The RISD Corporation appointed a Fiftieth Anniversary Committee in 1928 chaired by Theodore Green. The Committee was authorized to prepare a history of RISD as a permanent memorial to the anniversary. Though the authorization for Elsie S. Bronson's employment and work has not been found, she sent her manuscript to Green in 1932 referring to "you [Green] and your committee." Bronson lived in Providence and was married to Brown University English Professor Walter C. Bronson.
From the guide to the Elsie Bronson papers, Bronson (Elsie) papers, 1932, (Rhode Island School of Design Archives)