Bush-Brown Family Papers, 1835-1969
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Bush-Brown Family Papers
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Bush-Brown Family
Biographical History for: Bush-Brown Family Papers
Biographical Note Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, Newburgh, N.Y., undated The principal subjects of the Bush-Brown family collection are: Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (1857-1935), sculptor; his wife Margaret (Lesley) Bush-Brown (1857-1944), painter; and their daughter, Lydia (Bush-Brown) Head (1887-1984), artist, designer. Also represented are their sons, Harold Bush-Brown (1888-1983), Professor of Architecture; and James Bush-Brown (1892-?), Landscape Architect; and sculptor Henry Kirke Brown (1814-1886), the uncle of Henry Kirke Bush-Brown.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Bush-Brown Family Papers include correspondence, diaries, writings, books, original sketches, paintings, photos of artwork, and travel correspondence of Lydia Head from Europe. There is significant material related to the artwork of sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, painter Margaret (Lesley) Bush-Brown), and textile artist Lydia (Bush-Brown) Head. There is also a biographical sketch of Margaret Bush-Brown's father, geologist J. Peter Lesley. Correspondents include various family memebers, artist Ellen Day Hale, author Eliza Orne White, and others.
Occupational therapy--History--Sources
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World War, 1914-1918--France--Personal narratives, American
Courtship--United States--History--19th century--Sources
Artists--United States--Biography--Sources
Women artists--United States--Biography--Sources
Family--United States--History--Sources
Sculptors--United States--Biography--Sources
Textile artists--United States--Biography--Sources
Hale, Ellen Day, 1854-1939
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Bush-Brown, James
Bush-Brown, Harold
Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke, 1857-1935
Bush-Brown, Margaret Lesley, 1857-1944
Head, Lydia Bush-Brown, 1887-1984
Brown family
Lesley family
Contents: finding aid
Henry Kirke Brown
Biographical materials
"Henry Kirke Brown in Italy-1842-1846," The American Art Journal by Wayne Craven, n.d.
"The Early Work and Development of Henry Kirke Brown" (thesis) by Octavia Hughes
"Life and Letters of a Sculptor Henry K. Brown" (manuscript), ed. by Henry K. Bush-Brown, circa 1934
Photographs
Artwork (probably goes with "Life and Letters" manuscript above)
HKB and his studio, 1862-1866
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown
Sculptures: photographs, 1887-1912
Invitation, certificates, sketch, and correspondence, 1908-30
Biographical materials, notes, and articles, 1886-1935
Pamphlets, correspondence, and articles, 1900-30
The Arts Club, Washington D.C.: pamphlets, clippings, correspondence, and photograph, 1918-27
Exhibitions: pamphlets, correspondence, and article, 1922-31
Photographs, n.d.
Photographs (D.C. home and studios), circa 1922
Sculptures
"Indian Buffalo Hunt": Congressional bill, correspondence, clippings, and photographs, 1893-1943
Medallions, plaques, etc.: photographs and clippings, 1930
Projects: clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and proposals, 1926
Correspondence
Caroline Bush (H.K.B.B.'s mother) to Lydia (her sister), 1866-1904
Julia Bush (H.K.B.B.'s sister) and Caroline Bush, 1885
Photographs (Bush family), 1866
Correspondence from Henry Kirke Bush-Brown to
Henry Kirk Brown and Lydia (aunt and uncle), 1866
Susan and Peter Lesley, 1885-86
Lydia Bush-Brown (daughter), 1904-35
Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown (wife), 1885-1929
Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown
Biographical materials: correspondence, notes, pamphlet, and clippings, 1923
Diaries, 1872 [volume labeled 1869]-1903
Address books and album, n.d.
Literary Society: minutes, 1926
Lecture on "relations of women," 1901
Notebook, notes, and correspondence, 1927-39
Marriage certificate and list of wedding gifts, 1886
Photographs, 1887-1928
Artwork
Exhibitions: catalogues, lists, and articles, 1923-35
Etchings
Photographs of artwork, 1914-24, n.d.
Photograph album (MLBB and her works), n.d.
Miniatures by Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, n.d.
