates of Boston (successor to the Koppers Coal Company). In addition, he chaired the Salvation Army’s fundraising drive in McDowell County, West Virginia for two consecutive years. Also like his father, he was a Mason and belonged to the Union League of Philadelphia and the Springhaven Club of Wallingford.
He founded the Tug River Lumber Company of Welch, West Virginia, in 1924 and served continuously as its president until his retirement in 1952. Afterward, the Houstons moved to Woodstock, Virginia. He had first visited Woodstock in order to help his sister-in-law, Eleanor Paddon, who had been hurt in an automobile accident. He liked the area so much that he bought a large farmstead, which he later turned into a breeding ranch for registered Black Angus cattle. Also during his retirement, he and his wife traveled the world.
Pauline V. Houston had an active interest in genealogy. She belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Huguenot Society, and other hereditary associations. After an extended illness, she died in 1962. Charles B. Houston II died of heart failure in 1973.
Margaret Maitland Houston Brown
Margaret Maitland Houston was born in Elkhorn, West Virginia in 1915. From an early age she was known by her nickname, “Marty.”
According to an interview with her husband, C. Stuart Brown, her parents decided that she could not get a good enough education in “the coal country,“ and sent her to live with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Houston, in Chester, Pennsylvania. While there, she attended “Miss Wright’s School.” The age at which Miss Houston went to live at her grandparent’s home, “Houstonia,” is not certain. Gaps in the extensive photographic scrapbooks kept by her parents suggest that the move may have been during her adolescence. A program indicates that she played in a piano recital in Media at age 11.
While attending Miss Wright’s school, she was escorted by her mother to social events at many colleges around the country. She is featured in the “Beauty” section of the Washington and Lee University yearbook. In his interview, her husband called this activity “prom trotting.”
In the spring of 1936, both C. Stuart Brown and Margaret Houston took a cruise on the MV Brittanic (sometimes recorded as the “Brittanica”). Mr. Brown was traveling with the Williams College Glee Club. Miss Houston was, as always, accompanied by her mother. Brown family tradition recounts that the two did not actually meet until they visited the island of Bermuda. Mr. Brown graduated from Williams in 1937, and in October of that year he married Miss Houston.
Margaret Houston Brown was an amateur artist. The collection includes several drawings and paintings which she produced in the years immediately before and after marriage. She died in 1987. (For further information, see the biographical sketch of C. Stuart Brown.)
Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis
Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis was born around 1900. She was an African American woman who worked as maid and housekeeper for Charles Boone Houston II, and after his death, she continued working for his estate. Her service with the family lasted for more than 50 years. Charles Boone Houston II’s will of 1956 included a provision for a monthly income after his death. Cherry Mae Davis died in 1993.
BROWN FAMILY
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.
A descendancy chart in the collection traces this branch of the Brown family to one Samuel Brown, who died in 1712. The materials in the collection which are directly related to the Brown family begin with the papers of Mr. and Mrs. Medford Jennings Brown Sr.
Medford J. Brown was born in Baltimore in 1884. His parents were Henry Gassaway Brown Jr., and Anna Estelle Brown (nee Lamb). He was educated at St. Paul’s School. According to an obituary, at an early age he went to work for the Cumberland Coal Company. He joined the Maryland Coal and Gas Company (later Maryland Coal and Coke) in 1912 and later became its president. The company operated in the Clearfield district of Pennsylvania and had its headquarters in Philadelphia. Mr. Brown also served as president of the Greensville Coal and Export Corporation of New York City and vice-president of the Maryland New River Coal Company of West Virginia.
In 1908, he married Mary Evelyn Miller (called Evelyn). All three of their children were born in the Philadelphia area. These were Medford Jennings Jr., born in 1911; Charles Stuart, born in 1915; and Helen Miller, born in 1918. The family lived in Merion, Pennsylvania, and Medford Brown was a member of the Merion Cricket Club. In 1936, he died at home after a month’s illness. According to an interview with his son C. Stuart Brown, he had been a staunch Episcopalian. Both his sons graduated from Episcopal Academy, and later from Williams College.
Evelyn Brown was the daughter of Charles Stuart Miller and Mary Lucas Miller (nee Michael). She was born in Baltimore in 1883 and died in 1970. There are relatively few papers of Mr. and Mrs. Medford Brown Sr. in the collection, but many photographs, particularly of their children, from infancy through adulthood. Helen Miller Brown married George Philip Nelson in 1943. Medford Brown Jr. married Ann Janney in 1948. While the collection has numerous photographs of both Medford Jr. and Helen, along with a few related items of correspondence and news clippings, it does not contain any of their personal papers. Rather, the bulk of the collection concerns their brother, C. Stuart Brown.
Charles Stuart Brown
Named for his maternal grandfather, C. Stuart Brown was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania, in 1915. In school he was known as Stuart, and his family and friends called him “Stu.”
He was educated at Episcopal Academy from 1928 to 1933. He attended Williams College from 1933 to 1937. It was during this time that he met Margaret Maitland Houston, whom he would later marry. During the summer after his graduation from Williams, he worked for his future father-in-law, Charles B. Houston II, in West Virginia. In October 1937, he married Margaret Houston. In the first year of their marriage, he worked for the Maryland Coal Company in their Chicago offices.
Throughout his life, C. Stuart Brown was an avid hobbyist. He participated in hobby shows while a young student at Episcopal Academy. As an adult, he collected stamps and coins. He was also a grower of dahlias and won many awards at flower shows throughout the 1960s.
Photography was another of his interests. He founded a photography club at Episcopal Academy and entered photography competitions during college. After returning from Chicago to Philadelphia, he operated a successful commercial studio of his own, specializing in children’s portraits. In his taped interview, he stated that the studio grew to the point where he had to either expand or close, so he closed the business.
After briefly working for the Atlantic Oil Company, he took the job which would lead to a permanent career with the American Viscose Company (later Avisco). He was quickly promoted through the company, and became manager of the advertising department in 1956. The Browns led a very active social life, which is well documented in their scrapbooks. They also traveled extensively and frequently vacationed in Rehoboth, Delaware, and in Delray Beach, Florida.
They lived in Moylan, Pennsylvania, and had two children. Stuart Houston (known during his childhood as “Tony”) was born in 1941, and Bruce Maitland was born in 1947. Both are represented in this portion of collection; related files include school papers, news clippings and voluminous photographs.
C. Stuart Brown was one of the founders of the Riddle Memorial Hospital. He also served as chairman of the 10,000 Trees Campaign of the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society during the mid-1970s. Among her other interests, Margaret Brown did charity work for the Chester Hospital and Riddle Memorial Hospital. After Mr. Brown’s retirement from Avisco in 1973, the couple moved to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Margaret Houston Brown died in 1987. C. Stuart Brown died in 1993.
Bruce Maitland Brown
Bruce Maitland Brown was born in September 1947, the younger son of Charles Stuart Brown. He grew up in Moyland, Pennsylvania, and like his father attended Episcopal Academy. As a boy and young man, he played soccer. The sport was a life-long passion, and he played and officiated through his college years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Lawrence University in 1969.
In November of 1969, he was drafted and served two years in the Army. His first assignment after training was a clerical position with the Congressional Division of the Fort Sam Houston Headquarters office. In March of 1971, he was transferred to Viet Nam, where he was a clerk in the Adjutant General’s Office. His work included helping to compile mortality statistics.
Upon discharge from the army in the fall of 1971, Bruce Brown enrolled at the University of Kentucky and completed a master’s degree in political science. He was hired by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, where he was eventually named acting deputy director for press relations. In 1986, he left the FDA to become vice president of communications at the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a national trade group for vitamin and mineral manufacturers. In 1987, he accepted a position as Vice President for charitable trust administration with Philadelphia National Bank.
Bruce Brown engaged in philanthropic work throughout his adult life, including volunteer work in the community while stationed at Fort Sam Houston. His other early experiences included fundraising for the Class of 1969 Fund at Lawrence University and serving a 2-year term as co-chair of the Lawrence University Alumni Fund. He was elected to the Lawrence University Alumni Association Board of Directors in 1982 for a three-year term. In 1989, Bruce Brown merged his professional and volunteer work and started his own philanthropic consultancy and nonprofit, the HBE Foundation. His organization provided funds to over a dozen charitable organizations annually. Most of the recipient nonprofits operated in the Philadelphia area. Bruce Brown also served on several non-profit boards during this period, including that of Eastern University and the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation.
In March 1983, he became engaged to Elaine Eldredge, and the couple married that September. Their son Carter Houston Brown was born in 1993. Bruce Maitland Brown passed away in 2020.
Allied Families: Lamb, Miller, and Michael
The collection includes several files of genealogical information about the Brown and allied families, particularly the forebears of Mary Evelyn Brown (nee Miller) in the Miller family and the family of her mother, Mary Lucas Miller (nee Michael). These files include family correspondence, news clippings, and some formally compiled family histories. In addition, the collection includes photographs of members of the Miller family and a few of the Michael family.
Among the papers of Medford Jennings Brown Sr. are several items pertaining to his mother’s forebears in the Lamb family. These consist of a journal, a letter, a receipt, and some Confederate banknotes. There is also one identified photograph of Anna Estelle (Lamb) Brown.
Scope and content note
The collection consists of the combined family papers of Charles Stuart Brown and his wife Margaret Maitland Brown (nee Houston), and their son, Bruce Maitland Brown. The papers include those created and/or collected by Mr. and Mrs. Brown themselves, their son Bruce, and many other members of their respective families over a period spanning six generations. The collection ranges in date from 1806 through 2020. The bulk of the material dates from the 1880s through the 1970s.
The collection is broadly organized into four series. Series 1 (1806-2020) contains the textual materials, such as correspondence, vital records, financial documents, memorial books, travel journals, and extensive clippings. The material is divided into subseries by family (Houston and Brown). Series 2 (1860s-2017) consists of photographs of the Houston, Brown, and Miller families. These include tintypes, prints, negatives, and slides. Noteworthy are two boxes of art photographs by Charles Stuart Brown and the early 20th century photos of Elkhorn and Welch, West Virginia. Series 3 (1900s-1994) contains the scrapbooks of several generations of the Brown family. Series 4 (1857-1996) consists of the miscellaneous materials of the collection, including works of art including daguerreotypes, audio and video tapes, artifacts, and miscellaneous papers.
SERIES 1. TEXTUAL MATERIALS
Subseries 1.A. Houston family
The papers relating to the Houston family include materials dating from the lifetime of Margaret Brown’s great-grandparents Charles Boone and Maggie (Hathaway) Houston, through those of her grandparents Howard H. and Nellie (Maitland) Houston and her parents, Charles Boone II and Pauline (Smith) Houston. Note that papers relating to Margaret Brown’s childhood are filed as part of the Brown family papers.
In addition to the papers in the textual materials section of the collection, there are many photographs of members of the Houston and allied families. All but a few of these are black and white. They include numerous cartes de visite, tintypes, and four unidentified daguerreotypes.
Charles B. Houston I
These papers include the bulk of the earliest-dated material in the collection (with the exception of a few items from the Lamb family). It consists of the papers of C. B. Houston I and his wife Maggie. It contains much information about C. B. Houston’s siblings and their descendants, several of whom were business partners in a variety of coal-producing properties and related ventures in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. His brothers David Fleming Houston, John Houston, and Thomas James Houston are often named as partners in these ventures. Among the most interesting materials are C. B. Houston’s letterpress books, dating from 1886 to 1902, and a variety of stock certificates.
These papers also include some of the personal papers of his brother David Fleming Houston, which were received as part of his estate. In addition, there are materials relating to the estates of Maggie Houston’s sister Tillie Hathaway and her mother, Margaret (Hull) Hathaway, as well as those of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston themselves.
Other important materials in this subgroup were found in various Bibles belonging to the Houston and Hathaway families. The Bibles themselves sometimes contain family record pages which list births, marriages, and deaths. There were also several loose items found between the pages of these volumes, including correspondence and printed ephemera. Perhaps the most interesting of these items is a letter written by a Confederate soldier describing the Battle of Gettysburg.
Additional items of interest are the minutes books of two local organizations. The first volume records the constitution, membership, and minutes of the National Union League of Christiana, Pennsylvania, from 1863 to 1864. Both C. B. Houston and his brother David are listed as members of the League. The second volume records the minutes of the Christiana Lyceum from 1853 to 1859. It should be noted that both of these volumes are in poor condition; the latter was used as a child’s scrapbook.
Other Members of the Houston Family
The largest single group of materials relating to other members of C. B. Houston’s family is the papers of his brother Colonel David Fleming Houston. This material is comprised of both his business and personal correspondence, primarily during the 1880s. Of particular interest are his military pension record, correspondence relating to his political career, as well as his life insurance records, and stock certificates.
Howard H. Houston
The papers of C. B. Houston’s elder son, Howard Hathaway Houston, provide additional information about the family businesses. The most extensive of these records consists of his correspondence with his brother Thomas Edgar Houston. Howard Houston served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania, from 1902 to 1904. His papers include a letterpress book from his administration as mayor and numerous news clippings relating to his election. These papers also contain some information about the house which he built in Nether Providence, near Chester, known as “Houstonia.”
Charles B. Houston II
The papers of Howard’s only child, Charles B. Houston II provide further information about the family’s finances as well as more personal correspondence. These papers also include information about the sale of the house “Houstonia.” However, there is relatively little personal correspondence.
There is somewhat more such material among the papers of his wife, Pauline, and her sister, Eleanor. Both were interested in genealogy, and the collection includes their applications to the Daughters of teh American Revolution. There are also three paintings of related family crests (see Series 4), all by Virginia Smith Weidman.
The collection contains an autograph album belonging to their maternal grandmother, Margaret Victoria Grove (nee Chesnut). Related materials include items found in the Grove, Smith, and Houston family Bibles. There is also a scrapbook kept by Eleanor containing photographs and news clippings.
Subseries 1.B. Brown family
The papers relating to the Brown family consist primarily of the papers of Medford Jennings Brown, Sr., his son Charles Stuart Brown, and his grandson Bruce Maitland Brown. The C. S. Brown and Bruce M. Brown papers form the largest sub-groups in the collection. Related papers are those of Margaret Brown and some of the early papers of their sons Bruce M. Brown and Stuart H. Brown.
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.
Among Medford Brown Sr.’s papers are some materials relating to his forebears in the Lamb family, which include the earliest item in the collection. That document acknowledges receipt of a bequest of an enslaved woman and is dated 1806. Another item of special interest is the journal of Charles W. Lamb, which concerns his trip on the Barque Kirkland. This volume also contains other segments written in several hands and ranges in date from 1854 to 1864. Several Confederate banknotes were found among the pages of the journal.
Mr. and Mrs. Medford Brown’s personal papers include legal documents, some materials relating to their children, and items found in the Bibles owned by Evelyn Miller Brown and her sister, Lelia Miller. There are also compilations of genealogical data concerning the Lamb, Brown, and allied families, particularly Evelyn Brown’s forebears in the Michael and Miller families.
Charles Stuart Brown
These materials comprise the largest single subgroup within the collection. They contain some items relating to his childhood, including his baby book and early school records. His years as a student at Episcopal Academy and later at Williams College are well documented, and most of his yearbooks are present. The collection also contains various of his personal and business correspondence, including files relating to his career at the American Viscose Corporation (later Avisco). Additional files among his papers include those relating to his activities on behalf of Riddle Memorial Hospital and his chairmanships of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's 10,000 Trees Campaign during the mid-1970s.
His photographic work comprises a large proportion of the photographic materials section of the collection. His hobby as a competitive grower of dahlias is also documented.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were inveterate scrapbook keepers. Their school years and the first ten years of their married life are richly chronicled among the scrapbooks section of the collection.
The 1996 additions to the collection include C. Stuart Brown’s travel diaries from the 1970s and 1980s and appointment calendars from the 1960s to 1991.
Margaret Maitland (Houston) Brown
This material consists in part of items relating to Margaret Brown’s childhood, including her baby book (which is identical to her husband’s, who was born in the same year). As a youngster, she may have shared her future husband’s interest in stamp collecting, as there are three early albums which appear to have been hers. Her papers also include a small amount of correspondence and a scrapbook of her school years.
Bruce Maitland Brown
There are relatively few papers of “Marty” and C. Stuart Brown’s two sons in this collection contributed by C. S. Brown. These relate primarily to their childhood and young adulthood and were undoubtedly kept by their parents. The papers of Bruce M. Brown include medical records of his infancy, some of his school papers, issues of a family newsletter, which he created, called “The Shady Hill News,” and various news clippings. There are also numerous photographs of him, the majority taken by his father. Related materials include audio tapes of his radio broadcasts while at Lawrence University.
Additionional materials were processed in 1996, and the largest coherent subseries within this added material is the correspondence between Bruce M. Brown and his parents. It should be noted that these folders contain other related materials as well as the letters. These related items include printed ephemera, copies of letters to others, and letters from friends and relatives of Bruce Brown. This arrangement retains the original order of these materials as they were first kept by the Brown family. School records from Episcopal Academy and Lawrence University are also included.
A large box of Bruce Brown’s correspondence was transferred from Collection #4342 HBE Foundation records. As above, original order and groupings were maintained during processing. These letters include correspondence with friends and family from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Stuart Houston Brown
The papers of Stuart H. Brown kept by his father include a few school papers, a list of the wedding gifts he received, and some news clippings, primarily related to his marriage and the births of his children. There are more photos taken of Stuart Brown as a child than of any other individual in the collection.
SERIES 2. PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS
There are studio portraits of virtually all principal members of the Houston and Brown families represented in this collection. These date from the lifetime of Charles B. Houston I and continue through the early adulthood of C. S. Brown’s children.
In addition, home photography became an interest of both the Houston and Brown families. Howard H. Houston, Charles B. Houston II, and Medford J. Brown Sr. each created extensive collections of candid photographs, some complied in scrapbooks. C. Stuart Brown continued this tradition, making it a lifelong hobby and at one point in his career, a business.
As is typical of family photo collections, relatively few of these images were labeled to identify subjects, place, or time. Given these limitations, a surprisingly high percentage of these photographs could be identified to one degree or another by deduction. For example, there is a striking resemblance between the members of the family of Charles B. Houston I. Two group portraits of C. B. Houston’s family were particularly helpful in this regard. Other factors such as the photographs’ format and condition and their context among the other papers were relied upon to assist identification.
The Houston material includes the only four daguerreotypes in the collection. This group also includes five highly unusual modern photographs produced on milk glass. Because of the physical needs of these fragile formats, they have been housed with the artifacts.
Houston family
In addition to many loose photographs, the unprocessed Houston family papers included two handsome but badly deteriorated photo albums. These were dismantled to give the images optimum care. Both of the albums included tintypes as well as numerous cartes de visite; and one contained a few cyanotypes.
As adults, Charles B. Houston I and his family had many studio portraits taken. There is a strong family resemblance among members of this generation. There is only one photo in the collection which clearly includes a member of the previous generation. This is the group photograph of the Houstons featuring Nellie and her infant son Howard (circa 1861). The elderly woman in that image is unidentified, but is most probably either Mrs. John Houston (nee Boone, who died circa 1870) or Mrs. Philip Hathaway (who died in 1896).
Formal portraits were also taken of Charles B. Houston I’s children from infancy through adulthood. While some formal portraits of his grandchildren also exist, by that time studio photographs had begun to be supplanted by home photography. In their middle age, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houston toured the country by automobile, taking numerous candid photos along the way.
There are a number of unidentified photographs of the allied Maitland family, which came into the Houston family records through Mrs. Howard H. Houston (nee Nellie Maitland). Only one of these, clearly a childhood photograph of Nellie, has any identification. It is captioned “Maitland.” This and one other were taken in Chicago. All the rest, however, were taken in Nellie Maitland Houston’s home town of Negaunee, Michigan, or the nearby towns of Ishpeming and Marquette.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Houston II took extensive home photographs of themselves, their friends and family, and especially of their daughter Margaret (“Marty”). In addition to numerous loose photos, they kept two scrapbooks, primarily recording their daughter’s life. These photos were most numerous during her first five years, becoming increasingly fewer as she grew to adulthood, but continuing to the birth of her first child.
Brown family
This group consists of the photographs of the Medford J. Brown and C. Stuart Brown families. Photos of the Medford Jennings Brown Sr. family include several formal portraits taken while the family was still young, but a far larger number of candid photos. Just like their son Stuart’s future in-laws (Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Houston II), the Browns concentrated their home photography on their three children: Medford Jr., Stuart, and Helen. These are so numerous that the majority are arranged by year from 1917 to 1922. Then there is a gap to 1930.
