Margaret Brown Dutch houses photograph collection
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Abstract
This collection consists of negatives and copy photographs of Dutch houses throughout New Jersey and New York states taken by Margaret Brown for two books commissioned by the Holland Society of New York: Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776 (1929) by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, and Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York (1936) by Rosalie Fellows Bailey.
Biographical Note
Margaret De Motte Brown was a photographer best known for her documentation of historic Dutch houses in New Jersey and New York states. Her pictorial depictions of these historic structures form an integral part of the books Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776 (1929), by her friend Helen Wilkinson Reynolds; and Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York (1936) by Rosalie Fellows Bailey. Her work was commissioned by the Holland Society, which also commissioned the studies and eventual books by Reynolds and Bailey.
Margaret Brown frequently took photographs of Vassar College events, and a number of her pictures of the school, as well as nearby Dutchess County and sites, were published in The New York Times from the 1920s through 1940s. Brown exhibited her work both domestically and abroad from the 1910s through the 1930s.
Arrangement
Photographs are arranged in the following series based on book projects:
- Series I.
- Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776
- Series II.
- Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses
- Series III.
- Unidentified
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Brown Dutch Houses Photograph Collection spans the period from ca. 1920 to ca. 1936 and primarily contains photographs documenting houses built by Dutch immigrants during the eighteenth century in New Jersey and New York. The collection is divided into three series based on the books in which the images appeared: Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776; Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York; and Unidentified.
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Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Margaret Brown Dutch Houses Photograph Collection, PR 118, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.