Paul and Mildred Brownell Photograph and Film Collection, approximately 1880s - 1990s
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Photographs, approximately 1890s-1930s
- Paul Brownell, approximately 1934-1980s
- Scrapbooks, approximately 1900s-1991
- Scrapbooks, approximately 1940s-1960s
- Scrapbooks, approximately 1916-1950s
- Brownell Family, approximately 1890s-1920s
- Rose Brownell, approximately 1900s-1970s
- Photographs, approximately 1880s-1980s
- Photographs and Papers, approximately 1910s-1970s
- Photographs and Papers, approximately 1930s-1990s
- Photographs and Sound Reels, approximately 1900s-1980s
- Photograph Albums, approximately 1920s-1980s
- The Wayfarer, 1921, 1925
- Photographs, approximately 1920s-1950s
- Slides, 1939-1949, 1985-1988
- Slides, 1950-1961
- Slides, approximately 1959-1980
- Travel Notebooks and Ephemera, approximately 1950s-1980s
- Ivar's Salmon House Glasses, undated
- Walker Family, approximately 1890-1980s
- Photographs and Scrapbooks, approximately 1912-1980s
- Scrapbooks, approximately 1930s-1980s
- Travel Notebooks, Yearbooks, Photographs, and Other, approximately 1930s-1970s
- Correspondence and Travel Materials, approximately 1930s-1980s
- Photographs, approximately 1900s-1970s
- "University of Washington Film Slides" Sound Disc, undated
- Slides, Photographs, and Films, approximately 1949-1980s
- Films, approximately 1960s-1980s
- Films, approximately 1960s-1980s
- Films, approximately 1930s-1950s
- Sandy Hook Park and Hood Canal Bridge, 1987
- Northwest Film, undated
- American and Western Samoa, 1983
- New Zealand, 1979
- Rarotonga, Fiji and Hawaii, 1981
- Australia and New Zealand 1980/ North to Alaska 1967, 1967, 1980
- Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, undated
- Untitled Film Reel, 1972-1976
- Hawaii Reel II, 1969
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Brownell, Paul
- Title
- Paul and Mildred Brownell Photograph and Film Collection
- Dates
- approximately 1880s - 1990s (inclusive)18801999
- Quantity
- 20.3 cubic feet (29 boxes plus 1 oversize folder and 9 film reels) (104 film reels, 38 audio reels, 11 audio cassettes, and 1 sound disc)
- Collection Number
- PH2022-029
- Summary
- Photographs, films, sound recordings, papers, and ephemera from a Seattle couple
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users. No user access copy is available for film or sound reels, sound disc, or audio cassettes. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English, German
Biographical Note
Paul Brownell (ca. 1911-December 17, 1992) was born in Seattle to a musical family. He attended Roosevelt High School where he was a band member and orchestra, playing violin, viola, piccolo and flute. He joined the UW marching band and played the piccolo for six years before graduating in 1933 with a degree in education. (Mrs. Brownell said that Paul wanted to get a degree in music but during the Depression, he was unable to afford the private lessons required for the major.) He began teaching choral music at Blaine High School in Whatcom County a year after his graduation. He completed a masters degree in journalism at UW and taught orchestra, band, history, and journalism at Blaine High School eventually becoming the principal before he left the school in 1943. He eventually was hired by the Seattle Public Schools where he worked as a teacher and counselor until his retirement in 1975. He met Mildred Walker in Seattle and they were married in 1963.
Mildred Walker Brownell (January 5, 1925-July 18, 2012) was a graduate of Queen Anne High School, and the UW. She taught math and physics in Seattle Public Schools.
Content Description
Photographs, including prints, negatives, and slides, films, sound recordings, scrapbooks, papers, and ephemera created mainly by Paul Brownell. Topics include Paul Brownell's music studies at the University of Washington, documentation of their lives in Seattle, Mildred and Paul's ancestors, and family travels. Travel photographs include Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, the USSR, and various locations around the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii, National Parks, and British Columbia. Ancestors include Clifton Brownell who worked for Frederick and Nelson, as well as ancestors from Germany. Included are home movies made by Paul some of which compliment scrapbooks of their travels. Also among the films are pre-eruption Mt. St. Helens, the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21), the 1964 New York World's Fair, and JFK.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Photographs
Photographs of Brownell family. Includes panorama photograph.
Dates: approximately 1890s-1930sContainer: Box 1 -
Description: Paul Brownell1 sound reel, 4 audio cassettes, and 5 films
Photographs, papers, audio tape, films, negatives, and audio cassettes. Includes "A Study of the Practices of Advisors of Secondary School Year Books in Schools of One to Five Hundred Pupils" Master's Thesis by Paul Brownell (1944) [two copies], Washington Education Journal (Dec 1944). Materials related to the University of Washington include parody map by John Kalbach (1937), Concert Band photograph (1934), and class of 1933 reunion materials (1983).
Dates: approximately 1934-1980sContainer: Box 2 -
Description: Scrapbooks4 scrapbooks
Includes photographs and clippings
Dates: approximately 1900s-1991Container: Box 3 -
Description: Scrapbooks2 scrapbooks
Includes photographs and clippings
Dates: approximately 1940s-1960sContainer: Box 4 -
Description: Scrapbooks3 scrapbooks
Includes photographs and clippings
Dates: approximately 1916-1950sContainer: Box 5 -
Description: Brownell Family
Photographs and marriage memorial. Marriage memorial of Clifton and Rose Brownell, 1910.
Dates: approximately 1890s-1920sContainer: Box 6 -
Description: Rose Brownell
Includes family photographs, clippings, correspondence, and memorial book for Rose Brownell and other materials related to her death
Dates: approximately 1900s-1970sContainer: Box 7 -
Description: Photographs
Includes photographs of Paul, Virginia, Mildred, Clifton, Rose, and others
Dates: approximately 1880s-1980sContainer: Box 8 -
Description: Photographs and Papers
Includes photographs of Clifton, Virginia, Rose, Mrs. Schoebel, Paul, and others. Papers include Paul and Virginia's baby books, materials related to travel photographs and films in Seattle, and Paul's visit to Consolidated Freightways.
Dates: approximately 1910s-1970sContainer: Box 9 -
Description: Photographs and Papers
Includes materials from a trip to New Zealand and Australia, clippings, correspondence, postcards, materials related to vacations, materials related to Paul's retirement, and souvenir book from the centennial celebration of St. Simon and St. Jude Roman Catholic Church in Tignish, Prince Edward Island (1961). Photographs include photographs of Paul and Mildred.
Dates: approximately 1930s-1990sContainer: Box 10 -
Description: Photographs and Sound Reels31 sound reels and 1 film feel. Includes broken glass photograph.
Photographs include Mildred, Rose, Clifton, others, and negatives. Sound reels include Christmas readings, music, film scripts and commentary, background noise, and others. Film labeled "1977, 78, 79 Ken, Virginia, Ma, M + P, + mom".
Dates: approximately 1900s-1980sContainer: Box 11 -
Description: Photograph Albums5 albums
Includes Paul's high school diploma, family and travel photographs, Church of the Assumption Golden Jubilee materials, postcards, cards, and other materials
Dates: approximately 1920s-1980sContainer: Box 12 -
Description: The Wayfarer
Prints and negatives of The Wayfarer production, The Wayfarer books [4 copies], and photographs from Paul and Rose's trip to Vancouver BC with the production.
The Wayfarer was a Christian passion play produced in Seattle in 1921. Rose Brownell had a role in the chorus.
Dates: 1921, 1925Container: Box 13 -
Description: Photographs
Includes prints and negatives of the Brownell family and Paul and Rose's travels
Dates: approximately 1920s-1950sContainer: Box 14 -
Description: Slides
Family and travel photographs. Includes photographs of Hawaii, Tasmania, Australia, and New Zealand.
