Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers - Mss 1064 Cincinnati Museum Center Cincinnati History Library and Archives Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers 1838-1991, n.d. Mss 1064 Creator Braun, Annette Frances, 1884- (Author/Creator) Braun, E. Lucy (Emma Lucy), 1889-1971 (Author/Creator) Abstract This collection mainly consists of professional correspondence, research notes and writings, card files, photographs, and maps from the research conducted by Dr. Annette F. Braun and Dr. E. Lucy Braun of Cincinnati, Ohio. A small part of the collection includes papers of their mother, Emma Wright [Braun]. Quantity 29 boxes and 18 oversized folders (13 cubic feet) Date Span 1838-1991, n.d. Call Number Mss 1064 Repository Cincinnati History Library and Archives, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45203, USA Scope and Content This collection consists of 29 boxes, plus 18 oversized folders, which include sisters' Annette F. and E. Lucy Braun's professional correspondence as well as a few items of personal correspondence, research notes and notebooks, drafting writings and transcripts, gallery proofs, exhibit plates, ephemera, and oversized items such as maps of the United States. It also includes the sisters' notebooks, loose notes, maps, dried plant specimens, seeds, and photographs from their travels. The collection is arranged in four series, series 1 and 2 contains the papers of E. Lucy Braun and Annette Braun respectively. Series 3 is a combination of their work done together. Series 4 is oversized material. The sisters grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and both earned their PhD's from the University of Cincinnati at the beginning of the twentieth century. Annette Braun was an entomologist who studied insects and E. Lucy Braun was a botanist who studied plants. Historical/Biographical Information Sisters Annette and E. Lucy Braun were scientists who lived and worked in Cincinnati, Ohio during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Annette was born on August 28, 1884 and her younger sister Emma Lucy, or Lucy, as she preferred to be called, was born on April 19, 1889. Their father, George Frederick, was a school principal, and their mother, Emma Maria (Wright), was a retired teacher. Both sisters continued to http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Page 1 of 97 Thursday, July 20, 2017 Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers - Mss 1064 Cincinnati Museum Center live in their parents house on May Street in Walnut Hills until after their parents died. Later, the sisters moved to a house on Salem Road in Mount Washington. During a time when few women in the United States pursued higher education as a career, each of the Braun sisters became respected scholars and researchers of their fields. As the first woman to earn her Ph.D from the University of Cincinnati in 1911, Annette Braun was an entomologist, studying insects such as moths, butterflies, and leaf miners. Although she was a professor at the University of Cincinnati for several years, Annette decided to pursue her research from home. Often she collected specimens in the field and bred the insects for study. She authored 4 monographs, 63 articles, and a children's story during her life. Annette's collection of Microlepidoptera specimens was donated to the Philadelphia Academy of Science. E. Lucy Braun earned her Ph.D in botany from the University of Cincinnati in 1914 and taught courses at UC. She authored three monographs and many articles. Lucy's herbarium collection was donated to the United States National Museum, now a part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and her photograph album of Kentucky and Tennessee forests, c. 1932-1940, is located in the Smithsonian Archives, Washington, D.C. The Braun sisters traveled throughout the United States and Canada, collecting specimens and recording their observations on paper and via photography. It is reported that the sisters would ride the local train line out to the countryside of Ohio, even convincing the engineer to let them off at unofficial stops. In the moonshine- making areas of Kentucky, the sisters became adept at avoiding stills and befriending the locals. E. Lucy Braun in particular was passionate about preserving the natural beauty of the United States. Lucy supported the movement to establish National Primeval Monuments in the United States and she was a member of the Save-Kentucky's- Primeval-Forest League. E. Lucy Braun also was instrumental in establishing the Lynx Prairie Preserve in Adams County, Ohio, which is maintained by the Cincinnati Museum Center. As the Editor of Wild Flower, a publication produced by the Wild Flower Preservation Society of America, Ohio Chapter, in Cincinnati, Ohio, E. Lucy Braun advocated for the preservation of the United States' natural beauty from the tallest mountain to the smallest flower. After her sister died on March 5, 1971, Annette Braun reportedly blossomed during the last years of her life. Annette died on November 27, 1978. The Braun sisters are buried in the historic and naturally beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum located in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more biographical information on Annette F. and E. Lucy Braun, please see Series 3. Biographical, 1973-1991. This information was gathered from the collection, especially Series 3, and from research by Jennifer Pettigrew. References Annette Frances Braun (1884-1878). (July 1979). Ohio Journal of Science, 79(4), pp. 145- 146, 189-190 http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Page 2 of 97 Thursday, July 20, 2017 Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers - Mss 1064 Cincinnati Museum Center Durrell, Lucile. (1981). In Stuckey & Reese (eds.), "The Prairie Peninsula - In the 'Shadow' of Transeau: Proceedings of the Sixth North American Prairie Conference." Ohio Biological Survey. Biological Notes No. 15, pp. 37-39 Emma Lucy Braun Photograph Album, circa 1932-1940. (1983). Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 226 Guy, Kevin. (April 30, 2008). "Dr Annette Braun." Find a grave. Retrieved on December 16, 2011 from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26512302 Guy, Kevin. (April 9, 2008). "E. Lucy Braun." Find a grave. Retrieved on December 16, 2011 from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25893259 Learey, Chloe & William Henry, Sharon Morell, and Sara Penhale of Earlham College, Indiana. (June 1991). Annette Braun 1884-1978, E. Lucy Braun 1889-1972. pp. 1-5 Peskin, Perry K. (Winter 1978). "A Walk through Lucy Braun's Prairie." The Explorer, 20 (4), pp. 115-21 Stein, Lisa K. (Summer 1990). "Annette Braun: Uncommon Dedication." American Entomologist, 36(2), pp. 118-121 Stuckey, Ronald L. (January 1979). Emma Lucy Braun, pp. 1-5 Stuckey, Ronald L. (1973). E. Lucy Braun (1889-1971), "Outstanding Botanist and Conservationist: A Biographical Sketch, with Bibliography." The Michigan Botanist, 12, pp. 83-106 Archival Arrangement This collection is arranged into four series. Series 1. Papers of Annette Braun, 1862-1978, n.d. Sub-series 1: Correspondence, 1901-1978, n.d. Sub-series 2: Research, 1871-1972, n.d. Sub-series 3: Financial, 1897-1967 Sub-series 4: Ephemera, 1862-1972, n.d. Sub-series 5: Certificates and Awards, 1906-1976, n.d. Series 2. Papers of E. Lucy Braun, [1838], 1901-1978, n.d. Sub-series 1: Correspondence, 1922-1970, n.d. Sub-series 2: Research, [1838]-1978, n.d. Sub-series 3: Certificates and Awards, 1952-1966, n.d. Sub-series 4 Financial, 1934-1965, n.d. Sub-series 5: Legal, 1943, 1970 Sub-series 6: Ephemera, 1925-1971, n.d. Sub-series 7: Autobiographical, 1957, n.d. Sub-series 8: Activism, [1908]-[1971], n.d. Series 3. Joint Papers, 1907-1991, n.d. Sub-series 1: Joint Correspondence, 1915-1969 Sub-series 2: Joint Research, 1938-1963, n.d. http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Page 3 of 97 Thursday, July 20, 2017 Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers - Mss 1064 Cincinnati Museum Center Sub-series 3: Photographs, 1907-1978, n.d. Sub-series 4: Biographical, 1973-1991 Series 4. Oversized Items, 1929-1968, n.d. Language English; Latin Originals/Copies Mix of some originals and some copies Restrictions on This collection is open for research. Access and Use Subjects Botanists -- Ohio Botany -- North America Botany -- Ohio -- Cincinnati Braun, Annette Frances, 1884- Braun, E. Lucy (Emma Lucy), 1889-1971 Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Archival resources Entomologists -- Ohio Forest ecology Lynx Prairie (Nature reserve : Ohio) Plant ecology Women botanists -- Ohio Women entomologists -- Ohio Provenance Transferred from the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History in 1996. Processing Information Arranged and described by Jennifer Pettigrew, January 2012. Preferred Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers, 1838-1991, n.d., Mss 1064, Cincinnati Museum Center. Contact Information For more information or for permission to publish materials from this collection, please contact the Library at: Cincinnati History Library and Archives Cincinnati Museum Center 1301 Western Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45203 Phone: 513-287-7030 Fax: 513-287-7095 Email: [email protected] Website: http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Collection Listing Series 1. Papers of Annette Braun. 1862-1978, n.d. Sub-series 1. Correspondence. 1901-1978, n.d. http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Page 4 of 97 Thursday, July 20, 2017 Annette and E. Lucy Braun Papers - Mss 1064 Cincinnati Museum Center Box 1. Correspondence. 1901-1951 Folder: 1. Correspondence. 1901-1907. Item: 1. Letter from Charles Dury, Avondale, to Annette Braun. December 2, 1901. Description Includes, "Article XXII. -- A New Calandrid From Cincinnati, Ohio" by Charles Dury, Cincinnati Society of Natural History Item: 2. Letter from C. C. Brittlebank, Victoria, Australia, to Annette Braun. June 2, 1903. Item: 3. Letter from C. C. Brittlebank, Victoria, Australia, to Annette Braun. September 4, 1903. Item: 4. Letter from C. C. Brittlebank, Victoria, Australia, to Annette Braun. September 14, 1903.