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Archives of American Art
George Elmer Browne papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.browgeep
- Creators:
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Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946
- Dates:
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1900-1932
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Linear feet(on a partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters; notes; a lease; financial records; printed material; and photographs.
Scope and Contents
Letters to Browne from artists Martin Borgord, Walter L. Clark, George Wharton Edwards, Helen (Wolhaupter) Kelly, Josephine Mast, William Ritschel, W. H. Singer, Vera Stevens, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Mary Wicker, 1909-1932; a postcard displaying a photograph of Browne, George H. McCord, David Preyer, 1900; an etching used as a greeting card by J. Berthier, 1928; a letter concerning the health of Charles Hawthorne from his wife, Marion, 1930; a lease for exhibition space, 1931; invoices and receipts, 1929-1931; an income tax return, 1924; bank statements, 1929; several clippings, 1930-1931, an exhibition announcement and two catalogs, 1906 and 1918; teaching brochures; a booklet "What Europe Thinks of American Art" by Henry Rankin Poore; 3 photographs of Browne, undated and 1909, and one of Charles Heinz in Provincetown; photographs of works of art, an installation at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1906, and an unidentified interior decorated by a mural; and 20 photographs of Egypt and rural France.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, art instructor; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 4485 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1990.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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