Elizabeth Mills Brown files on New Haven architecture, 1919-2001(inclusive), 1967-1976 (bulk).

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Elizabeth Mills Brown files on New Haven architecture, 1919-2001(inclusive), 1967-1976 (bulk).

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Elizabeth Mills Brown was an architectural historian whose life work focused on the architecture of New Haven, Connecticut, and surrounding areas. This collection consists of writings, maps, photographs, reports, and notes that she created and amassed in the course of her extensive research on the architecture and built environment of New Haven and Connecticut. It includes her Yale master's thesis on Center Church on the Green in New Haven, early, annotated drafts, "itineraries," and notes on her book, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design, and reports that she wrote on Wooster Square in cooperation with the New Haven Trust for Historic Preservation. The collection also includes a number of research files for unrealized articles, as well as drafts of a number of unpublished manuscripts.

4 linear feet (4 boxes)

Yale University Library

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