Mrs. Brown was a scholar in her own right and published several books and numerous articles dealing with aspects of military history and uniform. These include:
- The Anatomy of Glory. Napoleon and His Guard (Providence, R.I., Brown University Press, and London, Lund Humphries, 1961)
- The American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 (with Howard C. Rice (Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, and Providence, R.I., Brown University Press, 1972)
- ‘Some San Francisco Uniforms of 1870,’ Military Collector and Historian Vol. IV, No. 1 (March 1952), 1–7
- ‘Military Dress in Maryland,’ Military Collector and Historian Vol. VI, No. 4 (1954), 85–92 [Part 1]
- ‘Military Dress in Maryland,’ >Military Collector and Historian Vol. VII, No. 1 (Spring 1955), 8–14 [Part 2]
- ‘Military Dress in Maryland,’ >Military Collector and Historian Vol. VII, No. 2 (Summer 1955), 40–45 [Part 3]
- ‘Military Dress in Maryland,’ Military Collector and Historian Vol. VII, No. 3 (Fall 1955), 40–45 [Part 4]
- ‘Military Dress in Maryland,’ Military Collector and Historian Vol. VIII, No. 1 (Spring 1956), 10–14 [Part 5]
- ‘Military Dress in Maryland,’ Military Collector and Historian Vol. VIII, No. 3 (Fall 1956), 66–70 [Part 6]
- ‘Eighteenth Century Grenadier Caps,’ Rhode Island Historical Society, April 1953, 44–49
- ‘Rhode Island Uniforms in the Revolution,’ Military Collector and Historian Vol X, No. 1 (Spring 1958), 1–10