The photographs taken (and to a lesser extent collected) by C. Stuart Brown comprise a large proportion of the total of the photographic materials in this collection. His photo scrapbooks date from 1928, when he was 13 years old. These extensively document his friends, family, and other interests during his years at Episcopal Academy and Williams College. He photographed numerous special occasions (including the weddings of his sister and brother) and his travels (including summer camp, adult camping trips, cruises, and numerous vacations). The most voluminously photographed subjects in the collection are his children, Stuart (“Tony”) and Bruce. Related photographic materials will also be found among the scrapbooks section of the collection.
In addition to all these subjects, Mr. Brown was an “art photographer.” He mounted and titled many of his works for competitive exhibition. Several of these can be identified from other images in the collection. There are also numerous unidentified and unmounted enlargements of his work.
Miller family
The numerous photographs of members of the Miller and allied families were brought into the Brown family records by Mrs. Medford J. Brown Sr. (nee Mary Evelyn Miller). Filed with these are snapshots from the photo albums kept by Evelyn Brown in her later years.
SERIES 3. SCRAPBOOKS
Scrapbooks which contained only photographs were placed among the other photographic materials in the collection. Several of these were in such poor condition that they were dismantled and their contents individually processed. Regardless of condition, the total contents of each photo scrapbook were kept together as a single entity, rather than scattered according to subject.
All other scrapbooks in the collection were compiled by Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown and their son Bruce. The only scrapbook compiled by Mrs. Brown prior to her marriage pertains to her school years (circa 1932 – 1934). In addition to several photo scrapbooks, C. Stuart Brown kept extensive scrapbooks of his years at Williams College (1933 – 1937). And for the first ten years of their marriage, the Browns kept a series of scrapbooks documenting their leisure activities, social life, and family events. Bruce kept a series of similar but much larger scrapbooks spanning 1962-1975.
Each of these scrapbooks is filled with programs, ticket stubs, news clippings, invitations and announcements, holiday and other occasional cards, memorabilia, and photographs taken by Mr. Brown at parties, weddings, and on their vacations.
One of the most frequently documented activities in these scrapbooks is the Browns’ attendance at professional and repertory theaters in Philadelphia. These performances featured many of the nationally prominent actors and actresses of the day; there is also a program for the opening of the film Gone with the Wind. The Browns also attended many sporting events, including tennis, jai-alai, horse races, and collegiate football matches, particularly those of the University of Pennsylvania.
SERIES 4. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
Subseries 4.A. Artifacts
The collection includes numerous small to mid-size artifacts. These consist primarily of medallions, ribbons, and badges earned as prizes by C. Stuart Brown at Episcopal Academy, Camp Keoka, Green Hill Farms, and Camp Tecumseh.
Subseries 4.B. Artistic Works
Most of these works were produced by Margaret Brown, including watercolor paintings, pen-and-ink drawings, one cartoon, and one oil painting. There are three paintings of family crests by Virginia Smith Weidman and a drawing in pastels of young Stuart H. Brown by Nancy Whitaker. Additoinally, there are several works by Priscilla Huston. The collection also includes three paintings encased in oval frames; each is based on a photograph. Due to their unusual format, these are housed with the artifacts.
Subseries 4.C. Audio and video recordings
This collection contains a total of 21 reel-to-reel audio tapes. These include Lawrence University broadcasts featuring Bruce M. Brown and a number of personal and business-related tapes produced by C. Stuart Brown. There are also two cassette tapes. One of these cassettes is a 90-minute interview with Charles Stuart Brown, conducted by Mark Frazer Lloyd on August 29, 1992. There is also one video cassette related to wilderness preservation in Nether Providence, Pennsylvania.
Subseries 4.C. Audio and video recordings
This subseries contains the collection’s artifacts. These include C. Stuart Brown’s ribbons and medals from school and camp athletic competitions the dahlia shows of his adulthood. Many partially filled coin books and other collectible coins are also present. Additionally, there are a couple of pocket watches and baby rattles.
Overview of arrangement
Series 1. Textual materials (1806-2020)
A. Houston family (1815-1987)
1. Charles Boone Houston I (1815-1965)
2. Other members of the Houston family (1852-1994)
3. Howard Hathaway Houston (1888-1977)
4. Charles Boone Houston II (1826-1987)
5. Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis (1919-1945)
B. Brown family (1806-2020)
1. Medford Jennings Brown Sr. (1806-1986)
2. Charles Stuart Brown (1915-1992)
3. Margaret Maitland Houston Brown (circa 1872-1987)
4. Bruce Maitland Brown (1941-2020)
5. Stuart Houston Brown (1941-1974)
6. Carter Houston Brown (1993-1994)
Series 2. Photographic materials (1860s-2017)
A. Houston family (1860s-2017)
B. Brown family (1911-2017)
C. Miller family (circa 1887-1960s)
Series 3. Scrapbooks (early 1900s-1994)
Series 4. Miscellaneous materials (1857-1996)
A. Works of art (1933-1992)
B. Audio and video tapes (1961-1969)
C. Artifacts (1857-1993)
D. Miscellaneous (1996)
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2022.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Revision Description
Finding aid updated to include recent accruals and material that had not been incorprated into the main collection , 2022.
Provenance
Gifts of Bruce M. Brown, 2019; and Carter H. Brown, 2021.
Accession numbers 2019.078, 2021.044.
Processing note
In 1994, 58 boxes of the Brown family papers were processed and described. Additional materials were processed in 1996, bringing the collection to 70 boxes and 16 volumes. Most of this material was not integrated with the whole. A very few items were added to existing folders. Another 15 unprocessed boxes and three large scrapbooks were included with the 2019 donation to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The processed portion of the collection was largely left unaltered. A few related folders were added to boxes and oversized items were moved to containers of appropriate size. Volumes were removed from boxes and folders were shifted in order to keep boxes filled. In surveying the HBE Foundation records, which were received with the Brown family papers, one large box of personal papers belonging to Bruce M. Brown was found. In processing that collection, a few other clearly personal paperswere found interfiled. These papers have been processed with the Brown family papers as a separate section (boxes 63-68). The biographical and scope and content notes from the original finding aid have been incorporated here with light edits for clarity and updates for new content. A copy of the original finding aid has been bound and is now part of the collection (volume 92).
Three items listed in the original finding aid were not present when the collection was inventoried at HSP. The missing items are the two cassette recordings of interviews with Medford J. Brown Jr. in 1994 and a 1980 Philadelphia Inquirer supplement, “Champions of the World.”
Two newspapers have been discarded. These are the Philadelphia Inquirer for September 2, 1947, and the Evening Bulletin for September 2, 1947. These publications are readily available online.
Most of the collection is musty, and extensive mold remediation is planned. Researchers should exercise caution when handling materials from this collection.
Please note that ccasional instances of racist and anti-semitic content and language were observed in collection materials during processing.
The six very large scrapbooks belonging to Bruce M. Brown (Volumes 85-90) may require extra time to page.
Related Materials
Related materials
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
HBE Foundation Records (Collection 4342)
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Brown, Bruce.
- Brown, Margaret M. Houston, 1915-1987.
- Houston, Charles Boone, I, 1832-1902.
- Houston, Charles Boone, II, 1890-1973.
- Houston, Howard Hathaway, 1861-1929.
Subject(s)
- Coal Industry--19th century
- Coal Industry--20th century
- Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania
- Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--20th century.
- Family life--Pennsylvania--20th century.
- Family life--Personal correspondence--20th century.
Collection Inventory
1. Textual materials (1806 - 2020)Scope and content noteSeries 1 (1806-2020) contains the textual materials such as correspondence, vital records, financial documents, memorial books, travel journals, and extensive clippings. The material is divided into subseries by family (Houston and Brown). |
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A. Houston family (1815 - 1987)Scope and content noteThe papers relating to the Houston family include materials dating from the lifetime of Margaret Houston Brown’s great-grandparents, Charles Boone and Maggie Hathaway Houston, through those of her grandparents Howard H. and Nellie Maitland Houston, and her parents Charles Boone II and Pauline Smith Houston. Note that papers relating to Margaret Houston Brown are filed as part of the Brown family papers. |
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Charles Boone Houston I: Personal papers (1840 - 1965) |
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C. B. Houston and Maggie Hathaway, marriage certificate and The Christian Minister’s Affectionate Advice to a Married Couple by Rev. James Bean, A. M. (January 26, 1860) |
1 | |||
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Railway passes (1869, 1872) |
1 | 1 | ||
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Registered letter receipts (1889) |
1 | 2 | ||
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Constitution, membership, and minutes of the National Union League of Christiana, Pennsylvania, signed by C. B. Houston (#16) and D. F. Houston (#52) (1863 - 1864) |
2 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 2 (undated) |
1 | 3 | ||
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Resolution in memory of C. B. Houston from the Iron Workers’ Building Association (1902) |
1 | 4 | ||
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Memorial book from Chester National Bank (1902) |
3 | |||
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Houston family Bible (1860) NoteInscribed “Charles B. and Margaret A. Houston, Christiana, PA 1860.” Includes Houston family births, deaths, and marriages. |
4 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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List of Houston family members’ names and dates of birth, on Chester Rolling Mills letterhead stationery, Thurlow, Pennsylvania (undated) NoteFound in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 5 | ||
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Black memorial card, printed in gold, for Ann Shaw, died March 21, 1891. With black-edged envelope addressed to Mrs. C. B. Houston, Thurlow, Pennsylvania (1891) NoteFound in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 6 | ||
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Pages of an index to a book of poems or texts (pp. 3 – 6), probably a book for children. Penciled notes show that a child did use the book (undated) NoteFound in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 7 | ||
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Invitation to the funeral of Mary Jane Gray (sister of Margaret Hathaway Houston), with black-edged envelope, no addressee (May 23, 1887) NoteNote: Found in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 8 | ||
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Letter to Carrie M. Houston (“Sister Carrie”), Thurlow, Pennsylvania, from “Sister Maggie” (Margaret H. Houston) (August 14, 1881) NoteNote: Written on letterhead stationery of the Oceanic Hotel, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire. Mentions visits to Anisquam and Boston. With envelope. Found in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 9 | ||
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"In Memory of My Mother," by John Houston, MD. Printed in Philadelphia (August 30, 1870) NoteNote: Found in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 10 | ||
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“William Eckert.” Manuscript poem in memory of William Eckert, composed by Dr. John Houston (undated) NoteNote: Found in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 11 | ||
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Miscellaneous items, including pressed flowers (undated) Processing noteNote: Found in Houston family Bible, volume 4. |
1 | 12 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Hathaway family Bible (undated) NoteNote: Includes Hathaway family births, deaths, and marriages. |
5 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Letter (written in ink) to “Dear Mother,” from “your affectionate son, W. H. Elliot.” (July 7, 1867) Processing noteNote: Describes Elliot’s experiences as a confederate soldier serving in the Battle of Gettysburg. Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 13 | ||
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“Confederate States of America” five dollar banknote. Serial number 8644, Richmond. (September 2, 1861) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 14 | ||
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Penmanship exercise: Eliza Jane Hull (possibly Margaret Hull Hathaway’s sister) (undated) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 15 | ||
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“An Acrostick for Mrs. Margaret Hathaway” by James Fitzpatrick (August 8, 1840) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 16 | ||
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Black memorial card, printed in gold, for Philip Hathaway (June 21, 1890) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 17 | ||
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Pamphlet of the Penningtonville High School, Chester County, Pennsylvania (1864 - 1965) NoteNote: Lists “M. Emma Houston” among the students. Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 18 | ||
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Pamphlet of the Seminary for Young Ladies and Gentlemen at the Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1867) NoteNote: Handwritten on verso: “Mrs. P. Hathaway, Present.” Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 19 | ||
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Penmanship exercise of Mary Jane Hathaway (Maggie H. Houston’s sister) (undated) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 20 | ||
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Reward of Merit, issued to John Hathaway and Matilda Hathaway (1842 – 1845, undated) NoteNote: Both were siblings of Maggie H. Houston.) Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 21 | ||
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Pamphlet of the Litiz Academy for Young Gentlemen (1867 – 1868) NoteNote: Lists Hays Hathaway among the students. This academy was also attended by John C. and Gilmore Hathaway, all were brothers of Mrs. C. B. Houston. Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 22 | ||
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Printed religious texts (undated) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 23 | ||
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Textile swatches, needlepoint pattern of a reindeer and paper stencil of Abraham Lincoln (undated) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 24 | ||
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Miscellaneous items, including pressed flowers (1867 – 1891, undated) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 25 | ||
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Papers of Philip Hathaway (father-in-law of Charles Boone Houston) (1879 – 1890) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 26 | ||
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Eliza Matilda Hathaway (Tillie): Estate (sister of Mrs. C. B. Houston) (1898 – 1899) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 27 | ||
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Papers relating to Louisa M. Mitchell (family servant) (1882, undated) NoteNote: Found in Hathaway family Bible, volume 5. |
1 | 28 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Minute book of the Christiana Lyceum (1853 – 1859) NoteNote: Members included C. B. Houston and John Houston. This volume was later used as a child’s scrapbook (possibly Howard H. Houston’s). Many ferns, now deteriorated, were pressed in the volume. |
6 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 6 (undated) |
2 | 1 | ||
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Correspondence re: purchase of property by David F. Houston and R. J. Houston (Chester Rolling Mill) (1881) |
1 | 39 | ||
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Miscellaneous correspondence (1884 – 1889) |
1 | 40 | ||
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Letters to C. B. Houston from D. F. Houston (1887 – 1888) |
1 | 41 | ||
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Financial papers (1889, undated) |
1 | 42 | ||
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Promissory notes (1900 – 1903) |
1 | 43 | ||
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Correspondence with C. A. and Geo. E. Weed (1885 – 1889) |
2 | 2 | ||
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Pages 290 – 296 from a letterpress book (1889) |
2 | 3 | ||
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Pages 480 – 488 from a letterpress book (1889) |
2 | 4 | ||
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Will of Charles Boone Houston (1902) |
2 | 5 | ||
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Estate of Charles Boone Houston (1902 – 1909) |
2 | 6 | ||
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Deposition by C. B. Houston regarding the health of Dr. J. W. Houston (October 17, 1898) NoteNote: C. B. Houston helped to remove Dr. J. W. Houston from Virginia to his home in Chester in 1862. Mentions C. B. Houston’s brothers, John and Thomas James Houston. |
2 | 14 | ||
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Charles B. Houston I: Letterpress book (1886 – 1899) |
7 | |||
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Charles B. Houston I: Letterpress book (1886 – 1899) |
8 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Legal papers of C. B. Houston I: Indenture for sale of land, naturalization certificate, passports (1879 – 1897) |
34 | 2 | ||
Charles Boone Houston I: Business papers (1871 - 1911) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Letter from C. B. Houston to Samuel A. Crozer (1900) |
2 | 17 | ||
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Samuel A. Crozer, et al. vs. C. B. Houston, et al. (circa 1900) NoteNote: Typescript depositions regarding suit over management of the Houston Coal and Coke Company. |
2 | 18 | ||
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Thirty-year lease between S. A. Crozer and the Houston Coal and Coke Company in McDowell County, Virginia (1887) |
2 | 19 | ||
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Wythe County, Virginia, coal lease (February 18, 1888) NoteAgreement between S. A. Crozer, C. B. Houston, David F. Houston, and Henry Body (parties of the first part) and Crozer Steel and Iron Company (party of the second part). Ten-year lease. |
2 | 20 | ||
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Printed pamphlet: “Brief for Appellee – Supreme Court of Appeals, Wythe County, Virginia. Langhorne’s Devisees – V – Crozer Steel and Iron Company” (circa 1888) |
1 | 44 | ||
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Deposition of C. B. Houston re: Crozer Steel and Iron Co. lease from Major Hutter, Lynchburg, Virginia (circa 1893) NoteNote: Mentions brothers David, Thomas, and the reorganization of the Crozer Iron Co. in October 1880. |
2 | 21 | ||
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Letter to C. B. H. from S. E. Sproul, discussing finances of Crozer Steel and Iron Company (June 21, 1889) |
1 | 45 | ||
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Agreement between Jonas Miller and C. B. Houston to sell land in McDowell County, Virginia (1890) |
2 | 22 | ||
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Agreement of incorporation of the Crozer Steel and Iron Company (1892) |
2 | 23 | ||
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Correspondence regarding Crozer litigations (1892, 1900) |
1 | 46 | ||
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Agreement of sale by S. A. Crozer and C. B. Houston of Crozer Steel and Iron Co., Edith Mining Company, and other interests, to A. Hecksher (1895 – 1897) |
2 | 24 | ||
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Statement of C. B. Houston regarding Crozer Iron Company (October 20, 1898) |
2 | 25 | ||
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Correspondence regarding Crozer dispute (1898) |
2 | 26 | ||
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Crozer Iron Company annual reports (1889 – 1893, 1897) NoteNote: Collected by C. B. H. in aid of dispute. |
2 | 27 | ||
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Agreement between Logan M. Bullit and Geo. S. Graham to buy stock in Crozer Iron Company, Edith Mining Company, and other interests of C. B. Houston and Bessie Houston Grey (1899) |
2 | 28 | ||
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Black Coal Company shares (1897) |
1 | 47 | ||
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Chester Rolling Mill (1888, undated) |
2 | 29 | ||
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Edith Iron Mining Company (circa 1892) |
1 | 48 | ||
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Flat Top Coal and Coke Association bylaws (undated) |
2 | 30 | ||
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Houston Coal and Coke Company (1889 – 1902) |
2 | 31 | ||
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Mate Creek Coal and Lumber Company shares (circa 1902) |
1 | 49 | ||
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North Carolina Center Iron Manufacturing Company shares (1871) |
1 | 50 | ||
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Roanoke and Southern Railway Company shares (1891) |
1 | 51 | ||
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Thacker Coal and Coke and Lynn Coal and Coke Companies (1901, 1911) |
2 | 32 | ||
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Twelve Pole Coal and Iron Company shares and deed (1889 – 1893) |
2 | 33 | ||
Charles Boone Houston I: Hathaway family papers (1815 - 1960) |
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Personal papers Margaret Hathaway Houston (1897 – 1909) |
2 | 7 | ||
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Purchase of real estate from C. B. Houston by Philip and Maggie Hathaway (parents-in-law) (1879) |
2 | 8 | ||
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Margaret Hull Hathaway: Will (mother-in-law) (1896) |
2 | 9 | ||
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Margaret H. Hathaway: Estate (1896 – 1901) |
2 | 10 | ||
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“Properties of Certain Animals.” School paper written by Hays Hathaway at the Litiz Academy (March 24, 1868) NoteNote: From the Hathaway family bible. |
2 | 11 | ||
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C. B. Houston I: News clipping copies (1902 - 1960) |
2 | 16 | ||
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Blueprints: Houstonia property and alterations (1921) |
Flat file 1 | |||
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Local road maps supplied by AAA (circa 1913) |
Flat file 2 | |||
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John C. Hathaway’s Bible (1829) NoteNote: Signed by both John C. and Gilmore Hathaway (sons of Philip R. and Ann Hull Hathaway, brothers of Maggie H. Houston. |
9 | |||
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William H. Hathaway’s New Testament (1850) NoteNote: Written in pencil on inner flyleaf: William H. Hathaway. |
10 | |||
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Willison’s Works (1815) NoteNote: Many Hathaway family inscriptions. |
11 | |||
Other members of the Houston family (1852 - 1994) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Thomas James Houston (Charles Boone Houston I’s brother) (undated) |
1 | 29 | ||
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George Orr Houston (C. B. Houston I’s brother) (1887 - 1888) |
1 | 30 | ||
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George W. Grey (George Orr Houston’s son-in-law) (1898 – 1902) |
1 | 31 | ||
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John J. Lafayette Houston (nephew to Charles Boone Houston I (1889) |
1 | 32 | ||
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Robert J. Houston (1889) |
1 | 33 | ||
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Julia Bessie Houston Grey (George Orr’s daughter) (1899 – 1902) |
2 | 12 | ||
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John Houston (1852 – 1870) |
2 | 13 | ||
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C. B. Houston memorial book (copy 1) (1903) |
12 | |||
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C. B. Houston memorial book (copy 2) (1903) |
13 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Copies of title pages from volumes 12 and 13 (1994) |
2 | 15 | ||
Other members of the Houston family: Colonel David Fleming Houston (1862 - 1964) |
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Notebook (1879 - 1883) |
3 | 1 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1878, undated) |
4 | 1 | ||
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Correspondence (1869) |
4 | 2 | ||
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Confederate States of America Treasury Note (November 10, 1862) |
4 | 3 | ||
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Odd Fellows membership certificate (1873) |
4 | 4 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1870 – 1879) |
4 | 5 | ||
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Railway passes (1882 – 1884, undated) |
3 | 2 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1880 – 1881) |
4 | 6 | ||
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Guardianship of Lizzie M. Lilly Esrey (1882 – 1883) (1882 – 1883) |
4 | 7 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1882 – 1884) |
4 | 8 | ||
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Civil War pension certificate (1884) |
4 | 9 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1885 – 1886) |
4 | 10 | ||
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Joo Stopper Company (1885) |
4 | 11 | ||
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Roanoke, Virginia City Council Ordinance regarding the Roanoke and Southern Railway (1886 - 1888) |
4 | 12 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1887) |
4 | 13 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1888) |
