Corporal Harold E. Brown collection
sova.nmai.ac.099
- Photographer
- Brown, Harold E., 1929-2012
- Author
- Malewotkuk, Florence Nupok
- Place
- Anchorage (Alaska)
- Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
- Nome (Alaska)
- Fairbanks (Alaska)
- Topic
- Military bases
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Provenance
- Gift of Anita and Padraic Brown, 2014.
- Photographer
- Brown, Harold E., 1929-2012
- Author
- Malewotkuk, Florence Nupok
- Culture
- Siberian Yupik
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- Corporal Harold E. Brown collection
- Biographical / Historical
- Relatively little is known about Corporal Harold E. Brown. Brown was born October 6, 1929 and lived in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He married Mary Helen (1938-2010) and they had at least one child Padraic Brown. Harold was a Corporal in the United States Army and served in the Korean War. He died on November 24, 2012.
- Extent
- 1 Linear foot
- Date
- 1952-1953
- Container
- Box 1
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.099
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Letters (correspondence)
- Photographs
- Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Corporal Harold E. Brown collection, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The materials are organized in 2 boxes.
- Processing Information
- Processed by Emily Moazami, Assistant Head Archivist in 2017.
- Rights
- Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity.
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
- Genre/Form
- Letters (correspondence)
- Photographs
- Scope and Contents
- This collection contains materials that were created and collected by Corporal Harold E. Brown circa 1952-1953 and relate to his service in the United States Army when he was stationed in Alaska during the Korean War (1950-1953). The materials include letters from Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) artist Florence Nupok Malewotkuk (1906-1971) to Cpl. Brown and an album containing photos that Cpl. Brown shot while stationed in Alaska.
- Restrictions
- Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
- Separated Materials
- The archival materials in this collection are part of a larger collection donated to NMAI by Anita and Padraic Brown. The other collection items were made by Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) artist Florence Nupok Malewotkuk (1906-1971) and include 2 hide yo-yos (26/9291 and 26/9292); 1 pair of mukluks (26/9293); and 3 pairs of slippers with beadwork (26/9294, 26/9295, and 26/9296). These objects were either given to or purchased by Corporal Harold E. Brown when he was stationed in Alaska during the Korean War.
NMAI.AC.099
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NMAI.AC.099
NMAIA
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510283563-1503510283566-0