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Brouwer/Milliken Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A.1987.021

Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection are primarily comprised of collected research and materials related to Greenwich history broadly and the specific history of a handful of important families and properties. These inclue the Meads, Palmers, and Reynolds, along with some of their associated properties. This research includes general history, but also genealogical information collected about everyone possible in the "Families and Individuals" sub-series. She also focuses on a few local preservation and natural conservation societies. There is also a box of photographs, and a box full of recorded audio materials, although many are not currently listenable as the reel-to-reels are suffering from acetate degradation called vinegar syndrome. The casette tapes have not been digitized.

Dates

  • Creation: 1740-1986

Conditions Governing Access

There are no conditions governing access to this material.

Conditions Governing Use

Casettes require a casette player, slides are best viewed over a lightbox with loup.

Biographical / Historical

Irene Brouwer and Phoebe Milliken performed this research and collected these materials over the course of their lives. They donated this research themselves to the Greenwich Historical Society in 1987. Irene Brouwer was the wife of noted architect Dirk W. Brouwer, and Phoebe Milliken was the wife of noted textile heir Gerrish Milliken, Jr.

Full Extent

5.75 Linear Feet (6 Letter size document boxes, 1 letter size half document box, 1 banker's box of recordings, 1 separated box of reel to reels in need of conservation, 1 slide box, 1 card catalog box.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into four series.

Series I: Histories, Research, and Genealogies. This includes the box of slides and the card catalog. Series II: Printed Materials Series III: Photographs Series IV: Recordings

Title
Guide to the Brouwer/Milliken Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Ashley Aberg
Date
November 7, 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Greenwich Historical Society Repository

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