The collection is comprised of the personal papers of Marel Brown from 1932-1977. Newsletters, newspaper clippings, printed material, programs, reviews, and a transcript, from 1939 to 1971, pertain to Brown’s activities as a writer and to public relations concerning several of her books, including Fence Corners, Hearth-Fire, Red Hills, and The Shape of a Song. Brown’s other writings are documented from 1938-1971 in articles from state and regional publications, among them numerous religious magazines, including Home Life, The Baptist Student, The Christian Advocate, The Christian Index, and Upward, and from local sources, such as The Atlanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal, and in papers given to the Ladies’ Burns Club. Brown’s civic and social interests are recorded, albeit to a lesser extent than her writing activities, in the Correspondence, Committees, Druid Hills Baptist Church, Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, Invitations, Notes, and Workshops files.