Box Mixed k_23 (F)
Contains 14 Results:
Honorary doctorate and commencement program, Parsons School of Design, 1975 May 28
Biographical: articles, clippings, and draft obituaries, 1958-1999
Includes the text of a 1998 presentation given by Eleanor Brown's grandson, Michael McMillen, to the Mary Institute, the St. Louis school she attended. Slides illustrating the lecture will be found under Photographs.
Marriage and divorce documents and correspondence, 1932-1934
Folder includes a decree of divorce with Drury McMillen and a marriage certificate between Eleanor and Archibald Brown.
Morgan, Edwin: Correspondence, photograph and clippings, 1934
One of Eleanor Brown’s first design projects was the restoration of Edwin Morgan’s ambassadorial residence in Brazil.
Lecture to the Houston Junior League, 1939 November 28
Lecture on the historic background of decoration by Eleanor S. Brown.
Eleanor S. Brown collection
Eleanor S. (McMillen) Brown (1890-1991) was a graduate of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later Parsons School of Design), who founded the interior design firm McMillen Inc. This collection consists of biographical materials, photographs, press clippings, and correspondence donated by her grandson, Michael McMillen.
Photographs, 1920s-1990s
Includes several slides of Eleanor Brown throughout her life which were used in the 1998 presentation by Michael McMillen to the Mary Institute in St. Louis. Also includes several portraits of Brown, a photographic portrait of Frank Alvah Parsons, photographs of Eleanor with her husband Archibald Brown, and photograph of Eleanor Brown and Parsons School of Design president Van Day Truex.
Apartment documents and correspondence, 447 East 57th Street, 1929-1991
Folder includes a purchase agreement for the apartment, and an appraisal of the apartment made for the estate of Eleanor S. Brown in 1991, which includes photographs.