1.8 linear feet (in 3 boxes)
The Henry D. Brown papers are divided into three series, the Collected and research materials series, the Personal and miscellaneous series, and the August 2017 Accession.
0.4 linear feet
The Personal and miscellaneous series consists of papers, 1937-1950, concerning the Ann Arbor Cooperative Society, correspondence with former members of Brown's Sunday School class serving in the armed forces during World War II, the outline of Michigan history course given by Lewis G. Vander Velde.
1 linear foot
The August 2017 Accession was donated to the Bentley Historical Library by Brown's daughter, Barbara Brown Zikmund. The bulk of the material consists of speeches given by Brown at historical societies and museums throughout Michigan and Ohio. The topics of these speeches typically covered the history of Detroit, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the museum field in general. A small portion of the accession includes personal papers documenting Brown's reasons for moving to Detroit, and his death in 1970.