Publications and Projects
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Book:
Maureen Elgersman Lee and Nicole Brown, eds. The Williamsburg Bray School: A History Through Records, Reflections, and Rediscovery. Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2024. To Pre-Order, click on the following link.
Book Chapter:
Antonio T. Bly, Julie Richter, and Nicole Brown. “‘Reading, and, Possibly, Writing’: Revisiting the History of the Williamsburg Bray Schools in Eighteenth-Century Virginia.” In Exploring and Expanding Literacy Histories of the United States: A Spotlight on Under-Recognized Histories, 1st ed. Routledge, 2024. To order, click on the following link.
Research Report:
Nicole Brown. “The Williamsburg Bray School: Preliminary Historical Research Report, Block 14 Building 41.” Research Report. Williamsburg, VA: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2024. For open access, please click here.
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Adam & Fanny’s World:
Nicole Brown and Mary Hannah Grier. “Adam & Fanny’s World.” The William & Mary Bray School Lab, Summer 2022.
For open access, please click here
Williamsburg Bray School Map:
Nicole Brown and Aaron Lovejoy. “Williamsburg Bray School Map.” The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, February 3, 2023.
For open access, please click here
(Re)Making the Past: Black Girls, Sewing, and Education at the Williamsburg Bray School
Nicole Brown and Rachel Hogue. “(Re)Making the Past: Back Girls, Sewing, and Education at the Williamsburg Bray Schol. The William & Mary Bray School Lab, Spring 2024.
For open access, please click here.
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For more information, click on the following links:
Black Loyalist Atlantic Conference of Knowledge, Keynote speaker, 2024
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Committee Award, 2023
William M. Kelso Graduate Fellow in Early American Studies, 2022-2024
William & Mary Diversity Champion, 2020-2021
Mary & Donald Field Experience Fellow, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2019
Research Fellow, International Center for Jefferson Studies, 2017
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For open access, please click the links below:
A Reasonable Progress, The Blog of the W&M Bray School Lab: The Many Lives of Ann Wager
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Being Uncomfortable In Character
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Stories & Structure
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Interpretive Programming at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2017. Photo Credit: Fred Blystone
Interpreting as Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson at Monticello for The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2019. Photo Credit: Mary Scott-Fleming
Performing in 'Season of the Witch' at The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, 2019. Photo Credit: Abigail Schumann
Interpreting as Ann Wager at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2021. Photo Credit: Christina Lee Hartless
Driving at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2020 Photo Credit: Fred Blystone
Driving as Ann Wager at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2021. Photo Credit: Fred Blystone