Series IX. Artifacts and Memorabilia (1833-1968)
Extent
Scope and Content
The series contains artifactual materials collected by the Historical Files Department or donated by partners and other employees, some of which may have been displayed at one time in Brown Brothers Harriman's Wall Street offices; and objects from the 150th anniversary Pacific Northwest celebrations that were not included in the Historical Files.
Subseries A. Artifacts and Displayed Items (1833-1960s)
Scope and Contents
The subseries includes visual materials and captions, plaques, awards, and certificates collected by the Historical Files Department and probably displayed at one time; as well as commemorative medals.
The visual materials, which were originally framed, have been removed from their frames and rehoused in acid-free folders.
The captions for the ships "London" and "Enoch Train", which were also originally framed, accompany paintings that are not found elsewhere in the Collection.
Related Materials at New-York Historical Society
Artist Evelyn Beatrice Longman, who designed the 50th anniversary medal for John Crosby Brown's daughter Amy Brighthurst and her husband Henry DeForest Lockwood in 1949, had designed an almost identical medal in 1922 for Henry Lockwood's parents Emily Johnston and Robert Weeks DeForest, which is in the museum collections of the New-York Historical Society.
"View of New York from Weehawken"; "The Narrows from Staten Island": engravings by E. Finden from W.H. Bartlett images [removed from frames], 1839, 1840
Photograph of "Offices of Robert Brunner, Brussels, Belgium" [removed from frame], [1950s]
Laminated certificate of Brown Brothers Harriman's membership in American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 1967 October 1
Bank draft [photoreproduction, removed from frame], 1833 March 7
Illustrated London News clipping on tax stamps sent by William Brown, donated by John Roeth, April 28, 1939 [removed from frame], 1853, inclusive
Envelope mailed from Brown Brothers Harriman, NY, to Anglo-Egyptian Bank, with note on provenance and confirmation of handwriting [removed from frame], 1889 April 8
Studio photograph: [Gordon Hargreaves Brown, 1880-1914; removed from frame], circa 1914
Medal: Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas 50th anniversary [in box], 1922, inclusive
Medal: Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas 50th anniversary [with broken box], 1922, inclusive
Medal: G & C Kreglinger Antwerp 125 anniversary [in glass case], 1922, inclusive
Medal: Amy Brown and Henry Lockwood DeForest 50th anniversary [loose], 1949, inclusive
Desk plaque for Robert A. Lovett as "Honourable Secretary of Defense" [never used], 1951-1953, inclusive
Brown Brothers Harriman certificate of membership in Hundred Year Association of New York [removed from frame], 1956 June 6
150th anniversary desk flag, 1968 October - November
Exhibit caption for Lovett desk plate and Business Week cover, September 15, 1968, 1968 October - November
Captions for paintings of ships London and Enoch Train [removed from frames], [1960s]
Chase Manhattan Bank plaque celebrating over 50 years of business with Brown Brothers Harriman, [1961-1968]
Empty medal case [broken], Undated
Subseries B. 150th Anniversary Memorabilia (1968)
Scope and Content
The subseries includes visual materials, printed ephemera, and three-dimensional objects related to the 150th anniversary events in the Pacific Northwest (September, 1968) that were not included either with the "1968" materials in Subseries I.A. Chronological Files, or the "Sesquicentennial" or "Sun Valley" materials in Subseries I.B. Subject Files.
Many of them appear to have originated from the files of Robert Chamberlin, Manager and Head of the Domestic Banks Department, who was responsible for organizing the Pacific Northwest activities.
For more information about the events and schedule of activities in Seattle, aboard a chartered Union Pacific train, and in Sun Valley, Idaho, see the Historical Note for Subseries VIII. A. Assorted Visual Materials.