4 | 14 | ||
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Correspondence and financial papers (1889) |
4 | 15 | ||
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Estate of David Fleming Houston (1889 – 1964) |
4 | 16 | ||
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Typescript: “General Specifications for the Construction of a Single Track Railway Line” (undated) |
4 | 17 | ||
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Insurance policies and premiums (1873 – 1893) |
4 | 18 | ||
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Insurance policies (1888) |
55 | 1 | ||
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Joo Car Coupler Company shares (1885) |
3 | 3 | ||
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Colorado Land Company, Ltd. Shares (1886) |
3 | 4 | ||
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Crozer Steel and Iron Company Shares (undated) (undated) |
3 | 5 | ||
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Monticello Silver Mining Company of Colorado shares (1870 – 1872) |
4 | 19 | ||
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Monticello Silver Mining Company bonds (1875) |
49 | 1A | ||
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Norfolk Consolidated Mining and Tunnel Company of Colorado shares (1881) |
4 | 20 | ||
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David F. Houston memorial book (copy 1) (1889) |
14 | |||
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David F. Houston memorial book (copy 2) (1889) |
15 | |||
Howard Hathaway Houston: Personal papers (1902 - 1977) |
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Passport (1922) |
4 | 21 | ||
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Purchase of “Houstonia” and previous deeds to property (1916 - 1921) |
4 | 22 | ||
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Insurance certificates for Houstonia (1920) |
55 | 2 | ||
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Papers relating to the renovation of “Houstonia” (1921 – 1929) NoteNote: Includes complete copy of American Home magazine, vol. XVII, #2, January 1937, featuring an article about the house on pages 48 – 49. |
4 | 23 | ||
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Sewer diagram for Houstonia (1939) |
Flat file 3 | |||
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Mortgage of property on Lombard Street, Baltimore (1920 – 1922) NoteNote: Purchased by H. H. Houston from Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Beyer (Pauline Smith Houston’s sister and brother-in-law. |
4 | 24 | ||
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Office of the Mayor of Chester, PA: correspondence and news clippings (1902 – 1904) |
4 | 25 | ||
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Six Etchings of Chester by Bertha Gorst, A. R. E., Set 2, published by Messers. Phllipson & Golder, Eastgate Row, Chester. Branch – Old Bank Building. (England) (undated) NoteNote: Six mounted etchings in an envelope sales wrapper. Wrapper is torn, but contents are in good condition. |
4 | 26 | ||
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Railway and steamboat passes, season pass to the Opera House (1903 – 1904) |
4 | 27 | ||
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Souvenir of Roach’s Shipyard, Chester PA (1911) NoteNote: Bound book, inscribed “Howard H. Houston, Chester PA, March fifteenth, Nineteen eleven.” Two sheets are pasted into back cover. The first sheet is a manuscript list of the numbers, names, owners, and launch date of vessels numbered 332 – 337, with a note that #337 was the “last vessel built by John Roach, 1907. The second sheet is a typed list of the numbers, names, and sponsors of vessels numbered 169 – 337. |
16 | |||
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Copies of clippings related to Roach’s Shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania (undated) |
4 | 28 | ||
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Who's Who in Delaware County, edited by John T. Donahue (1926) |
17 | |||
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Miscellaneous papers and news clippings (1902 – 1929) |
4 | 29 | ||
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Correspondence regarding family genealogy (1920 – 1921) NoteNote: With distant relations David F. Houston and W. W. Houston. |
5 | 1 | ||
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Testimonial of the Board of Managers of Chester Hospital (November 14, 1929) |
55 | 3 | ||
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American Home (January 1937) |
55 | 4 | ||
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News clippings, various dates (1972 – 1977) |
38 | 18 | ||
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Obituaries: Nellie Houston (1951) |
38 | 23 | ||
Howard Hathaway Houston: Business papers (1902 - 1971) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Houston Coal and Coke Company, file on William Gibb (1909) |
5 | 2 | ||
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Correspondence with Thomas Edgar Houston (1913) |
5 | 3 | ||
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Correspondence with T. E. Houston (1914 - 1928) |
5 | 4-11 | ||
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Thacker Fee Company mortgage (1905) |
5 | 12 | ||
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Tidewater Steel (1902 – 1903) |
3 | 6 | ||
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Howard H. Houston: Letterpress book of the Office of the Mayor, Chester, Pennsylvania (1902 – 1904) |
18 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Financial statement of the Houston Coal and Coke Company (November 1904) |
34 | 3 | ||
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Centennial history of Kewanee Oil Company (1971) |
38 | 19 | ||
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Allburn Coal and Coke Company contracts (1902 – 1909) |
38 | 20 | ||
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Allburn Coal and Coke Company lease (1914) |
38 | 21 | ||
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Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Policy (1929) |
38 | 22 | ||
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates (1934 – 1948) |
49 | 3 | ||
Howard Hathaway Houston: Legal papers (1907 - 1962) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Howard H. Houston’s will (1907 – 1928) |
5 | 13 | ||
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Insurance policies (1925 - 1929) |
5 | 14 | ||
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H. H. Houston’s estate (1929 – 1943) |
5 | 15 | ||
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Estate affairs managed by C. B. Houston (1930 – 1947) |
5 | 16 | ||
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H. H. H. Estate: Trust for Nellie M. Houston (wife) (1930) |
5 | 17 | ||
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H. H. H. Estate: Trust for Pauline Houston Brown (daughter-in-law) (1929 – 1962) |
5 | 18 | ||
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H. H. H. Estate: Trust for Margaret Maitland Houston Brown (1917 – 1962) |
5 | 19 | ||
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H. H. H. Estate: Trust for Grace C. Harper (1948) |
5 | 20 | ||
Howard Hathaway Houston: Nellie Maitland Houston (1888 - 1955) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Howard H. Houston and Nellie Maitland, marriage certificate (October 3, 1888) |
3 | 7 | ||
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Correspondence (1945 – 1950) NoteNote: Includes invitation to wedding of Helen Miller Brown, her grand-daughter Margaret’s sister-in-law). |
3 | 8 | ||
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Miscellaneous business papers (1931 – 1948) |
6 | 1 | ||
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Nellie Maitland Houston’s will (1951 – 1955) |
6 | 11 | ||
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Nellie Maitland Houston’s estate (1951 – 1952) |
6 | 12 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houston tax return (1928) |
49 | 1B | ||
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Nellie Houston tax returns (1937 – 1952) |
49 | 2 | ||
Howard Hathaway Houston: Memorial books (1929) |
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Cambridge Trust Company (1929) |
19 | |||
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Chester National Bank (1929) |
20 | |||
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Iron Workers’ Building Association (1929) |
21 | |||
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Rolling Green Golf Club (1929) |
22 | |||
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Rotary Club of Chester (1929) |
23 | |||
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Springhaven Club (1929) |
24 | |||
Charles Boone Houston II: Personal papers (1906 - 1987) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Embossed leather notebook (blank) (undated) |
1 | 34 | ||
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Social Security card and certificate of insurance award (1955, undated) |
1 | 35 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston passports (1952 – 1960) |
1 | 36 | ||
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Biographical sketch of Henry Howard Houston (1961) |
1 | 37 | ||
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Pamphlet: The Houstons of Philadelphia, Henry Howard Houston (1820 – 1895), Samuel Frederick Houston (1866 – 1952): Men of Integrity, by Samuel Frank C. Roberts. Newcomen Society of North America, New York (1954) |
1 | 38 | ||
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Miscellaneous correspondence and news clippings (1930 – 1962, undated) |
3 | 9 | ||
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Memberships: Phi Beta Kappa, National Geographic Society, and Union League of Philadelphia (1910 – 1919) |
3 | 10 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Charles B. Houston II, memorial book (1973) |
25 | |||
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First communion book (1906) |
26 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Charles B. Houston and Pauline V. Smith: Wedding invitation, marriage certificate (1914) |
6 | 4 | ||
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Copies of obituary clippings (1973) |
6 | 5 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Charles B. Houston II: Swarthmore College yearbook, the Halcyon (1914) |
27 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Marriage certificate of Charles Boone Houston II and Pauline Virginia Smith (1914) |
34 | 4 | ||
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Certificate of membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Pauline Virginia Smith Houston (1926) |
34 | 5 | ||
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Settlement of the estate of T. E. Houston (1929) |
38 | 24 | ||
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Correspondence (1944 – 1973) |
38 | 25 | ||
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Membership cards (1919 – 1972, undated) |
38 | 26 | ||
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Union League of Philadelphia (1950) |
55 | 5 | ||
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Humorous poems (1952 – 1962, undated) |
38 | 27 | ||
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News clippings (1951 – 1964) |
38 | 28 | ||
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Passports and vaccination certificates (1934 – 1958) |
38 | 29 | ||
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Obituaries (1973) |
38 | 30 | ||
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News clippings about “Houstonia” (1971 – 1987, undated) |
39 | 1 | ||
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Appraisal of “Houstonia” (1969) |
39 | 2 | ||
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Sale of “Houstonia” (1977 - 1982) |
39 | 3 | ||
| Oversize | ||||
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Survey of "Houstonia" (1980) |
Flat file 4 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Will of Charles B. Houston II (1956) |
39 | 4 | ||
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Trust for Margaret Maitland Houston Brown (1972) |
39 | 5 | ||
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Funeral of Charles B. Houston II (1973) |
39 | 6 | ||
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Suit for construction of will (1973 – 1975) |
39 | 7 | ||
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Appraisal and lease of Spring Oak Farm (1973) |
39 | 8 | ||
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Estate of Charles B. Houston II (1973 - 1975) |
39 | 9-13 | ||
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Sale of Spring Oak farm (1977-1982) |
39 | 14 | ||
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Sale of Spring Oak Farm, newspaper clipping (1981) |
54 | 1A | ||
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Copy of Marriage certificate (1957) |
55 | 6 | ||
Charles Boone Houston II: Business papers (1923 - 1972) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Miscellaneous business papers (1923 – 1966) |
3 | 11 | ||
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Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh (1932 – 1933) |
3 | 12 | ||
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Kimball National Bank / First National Bank of Bluefield (1939 – 1972) |
3 | 13 | ||
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Essay about Pocahontas Coal by Earl E. Rich (undated) |
3 | 14 | ||
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates (1934 – 1948) |
3 | 15 | ||
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Koppers Coal Company and Eastern Gas and Fuel Association, exchange of stock (1931 – 1935) |
3 | 16 | ||
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Koppers Coal Company and Eastern Gas and Fuel Association, exchange of stock (1936) |
3 | 17 | ||
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Koppers Coal and Massachusetts Coal consolidation (1936) |
3 | 18 | ||
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E. W. Axe Company (1945) |
3 | 19 | ||
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Mellon Securities Corporation (1941 – 1944) |
3 | 20 | ||
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Houston Realty Company, deed (1923) |
6 | 6 | ||
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Sale of lots in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia (1928) |
6 | 7 | ||
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Koppers Coal Company (1928 – 1936) |
6 | 8 | ||
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Sale of “Houstonia” (1968) |
6 | 9 | ||
Charles Boone Houston II: Pauline Smith Houston (1826 - 1978) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Pauline Virginia (Smith) Houston: Will and related papers (1960 – 1962) |
6 | 10 | ||
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Harold E. Paddon: Obituaries, death certificate (1947) |
6 | 13 | ||
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Eleanor Smith Paddon: Financial and legal papers (1928 – 1977) NoteSister of Pauline Virginia Smith Houston. |
6 | 14 | ||
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Eleanor Smith Paddon: DAR membership (1932 – 1948) |
6 | 15 | ||
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Eleanor Smith Paddon: Will and estate (1974 – 1978) |
6 | 16 | ||
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Eleanor Smith Paddon: Memorial (1977 – 1978) |
6 | 17 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Pauline Smith Houston’s Bible (undated) NoteInscribed “Pauline V. Smith.” |
28 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials found in Pauline Houston’s Bible (volume 28) (undated) |
3 | 21 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Daily Strength for Daily Needs (1928) NoteNote: Contains many notations made by Pauline Smith Houston. |
29 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials found in Pauline Houston’s prayer book, Daily Strength for Daily Needs (volume 29) (undated) |
3 | 22 | ||
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Letters from her daughter, Marty (Margaret Brown) (1937 – 1940, undated) |
3 | 23 | ||
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Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers (1914 – 1962) |
7 | 1 | ||
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Huguenot Society (1949 – 1962) |
7 | 2 | ||
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Daughters of the American Revolution (1926, undated) |
7 | 3 | ||
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Other societies: National Society of Real Americans, Society of Descendants of the Reverend Henry Hull of West River, Maryland (1918 – 1960) |
7 | 4 | ||
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Obituaries (1962) |
7 | 5 | ||
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Pauline V. Smith Houston’s estate (1962) |
7 | 6 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Eliza Willard Grove’s Bible (1826) NoteInscribed “Eliza Willard Grove, Laura Virginia Grove Smith, Pauline Virginia Smith, Eleanor Marie Smith.” |
30 | |||
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Smith family Bible (undated) NoteInscribed “Laura V. Grove, Frederick, Md.” Includes Smith family births, deaths, and marriages. |
31 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials found in the Grove/Smith Bible (volume 31) (1903 – 1906, undated) |
7 | 7 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Laura Grove Smith’s Bible (circa 1920) NoteInscribed “Mrs. Laura V. G. Smith, December 1920.” Note: Includes Smith family births, deaths, and marriages. |
32 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials found in Laura Grove Smith’s Bible (volume 32) (1897 – 1898, undated) |
7 | 8 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Album of Love, published by Leavitt & Allen, New York (1862 – 1864) NoteAutograph album with illustrations and colored paper pages. Some foxing, especially on illustrations; some pages torn out; spine is working loose. Belonged to Margaret Victoria Chesnut (Grove). Later belonged to her daughter, Laura V. Smith, and grand-daughter, Pauline Smith Houston. Contains poems and other autographs from family and friends. |
33 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Correspondence (1952, undated) |
38 | 31 | ||
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Daughters of the American Revolution (1946 – 1960) |
38 | 32 | ||
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Huguenot Society (1952 – 1968, undated) |
38 | 33 | ||
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Society of the Descendants of Reverend Henry Hall of West River (undated) |
38 | 34 | ||
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Pauline V. Smith Houston estate (1962 – 1973) |
49 | 4 | ||
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Mount Olivet Cemetery map (1969) |
54 | 1B | ||
Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis: Papers (1919 - 1945) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Papers (1919 – 1945, undated) |
52 | 1 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis’ New Testament (1922) |
34 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 34 (Cherry Mae Davis’ New Testament) (undated) |
52 | 6 | ||
B. Brown family (1806 - 2020)Scope and content noteThe papers relating to the Brown family consist primarily of the papers of Medford Jennings Brown Sr., his son Charles Stuart Brown, and his grandson Bruce Maitland Brown. The C. S. Brown and Bruce M. Brown papers form the largest sub-groups in the collection. Related papers are those of his wife Margaret. Bruce Brown’s papers contain extensive correspondence, financial papers, and newspaper clippings. Please be advised that Medford Jennings Brown Sr.'s Lamb family papers contain a receipt for an enslaved person. |
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Medford Jennings Brown Sr.: Miscellaneous papers (1914 - 1929) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Ornate valentine to Miss Ann Edwards with envelope (undated) |
7 | 9 | ||
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Invitation from “The First Class” to attend “A Class German,” U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis (June 4, 1914) NoteAccompanied by printed card listing dates from October through May, with no year. |
7 | 10 | ||
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“Ascension Chronicle,” volume 34, #7 (May 1929) NotePrinted Mother’s Day bulletin of the Church of the Ascension, Baltimore. |
7 | 11 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Portion of a book (undated) NoteEach page is illustrated with a portrait and signature, all captioned as follows: “Engr. For Biographical Sketches of Eminent American Lawyers.” Water damaged, stained. |
35 | |||
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.: Lamb family papers (1806 - 1864) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Receipt for the enslaved “Negro girl named Souson Butler” (1806) NoteAcknowledges bequest from the estate of Mary Medford, distributed by Michael Lamb and his wife, executors. |
7 | 12 | ||
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Letter to George M. Lamb in Chicago, from his mother in Baltimore (1826) |
7 | 13 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Journal of Charles W. Lamb (1854 – 1864) NoteVarious uses, including shipboard diary of the Barque Kirkland (steamer), blacksmith and wheelwright accounts, and domestic ledger. |
36 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Mappe-Monde, removed from volume 36 (circa 1845) |
34 | 1 | ||
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Four banknotes found in the Charles Lamb journal (1815 – 1850) Note(1) $5.00 note from the Union Bank of Georgetown, District of Columbia, serial number 2219. Hand dated 20 December 1815. Condition: torn, holes pasted paper on verso. (2) 12-1/2 cent note from the Baltimore Savings Institution, serial number 1732. Printed date: August 1, 1840. (3) $10.00 note from the Bank of Maryland, serial number 1701. Hand dated “Jany. 2, 1832.” (4) $10.00 note from the Susquehanna Bridge and Bank Company, Baltimore, serial number 17674. Printed date: Nov. 1, 1850. |
7 | 14 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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George M. Lamb’s Bible (1851) NoteIncludes Lamb family births, deaths, baptisms, confirmations, and marriages. |
37 | |||
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.: Personal papers (1908 - 1972) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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United States passport (1920) |
6 | 18 | ||
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The Black Diamond, vol. 97, #3 (August 1, 1936) NoteFeatures obituary of Medford J. Brown on page 7. Obituary contains much biographical data. |
55 | 7 | ||
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The Black Diamond, vol. 120, #4 (February 14, 1948) NoteFeatures announcement of election of Medford Brown Jr. to the Presidency of Maryland Coal and Coke Company on page 23a. Notes that he was born in Baltimore. |
55 | 8 | ||
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Brown family genealogy (undated) |
6 | 19 | ||
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Medford Jennings Brown and Mary Evelyn Miller, marriage certificate (May 24, 1908) |
7 | 15 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Medford Brown: Birth announcements, clippings (1915 – 1955) |
7 | 16 | ||
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News clipping relating to Medford Brown Sr.: Passbook from the Western Savings Fund Society of Philadelphia (1932 – 1941) |
7 | 17 | ||
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Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Brown from their son, Stuart (1928) |
38 | 1 | ||
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Correspondence of Evelyn Brown (1966 – 1969) |
38 | 2 | ||
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Tax returns of Evelyn Brown (1966 – 1968) |
38 | 3 | ||
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Will and power of attorney of Evelyn Brown (1963 – 1966) |
38 | 4 | ||
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Obituaries of Evelyn Brown (1970) |
38 | 5 | ||
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Estate of Evelyn Brown (1969 – 1971) |
38 | 6 | ||
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News clippings about Mr. and Mrs. Medford Brown Jr. (1970 – 1972) |
38 | 7 | ||
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Maryland Coal and Coke Christmas books (undated) |
50 | 1 | ||
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Maryland Coal and Coke Christmas books (undated) |
50 | 2 | ||
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.: Evelyn Miller Brown (1874 - 1986) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Evelyn Brown: Misc. correspondence and papers (1935 - 1943, undated) |
7 | 18 | ||
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Evelyn Brown: Red Cross (1940 – 1946) |
7 | 19 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Evelyn Miller’s Bible (undated) |
38 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials found in Evelyn Miller Brown’s Bible, volume 38 (undated) |
7 | 20 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Lelia Miller’s Bible (undated) |
39 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials found in Lelia Miller’s Bible, volume 39 (undated) NoteEvelyn Miller Brown’s sister. |
7 | 21 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Memorial book for Charles Stuart Miller, from the Drovers and Mechanics National Bank, Baltimore (1913) NoteEvelyn Brown’s father. |
40 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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News clippings relating to the Miller family and descendants in allied families (undated) |
7 | 22 | ||
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Note to Charles Stuart Miller (1874) |
50 | 3 | ||
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Evelyn Miller Brown: Letters from her son C. Stuart Brown (1933 – 1934) |
50 | 4 | ||
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Helen Miller Brown Nelson: Miscellaneous papers (circa 1942 – 1986) |
50 | 5 | ||
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.: Lelia Estelle Miller (1963 - 1970) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Lelia Miller trust (1963 – 1970) |
38 | 8 | ||
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Estate of Lelia Miller (1968 – 1970) |
38 | 9 | ||
Medford Jennings Brown Sr.:Genealogies (probably collected by Lelia Miller) (1858 - 1946) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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“Johonnot and Edwards Genealogy” compiled by Mary Alice Edwards Miller Backminster (1942) NoteRemoved from three-ring binder; section markers are loose. |
7 | 23 | ||
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Davis family genealogy (undated) |
7 | 24 | ||
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Gassaway family genealogy (undated) |
7 | 25 | ||
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Miller family genealogy (1891 – 1939) |
8 | 1 | ||
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Ridgely family genealogy (undated) |
8 | 2 | ||
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Riggs family genealogy (undated) |
8 | 3 | ||
