Joan Brown papers, 1959-2002 (bulk 1970-1990).

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Joan Brown papers, 1959-2002 (bulk 1970-1990).

Consist of correspondence, announcements, catalogues, professional papers, notebooks, artwork, source material and personal papers that detail Brown's life as an artist, from her coming to prominence during San Francisco's Beat era of the 1950's, to her death in 1990. Correspondence includes that with her first art dealer George Staempfli. Notebooks mention Sathya Sai Baba, her guru.

1 carton, 9 boxes, 1 oversize box and 15 oversize folders (8.2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7869644

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011

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Brown, Joan, 1938-1990

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Joan Brown was an artist. From the description of Joan Brown papers, 1959-2002 (bulk 1970-1990). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 62767038 Painter, professor; San Francisco, Calif.; d. 1990. Studied at the California School of Fine Arts 1955-1960 under Elmer Bischoff and others. Killed in an accident in Proddatura, India. From the description of Joan Brown papers, 1955-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979761...

Online Archive of California

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Staempfli, George W.

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