Correspondence from M.L.B.B. to
Susan Lesley, 1885
Margaret H. White and Eliza Drue White, 1889
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and family, 1921-22
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, 1907-26
Lydia, 1904-29
Lydia, 1930-44
Family (during trip to England, Scotland, Ireland), 1914
Lydia Bush-Brown Head
Biographical materials: articles, clippings, and certificate, 1922
Writings: memoirs (of Syria, Italy, Greece, Algonac (France), and Littlebrook), 1925-65
Camp Fire Girls: articles, book, and calendar, 1914-29
Exhibitions: articles, pamphlets, and clippings, 1927-53
Silk murals: exhibitions, articles and clippings, 1927-50
Silk murals and watercolors: exhibition catalog, clippings and articles, 1943-61
Photographs and patents, 1930-39
Silk murals: color scheme and notes, n.d.
Christmas cards, 1928
Paper dolls and costumes, n.d.
Shephards Nine - School of Dance: articles, n.d.
Silk murals: photograph albums (2), 1917-
"Block Printed Samples of Gowns, Scarves, Cloakes from 1911 to 1918": sketchbook
Correspondence from L.B.B.H. to
Mary Ames (aunt), 1909
Extracts of letters to family from France, 1918
James Bush-Brown (from France), 1918
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown (from France), 1918
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, 1925
Uncle Frank (from Europe), 1925
Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, 1929-37
Francis Head (from Mexico and California), 1928-32
Harold Kirke Bush-Brown
Articles by and about, 1888
Correspondence to
Lydia, 1904-67
Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, 1909-20
James Bush-Brown
Articles by and about, n.d.
Drawings, n.d.
To Lydia Bush-Brown, 1938-67
Louise Bush-Brown (wife of James) to Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, 1938
Malcolm Bush-Brown
Lydia Bush-Brown, 1904-15
Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown, 1904-14
James and Malcolm Bush-Brown
Play (manuscript): "Edith of Glenmire," circa 1901
General correspondence (most to Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown unless otherwise noted)
To Margaret and Henry Bush-Brown on their engagement, 1885
? Florence (and Lazare), 1884-85
Ames, Charles Lesley (son of Charles W.; cousin), n.d.
Ames, Charles W., 1876-82
Ames, Mary Lesley: to Susan Lesley and MLBB, lectures, and typescripts, 1882-86
Ashburner, Charles A., 1886
Boericke, William, 1882
Boyle, John J. and Bess, 1886
Brooks, T. Benton, 1886
Clements, Gabrielle D., 1884-85
Crothers, Louise (wife of Samuel McCord), 1930
Doggett, Lawrence L., 1919
Deerfield Academy, 1934
Delano, Catherine Lyman to Susan Lyman Lesley (sister), 1885
Déson, Édouard, 1880-81
Goldthwait, Joel E., Lt. Col. M.C. (extract from letter re: Lydia), 1918
Gotch, J. Alfred, 1884-86
Guinotte, Alfred and Laure, 1886
Hale, Ellen Day, 1877-87
Hall, James (American Geological Association), 1883
Hallowell, Sarah C.F., 1884-85
Head, E.L., 1882
Hicks, Margaret, 1879
Hill, Samuel, 1884-84
Jackson, Anna (Philadelphia family friend), n.d.
Johnson, Eastman (painter), 1885
Lesley, Peter: biographical articles and correspondence (to MLBB, HKBB, and uncles), 1844-87
Lesley, Susan, 1823-1904, n.d.
Lesley, Susan to Margaret E. Harding, 1888-96
Lesley, Peter and Susan: mementos, n.d.
Lesquereux, Leo, 1885-86
Lincoln, Robert, 1920
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1938
Smith, Richard S., 1882
Thayor, Abbott A., 1882-86
Volkenden, Karl, 1884-86
White, Eliza Orne, 1881-85
White, Lily, 1873
White, Margaret E. Harding, n.d.
Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Etchings by Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown:"Ellen Day Hale" (1883) and "Fishing" (1885)
BOOKS ON SHELF
Beaux Arts to Bauhaus and Beyond: An Architect's Perspective by Harold Bush-Brown, 1976
Garden Blocks for Urban America by Louise Bush-Brown, 1969
America's Garden Book by Louise and James Bush-Brown, 1943
Portraits of Philadelphia Gardens by Louise and James Bush-Brown, 1929
Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley (parts 1 and 2)
Recollection of My Mother by Susan Lesley, 1889
A Little Girl of Long Ago by Eliza Orne White, 1896
Ednath and Her Brothers by Eliza Orne White, 1900