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Warfield family genealogy (undated) |
8 | 4 | ||
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Griffith family genealogy (1858 – 1951, undated) |
8 | 5 | ||
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Michael family genealogy (1858 – 1946) |
50 | 6 | ||
Charles Stuart Brown: Personal papers (1915 - 1992) |
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| Volume | ||||
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Baby book (1915 - 1920) |
41 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 41 (1920, undated) |
8 | 6 | ||
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School records and a school paper: “Autobiography of a Whale” (1922 – 1925) |
8 | 7 | ||
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“My Camp Memory Book” (1926 – 1928) |
8 | 8 | ||
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Drawings and cartoons found in camp memory book (undated) |
8 | 9 | ||
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Episcopal Academy, report cards (1929 – 1933) |
8 | 10 | ||
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Episcopal Academy, hobby shows (1931 – 1932) |
8 | 11 | ||
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Episcopal Academy, track meet news clippings (1933) |
8 | 12 | ||
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Williams College, report cards (1934 – 1937) |
8 | 13 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Williams College, chemistry lab notebook (1934) |
42 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Automobile accident (1934) |
8 | 14 | ||
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Williams College Glee Club trip to Bermuda (1935) |
8 | 15 | ||
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Spring cruise notebook (1936) |
8 | 16 | ||
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Gargoyle Review, clippings (1936) |
8 | 17 | ||
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Camping trip to Canada (1936) |
8 | 18 | ||
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“Sermon on the Church,” by A. Grant Noble. Typescript of sermon delivered by Noble at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Williamstown, Massachusetts (October 18, 1936) |
8 | 19 | ||
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Williams College, geology paper about Quebec (1937) |
8 | 20 | ||
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Williams College, commencement programs (1937) |
8 | 21 | ||
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Poem accompanying baby garment (circa 1937) |
8 | 22 | ||
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Letters from Dad (Medford J. Brown Sr.) (1933 – 1936, undated) |
8 | 23-26 | ||
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Application for firearms (undated) |
8 | 27 | ||
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Springhaven Club (1947 – 1948, undated) |
8 | 28 | ||
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American Viscose: correspondence (1940s) |
8 | 29 | ||
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American Viscose: news clippings and letters of congratulation on appointment as advertising manager (1956) |
8 | 30 | ||
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American Viscose: correspondence (1960s - 1970s) |
8 | 31-32 | ||
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Clipping, Delaware County Daily Times (November 27, 1967) |
54 | 2B | ||
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Sanibel Island notebook (1956) |
9 | 1 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Travel diary (1958 – 1961) NoteIncludes Thanksgiving Caribbean Cruise (1958), Drive to Keys, Santa Barbara Casual Cruise (1960), and 1961 vacation. |
43 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Letters of sympathy on the death of his mother, Mary Evelyn Miller Brown (1969 – 1970) |
9 | 2 | ||
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Sympathy cards on the death of his mother (Evelyn Miller Brown) (1969 – 1970) |
9 | 3 | ||
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Correspondence (1983 - 1986) |
9 | 4 | ||
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Letters and cards of sympathy on the death of his wife (Margaret Maitland Houston Brown) (1987 – 1988) |
9 | 5 | ||
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Margaret Maitland Houston Brown: Memorial donations to the American Cancer Society (1987) |
9 | 6 | ||
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Riddle Memorial Hospital (1958 – 1992, undated) |
9 | 7 | ||
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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Ten Thousand Trees Campaign (1973) |
9 | 8 | ||
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Ten Thousand Trees Campaign (1974 - 1976) |
9 | 9-11 | ||
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Ten Thousand Trees Campaign (1977) |
10 | 1 | ||
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Ten Thousand Trees: Record of Contributions, 1973 – 1976 (spiral bound) (1977) |
10 | 2 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Ten Thousand Trees: Record of Contributions, 1973 – 1976 (1977) |
44 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Cradle Roll certificate, Glenside M. E. Sunday School (1916) |
6 | 20 | ||
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School paper: Superstitions (undated) |
6 | 21 | ||
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Santa Barbara Trip (November – December 1960) |
6 | 22 | ||
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Episcopal Academy certificate of honors placement in the geometry entrance exam (1932) |
55 | 9 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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“Academy Scholium” yearbook (1932 – 1933) |
45 | |||
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“Gulielmensian 1938,” Williams College yearbook (1938) |
46 | |||
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“Academy Scholium” volume 44 (1931 – 1932) |
47 | |||
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“Academy Scholium” volume 45 (1932 – 1933) |
48 | |||
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“Tabula” (1933) NoteEpiscopal Academy yearbook for the academic year 1932 – 1933. Includes various signatures. |
49 | |||
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“Tabula” (1934) |
50 | |||
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“Tabula” (1981) |
51 | |||
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“Tabula” (1984) |
52 | |||
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“Tabula” (1985) |
53 | |||
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“Gulielmensian” (1935) |
54 | |||
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“Gulielmensian” (1936) |
55 | |||
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“Gulielmensian” (1937) |
56 | |||
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Delta Psi fraternity membership directory (1967) NoteBoth Charles Stuart Brown and Medford J. Brown Jr. are listed. |
57 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Reproduction of newspapers (front and society pages) carrying the birth announcement of Stuart H. Brown (1941) |
34 | 6 | ||
| Oversize | ||||
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Plat of the Stuart Brown Grove (10,000 Trees Campaign of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society) (1974) |
Flat file 5 | |||
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Topographical maps of Quebec, issued by the Canadian government (1928) |
Flat file 6 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Marriage certificate of Charles Stuart Brown and Margaret Maitland Houston (October 15, 1937) |
55 | 10 | ||
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Birth certificates (1945 – 1972) |
39 | 15 | ||
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Phi Beta Kappa certificate (1937) |
39 | 16 | ||
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Williams College diploma (1937) |
39 | 17 | ||
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Marriage certificate (1937) |
39 | 18 | ||
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Social Security (1937 – 1977) |
39 | 19 | ||
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Aptitude test (1939) |
39 | 20 | ||
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Auxiliary Military Police certificate (1943) |
40 | 1 | ||
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Burial of Baby Brown (1945) |
40 | 2 | ||
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Chester-Cambridge Bank and Trust (1947 – 1954) |
40 | 3 | ||
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House at 32 Shady Hill Road (1941 – 1971) |
55 | 11 | ||
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House at 32 Shady Hill Road (1950) |
40 | 4 | ||
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Maryland Coal and Coke Company (1950 – 1979) |
40 | 5 | ||
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Floral offerings in memory of parents (1964 – 1978) |
40 | 6 | ||
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Correspondence re: Dr. Daniel M. Shungu (1976 – 1977) |
40 | 7 | ||
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Sale of house at 32 Shady Hill Road (1970) |
40 | 8 | ||
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Household inventories (1970 – 1974) |
40 | 9 | ||
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Passports (1974) |
40 | 10 | ||
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Entertainment (1970s – 1980s) |
40 | 11 | ||
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Cruise (1979) |
40 | 12 | ||
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Sculpture commissioned for the Please Touch Museum (1981 – 1983) |
40 | 13 | ||
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Centennial of Pocahontas Coal Field (1983) |
40 | 14 | ||
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Personal correspondence (1940s – 1979) |
40 | 15 | ||
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Correspondence with George and Nancy Nelson (1980s – 1990s) |
40 | 16 | ||
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Miscellaneous papers (1930 – 1988) |
40 | 17 | ||
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“Broun” coat of arms, illustration form J. E. Caldwell and Company (undated) |
40 | 18 | ||
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Miscellaneous business, membership, and appointment cards (circa 1980s) |
40 | 19 | ||
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American Viscose (1945) |
55 | 12 | ||
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American Viscose (1945 – 1977) |
40 | 20 | ||
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American Viscose: Work simplification program (1943 – 1945) |
40 | 21 | ||
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Business correspondence (1978 – 1989, undated) |
40 | 22 | ||
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Chester Junior Chamber of Commerce (1944 – 1946) |
40 | 23 | ||
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First National Bank of Bluefield (1973 – 1983) |
40 | 24 | ||
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Philadelphia National Bank (1954 – 1992) |
40 | 25 | ||
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Riddle Memorial Hospital (1981 – 1982) |
40 | 26 | ||
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Strath Haven Condominium Association (1982 – 1990) |
40 | 27 | ||
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Wildman Arms Tenants Association (1970 – 1991) |
40 | 28 | ||
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Rotary Club (1980 – 1991, undated) |
40 | 29 | ||
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Union League of Philadelphia (1947 – 1974) |
40 | 30 | ||
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Union League of Philadelphia (1974) |
55 | 13 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Travel diary (1976 – 1977) |
58 | |||
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Travel diary (1978) |
59 | |||
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Travel diary (1979) |
60 | |||
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Travel diary (1980) |
61 | |||
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Travel diary (1981) |
62 | |||
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Travel diary (1982) |
63 | |||
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Travel diary (1983) |
64 | |||
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Travel diary (1984) |
65 | |||
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Travel diary (1985) |
66 | |||
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Episcopal Academy diary (1926) |
67 | |||
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Margaret Maitland Houston Brown, school autograph book (1928) |
68 | |||
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Travel diary (1977) |
69 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Personal telephone directories (undated) |
41 | 1 | ||
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Personal telephone directories (undated) |
41 | 2 | ||
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Appointment calendars (1968 – 1991) |
41 | 3 | ||
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American Viscose: correspondence, etc. (1950s) |
50 | 7 | ||
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Correspondence regarding C. B. Houston II (1961 – 1970) |
50 | 8A | ||
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Ten Thousand Trees campaign (1974 – 1975) |
50 | 9 | ||
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Sympathy cards on the death of his wife (1987) |
50 | 10 | ||
Charles Stuart Brown: Flower shows (1953 - 1973) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Dahlias, miscellaneous (1953 – 1973) |
10 | 3 | ||
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Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show (1963 - 1970) |
10 | 4-10 | ||
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Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show (1966) |
50 | 8B | ||
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Autumn Highlights flower show (1962) |
10 | 11 | ||
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Country Gardeners flower show (1962) |
10 | 12 | ||
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Sing a Song of Summer Show (1964) |
10 | 13 | ||
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Harvest Fair Flower Show (circa 1968) |
10 | 14 | ||
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Main Line Flower Show (1964 - 1966) |
10 | 15-17 | ||
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Men’s Garden Club of Berwyn Dahlia Show (1966 - 1967) |
10 | 18-19 | ||
Charles Stuart Brown: Other interests (1950s - 1970s) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Genealogical interests (circa 1950s – 1980s) |
10 | 20 | ||
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Miscellaneous materials (1952, undated) |
10 | 21 | ||
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Imitation $100 Confederate banknote (undated) NoteIncluded as a part of an advertisement for the Buckeye Cellulose Corporation. |
10 | 22 | ||
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Memoranda found in the “Indian Head Cent Collection” book (1958 – 1969, undated) |
10 | 23 | ||
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Correspondence from Dow Corning (1969) NoteAccompanied Spanish “two Real” coin, which was included as a gift with a survey. See Series 4. |
10 | 24 | ||
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Treasure coins booklet from Marriott (undated) NoteAccompanied by descriptive booklet from Marriott Hotels. |
10 | 25 | ||
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UNA and first day cover literature (1950s - 1970s) |
11 | 1 | ||
Margaret Maitland Houston Brown:Personal papers (circa 1872 - 1987) |
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Margaret Houston’s New Testament (circa 1921) |
70 | |||
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Margaret Houston’s Book of Common Prayer (circa 1925) NoteInscribed “Dec. 9, 1925, Margaret Houston.” |
71 | |||
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“The Calyx,” Washington and Lee University yearbook (1936) |
72 | |||
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“The Calyx,” Washington and Lee University yearbook (1933) |
73 | |||
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Imperial Stamp Album, Scott Stamp and Coin Company Ltd., New York (circa 1901) |
74 | |||
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Album for Postage and Other, American and Foreign Stamps, D. Appleton and Company, New York (circa 1872) |
75 | |||
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The International Junior Postage Stamp Album, Scott Stamp and Coin Company, New York (1924) Note“Book I” written in ink inside cover. |
76 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Lock of Margaret M. Houston’s hair (undated) |
11 | 2 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Baby book (1915 – 1916) |
77 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Childhood papers (1916 – 1921, undated) NoteFirst valentine, Christmas card, Baptismal certificate, school papers, certificate from the University Society, Inc., Educational Publishers. |
55 | 14 | ||
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Certificate of appreciation from the Phi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta, Washington and Lee University (1933 – 1936) |
11 | 3 | ||
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Wedding invitation (1937) |
11 | 4 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Wedding Gifts Register (1937) |
78 | |||
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Marriage service book (October 15, 1937) |
79 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Miscellaneous correspondence and news clippings (1937 – 1973) NoteIncludes two letters from Virginia Smith Weidman, dated 1973. |
11 | 5 | ||
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The Swarthmorean (February 20, 1987) NoteContains obituary of Mrs. Margaret Brown on page 11. |
54 | 3 | ||
| Volume | ||||
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Memorial book (1987) |
80 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Birth certificate copies, birth announcement, miscellaneous (1936 - 1972) |
38 | 10 | ||
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Education (1927 – 1933) |
38 | 11 | ||
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Education (1933) |
55 | 15 | ||
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News clippings (1977 – 1987, undated) |
38 | 12 | ||
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Correspondence (1929 – 1961) |
38 | 13 | ||
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Letters of sympathy on the death of her father (1973) |
38 | 14 | ||
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Business correspondence (1942 – 1977) |
38 | 15 | ||
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Miscellaneous (1974 – 1985) |
38 | 16 | ||
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Death certificate (1987) |
38 | 17 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown’s diploma from Miss Wright’s School (1933) |
51 | 1 | ||
Bruce Maitland Brown: Personal papers (1954 - 2002) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Episcopal Academy academic records (1954 – 1960) |
11 | 6 | ||
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“The Shady Hill News,” issues 1 – 7 (1959) |
11 | 7 | ||
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Miscellaneous papers (1954 – 1969) |
11 | 8 | ||
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School papers, polio vaccination records (1955 – 1959) |
42 | 1 | ||
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Episcopal Academy, Camp Tecumseh records (1961 – 1962) |
64 | 3 | ||
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Episcopal Academy records (1961 - 1965) |
42 | 3-6 | ||
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Lawrence University records (1965 - 1969) |
42 | 7-10 | ||
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Letters to his parents (1957 - 1966) |
42 | 11-17 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1967) |
42 | 18 | ||
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“Origins of American Involvement in Vietnam.” Paper written for Government 31 (November 1967) |
42 | 20 | ||
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Aptitude test (1967) |
42 | 20 | ||
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News clippings (1967) |
42 | 21 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1968) |
43 | 1 | ||
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News clippings (1968) |
43 | 2 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1969) |
43 | 3 | ||
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News clippings (1969) |
43 | 4 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1970) |
43 | 5 | ||
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News clippings (1970) |
43 | 6 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1971) |
43 | 7 | ||
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United States Army certificates (1971) |
43 | 8 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1972 - 1977) |
43 | 9-14 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1978) |
44 | 1 | ||
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News clippings (1978) |
44 | 2 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1979 - 1983) |
44 | 3-5 | ||
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News clippings (1983) |
44 | 6 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (1984 - 1986) |
44 | 7-9 | ||
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Correspondence with his father (1987 - 1989) |
44 | 10-11 | ||
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Correspondence with his parents (undated) |
44 | 12 | ||
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Notes on his parents’ health (1984 - 1986) |
44 | 11 | ||
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Notes on his father’s health (1980s - 1993) |
44 | 14-15 | ||
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Miscellaneous papers (1988, undated) |
44 | 16 | ||
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“Welcome to a Brave and Beautiful City,” Volume 1 of Atlanta’s Official Bid for the 1996 Olympic Games (1990) |
44 | 17 | ||
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“Atlanta: A City of Dreams,” Volume 2 of Atlanta’s Official Bid for the 1996 Olympic Games (1990) |
44 | 18 | ||
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“What Price Parenthood?” Article from an unidentified magazine (circa 1993) |
44 | 19 | ||
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Life (July 1993) |
44 | 21 | ||
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Stern-Hammond wedding (2002) |
44 | 22 | ||
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Madigan-Brown wedding (2002) |
44 | 23 | ||
Bruce Maitland Brown: Personal papers additions (1947 - 2019) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Academy Scholium (1957) |
49 | 7 | ||
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Poster: “Bruce Says…” (undated) |
49 | 8 | ||
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Baby records, letters of congratulations (1947 - 1948) |
50 | 11 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown: Correspondence with the Blaydes Clinic (1978 – 1993) |
55 | 16 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown: Correspondence (2002 - 2015) |
53 | 1 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown holiday letter (2012) |
53 | 2 | ||
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Delaware County Veterans Book and Memorial (2013 - 2014) |
53 | 3 | ||
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Eve Nelson memorial card (2015) |
53 | 4 | ||
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William Patrick Stuart-Houston, Wikipedia entry (March 14, 2016) |
53 | 5 | ||
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Houston, Pennsylvania, Wikipedia entry (February 15, 2017) |
53 | 6 | ||
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Obituary and service for Ann Eldredge Mateer (2018) |
53 | 7 | ||
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Obituary and memorial service for Posie Huston (2018) |
53 | 8 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown: Correspondence (2018 - 2019) |
53 | 9 | ||
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Note from Deb Hammond with Christmas book (February 2019) NoteSee Maryland Coal and Coke Christmas books in box 50 folders 1-2. |
53 | 10 | ||
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Ancestry DNA results for Bruce M. Brown (2019) |
67B | 9 | ||
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Printed email (2019) |
67B | 10 | ||
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Note with additions received July 2021 (undated) |
67B | 11 | ||
| Oversize | ||||
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Elevation and floor plan drawings of Houstonia (undated) |
Flat file 7 | |||
Bruce Maitland Brown: Personal papers transferred from HBE Foundation records (1960 - 2000) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Correspondence: “Letters from female friends” (1960 - 1970, undated) |
63 | 1-5 | ||
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Correspondence: “Letters from female friends” (1960 - 1970) |
67C | 1 | ||
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Correspondence: “Male friends’ letters” (1960 - 1976, undated) |
64 | 1-5 | ||
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Clippings from “Male friends’ letters” (1964 - 1976) |
67C | 2 | ||
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Correspondence: “Family letters” (1962 - 1964) |
64 | 6 | ||
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Correspondence: “Family letters” (1965 - 1972) |
65 | 1-6 | ||
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Clippings from “Family letters” (1962 - 1972) |
67C | 3 | ||
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Correspondence (1970 - 1976) |
66 | 1-4 | ||
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Clippings from correspondence (1970 - 1976) |
67C | 4-5 | ||
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Bank statements and slips (1965 - 1971) |
66 | 5 | ||
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Auto insurance (1970, undated) |
66 | 6 | ||
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1971 Plymouth Cricket (1971 - 1973) |
66 | 7-8 | ||
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1971 Plymouth Cricket (1973 - 1977) |
67A | 1 | ||
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Winexburg Manor (1973 - 1976) |
67A | 2-3 | ||
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Winxexburg Manor (1973 - 1976) |
67C | 6 | ||
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Financial papers (1952 - 1974) |
67A | 4-8 | ||
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Financial papers (1974 - 1978) |
67B | 1-8 | ||
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Financial and estate planning papers (2015-2018) |
67D | 1 | ||
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Correspondence (2008-2011) |
67D | 2 | ||
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Ron Romeis (2006-2013) |
67D | 3 | ||
