S. James Brown papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 021
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-1978
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, photographs, and printed material

Scope and Content

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).

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.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs Y. C. Snell (daughter). See Research Correspondence File.

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

See DF 034: Coen, YC (sister-in-law).

Family Names