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Archives related to: Brown, Dorothy Collins, 1904-2001
| title | Dorothy Collins Brown Collection, ca.1905-1970s, [graphic] |
| repository | The Huntington Library |
| description | This is the personal photograph collection of Dorothy Collins Brown and, as such, includes pictures of her family, friends, and residences as well the countless parties she and her husband hosted and attended. Brown is pictured with various political and social luminaries including Richard Nixon and Julia Child. The collection also contains three albums of photographs and newspaper articles documenting an around-the-world trip taken by the Collins family in 1908-1909. The family visited seventeen different countries (including Spain, Italy, Greece, Palestine, Egypt, Indian, China, Japan, and Canada), and the albums contain many images of their ports of call, particularly India, Italy, Greece, and China. Biog. note Dorothy Collins Brown (1904-2001) was a Los Angeles philanthropist, art collector, and socialite. Born to a wealthy Louisiana family, as a young child she traveled around the world with her parents, a trip which her father, William Andrew Collins, recorded in articles for the local newspaper. She relocated to Southern California while a teenager and married Willard Everett Brown in 1935. She gave away millions of dollars during her lifetime to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Opera, and the Huntington Library. Location: Photographs Call #: photCL 459 |
| extent | 323 photographs : silver gelatin, some color; 2 boxes 250 35 mm slides : color, Kodachrome; 1 box 4 photograph albums : gelatin silver; 2 boxes Lantern slides ; 2 boxes |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://catalog.huntington.org |
| finding aid | This collection is processed and available for research. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Rosanne Sachson, 2003 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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