Henry Collins Brown
Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born New York historian, lecturer, and author, and the founder of the Museum of the [City of New York]. He arrived in New York at the age of 13. After working as an advertising salesman, traveling throughout New York City, he became a journalist for The Sun, writing about the city's history as well as its buildings. Brown also wrote several books about New York's history, and was the editor of Valentine's Manual.
Brown was first married to Kate Ross. They had four sons and two daughters, including Kay B. Barrett. He married second Clara Brown Lyman on February 5, 1919; they resided at the New York Biltmore Hotel. He was also known to have lived in Hastings-on-Hudson.
Selected works
The new subway in ManhattanMr. GogglesBook of old New-York,City of New YorkValentine's Manual of the City of New YorkValentine's Manual of Old New YorkHenry Collins Brown ephemeraNew York of to-dayA plea for the restoration of City Hall Park to its colonial aspect : together with the re-erection of the old liberty pole in honor of the Liberty Boys of 1918The Clipper Ships of Old New YorkOld Yonkers 1646-1922 : a page of historyWhen the gay white way was dark, and other storiesFifth Avenue old and new, 1824-1924Walks and talks around New YorkNew York of yesterdayThe last fifty years in New YorkRestoring the century-old residential glories of the East RiverNew York in the elegant eightiesIn the golden ninetiesDelmonico's : a story of old New YorkBrownstone fronts and Saratoga trunksFrom Alley Pond to Rockefeller CenterA mind mislaid- ''The lordly Hudson''