Valerie Gerrard Browne

**Valerie Gerrard Browne** mai adana bayanai ce. Ta yi aiki tare da cibiyoyi da yawa kuma ta mai da hankali kan tarin mata. Ita ce surukar mai zane Archibald Motley, Jr. (1891-1981) kuma tana aiki a matsayin mai kula da gadonsa.

## Ilimi da rayuwar mutum
Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Milford a Milford, Michigan kuma ta kammala a shekarar 1958. Ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Michigan a shekarar 1962. Daga baya ta yi karatun Gudanar da Tarihi a Jami'ar Jihar Wayne . A halin yanzu tana zaune a Charleston, South Carolina amma tana raba lokacinta a Chicago.

Browne ta auri Archibald Motley III, ɗan mai zane Archibald motley, Jr., kuma yana da 'yar ɗaya, Mara. Mijinta ya mutu a shekara ta 2002.

## Ayyuka
A farkon shekarun 1970s, Browne ta fara aikinta na adana bayanai a Jami'ar Jihar Wayne a cikin adana bayanai na aiki da harkokin birane. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai adana bayanai ga Walter P. Reuther, shugaban kungiyar kwadago ta United Auto Workers .  A nan, ta sadu da mijinta a karo na farko kuma ta yanke shawarar yin aure cikin wata daya. Ta sadu da mai zane, Motley, sau ɗaya kawai lokacin da ta yi tafiya zuwa Chicago don gaya masa cewa za ta auri ɗansa kuma ta kula da Motley a cikin rashin lafiya. Ya mutu bayan 'yan makonni.

Browne da Motley dukansu sun fi son zanen "Hotunan Kakaryata", wanda shine "kyakkyawan, mai daraja, mai ƙauna" hoton wata mace da ta kasance bautar. Sau da yawa ana ba da izinin zane-zanen Motley ga gidajen tarihi da cibiyoyi da yawa ciki har da National Gallery of Art .  Browne ya yi tafiya a kasar don halartar budewa da abubuwan da suka faru don inganta ayyukan Motley da kuma kallon abubuwan da aka nuna.

A kan karɓar gadon Archibald Motley bayan mutuwar mijinta, Browne ta ce: "Ban taɓa mafarkin cewa wannan zai zama alhakina ba. Ina kula sosai game da fasahar surukina kuma ina ɗaukar alhakin da ya fada mini da gaske, ina neman yin abin da nake fatan Archie da mahaifinsa za su so... Ina da matukar damuwa ga kasancewa farar mace da ke kula da kayan fasaha na wani muhimmin ɗan wasan baƙar fata."

An ba da kyautar takardu da hotunan Archibald J. Motley, Jr. ga Gidan Tarihin Chicago ta Browne a cikin 2013.

A farkon shekarun 1980, Browne ta yi aiki a matsayin mai adana bayanai a Jami'ar Loyola ta Chicago inda ta kasance sama da shekaru 20. Browne ta yi aiki a matsayin darektan farko na Tarihin Mata da Jagora a Jami'ar Loyola ta Chicago daga 1994 zuwa 2004. 

Ayyukanta a cikin tarihin tarihi sananne ne saboda sadaukarwarta ga kayan aiki da tarin da suka shafi mata. A cikin gabatarwa ga Society of American Archivists Fellowship, abokan aiki da yawa sun lura da karimcinta da farin ciki "wanda ya kasance tushen wahayi ga sauran masu adana bayanai".

### Kyaututtuka

* A shekara ta 2001, an ba Browne lambar yabo ta Society of American Archivists Fellowship, wanda shine mafi girman girmamawa ga Society.

### Littattafai

* Ta rubuta gabatarwar *Bridges of Memory Volume 2: Chicago's Second Generation of Black Migration* by Timuel Black . 
* Mawallafin jagorar da ta lashe lambar yabo zuwa Tarihin Jihar Michigan, 1977 

### Haɗin kai

* Taron Tarihin Tsakiyar Yamma: memba na Emeritus, memba ko shugaban kwamitoci, memba na majalisa, mataimakin shugaban kasa, da shugaban kasa (1991-1993).
* Society of American Archivists: memba ko shugaban kwamitoci (Kwamitin kan Matsayin Mata, Kungiyar Mata, Mata Archivists Roundtable), Nominating Council, Fellow .  
* Michigan Archival Association: kwamitin shirin.

## Manazarta