Dates: 1939-1949, 1985-1988Container: Box 15 -
Description: Slides
Includes slides of family vacations
Dates: 1950-1961Container: Box 16 -
Description: Slides
Includes slides of family vacations
Dates: approximately 1959-1980Container: Box 17 -
Description: Travel Notebooks and Ephemera
Notebooks, prints and slides of travel photographs, postcards, Herbert Hoover poster, travel ephemera and souvenirs, and Eagle Crest promotional photographs and viewer
Dates: approximately 1950s-1980sContainer: Box 18 -
Description: Ivar's Salmon House Glasses2 glassesDates: undatedContainer: Box 19
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Description: Walker Family
Includes marriage certificate (J. A. and Marmie Walker 1890), materials related to John Reitze including correspondence, Mildred Walker composition books, and Schoebel family letters and postcards
Dates: approximately 1890-1980sContainer: Box 20 -
Description: Photographs and Scrapbooks3 scrapbooks
Includes family photographs, photographs and postcards from travels, Christmas cards, ephemera, and other materials
Dates: approximately 1912-1980sContainer: Box 21 -
Description: Scrapbooks6 scrapbooks
Includes family and travel photographs, including photographs and ephemera from Paul and Mildred's wedding, postcards, clippings, travel ephemera, and other materials
Dates: approximately 1930s-1980sContainer: Box 22 -
Description: Travel Notebooks, Yearbooks, Photographs, and Other
Includes date books (1972, 1978), travel notebooks and ephemera, family photographs, correspondence, Washington Education Journal (Dec 1944) [4 copies], 4 volumes of Between Ourselves, Mildred school records, financial records, C.W. Brownell retirement pamphlet, Paul's University of Washington materials, The Grange News Golden Jubilee edition, yearbooks, Seattle Pacific University Alumni directory, and materials related to Seattle Pacific College
Dates: approximately 1930s-1970sContainer: Box 23 -
Description: Correspondence and Travel Materials3 audio cassettes and 1 film reel
Includes correspondence, clippings, materials related to travel, slides, Paul's University of Washington diploma, and other materials
Dates: approximately 1930s-1980sContainer: Box 24 -
Description: Photographs
Includes photographs of Clifton, Mildred's family, University of Washington bands, and Virginia Brownell Harvey
Dates: approximately 1900s-1970sContainer: Box 25 -
Description: "University of Washington Film Slides" Sound Disc1 sound discDates: undatedContainer: Folder:oversize OS Folder 1
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Description: Slides, Photographs, and Films7 film reels
Includes family and travel photographs, negatives, and films of travel
Dates: approximately 1949-1980sContainer: Box 26 -
Description: Films27 film reels, 5 audio reels, and 1 audio cassetteDates: approximately 1960s-1980sContainer: Box 27
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Description: Films31 film reels, 1 audio reel, and 3 audio cassettesDates: approximately 1960s-1980sContainer: Box 28
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Description: Films23 film reels
Includes film of Lake Stevens High School, newsreels including World War II, coronation of Elizabeth II, vacation films, and family films
Dates: approximately 1930s-1950sContainer: Box 29 -
Description: Sandy Hook Park and Hood Canal Bridge1 film reelDates: 1987Container: Reel Reel 1
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Description: Northwest Film1 film reelDates: undatedContainer: Reel Reel 2
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Description: American and Western Samoa1 film reelDates: 1983Container: Reel Reel 3
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Description: New Zealand1 film reelDates: 1979Container: Reel Reel 4
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Description: Rarotonga, Fiji and Hawaii1 film reelDates: 1981Container: Reel Reel 5
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Description: Australia and New Zealand 1980/ North to Alaska 19671 film reelDates: 1967, 1980Container: Reel Reel 6
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Description: Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand1 film reelDates: undatedContainer: Reel Reel 7
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Description: Untitled Film Reel1 film reelDates: 1972-1976Container: Reel Reel 8
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Description: Hawaii Reel II1 film reelDates: 1969Container: Reel Reel 9
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