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Vassar show house programs, "Houstonia" (2000) |
67D | 4 | ||
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Powers of attorney (1989) |
67D | 5 | ||
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Correspondence with Maine Line Pathology (1996) Access restrictionsRestricted until January 1, 2072. |
67E | 1 | ||
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Medical records and notes (2007-2012) Access restrictionsRestricted until January 1, 2083-January 1, 2088. |
67E | 2 | ||
Bruce Maitland Brown: Memorabilia (1947 - 2019) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Life (September 1, 1947) |
55 | 17 | ||
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Washington Post, supplement, Bicentennial (July 4, 1976) |
53 | 11 | ||
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Kick (September 21, 1980) |
53 | 12 | ||
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Time, special edition, covers (1983) |
55 | 18 | ||
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Commemorative photos (3) of Ronald Reagan (early 1990s) |
53 | 13 | ||
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Phillies World Series souvenir scorebook, ticket order and stub (1993) |
53 | 14 | ||
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Letter and paper on Delaware County political history (1996, undated) |
53 | 15 | ||
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American Heritage, “GI Joe’s Sex Life” (May/June 1997) |
53 | 16 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Inquirer Magazine, “The Philadelphia Century” (September 26, 1999) |
55 | 19 | ||
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Clipping: Clinton’s impeachment (1999) |
53 | 17 | ||
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Clipping: Retirement of Charles M. Schultz (January 3, 2000) |
53 | 18 | ||
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Rose Bowl souvenir program (2000) |
53 | 19 | ||
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111th Rose Parade souvenir program (2000) |
53 | 20 | ||
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The Rose: The Parade, the Pageantry, the Game (2000) |
55 | 20 | ||
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Los Angeles Times, advertising supplement (2), 2000 Tournament of Roses (January 2000) |
55 | 21 | ||
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Los Angeles Times, Rose Bowl poster (January 1, 2000) |
54 | 5 | ||
|
Clippings: Presidential election (2001) |
53 | 21 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer, supplement, “9.11 One Year Later” (September 8, 2002) (September 8, 2002) |
55 | 22 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer clippings, death of Walter Annenberg (October 2, 2002) |
53 | 22 | ||
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Iraq war clippings (2002 – 2003) |
55 | 23 | ||
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Clipping: World Trade Center death toll lowered (January 24, 2004) |
53 | 23 | ||
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Life (October 1, 2004) |
55 | 24 | ||
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Life (December 17, 2004) |
55 | 25 | ||
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Easttown Township Tricentennial (2004) |
55 | 26 | ||
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World Series 2008: Philadelphia Phillies National League Champions (2008) |
53 | 24 | ||
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Steuben Glass catalog and clipping (2011) |
53 | 25 | ||
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Newsweek , last print issue (December 31, 2012) |
53 | 26 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Year in Pictures (2016) |
55 | 27 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Year in Pictures (2017) |
53 | 27 | ||
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Middleburglife.com, “Make a Joyful Noise” (September 2018) |
55 | 28 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Year in Pictures, clippings (2018) |
53 | 28 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer Year in Pictures 2019 |
53 | 29 | ||
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Poster: Quote by Richard T. McSorley (undated) |
54 | 6 | ||
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Hollinger catalogs and packing slip (2000, undated) |
53 | 29A | ||
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Inventories from original boxes 72-76 (undated) |
53 | 29B | ||
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Notes found with old newspapers (undated) |
53 | 30 | ||
Bruce Maitland Brown: Newspapers and large clippings (1941 - 2020) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Morning Republican and Chester Times (April 11, 1912, March 26, 1941) |
57 | 1A | ||
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Wall Street Journal and Chester Times (September 2, 1947) |
57 | 1B | ||
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Sunday Bulletin, Episcopal Academy 175 years old (July 31, 1960) |
57 | 2 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer, record snow (December 26, 1966) |
57 | 3 | ||
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Delaware County Daily Times, Bruce Brown page at RNC (July 30, 1968) |
57 | 4 | ||
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Delaware County Daily Times, demolition of Chester Hospital (January 1971) |
57 | 5 | ||
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Delaware County Daily Times, Delaware County progress (February 25, 1972) |
57 | 6 | ||
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Newspaper pages and clippings: Nixon and Watergate (1974) |
54 | 4A | ||
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Newspaper pages and clippings: Nixon and Watergate (1974) |
54 | 4B | ||
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Newspaper pages and clippings: Nixon and Watergate (1974 - 1975) |
54 | 54C | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer, supplement, Bicentennial Journal (October 20, 1975) |
57 | 7 | ||
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Clippings: Soccer Bowl (1980) |
58 | 1 | ||
|
Newspapers and clippings (1991) NoteNew York Times, beginning of Persian Gulf War (January 17, 1991) New York Times, congress authorizes Persian Gulf War (January 13, 1991) Philadelphia Inquirer, section A, end of Persian Gulf War (February 28, 1991) Philadelphia Inquirer, supplement, The Bill of Rights (May 1, 1991) New York Times, supplement, Operation Welcome Home (June 9, 1991) New York Times, resignation of Gorbachev (August 25, 1991) |
58 | 2 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (1993 - 1994) NoteClipping: Inauguration of President Clinton (January 21, 1993) Philadelphia Inquirer, blizzard (March 1993) Philadelphia Inquirer, section C, World Series (October 21, 1993) Philadelphia Inquirer, death of Nixon (April 23, 1994) Philadelphia Inquirer, World Cup (1994) |
58 | 3 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (1995 - 1997) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, closing of Wanamaker’s (August 28, 1995) Philadelphia Inquirer, snowstorm of the century (January 1996) Philadelphia Inquirer, section C, “Remembering Strawbridge and Clothier” (July 15, 1996) New York Times, election (August 16, 1996) Philadelphia Inquirer, section A, “Clinton Wins 2d Term” (November 6, 1996) Philadelphia Inquirer, Presidents’ summit (April 28, 1997) New York Times, cigarette maker’s accord (June 21, 1997) |
53 | 4 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (1998 - 1999) NoteClippings: Clinton sex scandal(1998) Clippings: Clinton’s impeachment (1998) Philadelphia Inquirer, section AA, “The Clinton Testimony” (September 22, 1998) Philadelphia Inquirer, section S, “The Starr Report” (September 13, 1998) Philadelphia Inquirer, section A, articles of impeachment (December 12, 1998) Philadelphia Inquirer, section A, “Clinton Impeached” (December 20, 1998) New York Times, Clinton acquitted (February 13, 1999) |
58 | 5 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (1999) NoteUSA Today, pullout section, “The Past Century” (December 31, 1999) Philadelphia Inquirer, section F, “Philadelphia Century Part 1: A Sporting Tradition” (December 31, 1999) |
58 | 6 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 8, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 9, 2000) Clipping: Wall Street Journal, presidential election (November 10, 2000) |
59 | 1 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 10, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 11, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 12, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 13, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 14, 2000) |
59 | 2 | ||
|
Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) |
59 | 3 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 20, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 21, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 22, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 23, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 24, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 25, 2000) |
59 | 4 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 26, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 27, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 28, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 29, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (November 30, 2000) |
59 | 5 | ||
|
Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 1, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 2, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 3, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 4, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 5, 2000) |
59 | 6 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 6, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 7, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 8, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 9, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 10, 2000) |
59 | 7 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election (2000) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 11, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 12, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 13, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 14, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (December 17, 2000 |
59 | 8 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings, presidential election and inauguration (2001) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, Bush inauguration (January 21, 2001) New York Times, Bush inauguration (January 21, 2001) Philadelphia Inquirer, presidential election (February 26, 2001) Clippings: Presidential election (2001) |
59 | 9 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (2000 - 2001) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, New Year 2000 (January 1, 2000) Clippings: Tournament of Roses (January 2, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, section A, Republican convention (August 4, 2000) Philadelphia Inquirer, section D, “City Hall Turns 100” December 17, 2000) Clippings: Presidential election (2000 - 2001) |
60 | 1 | ||
|
Newspapers and clippings (2001) NoteWall Street Journal, 9/11 (September 12, 2001) Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/11 (September 12, 2001) Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/11 (September 13, 2001) Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/11 (September 14, 2001) |
60 | 2 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (2001) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, 9/11 (September 15, 2001) Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/11 (September 16, 2001) New York Times, military response to 9/11 (October 8, 2001) Philadelphia Inquirer, supplement, “The Ones We Lost” (October 21, 2001) Clippings: 9/11 (October 23, 2001) |
60 | 3 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (2001) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, section S, Kimmel Center opening (December 9, 2001) New York Times, 2001 year in pictures (December 31, 2001) New York Times, clippings, 9/11 analysis (2001 – 2002) Wall Street Journal, opinion, Iraq connection (September 5, 2002) Philadelphia Inquirer, death of Walter Annenberg (October 2, 2002) Wall Street Journal, “Aftermath of a Market Mania” (December 16, 2002) |
60 | 4 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (2003 - 2004) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, section A, Columbia disaster (February 2, 2003) New York Times, section A, massive blackout (August 15, 2003) Philadelphia Inquirer, Liberty Bell (October 5, 2003) Philadelphia Inquirer, section A, Saddam Hussein captured (December 15, 2003) Philadelphia Inquirer, select pages (June 6, 2004) Philadelphia Inquirer, section T, remembering the Titanic (June 7, 2004) |
60 | 5 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (2004 - 2005) NoteNew York Times, section P, Democratic National Convention (July 30, 2004) New York Times, page P4, Bush’s acceptance speech to convention delegates (September 3, 2004) New York Times, section F, 2004 year in pictures (December 27, 2004) New York Times, section A, Bush second inauguration (January 21, 2005) |
60 | 6 | ||
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Newspapers and clippings (2005) NotePhiladelphia Inquirer, section F, Eagles in Super Bowl (January 24, 2005) Philadelphia Inquirer, State of the Union (February 3, 2005) Philadelphia Inquirer, section P, Eagles versus Patriots (February 6, 2005) Philadelphia Inquirer, section E, Eagles loss (February 7, 2005) |
60 | 7 | ||
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Newspaper sections and clippings (2010 - 2016) |
61 | 1-5 | ||
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Newspaper sections and clippings (2016 - 2020) |
62 | 1-5 | ||
Stuart Houston Brown: Personal papers (1941 – 1974) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Miscellaneous papers (1941 – 1966, undated) |
11 | 9 | ||
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“Jean and Stu’s Wedding Gifts,” typed list (1966) |
11 | 10 | ||
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News clippings (1950s – 1974) |
11 | 11 | ||
Carter Houston Brown: Baby books (1993 - 1994) |
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| Volume | ||||
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A Little Book About Baby (Beatrix Potter) (1993) |
81 | |||
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A Mother’s Journal (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) (1993 - 1994) |
82 | |||
Carter Houston Brown: Newspapers from day of birth (January 16, 1993) |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Daily News (New York) (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 1 | ||
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News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 2 | ||
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New York Times (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 3 | ||
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Philadelphia Daily News (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 4 | ||
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Philadelphia Inquirer (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 5 | ||
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USA Today (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 6 | ||
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Washington Post (January 16, 1993) |
45 | 7 | ||
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2. Photographic materials (1860s - 2017)Scope and content noteThis series consists of most of the photographs in the collection, including photo scrapbooks. Framed photos, daguerreotypes, and photos on milk glass are included with the artifacts in series 4. Subseries 2.A. contains photos belonging to the Houston family and allied families. These include portraits, travel photos, and pictures of Houston-owned coal and coke operations. A disbound photo scrapbook on grey paper entitled “Faces and Places,” was compiled by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston II. Most of the pictures are of their daughter Margaret, but other subjects appear, including family and friends. A small number of photos belonging to Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis are at the end of the subseries. Subseries 2.B. contains photos belonging to four generations of the Brown family and allied families, except the Miller family. These include many photos taken by Charles Stuart Brown, who was a professional photographer for a period of time. Subseries 2.C. consists of photos belonging to the Miller and allied families, including Edwards and Allen. |
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A. Houston family photographs (1860s - 1973)Scope and content noteCharles B. Houston I and his family had many studio portraits taken. Formal portraits were also taken of Charles B. Houston I’s children from infancy through adulthood. In their middle age, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houston toured the country by automobile, taking numerous candid photos along the way. There are a number of unidentified photographs of the allied Maitland family, which came into the Houston family records through Nellie Maitland Houston. Only one of these, clearly a childhood photograph of Nellie, has any identification. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Houston II took extensive home photographs of themselves, their friends and family, and especially of their daughter Margaret (“Marty”). These photos were most numerous during her first five years, becoming increasingly fewer as she grew to adulthood, but continuing to the birth of her first child. |
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Houston family: Charles B. Houston I circa late 1800s |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Charles Boone Houston I (undated) |
12 | 1 | ||
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Charles Boone Houston I, engraving based on photograph in folder number 1 (undated) |
12 | 2 | ||
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Group portrait: Charles Boone Houston and Margaret Hathaway Houston; Nellie Maitland Houston and infant son, Charles B. Houston II; unidentified elderly woman (possibly Mrs. Hathaway (undated) |
12 | 3 | ||
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Group portrait: Charles Boone Houston and Margaret Hathaway Houston; Howard H. Houston, Nellie Maitland Houston, and young son Charles B. Houston II; Thomas Edgar Houston and an unidentified woman (probably Thomas’ first wife, Hannah) (undated) |
12 | 4 | ||
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Margaret Ann Hathaway Houston (1912, undated) |
12 | 5 | ||
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Margaret Ann Hathaway Houston (undated) |
12 | 6 | ||
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Thomas Edgar Houston (tentative) (undated) |
12 | 7 | ||
Houston family photographs: Howard Hathaway Houston |
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Howard H. Houston, Nellie Maitland Houston, and son, Charles B. Houston II, posed in front of rapids, with railway trestle in background (undated) |
12 | 8 | ||
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Howard H. Houston, Nellie Maitland Houston, Charles B. Houston II, and others posed in automobile before fenced cemetery monuments (1906) NoteCaptioned: “#9124, High Water Mark, Gettysburg, Sept. 6, ’06.” |
12 | 9 | ||
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Howard H. Houston and Nellie Maitland Houston travel scrapbook pages and loose photographs, various trips (1908 – 1918) Processing noteCaptions include: “Natural Bridge, VA 1908;” “Crum Creek near Swarthmore 1911;” “Pasadena 1917;” “Grand Canyon 1917;” “Ormond Florida 1918 and Bug Island, Canada 1918.” |
12 | 10 | ||
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Howard H. Houston and Nellie Maitland Houston’s fishing trip to French River, Ontario, Canada (1921) |
12 | 11 | ||
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Young C. B. Houston II on horseback (undated) |
12 | 12 | ||
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Howard H. Houston as a boy and young man (undated) |
11 | 17 | ||
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Howard H. Houston in middle age (undated) |
11 | 18 | ||
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Three men sitting in front of tent, captioned: “Camp Chester” (August 1895) NoteOne man appears to be Howard H. Houston. |
11 | 19 | ||
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Howard H. Houston engraving (undated) |
26 | 1 | ||
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Nellie Maitland Houston, taken in Orlando, Florida (undated) |
26 | 2 | ||
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Houston Coal and Coke Company, Elkhorn, West Virginia (undated) |
46 | 1 | ||
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Loose photos from Houston Coal and Coke Company scrapbook (box 48) (1908, undated) |
46 | 2 | ||
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Loose photos from Houston Coal and Coke Company scrapbook (box 48), automobiles (undated) |
46 | 3 | ||
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Loose photos from Houston Coal and Coke Company scrapbook (box 48), Boston terriers (undated) |
46 | 4 | ||
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Loose photos from Houston Coal and Coke Company scrapbook (box 48), golf (undated) |
46 | 5 | ||
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Loose photos from Houston Coal and Coke Company scrapbook (box 48), horses (undated) |
46 | 6 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houston’s fishing trip to French River, Ontario, Canada (1921) |
46 | 12B | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1911, undated) Note“Pioneer Furnace, Negaunee, Mich.” “Garage at Camp – 1911” “Sporley Camp – 1911” “Iron Cliffs Office and Briotine Hotel, Negaunee, Mich.” “Home of Geo. Maas, Negaunee, Mich.” “At Sporley’s Camp, Oct. 1911” |
47 | 1 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1901 - 1911, undated) Note“Oldest house, Negaunee, Mich.” “Presque Isle, 1911” “Road to Camp, 1911” “Winter Scene near Negaunee, Mich.” “'Bear Dance’ Bass Lake, Mich.” “At High Landing Camp, Escanaba River 1901” |
47 | 2 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912, undated) Note“Winter Scene – Negaunee” “At Dead River Falls” “Ormond Fla. Mar. 1912” |
47 | 3 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Ormond Fla. Mar. 1912” “New Smyrna Road Fla. Mar. 1912” |
47 | 4 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“On Road St. Augustine to Jacksonville Fla. Mar. 18, 1912” “New Smyrna Fla. Mar. 1912” “`The Hermitage’ Savannah Mar. 20, 1912” |
47 | 5 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Savannah Golf Course, Mar. 20, 1912” “St. Augustine Fla. March 1912.” “Richmond, VA Country Club Mar. 1912” “Green Core Sulphur Spring Fla. Feb. 1912” |
47 | 6 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“'Old Sugar Mill’ Port Orange Fla. Mar. 1912” “Elkhorn, WV – May 1912” |
47 | 7 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Elkhorn, WV – May 1912” “Sporley’s Camp 1911” “Trenary, Mich. 1911” “Escanaba, Mich. 1911” |
47 | 8 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Rapid River Mich. 1911” “1911” “Near Everett, Penna 1911” “On way to Mich. 1912” |
47 | 9 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Ormond, Fla. Mar. 1912” “Delaware Water Gap 1912” “Chestertown, NY June 1913” “Fincastle VA May 1913” |
47 | 10 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Sporley’s Camp 1912” “Antietam, MD Sept. 1912” “Blue Ridge Summit 1912” |
47 | 11 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1913, undated) Note“Craig’s Creek, VA May 1913” “On Way to Craig’s Creek” “Returning from Craig’s Creek” “Fincastle Court House, VA 1913” “Trout Fishing, Mich. 1913” “Homeward Bound Aug. 1913” “Duluth, Minn. July 1914” |
47 | 12 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of travels by automobile (1912) Note“Mich. 1912” “Sporley’s Camp 1912” |
47 | 13 | ||
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Howard H. Houston photo scrapbook (undated) |
48 | 1 | ||
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Houston Coal and Coke Company scrapbook photos (undated) |
48 | 2-8 | ||
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Howard H. Houston (undated) |
51 | 2A | ||
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Howard H. Houston (1895 - 1921) |
51 | 2B | ||
Houston family photographs: Nellie Maitland Houston 1870s - mid-1900s |
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Nellie Maitland as a child (undated) NoteTaken by Gehrig Studios, Chicago. |
11 | 20 | ||
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Presumed members of the Maitland family (undated) NoteAll photos taken in Negaunee, Ishpeming or Marquette, Michigan. |
11 | 21 | ||
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Nellie Maitland Houston in old age (undated) |
11 | 22 | ||
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Group portrait: Margaret Hathaway Houston, Howard H. Houston, Nellie Maitland Houston, and two unidentified women (undated) |
11 | 23 | ||
Houston family photographs: Charles B. Houston II circa 1900 - 1973 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Charles B. Houston II as a child and young man (undated) |
11 | 24 | ||
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Charles B. Houston II as an adult (undated) |
11 | 25 | ||
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Faces and Places photo scrapbook cover (1915 - 1933) |
13B | 1 | ||
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Faces and Places, section A: Records Margaret from age 6 weeks to 16 months (1915 – 1917) |
13B | 2-3 | ||
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Faces and Places, section B: Records Margaret from 16 months to 2 years 9 months (1917 – 1918) |
13B | 4-5 | ||
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Faces and Places, section C: Records Margaret from 3 years to 6 years 10 months (1918 - 1922) |
13B | 6-7 | ||
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Faces and Places, section D: Records Margaret from 7 years to 18 years (1922 - 1934) |
13B | 8-9 | ||
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Negatives (1934, undated) NoteIncludes a negative of a photograph on the final page of the Faces and Places scrapbook. It shows Margaret with her parents and is captioned: “The Family, Welch, W. VA., 1934.” |
13A | 12 | ||
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Unidentified house (undated) NotePossibly the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston II in Welch, West Virginia. |
13A | 13 | ||
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Margaret as a child (circa 1918) |
13A | 14 | ||
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Margaret as a girl (circa late 1920s) |
13A | 15 | ||
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Margaret as a young woman (circa 1930s) |
13A | 16-17 | ||
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Seaside vacation photos: C. B. Houston II, Pauline Smith Houston, Margaret M. Houston, and son-in-law Charles Stuart Brown (circa 1937) |
13A | 18 | ||
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Seaside vacation photos featuring Margaret Houston Brown, C. Stuart Brown, and other young people (circa 1937) |
