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Bush-Brown Family Papers
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Detailed inventory
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Contents: finding aid
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Box 1: folder 1
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Henry Kirke Brown
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Biographical materials
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"Henry Kirke Brown in Italy-" The American Art Journal by Wayne Craven, n.d.
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1842-1846,
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Box 1: folder 2
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"The Early Work and Development of Henry Kirke Brown" (thesis) by Octavia Hughes
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Box 1
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"Life and Letters of a Sculptor Henry K. Brown" (manuscript), ed. by Henry K. Bush-Brown,
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circa 1934
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Box 1
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Photographs
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Artwork (probably goes with "Life and Letters" manuscript above)
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Box 1: folder 3
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HKB and his studio,
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1862-1866
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Box 1: folder 4
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Henry Kirke Bush-Brown
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Sculptures: photographs,
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1887-1912
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Box 2: folder 1-2
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Invitation, certificates, sketch, and correspondence,
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1908-30
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Box 3: folder 1
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Biographical materials, notes, and articles,
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1886-1935
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Box 3: folder 2
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Pamphlets, correspondence, and articles,
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1900-30
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Box 3: folder 3
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The Arts Club, Washington D.C.: pamphlets, clippings, correspondence, and photograph,
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1918-27
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Box 3: folder 4
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Exhibitions: pamphlets, correspondence, and article,
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1922-31
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Box 3: folder 5
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Photographs,
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 6
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Photographs (D.C. home and studios),
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circa 1922
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Box 3: folder 7
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Sculptures
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"Indian Buffalo Hunt": Congressional bill, correspondence, clippings, and photographs,
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1893-1943
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Box 3: folder 8-9
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Medallions, plaques, etc.: photographs and clippings,
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1930
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Box 3: folder 10
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Projects: clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and proposals,
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1926
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Box 3: folder 11
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Correspondence
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Caroline Bush (H.K.B.B.'s mother) to Lydia (her sister),
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1866-1904
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Box 4: folder 1
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Julia Bush (H.K.B.B.'s sister) and Caroline Bush,
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1885
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Box 4: folder 2
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Photographs (Bush family),
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1866
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Box 4: folder 3
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Correspondence from Henry Kirke Bush-Brown to
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Henry Kirk Brown and Lydia (aunt and uncle),
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1866
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Box 4: folder 4
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Susan and Peter Lesley,
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1885-86
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Box 4: folder 5
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Lydia Bush-Brown (daughter),
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1904-35
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Box 4: folder 6-10
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Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown (wife),
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1885-1929
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Box 5: folder 1-10
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Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown
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Biographical materials: correspondence, notes, pamphlet, and clippings,
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1923
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Box 6: folder 1
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Diaries, 1872 [volume labeled
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1869]-1903
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Box 6: folder 2-4
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Address books and album,
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n.d.
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Box 6: folder 5
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Literary Society: minutes,
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1926
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Box 6: folder 6
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Lecture on "relations of women,"
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1901
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Box 6: folder 7
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Notebook, notes, and correspondence,
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1927-39
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Box 6: folder 8
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Marriage certificate and list of wedding gifts,
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1886
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Box 6: folder 9
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Photographs,
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1887-1928
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Box 6: folder 10-11
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Artwork
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Exhibitions: catalogues, lists, and articles,
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1923-35
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Box 7: folder 1
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Box 7: folder 2
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Photographs of artwork,
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1914-24, n.d.
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Box 7: folder 3-4
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Photograph album (MLBB and her works),
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n.d.
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Box 7
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Miniatures by Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown,
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n.d.
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Box 7
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Correspondence from M.L.B.B. to
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Susan Lesley,
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1885
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Box 8: folder 1
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Margaret H. White and Eliza Drue White,
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1889
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Box 8: folder 2
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Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and family,
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1921-22
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Box 8: folder 3
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Henry Kirke Bush-Brown,
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1907-26
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Box 8: folder 4-8
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Lydia,
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1904-29
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Box 8: folder 9-13
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Lydia,
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1930-44
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Box 9: folder 1-3
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Family (during trip to England, Scotland, Ireland),
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1914
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Box 9: folder 4
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Lydia Bush-Brown Head
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Biographical materials: articles, clippings, and certificate,
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1922
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Box 10: folder 1
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Writings: memoirs (of Syria, Italy, Greece, Algonac (France), and Littlebrook),
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1925-65
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Box 10: folder 2-3
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Camp Fire Girls: articles, book, and calendar,
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1914-29
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Box 10: folder 4
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Artwork
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Exhibitions: articles, pamphlets, and clippings,
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1927-53
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Box 10: folder 5
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Silk murals: exhibitions, articles and clippings,
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1927-50
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Box 10: folder 6-7
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Silk murals and watercolors: exhibition catalog, clippings and articles,
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1943-61
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Box 10: folder 8
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1930-39
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Box 10: folder 9-10
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Silk murals: color scheme and notes,
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n.d.
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Box 10: folder 11
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Christmas cards,
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1928
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Box 11: folder 1
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Paper dolls and costumes,
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n.d.
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Box 11: folder 2
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Photographs,
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n.d.
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Box 11: folder 3
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Shephards Nine - School of Dance: articles,
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n.d.
