Constance P. Brown papers
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA005701.
Summary
Constance P. Brown attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) from 1913 to 1917, and worked as secretary to Frank Alvah Parsons in the teens or 1920s. The collection consists of correspondence from Parsons to Brown, faculty announcements, school circulars, interior decoration class rolls, clippings from 1913-1934, and correspondence with Parsons School of Design Alumni Association.
Dates
- 1913 - 1961
- Majority of material found within 1913 - 1934
Creator
- Brown, Constance P. (Person)
- Parsons School of Design. Alumni Association (Organization)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (7 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material donated incrementally by Brown to the Parsons Alumni Association. The largest donation was made in 1961. Removed from Alumni Association records to form separate collection, 2008.
- Clippings (information artifacts) (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- College administrators -- United States. (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ephemera (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Interior decoration -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Local sources
- New York School of Fine and Applied Art
- Pamphlets (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Constance P. Brown papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English