13A | 19 | ||
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C. B. Houston II, Pauline Smith Houston, and daughter “Marty” (undated) |
13A | 20 | ||
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C. B. Houston II, Pauline Smith Houston, and daughter “Marty” taken on shipboard (undated) |
13A | 21 | ||
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Photo scrapbook of a coal-mining operation and nearby community (undated) |
13A | 22 | ||
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Charles Boone Houston II as a boy (undated) |
26 | 3 | ||
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Charles B. Houston II, taken in Orlando, Florida (undated) |
26 | 4 | ||
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Pauline Smith Houston, taken in Orlando, Florida (undated) |
26 | 5 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston (undated) |
26 | 6 | ||
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Charles B. Houston II in group portrait (undated) NoteC. B. Houston II is seated in center. |
26 | 18 | ||
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Charles B. Houston II (undated) |
46 | 7-8 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston II, cruise on the Mariposa (1960) |
46 | 9 | ||
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Pauline Smith Houston (undated) |
46 | 10 | ||
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Photos belonging to Eleanor Smith Paddon (undated) |
46 | 11 | ||
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Graveyard at Spring Oak Farm, Woodstock, West Virginia (1973) |
46 | 12A | ||
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Charles Boone Houston II (undated) |
51 | 2C | ||
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Photograph of Charles B. Houston II (1938) |
49 | 12 | ||
Houston family photographs: Pauline V. Smith Houston 1914 - 1968 |
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Pauline Smith Houston in her wedding dress (1914) |
27 | 13 | ||
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Two photographs mounted on opposite sides of one board. Side one shows Mrs. C. B. Houston posed in a car before an arbor. Side two shows a piece of large industrial equipment (undated) |
27 | 14 | ||
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Portrait of Harold Elwood Paddon (brother-in-law of Pauline Smith Houston) (undated) |
27 | 15 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston around age 3 (1918) |
27 | 16 | ||
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Pauline Houston in midlife (undated) |
11 | 26 | ||
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Pauline Houston and her young daughter Margaret (circa 1918) |
11 | 27 | ||
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Charles B. Houston II, Pauline Smith Houston, and others (circa 1915) |
13A | 1 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston with her parents and others |
13A | 2 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston and nurse Julia in Atlantic City, New Jersey (undated) |
13A | 3 | ||
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Pauline Smith Houston and daughter Margaret in Atlantic city, New Jersey (circa mid-1920s) |
13A | 4 | ||
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Charles B. Houston II and Pauline Smith Houston, Mariposa cruise (1960) |
13A | 5 | ||
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Other travel photos (undated) |
13A | 6 | ||
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Spring Oak Farm (May 1968) |
13A | 7 | ||
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Charles Arthur Smith (undated) |
13A | 8 | ||
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Laura Virginia Grove Smith (undated) |
13A | 9 | ||
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Woman (possibly a member of the Smith family) (undated) |
13A | 10 | ||
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Group portrait (possibly Smith or Paddon family) (undated) |
13A | 11 | ||
Houston family photographs: Margaret Maitland Houston Brown 1915 - circa 1941 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Margaret Maitland Houston photo scrapbook cover (1915 - 1916) |
14 | 1 | ||
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Margaret Maitland Houston photo scrapbook section A (1915 – 1916) |
14 | 2-3 | ||
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Margaret Maitland Houston photo scrapbook section B (1916 – 1918) |
14 | 4-5 | ||
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Margaret Maitland Houston photo scrapbook section C (1915 – circa 1941) |
14 | 6-7 | ||
Houston family photographs: Other members of the Houston family 1860s - early 1900s |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Unidentified, possibly Charles B. Houston I (undated) |
11 | 12 | ||
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“Thomas James Houston” (brother of C. B. Houston I) (undated) |
11 | 13 | ||
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Mrs. Thomas James Houston, captioned: “Sue S. Houston” (undated) |
11 | 14 | ||
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Two portraits of Thomas Edgar Houston (?) (undated) NoteOne shows him holding a child (probably his elder son Frank, possibly his younger son David). |
11 | 15 | ||
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“Frank Edgar Houston, age thirteen months” (June 27, 1897) |
11 | 16 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified tin types (undated) |
15 | 1 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified children (undated) NoteAll taken in Philadelphia studios. Photographers include Applegate’s, P. E. Chillman, J. E. McClees, and A. K. P. Trask. |
15 | 2 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified women (undated) NoteAll taken in Philadelphia studios. Photographers include: Broadbent & Taylor, P. E. Chillman, Phillips, and B. F. Reimer. |
15 | 3 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified women (undated) NotePhotographers include W. G. Entrekin, Manayunk, PA; and Kroneberger, Chester. |
15 | 4 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified men (undated) NoteAll taken in Philadelphia studios. Photographers include: Broadbent & Phillips, Broadbent & Taylor, W. Kurtz, Sword, and A. K. P. Trask. |
15 | 5 | ||
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Houston Album 1 (1888, undated) |
15 | 6 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified men and women (undated) Note“Geo. E. Bent, July 28, 1888, Aged 77 years, Thurlow, Penn.” |
15 | 6 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Unidentified men and women (undated) NotePhotographers include B. Frank Saylor, Lancaster, PA; Lerne Lemer, Harrisburg, PA; and A. G. Keet, Harrisburg, PA. |
15 | 7 | ||
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Houston Album 1: Cyanotypes of a house in winter (undated) |
15 | 8 | ||
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Houston Album 2: Unidentified group portraits, tin types (undated) |
15 | 9 | ||
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Houston Album 2: Unidentified men and women (undated) NoteAll taken in Philadelphia studios. Photographers include: P. E. Chillman, C. M. Gilbert Studios, and A. K. P. Trask. |
15 | 10 | ||
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Houston Album 2 (undated) NoteCaptioned: “With the love of your teacher, Mary E. Strong,” taken by Lerne Lemer, Harrisburg, PA. |
15 | 11 | ||
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Houston Album 2: Unidentified man (undated) NoteTaken by A. M. Allen Pottsville, PA. |
15 | 12 | ||
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Houston Album 2: Presumed members of the Maitland family (undated) NoteAll taken in Chicago. Photographers include: Gehrig Studios, Mosher, and Wilcox. |
15 | 13 | ||
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Houston Album 2: Presumed members of the Maitland family (undated) NoteAll taken in Michigan. Photographers include: Child’s, Ishpeming, MI, and E. J. Smith, Negaunee, MI. |
15 | 14 | ||
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Color photograph of an oil painting – portrait of an unidentified man (undated) |
15 | 15 | ||
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Miscellaneous unidentified men (Houstons?) (undated) |
15 | 16 | ||
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Unidentified men of the Houston family (undated) NotePhotographers include: Bishop Brothers, Altoona, PA; J. M. Jamison, Lancaster, PA; Centennial Photographic Company, Adams and Wilson Proprietor, Philadelphia; and Suddard’s and Fennemore, Phila. |
15 | 17 | ||
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Unidentified man of the Houston family (undated) NotePhotographed by J. E. McClees, Philadelphia. |
15 | 18 | ||
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Unidentified woman of the Houston family (undated) NotePhotographed by T. W. Cummings, Lancaster, PA, and by J. E. McClees, Philadelphia. |
15 | 19 | ||
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Miscellaneous unidentified women of the Houston family (undated) |
15 | 20 | ||
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Miscellaneous unidentified children of the Houston family (undated) NotePhotographed by Nyermetz Studio, Chester. |
15 | 21 | ||
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Miscellaneous unidentified children of the Houston family (undated) |
15 | 22 | ||
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Unidentified woman with two young girls (undated) |
15 | 23 | ||
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Studio portrait of four girls posed in winter costume with sled and snowshoes (undated) |
15 | 24 | ||
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Set of 8 mounted photos of a large group of men and women at a lakeside tent camp, pursuing various leisure activities (undated) NoteThe envelope in which they were found was dated 1887. |
15 | 25 | ||
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Photographs: Owens family (1940s) Note“John Owens” and “Richard.” |
15 | 26 | ||
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Photograph: “Howard and Nonie May’s Wedding Party” (June 29, 1912) |
15 | 27 | ||
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Cherry Mae Dowdell Davis photographs early 1900s - mid-1900s |
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Photographs (early 1900s) (early 1900s, undated) |
53 | 2-5 | ||
B. Brown family photographs (1911 - 2017)Scope and content noteThe photographs taken (and to a lesser extent collected) by C. Stuart Brown comprise a large proportion of the total of the photographic materials in this collection. His photo scrapbooks date from 1928, when he was 13 years old. These extensively document his friends, family, and other interests during his years at Episcopal Academy and Williams College. He photographed numerous special occasions (including the weddings of his sister and brother) and his travels (including summer camp, adult camping trips, cruises, and numerous vacations). In addition to all these subjects, Mr. Brown was an “art photographer.” He mounted and titled many of his works for competitive exhibition. Several of these can be identified from other images in the collection. There are also numerous unidentified and unmounted enlargements of his work. |
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Brown family photographs: Medford Jennings Brown Sr. 1911 - 1989 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Medford Jennings Brown Sr. (undated) |
12 | 18 | ||
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Medford J. Brown Sr. with his two young sons, Medford Jr. and Charles Stuart (undated) |
12 | 19 | ||
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Mary Evelyn Miller Brown (undated) |
12 | 20 | ||
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Medford J. Brown Jr. and Helen Brown as children (undated) |
12 | 21 | ||
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Medford J. Brown Jr. as an adult (undated) |
12 | 22 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown as a child and young man (undated) |
12 | 23 | ||
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Helen Miller Brown Nelson in her wedding dress (1943) |
12 | 24 | ||
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George Philip Nelson, wedding portrait (1943) |
12 | 25 | ||
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“Medford Jennings Brown’s mother” (Anna Estelle Lamb Brown) (undated) |
16 | 1 | ||
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Medford Jennings Brown Sr. (1930, undated) |
16 | 2 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Medford. J. Brown in midlife, posed with automobile (undated) |
16 | 3 | ||
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Mrs. Medford J. Brown (Mary Evelyn Brown) (1960, undated) |
16 | 4 | ||
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Portrait of Mary Evelyn Brown, taken by her son C. Stuart Brown (August 1938) |
16 | 5 | ||
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Miscellaneous candid photographs of the Medford J. Brown Sr. family (1917) |
16 | 6 | ||
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Miscellaneous Brown family photos (1919 - 1930) |
16 | 7-11 | ||
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Home of the Medford J. Brown family (undated) |
16 | 12 | ||
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Mrs. Medford J. Brown and her young sons, Medford Jr. and Charles Stuart (undated) |
16 | 13 | ||
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Medford Brown Jr. and Charles Stuart Brown as children (1917, undated) |
16 | 14 | ||
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Charles Stuart and Helen Miller Brown as children (undated) |
16 | 15 | ||
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Miscellaneous candid photos of the Medford J. Brown Sr. family (undated) |
16 | 16 | ||
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Medford Jennings Brown Jr. (1911 – 1943, undated) |
16 | 17 | ||
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Wedding of Medford Brown Jr.: Bride and groom.Taken by C. Stuart Brown (1948) |
16 | 18 | ||
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Wedding of Medford Brown Jr.: Reception. Taken by C. Stuart Brown (1948) |
16 | 19 | ||
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Wedding of Medford Brown Jr.: Miscellaneous. Taken by C. Stuart Brown (1948) |
16 | 20 | ||
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Medford Jr. and young Bruce M. Brown (undated) |
16 | 21 | ||
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Helen Miller Brown as a child (1919 – 1922, undated) |
16 | 22 | ||
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Helen Miller Brown as a young woman (1930 – 1936, undated) |
16 | 23 | ||
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Wedding of Helen Miller Brown and George Philip Nelson (1943) |
16 | 24 | ||
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Helen Brown Nelson and infant son, Douglas Ann Nelson (1947) |
16 | 25 | ||
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Helen Brown Nelson and daughter Deborah (undated) NoteMiscellaneous pictures of Deborah, tentatively identified. |
16 | 26 | ||
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Unidentified man (undated) NoteFrom the Medford J. Brown Sr. family photographs. |
16 | 27 | ||
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Unidentified men, women, and children from the Brown family papers (undated) NoteOne taken at the Ashman studio, Baltimore. |
16 | 28 | ||
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Miscellaneous photographs from the Brown family papers (undated) |
16 | 29 | ||
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Evelyn Miller Brown, later in life (undated) |
24 | 1 | ||
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Evelyn Miller Brown with her three young children (circa 1920) |
24 | 2 | ||
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Helen Miller Brown as a young woman (undated) |
25 | 3 | ||
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George P. Nelson and his second wife, Nancy (1989) |
46 | 37 | ||
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Home of Mr. and Mrs. Medford J. Brown Sr. (undated) |
46 | 38 | ||
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Medford J. Brown Jr., Charles Stuart Brown, and Helen Miller Brown with letter (2003, undated) |
48 | 11 | ||
Brown family photographs: Charles Stuart Brown 1928 - 1977 |
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Loose photographs from “My Camp Memory Book” (1928) |
17 | 1 | ||
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“Keoka 1928,” “Our camp on the Old Orchard trip in 1928,” “Bob Elmore in the Tippy,” “Bob Gluckes as the camp old maid.” (1928) |
17 | 2 | ||
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“The first pictures with my new vest pocket” (June 1928) |
17 | 3 | ||
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Enlargements of first vest pocket camera photos in folder 3 above (1928) |
17 | 4 | ||
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“Camp Tecumseh” (1929) |
17 | 5 | ||
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“Planes which visited camp” (1929) |
17 | 6 | ||
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“Mr. Grant” (1929) |
17 | 7 | ||
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“Horace Churchman as Lincoln,” “Trial by Jury” (theatrical production), “’Buddy Harvey” (undated) |
17 | 8 | ||
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Unlabeled scrapbook pages - camp (undated) |
17 | 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous pictures of Medford Jr., C. Stuart, and Helen Brown (undated) |
17 | 10 | ||
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“Spring” (1930) |
17 | 11 | ||
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“Track at school” (1930) |
17 | 12 | ||
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“Spring” (1930) NotePictures of Jim Bell with his mother and sister. |
17 | 13 | ||
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“Spring”- the Terrace (1930) |
17 | 14 | ||
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“Bill Mink’s Farm, Forestry Club Excursion” (1930) |
17 | 15 | ||
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Page title: “Camp Tecumseh” (1930) |
17 | 16 | ||
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Enlargement of Tecumseh photos (1930) |
17 | 17 | ||
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“Camp Tecumseh, Sunrise” (1930) |
17 | 18 | ||
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“Swim meet with Ragged Mountain Camp” (1930) |
17 | 19 | ||
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“Howard Emhke with some protegees” (undated) NoteShows Emhke in Philadelphia Athletics baseball team uniform. With a loose group photograph signed: “A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, Howard Emhke” |
17 | 20 | ||
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“Green Hill Farms” (1930) |
17 | 21 | ||
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“The Gondoliers, Tecumseh” (1932) |
17 | 22 | ||
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Group portrait of men in mid-life, including C. Stuart Brown (undated) NoteCamp Tecumseh reunion? |
17 | 23 | ||
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Miscellaneous photos relating to sports and other activities at Episcopal Academy (undated) |
17 | 24 | ||
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Miscellaneous photos of young men and women, probably relating to Episcopal Academy (undated) |
17 | 25 | ||
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Photos (1929 - 1933) |
17 | 26-30 | ||
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Photos, chiefly relating to Episcopal Academy (undated) |
17 | 31 | ||
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Photos (1934 - 1936) |
17 | 32-34 | ||
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Photos of the Williams College Glee Club cruise on the MV Brittanic (spring 1936) NoteMargaret M. Houston (the future Mrs. Brown) appears often. In Scrapbook 1 of their married life, one of these images is identified as the “first” photograph ever taken of them together, dated April 3, 1936. |
17 | 35 | ||
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Photos (1934 - 1937) |
18 | 1 | ||
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Photos chiefly relating to Williams College (undated) |
18 | 2 | ||
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“Kitchen Staff at School” (May 1933) NoteMounted and signed by C. S. Brown. |
18 | 3 | ||
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Camping trip scrapbook section A (1934) |
18 | 4 | ||
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Camping trip scrapbook section B (1934) |
18 | 5 | ||
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Camping trip scrapbook section C (1934) |
18 | 6 | ||
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Camping trip enlargements (5” x 6 ¼”) (1934) |
18 | 7 | ||
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Camping trip enlargements (4” x 5”) (1934) |
18 | 8 | ||
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Camping trip enlargements (8” x 10”) (1934) |
18 | 9 | ||
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“C. Stuart Brown at Winona, West Virginia, Summer 1937, with Bill Garvy, Mine Superintendent.” (1937) |
18 | 10 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown and Margaret Houston (circa 1936 – 1937) |
18 | 11 | ||
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Honeymoon cruise: “First Day Out,” “Last Day Out,” and miscellaneous (1937) |
18 | 12 | ||
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Honeymoon cruise: “Santa Marta” and “Christobal” (1937) NoteSee also box 35 for two watercolor paintings by Margaret M. Houston Brown, signed and dated 1938, which appear to be based on photographs taken at Santa Marta. |
18 | 13 | ||
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Honeymoon cruise: “Cartagena” (1937) |
18 | 14 | ||
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Honeymoon cruise: “Barranquilla” and “Porto Columbia” (1937) |
18 | 15 | ||
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Honeymoon cruise: “Kingston,” “Panama Canal,” and “Panama City” (1937) |
18 | 16 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown and Margaret Maitland Houston wedding album at Houstonia (October 15, 1937) |
83 | |||
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Wedding reception photos (October 15, 1937) |
18 | 17-18 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown in her wedding dress (October 15, 1937) |
18 | 19 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown as a child (1922, undated) |
19 | 1 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown as a boy and young man (1927 – 1933, undated) |
19 | 2 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown in adulthood (1939, undated) |
19 | 3 | ||
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Portraits of C. Stuart Brown in adulthood (undated) |
19 | 4 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown in mid-life (1942 – 1961, undated) |
19 | 5 | ||
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Pictures of C. Stuart Brown taken by or for his employer, the American Viscose Corporation (later Avisco) (1942 - 1968) |
19 | 6 | ||
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Publicity pictures for Avisco (1955 – 1959) |
19 | 7 | ||
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Other pictures relating to Avisco (not Mr. Brown) (1943 – 1963, undated) |
19 | 8 | ||
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Photo and correspondence to Mr. Brown at Avisco from Pittock and Associates (1960) |
19 | 9 | ||
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Pictures of C. Stuart Brown taken by or for Riddle Memorial Hospital (undated) |
19 | 10 | ||
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Pictures of C. S. Brown taken for the PHS 10,000 Trees Campaign” (1974 – 1977) |
19 | 11 | ||
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Pictures for the 10,000 Trees Campaign, signed by Frank Rizzo (mid-1970s) |
19 | 12 | ||
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Margaret “Marty” M. Houston Brown in adulthood (undated) |
19 | 13 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown (undated) |
19 | 14 | ||
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Margaret (Houston) Brown and others on vacation (undated) |
19 | 15 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brown on vacation (undated) |
19 | 16 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brown and their dogs (undated) |
19 | 17 | ||
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Photos of pet dog (undated) |
19 | 18 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Brown on Santa Sofia Cruise (1955) |
19 | 19 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Delray Beach, Florida (1957) |
19 | 20 | ||
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Negatives: “S. L. C. Commencement 6-10-1939,” “Memorial Day Picnic 5-30-1939,” “Barnard and Friends Children 6-1939” (1939) |
19 | 21 | ||
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Negatives: “Oriental Trip, I and II July 1 – 16, 1939” (1939) |
19 | 22 | ||
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Glass slides: “Cape May“ (1939) Processing noteFragile! Please handle with care. |
19 | 23 | ||
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Negatives: “Maryland Hunt Club,” “Spring Planting” (1940) |
19 | 24 | ||
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Negatives: “Deborah Freeman’s Birthday,” “Tobias and Marty, end of May, 1940” (1940) |
19 | 25 | ||
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Negatives: “Milly’s Picnic at Rosetree for Shirley, Bill and June, 6-1-1940;” “Fanny Green’s Baby” (1940) |
19 | 27 | ||
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Negatives: Oriental Trip, Picnic to Turkey Point, and Office July 1940” (1940) |
19 | 27 | ||
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Negatives: “Little House Garden, Early Sept. 1940” (1940) |
19 | 28 | ||
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Negatives: “October scenes around home; Calf at Houstonia” (October 1940) |
19 | 29 | ||
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Negatives: “Christmas Dinner Party” (December 25, 1940) |
19 | 30 | ||
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Negatives: “Fanny Green’s son, June 1941;” “Tony, six weeks old, June 1941;” “Toney and Mickey August 1941” (1941) |
20 | 1 | ||
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Negatives: “Oriental trip July 18 – August 3, 1941” (1941) |
20 | 2 | ||
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Negatives: “Marlin Fishing from Ocean City, Maryland September 17, 1941;” “At Bryant Beach with the Sprouls, September 14, 1941” (1941) |
20 | 3 | ||
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Negatives: “Millie’s Wedding, October 11, 1941;” “Shots near home” (1941) |
20 | 4 | ||
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Negatives: “Little House, October 1941;” “Tony – carriage and high chair, 7 months, October 1941;” “Tony – couch, and Johnny, 8 months” (1941) |
20 | 5 | ||
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Negatives: “Christmas party 12-25-1941;” “Cocktail party at Springleaves 12-27-1941” (1941) |
20 | 6 | ||
