Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Robert Bradford Browne Collection
Date(s)
- 1923 - 1987 (Creation)
Extent
5 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Bradford Browne was a Coconut Grove architect noted for his distinctive designs of tropical homes and buildings.
Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1922. He graduated from The University of Florida School of Architecture, and moved to Miami in 1952.
Browne served as chief architect and coordinator of the Inter-American Cultural Trade Center (Interama) project in the 1960s. He died in Miami in 1987.
Browne is listed in the AIA Historical Directory of American Architects (ahd1005515)
http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1005515.aspx
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection contains photographs, 35 mm slides, and ephemera related to Browne's architectural legacy to include:
Avocado Elementary School, Homestead FL; Rio Mar Village Residential Resort, Rio Grande, Luquillo, Puerto Rico; Ocean Pines Yacht Club, Ocean Pines, MD, and other projects in South Florida and the Caribbean.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is housed in the Architecture Research Center (ARC), University of Miami.
Viewing is by appointment for Room Use Only.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact um.arc@miami.edu for more information.
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
This collection was considered part of the Visual Resources Collections at the School of Architecture. The VR collections were systematically weeded between 2008-2009, the process by which original photography was identified and kept, and the removal of copy-stand images from books and some commercial slides, The Robert Bradford Browne slide collection was kept on-site at the Architecture Library for further processing.
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Sally Ann Browne
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Robert Bradford Browne architectural records, 1960-1965, History Miami Research Center 00/2008355
Information about related materials is available at http://opac.libraryworld.com/opac/standard.php
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Robert Bradford Browne Collection. Architecture Research Center, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. [Date of access].
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Inter-American Cultural Trade Center (Subject)
- Bradford Browne, Robert (Subject)