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Box 11: folder 4
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1917-
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Box 12
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"Block Printed Samples of Gowns, Scarves, Cloakes from": sketchbook
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1911 to 1918
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Box 12
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Correspondence from L.B.B.H. to
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Mary Ames (aunt),
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1909
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Box 13: folder 1
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Extracts of letters to family from France,
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1918
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Box 13: folder 2
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James Bush-Brown (from France),
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1918
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Box 13: folder 3
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Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown (from France),
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1918
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Box 13: folder 4-5
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Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown,
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1925
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Box 13: folder 6-7
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Uncle Frank (from Europe),
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1925
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Box 13: folder 8
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Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown,
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1929-37
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Box 13: folder 9
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Francis Head (from Mexico and California),
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1928-32
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Box 13: folder 10-11
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Harold Kirke Bush-Brown
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Articles by and about,
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1888
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Box 14: folder 1
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Correspondence to
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Lydia,
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1904-67
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Box 14: folder 2-5
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Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown,
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1909-20
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Box 14: folder 6
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James Bush-Brown
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Articles by and about,
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n.d.
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Box 14: folder 7
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Drawings,
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n.d.
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Box 14: folder 8
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Correspondence
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To Lydia Bush-Brown,
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1938-67
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Box 14: folder 9
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Louise Bush-Brown (wife of James) to Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown,
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1938
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Box 14: folder 10
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Malcolm Bush-Brown
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Correspondence to
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Box 14
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Lydia Bush-Brown,
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1904-15
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Box 14: folder 11-13
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Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown,
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1904-14
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Box 14: folder 14
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James and Malcolm Bush-Brown
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Play (manuscript): "Edith of Glenmire,"
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circa 1901
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Box 14: folder 15
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Photographs,
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n.d.
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Box 14: folder 16
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General correspondence (most to Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown unless otherwise noted)
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To Margaret and Henry Bush-Brown on their engagement,
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1885
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Box 15: folder 1-3
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? Florence (and Lazare),
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1884-85
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Box 15: folder 4
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Ames, Charles Lesley (son of Charles W.; cousin),
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 5
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Ames, Charles W.,
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1876-82
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Box 15: folder 6
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Ames, Mary Lesley: to Susan Lesley and MLBB, lectures, and typescripts,
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1882-86
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Box 15: folder 7-9
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Ashburner, Charles A.,
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1886
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Box 15: folder 10
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Boericke, William,
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1882
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Box 15: folder 11
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Boyle, John J. and Bess,
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1886
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Box 15: folder 12
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Brooks, T. Benton,
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1886
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Box 15: folder 13
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Clements, Gabrielle D.,
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1884-85
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Box 15: folder 14
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Crothers, Louise (wife of Samuel McCord),
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1930
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Box 15: folder 15
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Doggett, Lawrence L.,
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1919
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Box 15: folder 16
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Deerfield Academy,
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1934
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Box 15: folder 17
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Delano, Catherine Lyman to Susan Lyman Lesley (sister),
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1885
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Box 15: folder 18
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Déson, Édouard,
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1880-81
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Box 15: folder 19
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Goldthwait, Joel E., Lt. Col. M.C. (extract from letter re: Lydia),
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1918
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Box 15: folder 20
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Gotch, J. Alfred,
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1884-86
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Box 15: folder 21
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Guinotte, Alfred and Laure,
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1886
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Box 15: folder 22
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Hale, Ellen Day,
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1877-87
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Box 15: folder 23-25
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Hall, James (American Geological Association),
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1883
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Box 15: folder 26
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Hallowell, Sarah C.F.,
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1884-85
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Box 15: folder 27
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Head, E.L.,
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1882
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Box 15: folder 28
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Hicks, Margaret,
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1879
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Box 15: folder 29
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Hill, Samuel,
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1884-84
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Box 15: folder 30
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Jackson, Anna (Philadelphia family friend),
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 31
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Johnson, Eastman (painter),
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1885
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Box 15: folder 32
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Lesley, Peter: biographical articles and correspondence (to MLBB, HKBB, and uncles),
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1844-87
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Box 15: folder 33-36
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Lesley, Susan,
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1823-1904, n.d.
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Box 15: folder 37
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Lesley, Susan to Margaret E. Harding,
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1888-96
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Box 15: folder 38
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Lesley, Peter and Susan: mementos,
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 9
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Lesquereux, Leo,
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1885-86
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Box 15: folder 40
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Lincoln, Robert,
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1920
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Box 15: folder 41
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Roosevelt, Sara Delano,
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1938
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Box 15: folder 42
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Smith, Richard S.,
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1882
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Box 15: folder 43
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Thayor, Abbott A.,
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1882-86
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Box 15: folder 44
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Volkenden, Karl,
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1884-86
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Box 15: folder 45
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White, Eliza Orne,
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1881-85
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Box 15: folder 46
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White, Lily,
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1873
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Box 15: folder 47
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White, Margaret E. Harding,
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n.d.
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Box 15: folder 48
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Lesley, J. Peter,
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1819-1903
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Box 15: folder 49
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OVERSIZE MATERIALS
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Etchings by Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown:"Ellen Day Hale" and "Fishing" (1885)
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(1883)
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Flat file
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BOOKS ON SHELF
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Beaux Arts to Bauhaus and Beyond: An Architect's Perspective by Harold Bush-Brown,
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1976
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Garden Blocks for Urban America by Louise Bush-Brown,
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1969
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America's Garden Book by Louise and James Bush-Brown,
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1943
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Portraits of Philadelphia Gardens by Louise and James Bush-Brown,
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1929
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Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley (parts
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1 and 2)
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Recollection of My Mother by Susan Lesley,
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1889
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A Little Girl of Long Ago by Eliza Orne White,
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1896
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Ednath and Her Brothers by Eliza Orne White,
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1900
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