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Negatives: “New Year’s Eve at Eleanor’s 12-31-41;” “Tony, 10 months Jan. 42;” “Tony’s first birthday, Mar. 42” (1941 - 1942) |
20 | 6 | ||
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Negatives: “Florida Pix” (March 1942) |
20 | 8 | ||
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Negatives: “Tony 13 months, April 1942;” “Pauline L. Lone, May 1942;” “Tony 14 months, May 42” (1942) |
20 | 9 | ||
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Negatives: “July 4th party at Little House;” “Weekend gathering at Mother’s August 42;” “Mrs. Orr and family August 42” (1942) |
20 | 10 | ||
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Negatives: “Tony, November 42;” “Weekend with Al Mahla, 9-17-1942” (1942) |
20 | 11 | ||
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“Little House Garden” (color transparencies) (undated) |
20 | 12 | ||
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Negatives: “Florida” (1942) |
20 | 13 | ||
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Negatives: “Mary as a Nurses’ Aid” (February 7, 1943) |
20 | 14 | ||
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Negatives: “Delray Beach, Florida 4-16/5-1, 1943” (1943) |
20 | 15 | ||
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Negatives: “Helen’s Wedding” (June 5, 1943) |
20 | 16 | ||
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Negatives: “Christmas” (December 25, 1943) |
20 | 17 | ||
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Negatives: “Christmas party at M. E. B. 1944;” “Our Cocktail party, 1-20-45;” “Tony in snow, Feb. '45” (1944 – 1945) |
20 | 18 | ||
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Negatives: “Dusty 9-20-1944;” “Mrs. Taylor, 9-23-1944” (1944) |
20 | 19 | ||
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Negatives: “Rehoboth, Labor Day” (1950) |
20 | 20 | ||
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Negatives: “Camp Tecumseh” (August 15, 1951) |
20 | 21 | ||
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Negatives: “Rehoboth, Labor Day” (1951) |
20 | 22 | ||
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Color slides: “Delray Beach” (November 1951) |
20 | 23 | ||
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Negatives: “Rehoboth, Sept. 1952;” “Sam launching Boat” (1952) |
20 | 24 | ||
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Negatives: “Delray Beach, Florida” (1952) |
20 | 25 | ||
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Exterior shots of a house; interiors of a dinner party; Christmas stockings on mantel (prints) (undated) |
20 | 26 | ||
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Statue of the racing horse “Man O War,” (color negative and slide) (undated) |
20 | 27 | ||
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Dahlia (color negative); photo (undated) |
20 | 28 | ||
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Black and white travel snapshots (undated) |
20 | 29 | ||
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Color travel snapshots (1967) |
20 | 30 | ||
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Color vacation snapshots (1968) |
20 | 31 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown (undated) |
24 | 4-5 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown in wedding dress (1937) |
24 | 6 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown in wedding dress (1937) |
25 | 4 | ||
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Wedding of Charles Stuart Brown and Margaret M. Houston: Bride and groom (1937) |
24 | 7 | ||
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Wedding of Charles Stuart Brown and Margaret M. Houston (1937) |
25 | 4 | ||
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Wedding of Charles Stuart Brown and Margaret M. Houston: Groom and groomsmen (1937) |
25 | 5 | ||
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Wedding of Charles Stuart Brown and Margaret M. Houston: Bride and bridesmaids (1937) |
25 | 6 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown (undated) |
24 | 8 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown: Miscellaneous photographs taken by C. S. Brown (undated) |
24 | 9 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown and newborn son Bruce (1947) |
24 | 10 | ||
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Bruce Maitland Brown as a newborn (1947) |
24 | 11 | ||
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Bruce Maitland Brown on his first birthday (1948) |
24 | 12 | ||
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Stuart Houston Brown as a boy (undated) |
24 | 13 | ||
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Stuart H. Brown and Bruce M. Brown (circa 1948) |
24 | 14 | ||
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Thanksgiving reunion at Houstonia (1947) |
24 | 15 | ||
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Mary Evelyn Miller Brown with Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown, Thanksgiving reunion (1947) |
24 | 16 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown as a young man (undated) |
26 | 7 | ||
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Helen Miller Brown as a girl (undated) NoteCaptioned: “Night-time portraiture” and “At the Piano.” |
26 | 8 | ||
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Margaret Hathaway Houston in black dress, full length portrait, hand tinted (undated) |
26 | 9 | ||
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Margaret Hathaway Houston in white dress, hand tinted (undated) |
26 | 10 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown in evening gown, taken by Frederick H. Hurd (1938) |
26 | 11 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown in white beachwear, signed by C. Stuart Brown (undated) |
26 | 12 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown in shorts and sweater signed by C. Stuart Brown, numbered “153-1” (undated) |
26 | 13 | ||
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Margaret Houston Brown at gate, signed by C. Stuart Brown (1938) |
26 | 14 | ||
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Woman in autumn seated on ivy (1938) |
26 | 15 | ||
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Stuart Houston Brown as a baby (undated) |
26 | 16 | ||
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Bruce Maitland Brown standing in crib (undated) |
26 | 17 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown (1942, undated) |
46 | 13 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown, miscellaneous (1958, undated) |
46 | 14 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown, wedding (1937) |
46 | 15 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown (1938 – 1977) |
46 | 16 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown (1941 – 1969, undated) |
46 | 17-18 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown with dogs (undated) |
46 | 19 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown with friends (undated) |
46 | 20 | ||
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Friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown (1977, undated) |
46 | 21 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown (undated) |
48 | 10 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stuart Brown wedding photos (1937) |
51 | 3A | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown (undated) |
51 | 3B | ||
Brown family photographs: Charles Stuart Brown Art photography 1930s |
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Statue of the racehorse Man O’ War (undated) |
27 | 1 | ||
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Patty Holt as a young girl in costume for the dance “Early Nineties.” Lucille Stoddart Dancing News (May 1939) NoteThis photo appears on page 5. |
27 | 2 | ||
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Unidentified children (undated) |
27 | 3 | ||
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Unidentified women (undated) |
27 | 4 | ||
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Dock fishing photographs (undated) |
27 | 5 | ||
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“A French Vase” (undated) |
27 | 6 | ||
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Miscellaneous photographs of children (undated) |
27 | 7 | ||
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Woman in costume (undated) |
27 | 8 | ||
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“Old Man” (undated) |
27 | 9 | ||
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Woman golfer (undated) |
27 | 10 | ||
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Portrait of a young woman (undated) |
27 | 11 | ||
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“Invitation” (undated) |
27 | 12 | ||
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Woman in wedding dress (undated) |
27 | 13 | ||
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Three women and a baby (March 1941) |
27 | 14 | ||
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“Strictly Commercial” (undated) |
27 | 15 | ||
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Ernst Leitz Wetzlar camera (undated) |
27 | 16 | ||
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“Film spools” (undated) |
27 | 17 | ||
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“Toweling” (1939) |
27 | 18 | ||
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“Ancient Sentry Box, Cartagena” (1938) |
28 | 1 | ||
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Circus photographs (4) (undated) |
28 | 2 | ||
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Tree photographs (4) (undated) |
28 | 3 | ||
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Miscellaneous places (5) (undated) |
28 | 4 | ||
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“The Terrace,” home of the Medford J. Brown family (2) (undated) |
28 | 5 | ||
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“Total Eclipse of the Sun” (August 31, 1932) |
28 | 6 | ||
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“Silver Fleece” (winter scene) (undated) |
28 | 7 | ||
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Mounted enlargements (3) of photos taken at Green Hill Farms (circa 1930s) |
28 | 8 | ||
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“The Glencoe” (circa 1939) |
28 | 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous landscapes (4) (undated) |
28 | 10 | ||
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“Sunlit Stone” (5) (circa 1931) |
28 | 11 | ||
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“Apse” (2) (undated) |
28 | 12 | ||
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Chairs on porch (circa 1939) |
28 | 13 | ||
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“Natural Design” (7) (undated) |
28 | 14 | ||
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“Freighters” and “Transportation” (6) (1938) NoteBased on photographs taken at Porto Columbia. |
28 | 15 | ||
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“Little House” (4) (undated) NoteHome of the C. Stuart Brown family, Chester, Pennsylvania. |
28 | 16 | ||
Brown family photographs: Stuart Houston Brown 1941 - 1987 |
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Margaret M. Houston Brown and her newborn son, Tony, in hospital (some with nurse) (1941) |
20 | 32 | ||
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Scrapbook: Stuart Houston Brown, March 25, 1941 (follows “Tony” to age 10 months) (1941 - 1942) |
20 | 33 | ||
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Negatives of Tony age 4 days, 11 days, 3 months, and 6 months (1941) |
20 | 34 | ||
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Prints of Tony in infancy (1941) |
20 | 35 | ||
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Tony’s First Birthday (March 25, 1942) |
20 | 36 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (July 5, 1942) |
20 | 37 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (August 1942) |
20 | 38 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (November 22, 1942) |
20 | 39 | ||
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Negatives: “Tony’s party for Butch Irving” (December 20, 1942) |
20 | 40 | ||
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Tony on Christmas day, prints and negatives (1942) |
21 | 1 | ||
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Tony in high chair and crib, prints and negatives (circa 1942 – 1943) |
21 | 2 | ||
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Tony’s 2nd Birthday (prints and negatives) (March 25, 1943) |
21 | 3 | ||
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Negatives of Tony at the Farm (November 14, 1943) |
21 | 4 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (December 4, 1943) |
21 | 5 | ||
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Tony at Christmas (1943) |
21 | 6 | ||
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Tony in Florida (1943) |
21 | 7 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (b/w and color) (August 26,1944) |
21 | 8 | ||
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Prints and negatives of Tony as a toddler (undated) |
21 | 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous photos of Tony as a youngster (undated) |
21 | 10 | ||
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Tony age 3 years 5 months (1944) |
21 | 11 | ||
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Tony (1945) |
21 | 12 | ||
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Tony and his parents in Atlantic City (undated) |
21 | 13 | ||
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Negatives of Tony’s fourth Birthday (1945) |
21 | 14 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (1945) |
21 | 15-16 | ||
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Tony (1946) |
21 | 17 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (September 26, 1946) |
21 | 18 | ||
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Tony and friends in Halloween costume, negatives and prints (October 31, 1946) NoteTony’s friends are: Biffy Wetherill, Robin Wetherill, Bill Irving and Steve Irving. |
21 | 19 | ||
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Tony (1946 - 1947) |
21 | 20-21 | ||
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Negatives of Tony (October 12, 1947) |
21 | 22 | ||
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Tony (1948) |
21 | 23 | ||
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Tony on fishing trip (September 1948) |
21 | 24 | ||
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Tony in group photograph of children outdoors (late 1940s) |
21 | 25-26 | ||
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Tony – portrait in suit (1951) |
39 | 1 | ||
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Reproduction of a color photo of Tony and two friends at the beach (1952) NoteTaken by C. S. Brown and in the Avisco corporate calendar for 1952. |
39 | 2 | ||
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Tony – portrait in suit (1952 - circa 1954) |
39 | 3-5 | ||
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Tony’s first dinner party (March 4, 1955) |
39 | 6 | ||
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Tony – portrait in suit (1955 - 1956) |
39 | 7-8 | ||
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Stuart H. Brown in adolescence (undated) |
39 | 9 | ||
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Stuart H. Brown in high school or college age (1954 – 1962, undated) |
39 | 10A | ||
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Wedding portrait of Stuart H. Brown and his bride, taken in Pittsburgh (undated) |
39 | 10B | ||
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Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown as children (undated) |
46 | 22 | ||
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Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown (1952) |
46 | 23 | ||
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Stuart Houston Brown, youth (1942, undated) |
46 | 24 | ||
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Stuart Houston Brown, young adulthood (undated) |
46 | 25 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Houston Brown, wedding (undated) |
46 | 26 | ||
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Stuart H. Brown family pictures (1970 – 1987) |
46 | 27 | ||
Brown family photographs: Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown 1948 - 1981 |
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Tony and Bruce playing together (circa 1948) |
23 | 23 | ||
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Portrait of Tony and Bruce together (1948 - 1952) |
22 | 24-28 | ||
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Negatives of Tony and Bruce on Halloween (1952) |
22 | 29 | ||
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Portrait of Tony and Bruce together (1953) |
22 | 30 | ||
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Portrait of Tony and Bruce together (1955) |
23 | 1 | ||
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C. Stuart Brown and his sons Tony and Bruce, taken on the “Nassau Cruise” (1956) |
23 | 2 | ||
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Portrait of Tony and Bruce together (1956) |
23 | 3 | ||
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Color party photo of Tony, Bruce, and several other children, posed on stairs (undated) |
23 | 4 | ||
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Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown together as young adults (undated) |
23 | 5 | ||
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Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown with three boys, mounted photo (August 31, 1963) |
23 | 6 | ||
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Stuart H. Brown family snapshots, Thanksgiving and Christmas (1972) |
23 | 7 | ||
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Stuart H. and Bruce M. Brown family snapshots (1981) |
23 | 8 | ||
Brown family photographs: Bruce Maitland Brown 1941 - 2017 |
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Margaret M. Houston Brown and newborn son, Bruce (1947) |
21 | 38 | ||
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Bruce Maitland Brown as a newborn (1947) |
21 | 39 | ||
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Thanksgiving family reunion at Houstonia (November 1947) NoteGroup portrait includes: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston II; Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown and their young son, Stuart H. Brown; Nellie Maitland Houston holding her newborn great-grandson Bruce M. Brown; Mr. and Mrs. George P. Nelson; Mary Evelyn Miller Brown.; Medford J. Brown Jr.; and Eleanor Marie Smith Paddon. |
21 | 40 | ||
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Other photos taken at the Thanksgiving family reunion at Houstonia (1947) |
22 | 1 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown in infancy (1947 - 1948) |
22 | 2 | ||
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Bruce in high chair (circa 1948) |
22 | 3 | ||
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Bruce’s first birthday (negatives) (1948) |
22 | 4 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown reading to her son Bruce (circa 1948) |
22 | 5 | ||
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Bruce as a toddler (1948 – 1950, undated) |
22 | 6 | ||
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Bruce as a youngster (undated) |
22 | 7 | ||
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Negatives of Bruce (1947) |
22 | 8-10 | ||
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Bruce: Christmas at Merion (1947) |
22 | 11 | ||
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Negatives of Bruce (January 4, 1948) |
22 | 12 | ||
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Bruce’s fourth birthday party (August 23, 1951) |
22 | 13 | ||
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Bruce – portrait in suit (1951 - 1956) |
22 | 14-18 | ||
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Bruce – portraits (circa 1957 – 1960) |
22 | 19 | ||
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Bruce – high school or college age (undated) |
22 | 20 | ||
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Bruce playing soccer, captioned: “Lawrence U., 1965” (1965) |
22 | 21 | ||
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Bruce posed with Richard Nixon and another young man, mounted photo (1968) |
22 | 22 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown at graduation (June 15, 1969) |
22 | 23 | ||
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Bruce Maitland Brown, infancy (1947) |
46 | 28 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown, toddler (late 1940s) |
49 | 29 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown, boyhood (1950s) |
49 | 30 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown, graduation from Episcopal Academy (1965) |
46 | 31 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown, young adulthood (1964, undated) |
46 | 32 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown, Lawrence University soccer (1967) |
46 | 33 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown, miscellaneous (1970 – 1983) |
46 | 34 | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Brown, wedding (1983) |
46 | 35 | ||
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Elaine Eldredge Brown (1983 - 1986) |
46 | 36 | ||
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Elaine Eldredge Brown (undated) |
48 | 9 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown slides (1972 – 1981, undated) |
50 | 12 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown photos, at 709 Great Bridge (September 2, 2017) |
50 | 13 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown as a toddler (undated) |
51 | 4 | ||
C. Miller family photographs (circa 1887 - 1960s)Scope and content noteThe numerous photographs of members of the Miller and allied families were brought into the Brown family records by Medford J. Brown Sr.’s wife, Mary Evelyn Miller Brown. Filed with these are snapshots from the photo albums kept by Evelyn Brown in her later years. |
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Helen Andrew Troop Miller Cromer, taken by C. Stuart Brown, captioned: “Aunt Helen” (undated) |
12 | 17 | ||
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“Grandfather Michael,” probably Henry Josephus Michael Jr. (undated) |
23 | 9 | ||
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Unidentified woman (undated) NotePhoto taken in the same studio as that above, probably Mrs. Henry J. Michael Jr. (Sarah Jane Michael). |
23 | 10 | ||
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“Uncle Walter” (Walter B. Miller) (undated) |
23 | 11 | ||
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“Grandmother Troop, Mother of Grandfather Miller’s first wife,” (Mrs. Helen Andrew Troop Miller) (undated) |
23 | 12 | ||
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“Aunt Helen Cromer” (Mrs. Helen A. T. M. Cromer) (undated) |
23 | 13 | ||
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“Abigail F. B. Edwards, Grandmother Miller’s mother” (Abigail Fessenden Bodfish Edwards) (undated) |
23 | 14 | ||
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“Aunt Abigail Edwards, Aunt Annie Edwards, Grandmother Miller” (undated) |
23 | 15 | ||
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“Richard Edwards, Grandmother Miller’s father” (undated) |
23 | 16 | ||
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“Richard Edwards and his twin sister, Abigail Edwards Hamilton” (undated) |
23 | 17 | ||
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“Aunt Anne Edwards” (undated) |
23 | 18 | ||
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Frank King Miller (miscellaneous) (undated) |
23 | 19 | ||
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“Frank Miller’s first wife, Arrean and their daughter, Arrean” (undated) |
23 | 20 | ||
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Candid photo of three men posed outdoors, one waving flag (July 4, 1908) NoteOne resembles Frank Miller. Captioned: “For Uncle Charlie with lots of love, Arrean. July 4, 1908.” (“Uncle Charlie” was probably Charles S. Miller.) |
23 | 21 | ||
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Thomas Clemments Allen (undated) NoteGrandson of Lelia Estelle Michael Markell, captioned: “Tommy Allen.” |
23 | 22 | ||
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Patricia Gail Allen (undated) Note“Patricia Gail, 2 years, 3 mos, Tommy’s daughter. |
23 | 23 | ||
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Young girl of the Allen family (undated) |
23 | 24 | ||
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Mary Lucas Miller (undated) |
23 | 25 | ||
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Charles Stuart Miller (undated) |
23 | 26 | ||
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Mary Edwards Miller (sister of C. S. Miller) (undated) NoteCaptioned: “Aunt Mamie.” Photographers: Bendann Bros., Baltimore; Ashman, Baltimore. |
23 | 27 | ||
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“Mary Evelyn and Lelia Estelle at Grandmother Miller’s House” (circa 1887) |
23 | 28 | ||
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Lelia Estelle Miller as a child (undated) |
23 | 29 | ||
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Lelia Estelle Miller as a young woman (undated) |
23 | 30 | ||
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Mary Evelyn Miller as a child (undated) |
23 | 31 | ||
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Mary Evelyn Miller as a young woman (undated) |
23 | 32 | ||
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Photograph album of Mary Evelyn Miller Brown (1963 – 1968, undated) NoteCaptions include: “Tony’s Graduation, June 1963;” “Christmas, 1963;” “Montclair, 1964;” “New York World’s Fair, 1964;” “Fall 1964 (Dahlias).” |
23 | 33 | ||
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Photograph album of Mary Evelyn Miller Brown, uncaptioned snapshots (circa 1960s) |
23 | 34 | ||
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Doris Miller as a child (undated) |
23 | 35 | ||
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Unidentified members of the Miller family (undated) |
23 | 36 | ||
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3. Scrapbooks (early 1900s - 1994)Scope and content noteSeries 3 consists of the non-photographic scrapbooks in the collection. The earliest was compiled by Pauline Smith Houston’s sister, Eleanor Smith Beyer. All other scrapbooks in the collection were compiled by Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Brown, and their son, Bruce M. Brown. The only scrapbook compiled by Margaret Houston Brown prior to her marriage pertains to her school years (circa 1932–1934). In addition to several photo scrapbooks, C. Stuart Brown kept extensive scrapbooks of his years at Williams College (1933–1937). And for the first ten years of their marriage, the Browns kept a series of scrapbooks documenting their leisure activities, social life, and family events. Each of these scrapbooks is filled with programs, ticket stubs, news clippings, invitations and announcements, holiday and other occasional cards, memorabilia, and photographs taken by Mr. Brown at parties, weddings, and on their vacations. Bruce M. Brown kept similar but larger scrapbooks from adolescence through early adulthood (1962-1975). The final scrapbook is one kept by Bruce M. Brown and Elaine Eldredge Brown for their son Carter Houston Brown (1993-1994). |
