Evelyn Browne
Papers, 1973-1994
(UA 17/18)
Size: 1 box (.33 cu.ft.)
Biography:
Evelyn Browne joined the UNH faculty as an Instructor in women's physical education, establishing the Uiversity's riding progam and coaching riflery and basketball. Outdoor education was a lifetime passion, and in 1955, Browne began teaching the first outdoor education courses at UNH. Her love of the outdoors led her, in 1973, to become one of the leaders of Save Our Shores, an organization which stopped the plans for building a massive oil refinery proposed by shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis. In 1987 she donated six acres of forest land on Durham Point to be used for the foundation of a UNH center in outdoor educaton. This center is now known as The Browne Center for Innovative Learning. Browne died as a result of a car accident in 1994.
Scope and Content:
This series contains the papers of Evelyn Browne, the bulk of which concern her donation of land to the University for an outdoor education center. Also included are newspaper clippings on the Save Our Shores organization and letters concerning the women's physical education program at UNH.
| F. 1 | Save Our Shores (SOS), 1973-74 |
| F. 2 | Outdoor Education Center, 1984 |
| F. 3 | Outdoor Education Center, 1985 |
| F. 4 | Outdoor Education Center, 1986 |
| F. 5 | Outdoor Education Center, 1987 |
| F. 6 | Outdoor Education Center, 1988 |
| F. 7 | Outdoor Education Center, 1989-91 |
| F. 8 | Crisis in Women's Athletics, 1988 |
| F. 9 | "In Memoriam," obituary 1994 |