Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Series 1: Charles F. Brooks (CFB) and Eleanor Stabler Brooks
(ESB)
Series 2: Morgan Brooks (MB) and Frona Marie Brooks (FMB)
Series 3: Children and Grandchildren of Morgan and Frona Marie
Brooks
Series 4: Esther Brooks (ECHB)
Series 5: Buck/Butler Families
Series 6: Franklin Herrick Brooks and Benjamin Franklin Brooks
Business and Legal Papers
Series 7: Barbara Brooks Kerner Family Papers, 1922-1992
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Finding aid for Brooks Family Papers, 1790-1992Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff2010
| | | | | Title | Brooks Family Papers | | Dates: | 1790-1992 (bulk
1832-1960) | | Abstract: | The Brooks Family Papers contain extensive correspondence,
diaries, and other papers from multiple generations of the Buck, Butler, and Brooks
families of New England and the Mid-West and the Kerner family of Delaware. Most
prominently represented are Morgan Brooks (1861-1947), a professor of engineering,
and his wife, Frona Marie (Brooks) Brooks (1861-1947). One of their children,
Charles Franklin Brooks (1891-1958), became a member of the Society of Friends
shortly after marrying Eleanor M. Stabler (1892-1986) in 1914. Their daughter,
Barbara Brooks (1922-2007), married Edward H. Kerner, and she was active in Quaker
concerns, particularly peace. Also included in this collection are business, legal,
genealogical, and professional papers of family members. | | Extent: | 61 boxes ; 32 linear feet, plus photographs | | Identification: | RG5/252 | | Location: | For current information on the location of materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog. | | Location: | |
Morgan Brooks (1861-1947) and Frona Marie (Brooks) Brooks (1861-1947) are central
figures in the Brooks Family collection. They descended from the Brooks, Butler, and
Buck families of New England. Frona's grandfather, Charles Buck (1798-1863), married Sophronia Herrick (1803-1841)
in 1825. The couple had three children, Charles W. Buck (1833-1933), a Unitarian
minister; Robert Herrick Buck (birth name Jedidiah), who invested in Colorado gold
mines; and Charlotte Frances Buck, (1828-1907). In 1852 Charlotte married Boston
attorney Benjamin Franklin Brooks, and the couple had four children: Frona Marie
Brooks, the only child to marry, Arthur, Esther Clara Herrick Brooks, M.D., and
Franklin Herrick Brooks. Morgan's grandfather, Caleb Butler, married Clarissa
Varnum, and they had a daughter, Frances Butler in 1822. Frances married Francis
Augustus Brooks, a Boston, Mass., corporate attorney and railroad president, in
1847. This couple had three children: Charles B., Frederick, and Morgan Brooks. The
collection includes correspondence among these family members and a great deal of
professional correspondence and documents, mainly from Charles W. Buck, Benjamin
Franklin Brooks, Franklin Herrick Brooks, and Francis Augustus Brooks. Morgan Brooks and Frona Marie Brooks were married in 1888. They moved to Urbana,
Illinois, shortly after their wedding where Morgan became a nationally known
professor of engineering. Morgan and Frona had eight children, all of whom survived
into adulthood: Henry Morgan (1889-1948), married Ruth Hayford in 1911; Charles
Franklin Brooks (1891-1958), married Eleanor M. Stabler, and they had seven
children; Frances Brooks (b. 1893) married Lincoln Colcord in 1929; Frederick
Augustus Brooks (1895-1967), married Harriet Kinley in 1921 (divorced) and,
secondly, Margaret H. Ward in 1929; Roger Brooks (1896-1957) married Anne Goebel in
1921 (divorced) and, secondly, Janet in 1928; Edith Brooks (1889-1952); Frona
Marguerite Brooks ("Margie") (1901-1985), married George Hughes in 1924. The couple
had two daughters, Ann and Octavia ("Taffy") before they divorced in 1927; she then
married Richard Rice; Dorothy Prescott (b. 1905), married Joe Thomas in 1931. Return to the Table of Contents
The collection contains the papers of five generations of the Buck, Brooks, and
Butler families of New England and the Mid-West, including extensive correspondence,
pictures, writings, business papers, some diaries, and genealogical material. Most
prominent are the papers, particularly correspondence, of Morgan and Frona Marie
Brooks. One of their children, Charles Franklin Brooks, became a member of the
Society of Friends shortly after his marriage to Eleanor Stabler. Their daughter,
Barbara, married Edward H. Kerner, and she was active in Quaker concerns,
particularly peace. The collection is organized into the following series and subseries: Organization:Charles F. Brooks (CFB) and Eleanor Stabler Brooks (ESB) CFB Correspondence with ParentsCFB Correspondence with Older RelativesCFB Correspondence with SiblingsCFB Correspondence with ESB and ChildrenESB CorrespondenceMiscellaneous CorrespondenceCFB Academic and Professional PapersMiscellaneous Morgan Brooks (MB) and Frona Marie Brooks (FMB) MB/FMB Correspondence with ParentsMB/FMB Correspondence with SiblingsMB/FMB Correspondence with Each OtherMB/FMB Correspondence with ChildrenMB Professional Correspondence, Papers, and MiscellaneousFMB Professional Correspondence, Papers, and MiscellaneousMB/FMB Miscellaneous Correspondence and PapersChildren and Grandchildren of Morgan and Frona Marie Brooks Frona Marguerite Brooks Correspondence and MiscellaneousFrances Brooks Correspondence and MiscellaneousEdith Brooks Correspondence and MiscellaneousOther Children/Grandchildren Correspondence and MiscellaneousEsther Brooks (ECHB) Correspondence with Parents/Older RelativesCorrespondence with SiblingsCorrespondence with Nieces/NephewsMiscellaneousBuck/Butler Family Buck-Brooks FamilyButler-Brooks FamilyMiscellaneousFranklin Herrick Brooks and Benjamin Franklin Brooks Business and Legal Papers
(partially processed)Barbara Brooks Kerner Family Correspondence sentCorrespondence receivedMiscellaneous correspondenceEdward H. Kerner professional papers Miscellaneous Franklin Herrick Brooks and Benjamin Franklin Brooks Business and Legal Papers
(partially processed)Return to the Table of Contents
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends
Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Return to the Table of Contents
Series 1: Charles F. Brooks (CFB) and Eleanor Stabler Brooks
(ESB)
Box |
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| | 1 |
| FMB to CFB
1901-1910 1 folder |
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| FMB to CFB
1911-1935 1 folder |
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| FMB to CFB
1935-1940 1 folder |
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| FMB to CFB
1941-1947 1 folder |
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| MB to CFB
