Adele S. Brown papers
name: label: Creator
content: Brown, Adele Smith, 1910-
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art Gallery of Washington
label: Names
content: Phillips Memorial Gallery
label: Names
content: Phillips Studio House
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1996 by Adele S. Brown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brown, Adele Smith, 1910-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Adele S. Brown papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of arts administrator Adele Smith Brown date from 1935 to 1982 and measure 0.2 linear feet. Found are letters from artists and material relating to Brown's work at the Museum of Modern Art Gallery of Washington and the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Adele S. Brown (1910-2001) was an arts administrator and instructor, active in Washington, D.C. She worked at the Phillips Studio House of the Phillips Memorial Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art Gallery, and was an exhibition assistant for the Section of Fine Arts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.browadel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of arts administrator Adele Smith Brown date from 1935 to 1982 and measure 0.2 linear feet. Found are letters from artists and material relating to Brown's work at the Museum of Modern Art Gallery of Washington, and the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts.