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Anne S. Kinsolving Brown papers (Ms.2007.013)

Brown University Library

Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
Fax: 401-863-2093
E-mail: hay@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Education
Box 1

Container Description Date
Box 1 Early Education: Calvert School, 1912-1918
Contents Note: This box contains materials from Brown's early education at the Calvert School from 1912-1918
 1912-1918
Box 1 Secondary Education: Bryn Mawr School, 1920-1924
Contents Note: This box contains materials relating to Brown's secondary education at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, MD between the years 1920 and 1924. It includes compositions by Brown as well as a copy of the school newspaper (1923) and the school yearbooks from the years 1923, 1924 and 1930.
 1920-1924
Box 1 Other Education Materials
Contents Note: Contains Brown's diaries from the years 1918, 1919, 1921, and 1922. Also contains materials relating to Brown's extracurricular activities and her involvement with the Johns Hopkins Orchestra from 1921-1923.
 1918-1923

Series 2. Writings
Box 2, 3, 39, 44, 49

Writings/Scrapbooks

Container Description Date
Box 2 Baltimore News (Scrapbooks)
Contents Note: Scrapbooks of Brown's columns from The Baltimore News
 1925-1930
Box 3 Scrapbooks (Oversize)
Contents Note: Scrapbooks covering Brown's early life and marriage from 1923-1942. Also contains a scrapbook with miscellaneous newspaper clippings
 1923-1924
Box 39 Writings
Contents Note: Miscellaneous writings and speeches
 1922-1959
Box 44 Scrapbook material - clippings (1904-1985)
Contents Note: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and clippings and ephemera relating to Eisenhower (1952) for scrapbooks
 1904-1985
Box 49 Writings
Contents Note: Contains letters to the editor by Brown, an essay written in the Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society (1961), as well as information on the story Brown wrote on Suzanne Lenglen in 1926 (1979)
 1961-1979

Baltimore News

Container Description Date
Box 4 Baltimore News (Manuscript materials)
Contents Note: Manuscript materials from ASKB's career as a journalist. Contains various columns, reviews, publicity materials, fan mail, notes, etc.
 1928-1929

Not in Wild Stars

Container Description Date
Box 4 Not in Wild Stars
Contents Note: Contains drafts of Brown's unpublished novel, Not in Wild Stars
 1934-1942
Box 51 Writings
Contents Note: Contains mostly TM, typescript drafts of her novel w/ handwritten revisions and some unrelated material
 1960-1970
Box 52 Writings
Contents Note: Contains correspondence regarding her writing Not in Wild Stars and drafts

Series 3. Correspondence
Box 5, 6, 7, 49

Correspondence Received/Friends

Container Description Date
Box 5 Correspondence Received/Friends
Contents Note: Contains miscellaneous correspondence received from friends from the years 1924 until Brown's death in 1985
 1920-1985
Box 6 Correspondence Received/Friends
Contents Note: Contains miscellaneous correspondence received from friends from the years 1924 until Brown's death in 1985
 1920-1985

Correspondence Received/Family

Container Description Date
Box 6 Correspondence Received/Family
Contents Note: This box contains correspondence received from various family members, including her husband, John Nicholas Brown II.
 1924-1985

Correspondence Sent

Container Description Date
Box 7 Correspondence Sent/Family
Contents Note: Contains correspondence sent to family members between the years 1913 and 1956.
 1913-1956

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Container Description Date
Box 49 Miscellaneous letters
Contents Note: Various letters received from various friends, family members, and acquaintances from the late 1920s through the late 1970s
 1927-1979

Series 4. Family Life
Box 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 39, 46, 49, 50

Engagement and Wedding

Container Description Date
Box 7 ASKB Engagement and Wedding
Contents Note: Contains materials relating to ASKB's engagement and wedding including congratulatory correspondence, newspaper clippings, and wedding reception guest lists
 1930
Box 8 ASKB engagement and wedding scrapbooks
Contents Note: ASKB engagement and wedding scrapbook, misc. scrapbooks (2)
 1930
Box 39 Wedding
Contents Note: Contains information on wedding guests and wedding presents received
 1930

