PUBLIC "-//Albemarle Charlotesville Historical Society//TEXT (US::vicahi::vicahi00177::A Guide to the Brown's Gifts and Brown Family, 1929-2006)//EN" "vicahi00177.xml" A Guide to the Brown's Gifts and Brown Family, 1929-2006 MS 317 Miranda Burnett © 2026 By Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Margaret Marsh, 12 February 2026 Description is in English A Guide to the Brown's Gifts and Brown Family, 1929-2006 A Collection in the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society MS 317

Albemarle Charlotesville Historical Society. All rights reserved. 2026 Miranda Burnett Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Descriptive Summary Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Brown's Gifts and Brown Family, 1929-2006 MS 317 Archive Room File Cabinet 3 folders. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Brown's Gifts and Brown Family, MS 317, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Susan Brown Craig, January 1996

Scope and Content

This collection contains information about Brown's Gifts, a Charlottesville, Va. retail store owned and operated on Main Street by J. Nelson Brown.

Arrangement

Folder 1: Photocopies of newspaper clippings and photographs of the 1931 and 1954 fire of Brown's Gifts, and a 12-page typed history of the store.

Folder 2: Photocopies of personal documents of Jerry Nelson Brown (1905-1986), including a lease agreement for the Altamont Apartments (1929), a school certificate of distinction (1918), marriage certificate (1929), invitation to a UVA Alpha Rho Chi event (1926), and an advertisement for Charlottesville Bargain Days (1968).

Folder 3: Living on the Mountain: A Memoir by Susan Brown Craig. Burnt Tower Press, 2006. A history of Carter's Mountain and the Brown Family's ownership of the property before its purchase by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

Index Terms Family Names: Brown family Corporate Names: Brown's Gifts, Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.) Subjects: Stores, Retail--Virginia--Charlottesville