1896-1911 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 2 |
| MB to CFB
1913-1936 1 folder |
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| MB to CFB
1937-1939 1 folder |
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| MB to CFB
1940-1942 1 folder |
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| MB to CFB
1943-1946, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1900-1910 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1911 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1912 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1913-1914 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 3 |
| CFB to FMB/MB
1915-1924 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1925-1929 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1930-1935 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1936-1937 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1938-1939 1 folder |
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| CFB to FMB/MB
1940-1941 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 4 |
| CFB to FMB/MB
1942-1947, n.d. 1 folder |
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| FHB to CFB
1905-1920 1 folder |
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| CFB to FHB (postcards)
1906-1920 1 folder |
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| CFB and Uncle Frederick Brooks Correspondence
1891-1916 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks to CFB
1909-1949 1 folder |
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| CFB to Edith Brooks
1909-1942 1 folder |
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| CFB Correspondence concerning Edith Brooks Estate
1952 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to CFB/ESB
1909-1948 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to Frances Brooks (include forwarded letter by
FHB)
1904-1962 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks to CFB
1909, 1944-1950 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to Frona Marguerite Brooks
1936-1961 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to Ann Hughes (Frona Marguerite Brooks's
daughter)
1957-1980 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to Henry Brooks (and wife Ruth)
1909-1973 1 folder |
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| Roger Brooks to CFB
1909-1949 1 folder |
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| CFB and Dorothy Brooks (and husband Joe Thomas)
Correspondence
1939-1945 1 folder |
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| Frederick Brooks (and wife Margaret, a convinced Friend) to
CFB/ESB
1910-1950 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 5 |
| CFB to ESB
1911-1947 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to their family
1909-1957 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to their family
1958-1965 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB to their children
1929-1951 1 folder |
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| ESB to her parents
1910 1 folder |
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| ESB to her parents
1911 1 folder |
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| ESB to her parents
1912 1 folder |
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| CFB/ESB and Stabler Family Correspondence
1912-1939 1 folder |
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| Forrest Cooke to CFB
1910 1 folder |
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| Lewis Gannett to CFB
1910-1911 1 folder |
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| Karl/Paul Korsetn to CFB
1910-1911 1 folder |
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| Lewis A. Wells to CFB
1912 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Correspondence Received
1901-1949, n.d. 1 folder |
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| ESB Miscellaneous Correspondence Received
1908-1960, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB Student Papers
1904-1911 1 folder |
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| CFB Correspondence Concerning Phi Beta Kappa Day
1912 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Professional Papers
1904-1957 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 6 |
| CFB Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence
1907-1957 1 folder |
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| CFB "Sermon at Purchase Meeting"
1918 1 folder |
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| CFB Speeches
1932 1 folder |
Box |
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| | Oe |
| Harvard University diploma and other documents 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 6 |
| CFB Biographical Material
1918-1957 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Items (passport, master's degree)
1906-1933 1 folder |
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| CFB Will and Estate Information
1952-1958 1 folder |
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| CFB Memorials
1958 1 folder |
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| CFB Scrapbooks
1897, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB Diary from Mille Lacs
1910 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Date books and Notebooks
1936-1938, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Calculations and Considerations
1911-1954, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Printed Materials
1913-1958 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Clippings
1930-1985, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB Miscellaneous Drawings
1936-1947, n.d. 1 folder |
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| ESB Miscellaneous Radcliffe College Materials
1914, n.d. 1 folder |
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| ESB Writing Concerning Urbana Home
1912-1914 1 folder |
Series 2: Morgan Brooks (MB) and Frona Marie Brooks (FMB)
Box |
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| | 7 |
| Frances Brooks to MB
1879-1881 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB
1882-1883 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB
1886-1889 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB
1890-1893, n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB to Frances Brooks
1883-1886 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 8 |
| MB to Frances Brooks
1887-1888 1 folder |
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| MB to Frances Brooks
1889 1 folder |
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| MB to Frances Brooks
1890-1892 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 9 |
| Frances Brooks to FMB
1886-1889 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to FMB
1890 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to FMB
1891-1892 1 folder |
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| FMB to Frances Brooks
1888-1889 1 folder |
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| FMB to Frances Brooks
1891-1892 1 folder |
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| FAB to MB
1887-1888 1 folder |
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| FAB to MB
1890-1892 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 10 |
| FAB to MB
1894 1 folder |
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| FAB to MB
1897-1899 1 folder |
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| FAB to MB
1900-1902 1 folder |
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| MB to FAB
1887-1901 1 folder |
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| FAB to FMB
1882-1888 1 folder |
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| FAB to FMB
1890-1893 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 11 |
| FAB to FMB
1894-1895 1 folder |
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| FAB to FMB
1896-1899 1 folder |
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| FAB to FMB
1900-1902 1 folder |
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| FMB to FAB
1888-1894- 1 folder |
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| FMB to FAB
1895-1896 1 folder |
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| FMB to FAB
1897-1898 1 folder |
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| FMB to FAB
1899-1902 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 12 |
| Charlotte Frances Brooks to FMB
1881-1893 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks to FMB
1894-1896 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks to FMB
1906 1 folder |
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| FMB to Benjamin Franklin/Charlotte Frances Brooks
1870-1875 1 folder |
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| FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks from Smith College
1879-1885 1 folder |
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| FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks Postcards
1881-1884 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 13 |
| FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1880s 1 folder |
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| FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1890s 1 folder |
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| FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1900s, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks to MB
1888-1890, n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1887-1904 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 14 |
| Charles B. Brooks to MB/FMB
1881-1901 1 folder |
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| Frederick Brooks to MB/FMB
1881-1913 1 folder |
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| Franklin Herrick Brooks to FMB
1876-1920 1 folder |
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| FMB to Franklin Herrick Brooks
1884 1 folder |
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| Mary E. Atkinson to Cousins MB/FMB
1890-1905 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB to Cousin Mary E. Atkinson
1895-1899 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1/1887-4/1887 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
5/1887 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
6/1887-10/1887 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
11/1887 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 15 |
| MB to FMB
12/1887 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1/1888 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1/1888 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
2/1888 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
3/1888 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
3/1888 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
4/1888-12/1888 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 16 |
| MB to FMB
1890 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1895-1896 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1/1899-2/1899 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
3/1899-4/1899 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
5/1899-12/1899 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1900-1901 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 17 |
| MB to FMB
1902-1904 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1910-1911 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1912-1915 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1916-1920 1 folder |
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| MB to FMB
1921-1942, n.d. 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 18 |
| FMB to MB
1885-1886 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1/1887-10/1887 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
11/1887-12/1887 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1/1888 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
2/1888 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
3/1888-4/1888 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1891-1892 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1894-1895 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1896-1897 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 19 |
| FMB to MB
1898 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1/1899-3/1899 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
4/1899 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
5/1899-12/1899 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1903-1905 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1906-1907 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1908-1909 1 folder |
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| FMB to MB
1909-1923 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 20 |
| MB/FMB to Frances Brooks
1910s 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB to Frances Brooks
1920s 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB to Frances Brooks
1930s 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB to Frances Brooks
1940s 1 folder |
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| FMB to Frances Brooks re: Visit of Tagore
1912 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1910s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1910s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB re: War Work
1919 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 21 |
| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1920s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1920s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1920s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1920s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1920s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1930s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1930s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1930s 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 22 |
| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1940s 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to MB/FMB
1940s 1 folder |
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| Lincoln Colcord to MB/FMB
1929-1946 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB to Frona Marguerite Brooks
1910-1946 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks to MB/FMB
1918-1947 1 folder |
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| MB to Henry Brooks
1901 1 folder |
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| Henry Brooks to MB/FMB
1902-1922 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 23 |
| Edith Brooks to MB/FMB
1916-1925, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Dorothy Brooks to MB/FMB
1926, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Roger Brooks to MB/FMB
1937 1 folder |
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| Frederick Brooks to MB/FMB
1912-1928, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Leslie Brooks to FMB
1894 1 folder |
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| John Fiske to FMB
1897-1897 1 folder |
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| FMB Correspondence Received Concerning Engagement
1887 1 folder |
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| Ancolito Bugayong (Filipino Student) to MB/FMB
1931-1940 1 folder |
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| MB Schoolwork
n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB University of Illinois Miscellaneous Programs
n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB Professional Pamphlets and Speeches
1907-1918 1 folder |
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| MB Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence
1888-1910 1 folder |
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| MB Miscellaneous Scientific Writings
1898-1931 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 24 |
| MB Printed Materials
1908-1968 1 folder |
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| MB Miscellaneous Science Papers
1898-1917, n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB Miscellaneous Travel Materials
n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB Correspondence with Brown University
1941 1 folder |
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| MB Correspondence Concerning Father's Estate
1910-1921 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB Wedding Planning Materials
1888 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB Inventory of Estate
n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB Memorial
1947 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB Headstone Design
n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB/FMB Miscellaneous Postcards
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Primary School Appropriation Cards
1867-1868 1 folder |
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| FMB Remarks at Radcliffe First Day School
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Activism Correspondence
1924-1927 1 folder |
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| FMB Smith College Materials
1928-1932 1 folder |
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| FMB Kappa Kappa Gamma Material
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Correspondence with
Publishers/Editors
1900s-1940s 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Literary Correspondence
1900s-1940s 1 folder |
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| FMB Literary Appointment Book
1928 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning
Songwriting
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Writing on Tagore and Noyes Visit
1935-1940 1 folder |
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| FMB Literary Manuscripts
n.d. 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 25 |
| FMB "Vinco's Will" Drafts and Manuscripts
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB "The Great Panjandrum" Drafts and Manuscripts
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB "How One Annex Maid Began Her Career"
1887 1 folder |
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| FMB "The Fighting Quaker Synopsis
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB "The Great Dane" Manuscript
n.d 1 folder |
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| FMB "Bruno" and "Cobra" Manuscripts
n.d 1 folder |
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| FMB "Kohnoor" Manuscripts and Related Correspondence
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Manuscripts
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Original Material on Herbert Hoover
1928 1 folder |
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| FMB Partial Drafts and Notes for Stories
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Partial Drafts and Notes for Stories
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Partial Drafts and Notes for Stories
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Poetry
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB Miscellaneous Recipes Collected
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB obituary
1947 1 folder |
Series 3: Children and Grandchildren of Morgan and Frona Marie
Brooks
Box |
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| | 26 |
| George Hughes to Frona Marguerite
1923-1924 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to Frona Marguerite
1921-1956, n.d 1 folder |
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| Frederick Augustus /Harriet/Margaret Brooks to Frona
Marguerite
1948, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Henry/Ruth/Elizabeth Brooks to Frona Marguerite
1912-1983, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Dorothy Brooks to Frona Marguerite
1921-1980, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Octavia Hughes to Frona Marguerite
1948-1948. n.d. 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks to Frona Marguerite
1921-1968, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Roger/Janet Brooks to Frona Marguerite
1919-1941, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Barbara Brooks to Frona Marguerite
1938-1980 1 folder |
