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Ruth Anne Adshead Brown was born June 6, 1930, in Lachine, Quebec, and passed away quietly September 9, 2017, at Essex Park, Beverly, Mass. She was very proud of her Canadian heritage. Ruth was the fourth daughter of the late John Adshead and Vera Mary Woodhead Adshead of England, and sister of Vera Joan Court, Audrey Gavin, and Marjorie Adshead. She will be happily reunited with her much beloved childhood pet, Snubbs, on the other side. She was a member of the Christian Science Church, married J. Herbert Brown on January 28, 1955, in Wellesley Mass., and divorced in 1974. She leaves two daughters, Gail Barbera of Marlborough, and Janet Brown of Gloucester; four grandchildren, Shannon, Anthony, Leila, and Garrett; one greatgrandchild, Emma; and dear family friend, Ted Tysver. 

Ruth loved the ocean and moved to Gloucester in the early 1970s. She followed her dream and opened her Rusty Anchor Art Gallery on Pirate’s Lane, 1974 to 1979. She went on to open the Yankee General Gallery, 1979 to 1998, during which time she was also gallery manager for the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester, 1987 to 1998. She was passionate about all art forms and was instrumental in supporting, mentoring, and furthering many local artists of that time. She enjoyed retirement living in Rockport, Mass.

Brief description: The records of purchase and sale of artwork by gallery owner Ruth Brown. Biographical details of some artists. E-bay auction pages of some artists. Business operation details for Yankee General and Gallery of Artists at 275 East Main St., East Gloucester

Large amounts of material on individual artists were removed and added to the Artist Files.

Box 1

FF1- 4: Advertising (four folders)

FF5: Correspondence Correspondence

FF6: Prices of paintings for sale

FF7-8: Misc. painting valuations (two folders)

FF9: Artist contact information

Box 2

FF1: Misc. un-characterized

FF2: Bryant Gallery 53 Rocky Neck Ave.

FF3: Cove realty trust (formerly Yankee General) renters

FF4: Yankee Gallery appraisals

FF5: Taxes and financial

FF6-7: Galleries (two folders)

Box 3

FF1 Misc. Notebooks

FF2: Shows and exhibits

Box 4 (artists represented, correspondence, bills of sale; client correspondence)

FF1: Ed Bulger

FF2: Giovanni

FF3: Marie Choquet Versailes

FF4: George Robert Bonfield

FF5-6 numbering gap

FF7: Dorothy Ennever

FF8: Wayne Epperly

FF9: Loretta Feeney

FF10: Selina Ferrandino

FF11: Walter Fox Tree

FF12: Richard Gibney

FF13: John and Linda Ladden, Fine Arts of Cheshire, CT

FF14: Barbara Goodspeed

FF15: Janet Greenblatt

FF16: Judi Greenwald

FF17: Laura Grossman

FF18: Dodie Holland

FF19: Antonio Jacobsen

FF20: R. Clay Kent

FF21: Everett Raymond Kinsler

FF22: Eileen Kirby

FF23: Alice Manzi

FF24: Nancy Marculewicz

FF25: Joanne Meade

FF26: Ann Murphy

FF27: Herman D. Murphy

FF28: Maria Joseph Nace

FF29: Martha Nickerson

FF30: Marilyn Pallazola

FF31: Roy Perry

FF32: Miller Primm

FF33: Carol Reedy

FF34: Gloria Rosenthal

FF35: Norma Shepherd

FF36: Ann Sibley

FF37: Armand Sindoni

FF38: H.E. Braginton-Smith

FF39: Arthur Safford

FF40: Margaret Savage

FF41: Sondra Schneider

FF42: Philip Schumacher

FF43: Charles Syvertsen

FF44: Rob Thomas

FF45: Paul Madore

FF46: Sheila Kearney

Box 5 (artists represented w/ contracts, correspondence, bills of sale)

FF1 Elizabeth Willett Thompson

FF2: Beatrice W. Van Ness

FF3: Jeanne MacCate Wysor

FF4: Tas Speyer

FF5: Kevin Stevens

FF6: Bill Stewart

FF7: Roger Ward

FF8: Mary Weiss

FF9: Stephen and Philippa Whittle

FF10: Ruth Wood

FF11: Ruth Wright

FF12: Ipswich painters

FF13: Misc. Gallery of Fine Arts

FF14: Norman Rockwell appraisal – American Mutual Insurance

FF15: Edward Moran VNA appraisal

FF16 – FF33 Alphabetical folders of E-bay printouts of artist auctions from “A” through “W” (17 folders)