Margaret Brown Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Margaret Brown Gallery (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Brown, Margaret E., 1908-1957
label: Names
content: Cox, Gardner, 1906-1988
label: Names
content: Edwards, Ethel, 1914-1999
label: Names
content: Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001
label: Names
content: Lamb, Aimée, 1893-1989
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Margaret Brown Gallery records were donated in 1972 by Harold W. Palmer, a shop assistant at the gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Margaret Brown Gallery (Boston, Mass.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Margaret Brown Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Boston art gallery and framing shop Margaret Brown Gallery measure 9.3 linear feet and date from 1921 to 1958. The collection comprises correspondence with artists, customers, museums and galleries, and Brown's personal correspondence with her son Rodney and friends; artist files containing correspondence, and to a lesser extent, printed materials, price lists, and letters with potential buyers; gallery records containing administrative and financial files; printed materials that include programs for events in which the gallery participated; and photographic materials including photos of works of art and a few artists, and Brown's personal photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Margaret Brown Gallery (est. 1942, closed 1958) was an art gallery and frame shop in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Margaret E. Brown (1908-1957) was born and raised in Boston. She worked as an assistant at the Grace Horne Gallery before opening her own gallery on Newbury Street. The gallery later relocated to 280 Dartmouth Street. Brown exhibited prominent New England artists, as well as some New York and European artists. Channing Hare, Hopkins Hensel, Aimee Lamb, and Ethel Edwards were among  the artists who maintained strong relationships with the gallery. Brown was involved in arranging art exhibitions for Boston arts festivals, and became an esteemed member of Boston's art community despite her short career. Margaret Brown died of a brain tumor at age 49. A memorial exhibition was organized at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in her honor, featuring artists who had received support and exposure from Brown and her gallery throughout the years.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts -- Boston
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.margbrow
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1942-1958 (2.6 linear feet; boxes 1-3, OV 12)

Series 2: Artist's Files, 1946-1958 (2 linear feet; boxes 3-5)

Series 3: Gallery Records, 1934-1958 (3.7 linear feet; boxes 5-7, 9-11)

Series 4: Printed Materials, circa 1952-1957 (0.3 linear feet; box 8)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, 1921-circa 1950 (0.7 linear feet; box 8)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Photographs of artwork are available on 35mm microfilm reels 672-673. The remainder of the collection, except for material related to the framing shop, are on 35mm microfilm reels 653-663. All reels are available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Boston art gallery and framing shop Margaret Brown Gallery measure 9.3 linear feet and date from 1921 to 1958. The collection comprises correspondence with artists, customers, museums and galleries, and Brown's personal correspondence with her son Rodney and friends; artist files containing correspondence, and to a lesser extent, printed materials, price lists, and letters with potential buyers; gallery records containing administrative and financial files; printed materials that include programs for events in which the gallery participated; and photographic materials including photos of works of art and a few artists, and Brown's personal photographs.