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Eleanor Smith Beyer scrapbook (disbound) (undated) NoteSister of Pauline Virginia Smith Houston. Includes clippings relating to the Grove and Smith families, as well as several writings by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. |
6 | 11 | ||
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Eleanor Smith Beyer scrapbook: photocopies (early 1900s) |
6 | 12 | ||
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Williams College Scrapbook, compiled by C. Stuart Brown (1933 - 1936) |
29 | 1A-3B | ||
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Letter from “a prisoner in Spain,” loose material from Williams College scrapbook (1933) |
23 | 37 | ||
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Loose materials from Williams College scrapbook (1933 - 1938, undated) |
23 | 38 | ||
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Photo-scrapbook, compiled by C. Stuart Brown (circa 1935) |
25 | 2 | ||
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Loose materials from Williams College scrapbook (1936 – 1937, undated) |
23 | 39-40 | ||
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Stu and Marty: Book 1 (1937 – 1940) |
84 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Loose photographs from volume 84 (1938, undated) |
23 | 41-42 | ||
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Stu and Marty: Book 2 (1938 - 1940) |
30 | 1-5 | ||
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Stu and Marty: Book 3 (1940 - 1942) |
31 | 1-5 | ||
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Stu and Marty: Box 4 (1942 - 1944) |
32 | 1-4 | ||
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Stu and Marty: Book 5 (1945 - 1946) |
33 | 1-4 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston’s scrapbook of her years at Miss Wright’s School (1932 – 1934) |
25 | 1 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1963 – 1972) Processing noteItem is oversize and may require extra time to page. |
85 | |||
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Material removed from volume 85, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1963 – 1972) |
49 | 9 | ||
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Material removed from volume 85, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1962 – 1973) |
50 | 14 | ||
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Material removed from volume 85, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1963 – 1972) |
56 | 1 | ||
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Material removed from volume 85, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (May 1965 – June 1966) |
54 | 7 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (May 1965 – June 1966) Processing noteItem is oversize and may require extra time to page. |
86 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 86, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (May 1965 – June 1966) |
53 | 31 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (June 1966 – October 1967) Processing noteItem is oversize and may require extra time to page. |
87 | |||
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Material removed from volume 87, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (June 1966 – October 1967) |
49 | 10 | ||
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Material removed from volume 87, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (June 1966 – October 1967) |
56 | 2 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1967 – 1969) Processing noteItem is oversize and may require extra time to page. |
88 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 88, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1967 – 1969) |
49 | 11 | ||
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Material removed from volume 88, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1967 – 1969) |
56 | 3 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1972 - 1974) Processing noteItem is oversize and may require extra time to page. |
89 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Material removed from volume 89, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1972 – 1974) |
54 | 8 | ||
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Material removed from volume 89, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1972 – 1974) |
56 | 4 | ||
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Material removed from volume 89, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (1972 – 1974) |
56 | 5 | ||
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Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (December 1974 – March 1975) Processing noteItem is oversize and may require extra time to page. |
90 | |||
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Material removed from volume 90, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (December 1974 – March 1975) |
53 | 32 | ||
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Material removed from volume 90, Bruce M. Brown scrapbook (December 1974 – March 1975) |
54 | 9 | ||
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Baby scrapbook for Carter Houston Brown (Beatrix Potter) (1992 - 1993) |
91 | |||
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4. Miscellaneous materials (1857 - 1996)Scope and content noteSeries 4 consists of the miscellaneous materials of the collection, such as artwork, audio and video tapes, and artifacts. The singular miscellaneous item of the series is the bound finding aid produced by the original archivist, Judith A. Robins, C. A. |
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A. Works of art (1933 - 1992)Scope and content noteMost of these works of art were produced by Margaret Brown, including watercolor paintings, pen-and-ink drawings, one cartoon, and one oil painting. There are three paintings of family crests by Virginia Smith Weidman and a drawing in pastels of young Stuart H. Brown by Nancy Whitaker. There are also several works by Priscilla Houston. |
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Pine tree in the mountains, pastels on canvas (undated) |
35 | 1 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Cartoon of polo player, ink and watercolor on manila (undated) |
35 | 2 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Basket of flowers, watercolor on manila paper (1933) |
35 | 3 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Two pointers in marsh, pen and ink drawing on board (1934) |
35 | 4 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Three polo players, pen and ink drawing mounted on board (1934) |
35 | 5 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Two red roses, watercolor on manila paper (1938) |
35 | 6 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Rocky headland, ship coming into view on right, watercolor on manila paper (1938) NoteBased on a photograph taken at Santa Marta. |
35 | 7 | ||
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Virginia Smith Weidman: Buckey coat of arms. Tempera on illustration board, 14” x 10”, signed “Painted by Virginia Smith Weidman, 321 N. Market Street, Frederick, Md.” (undated) NoteAnna Buckey was a Smith family ancestor. |
35 | 8 | ||
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Virginia Smith Weidman: Howard coat of arms, tempera on illustration board (undated) |
35 | 9 | ||
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Virginia Smith Weidman: Salmon coat of arms, tempera on illustration board (undated) NoteEdward Salmon is the earliest ancestor of the Smith family documented in this collection. |
35 | 10 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Woman in red dress carrying basket of bananas, watercolor on manila paper (1938) |
35 | 11 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Road between hills with cacti, watercolor on textured paper (undated) NoteBased on a photograph taken at Santa Marta. |
35 | 12 | ||
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Portrait of “Tony” (Stuart Houston Brown), pastels on manila paper, signed “Nancy Whitaker” (1958) |
35 | 13 | ||
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Piers and boats, watercolor on texture paper, backed and matted with board (undated) |
35 | 14 | ||
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House on shore, watercolor on textured paper, backed and matted with board, unsigned (undated) |
35 | 15 | ||
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Margaret M. Houston Brown: Woman in green dress, looking at plowed fields and distant hills, watercolor on textured paper, backed and matted with board (1936) |
35 | 16 | ||
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Lighthouse, oil on gessoed canvas stretched over board, unsigned (undated) |
35 | 17 | ||
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Walled Garden with Azaleas and Cypress Trees (undated) NoteUnsigned, but probably by Margaret H. Brown. |
46 | 39 | ||
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Two Palms on Beach, signed “MHB 40” (1940) |
46 | 40 | ||
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Artwork by Priscilla Huston (1985 – 1992, undated) |
51 | 5 | ||
B. Audio and video tapes (1961 - 1969)Scope and content noteThe collection contains a total of 21 reel-to-reel audio tapes. These include Lawrence University broadcasts featuring Bruce M. Brown and a number of personal and business-related tapes produced by C. Stuart Brown. There are also two cassette tapes. One of these cassettes is a 90-minute interview with Charles Stuart Brown, conducted by Mark Frazer Lloyd on August 29, 1992. The lone video cassette relates to wilderness preservation in Nether Providence, Pennsylvania. |
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Charles Stuart Brown 1961-1969, undated |
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| Box | Item | |||
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Lee Miller. Recorded at 3.75 ips (September 10, 1966) |
36 | 1 | ||
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Delaware County Today (December 22, 1966) |
36 | 2 | ||
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New Year’s Eve at Wymans. Recorded at 3.75 ips (December 31, 1966) |
36 | 3 | ||
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Rich Rosen, Moylan, 10/62. Ephlats Recordings (3.75 speed). Overweight 8 Recordings (7.5 speed). Ed Sullivan Show, 3/19/1963 (1962 - 1963) |
36 | 4 | ||
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Announcement every hour on the half-hour, WEEZ Radio, Chester, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1967. Also February 16, 1967 on reverse (1967) |
36 | 5 | ||
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SHB-Jean, BMB, MHB, and CSB at dinner. Recorded at 3.75 ips (July 8, 1967) |
36 | 6 | ||
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SHB cocktail party, Moylan. Recorded at 7.5 speed (December 27, 1964) |
36 | 7 | ||
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Cassette: Lewiston 25 year club (November 7, 1969) |
36 | 8 | ||
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Cassette: Oral history interview with C. Stuart Brown, conducted by Mark Lloyd (Director, University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center) (undated) |
36 | 9 | ||
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Stuart Brown interview with Bill Pook. Recorded at 7.5 speed (undated) |
37 | 8 | ||
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H. M. S. Pinafore, Camp Tecumseh. Recorded at 7.5 speed (August 20, 1966) |
37 | 9 | ||
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Conversations with Mother. First 150 feet low volume. Recorded at 7.5 speed (May 12, 1968) |
37 | 10 | ||
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Presentation to TWUA negotiating council in New York City. Recorded at 3.75 speed (May 2, 1968) |
37 | 11 | ||
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Fantasy in Fibers, NRMA (January 10, 1961) |
37 | 12 | ||
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Message to Nelsons in Nigeria and Christmas afternoon at Mother’s apartment (December 1962) |
37 | 13 | ||
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Marcus Hook Union Group. Recorded at 3.75 speed (October 26, 1965) |
37 | 14 | ||
Bruce Maitland Brown 1966-1968 |
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| Box | Item | |||
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Lawrence University vs. Lake Forest, basketball game (January 8, 1966) NoteScore: Lawrence U. lost 75 – 67. Bruce M. Brown’s first basketball broadcast. |
37 | 1 | ||
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Lawrence University vs. Rippon. Varsity basketball game. AM and FM (February 19, 1966) |
37 | 2 | ||
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Lawrence University basketball games (February 1967) NoteSide one: February 10, 1967: Lawrence University vs. Coe College. Score: 91 – 78. Bruce, Chris, Gary. Side two: February 11, 1967: Lawrence University vs. Beloit College. Score: 64 – 63. Bruce, Chris, Gary. Recorded 3.25 speed, stereo track recorder. |
37 | 3 | ||
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Lawrence University vs. Carroll College (May 3, 1967) NoteNine-inning baseball game. Score: Lawrence 18, Carroll 8. Play by play by Bruce Brown, color commentary by Oliver Wood. Recorded at 3.75 speed mono. WFLM-AM Sports Dept. |
37 | 4 | ||
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Lawrence University vs. St. Olaf College (May 6, 1967) NoteSeven-inning baseball game. Score: Lawrence 8, St. Olaf 9. Play-by-play by Bruce Brown, trivia and stats Chris Bowers. Recorded at 3 ¾ mono. WLFM, AM and FM Sports. |
37 | 5 | ||
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Lawrence University basketball game (January 27, 1968) NoteSide one: Lawrence University vs. Knox College. Score: Lawrence 65, Knox 60. Midwest Conference basketball. Bruce Brown, Chris Bowers, 85 minutes. |
37 | 6 | ||
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Bruce Brown, WLFM convention reports. Recorded at 3.75 i. p. s., 1/2/69. Ralph Lopatin Productions, Philadelphia (August 1968) |
37 | 7 | ||
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VCR tape: Preserving Wilderness in the Nether Providence Township (2007) |
36 | 10 | ||
C. Artifacts (1857 - 1993)Scope and content noteThe artifacts include three paintings encased in oval frames, each based on a photograph, and the daguerreotypes due to housing considerations. Other artifacts include baby rattles, pocket watches, an eyeglass case, and C. Stuart Brown’s medals and ribbons from athletic events at school and dahlia shows during his adulthood. Also present is C. Stuart Brown’s collection of coins. |
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Daguerreotype #1: Portrait of a young woman (undated) NoteLabel at bottom of image: “Bradley, S. E. Corner Market and 10th Sts.” |
69 | 1 | ||
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Daguerreotype #2: Portrait of a man and woman (undated) NoteWm. Kraft, Philadelphia. The man looks like Charles B. Houston I. |
69 | 2 | ||
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Daguerreotype #3: Portrait of seated woman (undated) NoteShew and Marks Gallery, Baltimore. |
69 | 3 | ||
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Portrait of Margaret M. Houston (1920) |
69 | 4 | ||
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Photograph on milk glass #1: Portrait of Nellie Maitland Houston (undated) NoteOriginal photograph taken in Orlando, Florida. |
69 | 5 | ||
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Photograph on milk glass #2: Portrait of Margaret M. Houston (1918) NoteBased on photograph taken when she was three years old. |
69 | 6 | ||
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Photograph on milk glass #3: Portrait of Margaret M. Houston (1918) NoteBased on photograph taken when she was three years old. |
69 | 7 | ||
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Photograph on milk glass #4: Portrait of Mary. Evelyn Brown (undated) NoteBased on photograph taken in old age. |
69 | 8 | ||
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Indian head cent, collection including flying eagle cents 1856 – 1909 (1857 – 1909) |
68 | 1 | ||
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Lincoln head cent, collection 1909 – 1940, number one (1909 – 1940) |
68 | 2 | ||
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Lincoln head cent, collection starting 1941, number two (1941 – 1969) |
68 | 3 | ||
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Liberty head nickel, collection 1883 – 1913 (1903 – 1912) |
68 | 4 | ||
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Buffalo nickel, collection 1913 – 1938 (1913 – 1938) |
68 | 5 | ||
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Jefferson nickel, collection 1938 – 1961, number one (1938 – 1961) |
68 | 6 | ||
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Jefferson nickel, collection starting 1962, number two (1962 – 1969) |
68 | 7 | ||
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Barber, liberty head, or “Morgan” dime, collection 1892 – 1916 (1897 – 1916) |
68 | 8 | ||
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“Mercury” head dime, collection 1916 – 1945 (1916 – 1945) |
68 | 9 | ||
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Roosevelt dime, collection starting 1946 (1946 – 1969) |
68 | 10 | ||
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Barber, liberty head, or “Morgan” quarter, collection 1892 – 1905, number one (1892 – 1904) |
68 | 11 | ||
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Barber, liberty head, or “Morgan” quarter, collection 1906 – 1916, number two (1906 – 1916) |
68 | 12 | ||
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Liberty standing quarter, 1916 – 1930 (1917 – 1930) |
68 | 13 | ||
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Washington head quarter, collection 1932 – 1945, number one (1932 – 1945) |
68 | 14 | ||
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Washington head quarter, collection starting 1946, number two (1946 – 1959) |
68 | 15 | ||
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Washington quarter, collection starting 1960, number three (1961 – 1969) |
68 | 16 | ||
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Barber, liberty head, or “Morgan” half dollar, collection 1892 – 1903, number one (1900 – 1903) |
68 | 17 | ||
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Barber, liberty head, or “Morgan” half dollar, collection 1904 – 1915, number two (1904 – 1915) |
68 | 18 | ||
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Liberty standing half dollar, collection 1916 – 1936, number one (1916 – 1936) |
68 | 19 | ||
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Liberty standing half dollar, collection 1937 – 1947, number two (1937 – 1947) |
68 | 20 | ||
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Benjamin Franklin half dollar, collection starting 1948 (1948 – 1963) |
68 | 21 | ||
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John F. Kennedy half dollar, collection starting 1964 (1964 – 1969) |
68 | 22 | ||
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Peace type silver dollar, collection 1921 to 1935 (1922 – 1925) |
68 | 23 | ||
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Encased 1920 walking liberty half dollar, “Aitkin-Kynett 1920 – 1970” (1970) |
68 | 24 | ||
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1971 Eisenhower silver dollar in presentation case, “In appreciation 1971, the Republican National Committee” (1971) |
68 | 25 | ||
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Episcopal Academy button with blue and white ribbons and football charm (undated) |
70 | 1 | ||
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Green Hill Farms ribbon and medallion pin: Natation – boys’ 50-yard freestyle (undated) |
70 | 2 | ||
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Green Hill Farms ribbon and medallion pin, without text. Shows a boy running (undated) |
70 | 3 | ||
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Green Hill Farms Swimming Club medallion, in original box from Jennings Hood, Jeweler, Phila: Second place, 75-yard medley, men (undated) |
70 | 4 | ||
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Green Hill Farms Swimming Club medallion, in original box from Jennings Hood, Jeweler, Phila: First place, 50-yard breast stroke, men (undated) |
70 | 5 | ||
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Camp Keoka ribbon and medallion pin (brass tone) (undated) |
70 | 6 | ||
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Camp Keoka ribbon and medallion pin (silver tone) (undated) |
70 | 7 | ||
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Camp Keoka ribbon and medallion pin (gold tone) (undated) |
70 | 8 | ||
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Camp Tecumseh medallion: inscribed “Senior track, 1931, C. Stuart Brown;” with torn envelope from Joseph K. Davidson’s Sons, Manufacturing Jewelers, Philadelphia (1931) |
70 | 9 | ||
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Camp Tecumseh medallion: inscribed “Senior Swimming, 1931, C. Stuart Brown;” with torn envelope from Joseph K. Davidson’s Sons, Manufacturing Jewelers, Philadelphia (1931) |
70 | 10 | ||
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Winchester Junior Marksman Rifle Corps pins (two bronze tone, one silver tone) (undated) |
70 | 11 | ||
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Winchester Pro Marksmen medallions, made by Robbins Co., Attleboro (two, both bronze tone) (undated) |
70 | 12 | ||
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Winchester Pro Marksman medallion (silver tone) (undated) |
70 | 13 | ||
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Episcopal Academy, track and field ribbons (1928 - 1929) NoteQuarter-mile relay race, May 14, 1928; broad jump, May 20, 1929; and quarter-mile relay race, May 20, 1929. |
70 | 14 | ||
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Lenape Camp ribbon with medallion (two) (undated) |
70 | 15 | ||
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Episcopal Academy track and field ribbons (1931 - 1933) NoteBlue first place ribbons: 220-yard dash, April 18, 1931; 220-yard dash, April 23, 1931; 100-yard dash April 18, 1933. Red third place ribbons: 100-yard dash, May 13, 1931; 100-yard dash, April 20, 1932; 220-yard dash, May 13, 1932; broad jump, April 18, 1933. |
70 | 16 | ||
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Camp Keoka ribbon with medallion and fob (undated) |
70 | 17 | ||
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Camp Keoka felt badges (undated) |
70 | 18 | ||
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Valentine thermometer (glass and paper) (undated) |
70 | 19 | ||
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Daguerreotype #4: Portraits of a man and a woman (undated) |
70 | 20 | ||
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Painted portrait encased in oval frame #1: Margaret Hathaway (undated) |
70 | 21 | ||
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Painted portrait encased in oval frame #2: Nellie Maitland (undated) |
70 | 22 | ||
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Painted portrait encased in oval frame #3: Margaret Maitland Houston, based on a photograph (circa 1920) |
70 | 23 | ||
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Photograph on milk glass #5: Unidentified portrait of a boy (undated) |
70 | 24 | ||
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Sterling silver baby rattle (undated) |
71 | 1 | ||
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First birthday candle (undated) |
71 | 2 | ||
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Set of 1947 coins in plastic holder (1947) |
71 | 3 | ||
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Sterling silver baby rattle (undated) |
71 | 4 | ||
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Silver Humpty Dumpty baby rattle (undated) |
71 | 5 | ||
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U. S. Mint proof set (1993) |
71 | 6 | ||
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Eyeglasses in a sterling silver case with initial “H” (undated) |
71 | 7 | ||
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Gold pocket watch in blue case (undated) |
71 | 8 | ||
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Silver pocket watch blue Wanamaker’s box, engraved “CBH” (undated) |
71 | 9 | ||
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Sterling silver flask engraved “HHH” (undated) |
71 | 10 | ||
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Small gold pocket watch with blue hands (undated) |
71 | 11 | ||
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(undated) |
71 | 12 | ||
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Gold cigarette case, monogrammed “HHH” (undated) |
71 | 13 | ||
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Handkerchief of Conway Rulon Miller (undated) |
71 | 14 | ||
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Cape May diamond from Mary Lucas Miller (May 11, 1881) |
71 | 15 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Book of uncirculated Lincoln Memorial Cents, incomplete (1974) |
72 | 1 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Coins of the Colonies (undated) NoteSix-coin set in cover, issued by Time, Inc. |
72 | 2 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Spanish two Real coin sent by Dow Corning (undated) |
72 | 3 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Set of five Mexican coins (undated) |
72 | 4 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Set of eight treasure coins from Marriott (undated) |
72 | 5 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1963) |
73 | 1 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1964) |
73 | 2 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1965) |
73 | 3 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1966) |
73 | 4 | ||
| Box | Item | |||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1967) |
73 | 5 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1968) |
73 | 6 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1969) |
73 | 7 | ||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Show ribbons (1970) |
73 | 8 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Country Gardeners flower show (1962) |
73 | 9A | ||
| Box | Item | |||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Autumn Highlights flower show (1962) |
73 | 9B | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Sing a Song of Summer flower show (1964) |
73 | 10 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Main Line Flower Show award of merit (1965) |
73 | 11 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Men’s Garden Club of Berwyn Dahlia Show ribbons (1966) |
73 | 12 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Men’s Garden Club of Berwyn Dahlia Show ribbons (1967) |
73 | 13 | ||
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Charles Stuart Brown: Best “B” Dahlia ribbon, first place ribbon Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Society (undated) |
73 | 14 | ||
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Baptismal candle for Carter Houston Brown (April 17, 1993) |
72 | 6 | ||
D. Miscellaneous (1996) |
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Brown family collection finding aid by Judith A. Robins (1996) |
92 | |||
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