Carrye Burley Brown Personal Papers
Scope and Contents
The Carrye B. Brown Personal Papers contain a number of scrapbooks, letters, and other documents relating to the life of Carrye Burley Brown.
Much of the collection consists of scrap books from 1974-1976 showing teaching work, work with Rotary International, and trips taken to Oxford, England.
There are also a number of documents relating to Brown’s work with the government, including miscellaneous papers relating to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology from 1977-2001, the U.S. Fire Administration in 1997, and the African American Fire Fighters Historical Association.
The collection will prove useful to researchers interested in firefighting history, African American firefighting history, and government administration.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-2001
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Carrye B. Brown was raised in East Texas, and began her professional career as a teacher at Motley County High School in Matador Texas in 1974. In 1977 she moved to Washington D.C. becoming the Capitol Hill receptionist. She was appointed the United States Fire Administrator in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, becoming the first woman and the first African American to hold the position.
Full Extent
2.50 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is described in 23 folders and housed in one banker's box and two clamshell boxes. It is organized at the folder level.
Bibliography
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Guide to the Carrye Burley Brown Personal Papers
- Author
- Craig Fuchs
- Date
- 2026
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository
