Description: Brown family collection

Brown family collection

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Charles Stuart 1915-1993 (Creator)
Other Authors:	Brown, Bruce (Donor (dnr))
Collection:	Brown Family Collection
Collection Number:	4341
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Brown, Margaret M. Houston > 1915-1987. Houston, Charles Boone > I > 1832-1902. Houston, Charles Boone > II > 1890-1973. Houston, Howard Hathaway > 1861-1929. 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.
Online Access:	Link to finding aid

Physical Description:	59.0 Linear feet ; 74 boxes, 92 volumes, 7 flat files
Summary:	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.

Physical Description:

59.0 Linear feet ; 74 boxes, 92 volumes, 7 flat files

Summary:

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.

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