Document Archives Record
Metadata
Collection |
MS 270 |
Title |
Andreas Brown Collection |
Object type |
Documents |
Catalog Number |
MS 270 |
Creator |
Brown, Andreas |
Year Range from |
1683 |
Year Range to |
1984 |
Scope & Content |
Abstract: The collection is comprised of San Diego related materials collected by Andreas Brown, a San Diego native and one-time owner of Gotham Book Mart in New York City. Biographical/Historical Notes: Andreas Brown grew up in Coronado, San Diego. He graduated from Hoover High School in 1951and then earned a degree in economics from San Diego State University. After graduating, he pursued law school at Stanford University, but quickly abandoned the idea after a brief stint with the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps. After returning to San Diego where he taught speech at SDSU for 3 years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started working as an appraiser for rare books and manuscripts. Brown frequently visited New York on business, and became a regular at Gotham Book Mart and friends with the bookstore’s owner, Frances Steloff. Steloff later sold the store to Brown in 1967. Brown went on to run the Gotham Book Mart until it closed in 2007. Throughout his tenure there, Brown collected a large variety of materials related to his hometown, much of which he passed on to San Diego Historical Society. Scope and Content: The collection consists primarily of ephemera related to San Diego history, events, people, and organizations, but also includes original documents, including correspondence. There are maps related to specific San Diego neighborhoods, like Coronado, and advertisements for prominent businesses. Administrative materials regarding San Diego city departments are present, as are documents about transportation, including the San Diego Trolley and the major San Diego railways. There are also publications and announcements of local school activities. A large portion of the collection relates to tourist information, especially the two major exhibitions held in San Diego: the Panama-California Exposition (1916-1916) and the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936). Other tourism materials include guidebooks, travel maps, and pamphlets about local attractions, including the San Diego Zoo. Of particular interest are original documents Brown collected, including an 1846 inventory of the San Diego Mission and a copy of a 17th century map of California by famous map maker Alain Manesson Mallet. |
Quantity |
5.5 Linear feet (9 boxes) |
Language |
Collection materials are in English and Spanish. |
Notes |
Map of Rancho San Vicente (1869) previously separated to Map Collection. Items separted to the Object Collection: Golden Hill pharmacy bottle; San Diego transit token; San Diego Exposition (1935) souvenir penny; San Diego Gas & Electric pin; San Diego Exposition (1935) pendent; San Diego Gas & Electric lighter; Point Loma lighthouse necklace; 2 San Diego Gas & Electric pens; La Jolla souvenir spoon; Tijuana, Mexico souvenir spoon; "S.D.A.C." spoon; San Diego pennant; 12 souvenir matchbooks; Panama souvenir coin; 2 San Diego Exposition (1935) spoons; Lindbergh commemorative coin; 20 souvenir matchbooks Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation. |
Finding Aid |
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/archives/archivalcollections/ms270 |
Names |
Alvarado, Francisco Maria Arguello, Santiago Estudillo, Jose Antonio Harbison, J. S. (John S.) Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 Martin, Fernando, Father Pumphrey, Margaret B. (Margaret Blanche), b. 1872 Remondino, Peter Charles, 1846-1926 Sanborn, S. S. Tingley, Katherine Augusta Westcott, 1847-1929 Wright, Allen Henry California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.). Conair, Inc.. Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.). Marston's Department Store. Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.). Panama-California International Exposition (1916 : San Diego, Calif.). San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Company. San Diego Electric Railway. San Diego Mission. San Diego State College. San Diego Trolley. San Diego Zoo. Theosophical Society in America. Zoological Society of San Diego. |