Brown Family papers, 1910-1976

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Summary

Creators:
Brown family. and Brown, Fred.
Abstract:
The Brown Family papers include photographs, an oral history, and notes on the Brown family genealogy. The bulk of the papers are photographs documenting the Brown, Clark, and Watkins families, most of which are photographs of various social gatherings around Palo Alto, California in the 1910s. There are also a number of photographs documenting horse racing, ranching, and harvesting at a ranch in Woodland, California in the 1910s. The papers include a photograph album created by Fred Brown when he stationed at Patterson Field, Ft. Campbell, Kahuku Army Airfield and Saipan during World War II.
Extent:
.75 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Brown Family papers, MS 36, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Brown Family papers include photographs, an oral history, and notes on the Brown family’s genealogy. The bulk of the papers are photographs documenting the Brown, Clark, and Watkins families, most of which are photographs of various social gatherings around Palo Alto, California in the 1910s. There are also a number of photographs documenting horse racing, ranching, and harvesting at a ranch in Woodland, California in the 1910s. The papers include a photograph album created by Fred Brown when he stationed at Patterson Field, Ft. Campbell, Kahuku Army Airfield and Saipan during World War II. The photograph album includes 191 photographs of military life on the Kahuku Army Airfield and around Laie, Hawaii; the 1945 Poi Bowl football between Army and Navy at Furlong Field; and Saipan following the Battle of Saipan in 1944. The papers also include a transcript of an oral history conducted with Walter Brown in 1976 by Carla Ehat and Ann Kent about his recollections of his father working at Kentfield, the estate of Albert Emmett Kent, and a file of notes on the Brown family genealogy.

Processing information:

Processed by Sean Heyliger, 05/15/2013.

Arrangement:

Series I. Photographs Series II. Family history

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish from the Brown Family Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum and Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

Brown Family papers, MS 36, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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