Sally Eugenia Brown photograph album
Scope and Content
The photograph album documents the travels of Sally Eugenia Brown from approximately 1890-1902. Identified photographs show the “Eden Fair” (location unknown) in September 1900; Mount Washington in New Hampshire; Saratoga, New York; and “Storyman Camp” (location unknown) in 1902. The remaining images include exterior views of building and homes, railroad trains and stations, streetcars, ships, and scenes of natural waterfalls. Of note are three albumen prints of Brown and her family.
Dates
- approximately 1890-1902
Creator
- Brown, Sally Eugenia, 1862-1942 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative/Biographical History
Sally (also spelled Sallie) Eugenia Brown (1862-1942) was born in Canton, Georgia, to Elizabeth Grisham Brown (1826-1896) and former Governor of Georgia, Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1884). She was the seventh of eight siblings: Julius Lewis Brown (1848-1910), Mary Virginia Brown (1850-1927), Joseph Mackey Brown (1851-1932), Franklin Pierce Brown (1853-1871), Elijah Alexander Brown (1857-1926), Charles McDonald Brown (1859-1881), Sally, and George Marion Brown (1865-1942). Brown played a small role in starting the study of pine needle work at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia. She never married. Brown died January 17, 1942, in Atlanta, Georgia, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery.
Extent
270 photographic print(s) (267 photographic prints and 3 albumen prints)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
The photographs were removed from the album and are grouped in original order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1972
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2016.
- Agriculture -- Georgia
- Berry College
- Brown, Charles McDonald
- Brown, Elijah Alexander, Sr.
- Brown, Elizabeth Grisham, 1826-1896
- Brown, Franklin Pierce, 1853-1871
- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894
- Brown, Joseph M.
- Brown, Julius L., 1848-1910
- Brown, Sally Eugenia, 1862-1942 -- Travel
- Cemeteries
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Connally, Mary Virginia Brown, 1850-1927
- Georgia -- Politics and government
- Governors -- Georgia
- Ireland -- Genealogy
- Mount Washington (N.H.) -- Pictorial works
- Pine needle crafts
- Railroads -- Georgia
- Waterfalls
- Title
- Sally Eugenia Brown photograph album
- Author
- Felicia Render
- Date
- March 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository