Karen E. Brown Star Trek Fan Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS490
The Collection includes a wide selection of signed and unsigned photographs of Star Trek actors, predominantly from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Next Generation, with significant contributions from René Aberjonois and Patrick Stewart. It also contains other Star Trek paraphernalia including fan club memberships, mail, fliers, letters, prints, and illustrations.
This collection is open.
.4 Linear Feet (.4 Linear Feet (1 document box))
The Karen E. Brown Star Trek Fan Collection consists predominantly of signed and unsigned photographs from various Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation actors, with significant contributions from René Auberjonois and Patrick Stewart. Other actors include Cicily Adams, Marc Alaimo, Majel Barrett, Gene Roddenberry, Sr., Robert Beltran, Casey Biggs, LeVar Burton, Jeffrey Combs, Robin Curtis, James Darren, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien, John de Lancie, Keegan de Lancie, Jonathan del Arco, Micheal Dorn, Aron Eisenberg, Lolita Fatjo, Louise Fletcher, Max Grodénchik, Dominic Keating, Scott MacDonald, Chase Masterson, Rovert Duncan McNeill, Lawrence Montaigne, Anthony Montgomery, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, Martin Rayner, Andrew Robinson, Mary Kay Adams, Tarry Farrell, Rachel Robinson, Eugene W. Roddenberry, Jr., Tim Russ, Carolyn Seymour, Armin Shimerman, Kitty Swink, and Connor Trinner.
The collector was also a part of multiple Star Trek and related fan... clubs, including IAAPS Stargazer, the Patrick Stewart Fan Club, Far Beyond the Stars, the Central Alliance of Robert Picardo Enthusiasts, and The Robert Picardo Fan Club. Membership certificates and mail from those fan organizations are included in the collection, along with Star Trek fliers, prints, and illustrations. Most items in the collection are undated; however, those items that do contain dates place the timeline of the collection from 1990-2003. The collection includes a hand-signed letter from Patrick Stewart thanking Ms. Brown for a humidor.
Karen E. Brown was a member of multiple Star Trek and Patrick Stewart fan clubs and attended conventions, collecting autographs from some of the most prominent Star Trek actors. Little is known about her personal life.
Photographs arranged alphabetically by last name; additional items including certificates, prints, illustrations, letters, fliers, and mail arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Materials are stored off-site. Requests for access must be submitted at least 2 business days in advance.
Collection purchased by Archives and Special Collections in 2024 from Tavistock Books.
Materials originally arranged by the creator in a binder, separated by the featured photograph subject. Current intellectual arrangement maintains the original order within subject folders, rearranged alphabetically.
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Library, Georgia Institute of Technology Repository