Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Brown Family papers
Dates: 1910-1976
Collection number: MS 36
Creator:
Brown family.
Creator:
Brown, Fred.
Collection Size:
.75 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
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.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
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.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 05/15/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Family history
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.
African Americans--Military service--1940-1960.
African American--Families.
Ranches--California--History.
Horse racing--California--History.
Harvesting--1900-1920.
World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii.
World War, 1939-1945--Saipan.
Kahuku Army Airfield.