Collection contains images related to Edmund G. (“Pat”) Brown's political and public career, as well as his personal life and family. It includes portraits, press photographs, snapshots and some political cartoons about Pat Brown. The bulk of the images are of Pat Brown during his two terms as Governor of California, the election campaigns leading to the governorship, and of conferences of the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute of Public Affairs.

Edmund G. Brown was born in San Francisco on April 21, 1905, to Ida and Edmund Joseph Brown. He married Bernice Layne in 1930 and they had four children: Barbara Brown [Casey] (born July 13, 1931), Cynthia Brown [Kelly] (born October 19, 1933), Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938), Kathleen Lynn Brown (born September 25, 1945).

5 cartons, 3 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 1 album, 1 portfolio 111 digital objects (111 images)

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use. RESTRICTED NEGATIVES: Use of negatives only by permission of the appropriate curator.