Margaret Fitzhugh Browne papers
name: label: Creator
content: Browne, Margaret Fitzhugh, 1884-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1975 and 1982 by Emily Wainwright Browne, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne's sister.
creator: label: Creator
content: Browne, Margaret Fitzhugh, 1884-1972
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content: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of portrait painter Margaret Fitzhugh Browne date from circa 1904 to 1960 and measure 0.2 linear feet. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of Browne's painted portraits and other works of art. Also found are scattered genealogical materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne was a portrait painter active in Boston, Massachusetts.

Browne studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, and with Frank Benson and Joseph De Camp. She began her career as a portrait painter in 1910, was the art editor for the Boston Evening Transcript from 1919-1920, and was a member of the Grand Central Galleries, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1904-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.browmarg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection received a preliminary level of arrangement after donation and was partially microfilmed on reels 2787 and 4306. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 2787 and 4306 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of portrait painter Margaret Fitzhugh Browne date from circa 1904 to 1960 and measure 0.2 linear feet. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of Browne's painted portraits and other works of art. Also found are scattered genealogical materials.