Brown Children

Container Description Date
Box 9 RESTRICTED - Nicholas Brown
Contents Note: Materials relating to Nicholas Brown between the years 1959 and 1986
 1957-1986
Box 10 RESTRICTED - Nicholas Brown
Contents Note: Materials relating to Nicholas Brown between the years 1932 and 1958. Contains miscellaneous correspondence, as well as items relating to the Groton School, Naval Academy, Arizona Desert School
 1932-1957
Box 11 RESTRICTED - Nicholas Brown and Family
Contents Note: Materials relating to Diane Vernes Brown and Nicholas Brown, Sylvia Brown
 1978-1985
Box 12 RESTRICTED - Wedding of Nicholas Brown and Diane Vernes
Contents Note: Albums/photos of the wedding of Diane Vernes Brown and Nicholas Brown and the wedding speeches, letters, lists, family trees, invitations, and announcements of the event
 1957
Box 49 Miscellaneous family materials
Contents Note: Travel plans and itineraries and information on the two boats owned by the Browns
 1937-1968
Box 13 RESTRICTED - J. Carter Brown
Contents Note: Contains information relating to J. Carter Brown including materials from his education at Stowe School, Groton School, and Harvard
 1934-1960
Box 14 RESTRICTED - J. Carter Brown
Contents Note: Contains information relating to J. Carter Brown including correspondence and newspaper clippings
 1961-1985
Box 15 RESTRICTED - J. Carter Brown - National Gallery of Art
Contents Note: Contains various clippings and correspondence pertaining to J. Carter Brown and his involvement with the National Gallery of Art
 1967-1985
Box 16 RESTRICTED - Angela Bayard Brown (Fisher)
Contents Note: Contains miscellaneous correspondence, clippings, and wedding information pertaining to Angela Bayard Brown Fisher
 1952-1985
Box 17 RESTRICTED - Angela Bayard Brown (Fisher)
Contents Note: Contains records from Angela's education as well as documents pertaining to members of the Fisher family
 1938-1951
Box 18 RESTRICTED - Angela Bayard Brown (Fisher) - Debut Ball
Contents Note: Contains acceptance and decline correspondence from the invited guests to Angela's Debut Ball in 1956. Also contains guest lists and post-event correspondence and thank-you cards
 1956
Box 19 RESTRICTED -Angela Bayard Brown (Fisher) - Wedding
Contents Note: Contains acceptance and decline correspondence from the invited guests to Angela's wedding in 1963. Also contains guest lists
 1963

Kinsolving Family

Container Description Date
Box 20 Kinsolving Family - General Files
Contents Note: General files on the Kinsolving family and Brown's siblings. Contains genealogy information, correspondence, obituaries, sermons, etc.
 1929-1985
Box 21 Rev. Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving and Sally Bruce Kinsolving
Contents Note: Information on Brown's parents, including letters of condolence and obituary for Brown's mother, Sally Bruce Kinsolving
 1939-1985
Box 46 Drawing - "Lexington Street"
Contents Note: Large pencil drawing entitled "Lexington Street" by Sally Kinsolving (then age 14); drawn from Anne as a birthday present and dated 1920 or 1926
 1920-1926
Box 46 Poster - "Desiderata"
Contents Note: Parchment poster "Desiderata" from St. Paul's Church (Rev. Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving)
Box 50 Colonial Dames of America - Mary Bruce Kinsolving
Contents Note: Kinsolving Family Tree - application to the Colonial Dames of America

Series 5. Collecting
Box 14, 49

Container Description Date
Box 14 Collecting
Contents Note: This series contains materials relating to Brown's study of military history and her collection of military lead soldiers. Also includes books of genealogical interest, military books, and information on collecting silver and wine and spirits
Box 49 Collecting
Contents Note: Military slides, notes on Brown's collection and storage, and a copy of Military Collector & Historian (vol. 51, No. 1, Spring 1999) in which Brown is profiled as a founder of the Company
 1958-1999

Series 6. Files
Box 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Old Files

Container Description Date
Box 22 Old Files A-F
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1931-1950
Box 23 Old Files G-Z
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1931-1950

New Files

Container Description Date
Box 24 New Files A-E
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985
Box 25 New Files E-H
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985
Box 26 New Files I-M
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985
Box 27 New Files M-O
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985
Box 28 New Files P-W
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985
Box 29 New Files P-R (From 50 S. Main St)
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985
Box 30 New Files R-Y
Contents Note: Miscellaneous correspondence, information on various organizations and charities, events, financial records, schools, family members, friends, etc.
 1945-1985

Series 7. Financial Records
Box 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 49

Household Management

Container Description Date
Box 31 Household Management
Contents Note: Contains information regarding Brown's household accounts, checkbooks, cancelled checks, expense ledgers, secretarial accounts from RI Hospital National Bank and Providence National Bank.
1934-1962
Box 32 Household Management
Contents Note: Contains information regarding employee payroll as well as information and forms for Federal taxes and taxes for Florida and Rhode Island. Also contains many bound payroll expense ledgers and general payroll books.
 1930-1985
Box 33 Household Management
Contents Note: Contains information relating to various charitable contributions, chauffer's expenses, and other miscellaneous household expenses.
 1980-1985
Box 34 Household Management
Contents Note: Large household ledgers from 1948-1959.
 1948-1959
Box 35 Household Management
Contents Note: Large household ledgers from 1959-1967
 1959-1967
Box 36 Household Management
Contents Note: Large household ledgers from 1968-1978
 1968-1978
Box 37 Household Management
Contents Note: Large household ledgers from 1978-1986.
 1978-1986
Box 39 Household Management
Contents Note: Contains personal and household account information from 1976-1981 as well as Brown's index of her husband's office contacts, the Brown family and employees from 50 South Main Street. Also contains contact information of friends, social contacts, and service personnel.
 1933-1965

