Blanche Van Leuven Browne papers, 1898-1981 (majority within 1907-1930)

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Blanche Van Leuven Browne papers, 1898-1981 (majority within 1907-1930)

2 linear feet (in 3 boxes) — 1 artifact

Founder of the Van Leuven Browne Hospital School for Crippled Children and advocate for improved educational and work opportunities for children with physical disabilities. Contains materials related to the Van Leuven Browne Hospital School for Crippled Children and Browne's other initiatives for children with disabilities. Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and publications; includes copies of novels and magazines related to disabled children that were authored by Browne.

The Blanche Van Leuven Browne papers document Browne's advocacy for children with physical disabilities. Highlighted in the collection is her work with the Van Leuven Browne Hospital School for Crippled Children between 1907-1917. Collection includes Browne's correspondence, Hospital School patient registers, schedules, and other administrative information, as well as photographs, glass plate negatives, clippings, and publications related to the school. The collection also contains copies of the novels written by Browne, "A Story of the Children's Ward" and "Easter in the Children's Ward," and other materials she published.

Personal Papers, 1898-1981 (majority within 1907-1930)

The Personal Papers series (0.3 linear feet) contains Browne's correspondence and journals. The series also contains materials related to Browne's family, including notes and correspondence written by her adopted daughter, Esther Browne, about her mother's work; as well as a pair of children's trousers that belonged to Jared N. Browne (born 1850).

Correspondence, 1916-1928

2 folders

Box 1

Esther Van Leuven Browne, 1920-1954

Box 1

Journals, 1898-1918

Box 1

Jared N. Browne (artifact), circa 1853

1 artifact

Oversize Box 4

Van Leuven Browne Hospital School for Crippled Children

The Van Leuven Browne Hospital School for Crippled Children series (0.7 linear feet) includes materials related to Browne's work with the Hospital School. These materials highlight her passionate advocacy for children with physical disabilities. They also reflect on the personal and religious values by which she strove to live.

Of interest are two Record Books that contain lesson notes, nurses' notes, an essay on the School's history, and administrative information. Also found here are scrapbooks and photographs, and a patient register. In addition, the series contains materials that illustrate Browne's experiences as a young woman in St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago where she spent five years undergoing treatments for a spinal curvature she developed from a case of childhood polio.