Diaries of Sybil D. Creagh Brown (1915, 1916); British Commercial Gas Association booklet What Cinderella Taught the Children, illustrated by Sybil D. Creagh Brown (n.d.); 8 ration books (19 June 1918-30 Aug. 1919); Issue of Higham's Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 5, with photograph of S. James Brown on cover and brief biography inside (July 1916); 3 family photographs (1915-1918); Manuscript family recollections by Y.C. Snell (daughter) (30 Nov. 1978).
S. James Brown papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 Liddle Collection DF 021
- Dates of Creation1915-1978
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 file; manuscript, photographs, and printed material
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Administrative / Biographical History
S. James (Jimmie) Brown was born in London and educated at the Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hampstead, later studying and teaching at the Heatherley School of Fine Art. Unable to serve through ill health, he became Associate Editor of Higham's Magazine in 1916. With his wife, Sybil, sister-in-law, Yvonne Creagh Coen, and daughter, also named Yvonne (donor), he lived at Golders Green, London, throughout most of the First World War. S. James Brown later went on to become Managing Director of the Amalgamated Press, and he and Sybil were both illustrators.
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Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs Y. C. Snell (daughter). See Research Correspondence File.
Note
In English
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Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
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