Investments/Accounts

Container Description Date
Box 49 Art Insurance and Miscellaneous Invoices
Contents Note: Miscellaneous invoices pertaining to household expenses and art insurance information
 1975-1984
Box 40 RESTRICTED - Early Investments
Contents Note: Various documents pertaining to Brown family stocks, trusts, statements, etc.
 1935-1985
Box 49 Financial Records
Contents Note: Contains Brown's personal account ledgers/balances, stock notes
 1935-1938
Box 49 RESTRICTED Trust and Estate Financial Information
Contents Note: Information pertaining to the trust and estate of Brown. Also includes information on widow benefits as well as the estate of her husband, John Nicholas Brown II
 1978-1987
Box 49 Finances
Contents Note: Miscellaneous bank correspondence, statements, etc.
 1966-1986

Series 8. Social Life
Box 38, 40, 41, 42, 48

Calendars/Address Books

Container Description Date
Box 40 Address Books (1947-1985)
Contents Note: Calendars by week and month from 1947 until 1985
 1947-1985
Box 48 Address Books
Contents Note: Address books

Christmas Cards

Container Description Date
Box 40 Christmas Cards
Contents Note: Contains Christmas cards received by Brown in binders, from 1946 through 1977
 1946-1977
Box 41 Christmas Cards
Contents Note: Contains loose Christmas cards received by Brown from 1959-1977
 1959-1977
Box 42 Christmas Cards
Contents Note: This box contains loose and miscellaneous Christmas cards received, Christmas lists, packets of photo Christmas cards sent by the Browns, loose cards showing St. Paul's rectory (childhood home of ASKB) and miscellaneous Christmas Party invitations
 1913-1983
Box 47 Christmas Cards - Brown Family Album
Contents Note: Contains an orange burlap album entitled "Merry Christmas from John and Anne Brown" and contains the Brown family Christmas cards from 1934 through 1981
 1934-1981

Entertaining

Container Description Date
Box 38 Harbour Court (Newport)
Contents Note: Contains menus from the cook and guest books
 1906-1986
Box 39 357 Benefit Street (Providence)
Contents Note: Dinner party records and guest registers
 1924-1985
Box 48 Stationery
Contents Note: Contains various stationery designs used over the years by the Brown family. Includes standard stationery from their various households, dinner invitations, calling cards, accept/regret cards, and reminder cards. Also available in this box are the plates and dies used in the manufacturing of the Brown family stationery.

Miscellaneous/News Clippings

Container Description Date
Box 48 Social events and clippings
Contents Note: Contains many newspaper clippings relating to Brown dating back to the 1930s. This box also contains an article from The Washington Guide about Brown.
 1930-1985

Series 9. Death of ASKB
Box 43, 46, 48

Funeral and Obituaries

Container Description Date
Box 43 Funeral and Obituaries
Contents Note: Contains obituaries from various newspapers, telegrams, funeral arrangements, memorials and tributes, etc.
 1985
Box 48 Death of Anne Brown
Contents Note: Contains newspaper clippings on her death, information regarding the will of Anne Brown.
 1985

Condolences

Container Description Date
Box 43 Condolences
Contents Note: Personal and general condolences extended to the family from individuals and organizations.
 1985
Box 46 Resolution
Contents Note: Resolution of the Rhode Island Senate of the death of Anne Brown, 1985 (certificate).
 1985
Box 48 Condolences
Contents Note: Condolences from friends and acquaintances of the Browns
 1985

Series 10. Miscellaneous
Box 45, 46, 49

Container Description Date
Box 45 Awards and Honors
Contents Note: Contains Brown's certificates of award/honor from the State of Rhode Island Island Bicentennial Commission, American Association for State and Local History, Rhode Island State Senate, Civil War Centennial Committee of Richmond Virginia, Phi Alpha Theta, the Company of Military Historians, as well as memorabilia from the Inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
 1956-1981
Box 46 Photograph of seagull
Contents Note: Photograph of seagull, inscribed to the Browns by Leopold Fiegenbein June 12, 1935.
 1935
Box 49 Biographical file
Contents Note: Contains some basic biographical information on Brown, as well as a photograph.
Box 49 Miscellaneous materials
Contents Note: This series contains various news clippings relating to the Browns, notes on the dismantling of Harbour Court, information on the wall paper restoration at the John Brown House, a set of blank postcards of Mount Vernon, and newspaper clippings following the Claus Von Bulow trial and Brown's involvement with said trial.
 1918-1985