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Box Mixed k_23 (F)

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Lecture to the Houston Junior League, 1939 November 28

 File — Box: Mixed k_23 (F), Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Lecture on the historic background of decoration by Eleanor S. Brown.

Dates: 1939 November 28
Found in: The New School Archives / KA-0162-01, Eleanor S. Brown collection

Eleanor S. Brown collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: KA-0162-01
Abstract

Eleanor S. (McMillen) Brown (1890-1991) was a graduate of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later Parsons School of Design), who founded the interior design firm McMillen Inc. This collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, press clippings, and correspondence donated by her grandson, Michael McMillen.

Dates: 1924-1999
Found in: The New School Archives / Eleanor S. Brown collection

Photographs, 1920s-1990s

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Includes several slides of Eleanor Brown throughout her life which were used in the 1998 presentation by Michael McMillen to the Mary Institute in St. Louis. Also includes several portraits of Brown, a photographic portrait of Frank Alvah Parsons, photographs of Eleanor with her husband Archibald Brown, and photograph of Eleanor Brown and Parsons School of Design president Van Day Truex.

Dates: 1920s-1990s
Found in: The New School Archives / KA-0162-01, Eleanor S. Brown collection

Apartment documents and correspondence, 447 East 57th Street, 1929-1991

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Folder includes a purchase agreement for the apartment, and an appraisal of the apartment made for the estate of Eleanor S. Brown in 1991, which includes photographs.

Dates: 1929-1991
Found in: The New School Archives / KA-0162-01, Eleanor S. Brown collection