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| Octavia ("Taffy") Hughes to Barbara ("Bootie") Brooks, concerning
shipping of Brooks family papers to Barbara's home
1989-1991 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Miscellaneous Correspondence Received
1900-1949 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Miscellaneous Correspondence
Received
1950-1989 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Miscellaneous Postcards Received
1907-1948 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite and George Hughes, Deed, Separation Agreement,
related correspondence
1927, 1929, 1933 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks Writing Concerning Henry Brooks's
Death
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks Urbana High School Yearbook
1917 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks Smith College Commencement
Programs
1922, 1949 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks Job Applications
1932-1939, n.d. 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 27 |
| Frona Marguerite Brooks Daybook
1947, 1950 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks Address Books/Diaries
1963, 1981, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks Miscellaneous Memorabilia
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks- Charles Evans Hughes Article
1937 1 folder |
Box |
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| | Oe |
| Frona Marguerite Brooks diplomas 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 27 |
| Frederick Augustus/Harriet/Margaret Brooks to Frances Brooks
(Colcord)
1904-1959, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Dorothy Brooks to Frances Brooks
1914-1944, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks to Frances Brooks
1911-1951 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 28 |
| Frona Marguerite Brooks to Frances Brooks
1909-1959, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Henry/Ruth/Elizabeth Brooks to Frances Brooks
1906-1958, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Roger/Janet Brooks to Frances Brooks
1910-1948, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Barbara Brooks to Frances Brook
1957-1958 1 folder |
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| Edith Coe to Frances Brooks
1914-1917 1 folder |
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| Mary Atkinson to Frances Brooks
1903-1906 1 folder |
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| James/Augusta Barnard Hall to Frances Brooks Colcord
1914-1915 1 folder |
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| Anna Lord to Frances Brooks Colcord
1953-1959 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks Colcord West Indies Cruise
Correspondence
1937 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks Miscellaneous Received
1884-1929 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks Colcord Miscellaneous Received
1930-1972 1 folder |
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| Lincoln Colcord and the Herald Tribune, concerning Lend-Lease
Bill
1941 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks Susan Butler Verse Book (gift of FMB)
n.d. 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 29 |
| Edith Brooks Miscellaneous Correspondence
1909-1951, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks Karsten Statistical Laboratory Correspondence and
Papers
1929-1942 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks High School Yearbook
1917 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks Radcliffe College Class of 1920 Report
1945 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks Passport
1922 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks Day Book
1941 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks Address Book
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Roger Brooks Correspondence and Miscellaneous
1908-1910, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to Roger Brooks (re: Edith Brooks
estate)
1952 1 folder |
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| Dorothy Brooks Miscellaneous Correspondence
1919-1922, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Dorothy Brooks Writing about FMB
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frederick Augustus Brooks Pump Patent Papers
1930 1 folder |
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| Frederick Augustus Brooks University of Illinois
Commencement
1917 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Materials Concerning Henry Brooks's
Death
1948 1 folder |
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| Edward M. Brooks Papers (re: environment/weather)
1926, 1978, 1986 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks Smith College Appointment Book
1949 1 folder |
Series 4: Esther Brooks (ECHB) Also well represented in the collection is Frona Marie Brooks's sister,
Esther Clara Herrick Brooks (ECHB) or "Daisy." She was born October 16,
1859, graduated from Smith College in 1882 and earned an M.D. from
University of Michigan Medical School, although she never intended to
practice. Early letters with her father, discussing whether she should
pursue continued education or should practice medicine, are interesting; her
letters with her sister Frona Marie also give a good picture of college life
during the 1880s. As an adult, Esther devoted her time to being the aunt of
Frona's eight children, going to prodigious lengths to keep the family in
contact and compiling their letters. She died in September 1942
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| BFB to ECHB
1878-1886 1 folder |
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| ECHB to BFB
1873-1879 1 folder |
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| ECHB and Charlotte Frances Brooks Correspondence
1880-1895 1 folder |
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| ECHB to CWB
1870-1874 1 folder |
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| CWB to ECHB
1920-1923 1 folder |
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| FMB to ECHB
1886-1939 1 folder |
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| FMB to ECHB
1940-1941 1 folder |
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| FMB to ECHB
1942, n.d. 1 folder |
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| FMB to ECHB
1878-1882 1 folder |
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| ECHB to FMB
1883-1884 1 folder |
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| ECHB to FMB
1885-1888 1 folder |
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| ECHB to FMB
1889 1 folder |
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| ECHB to FMB
1890-1936, n.d. 1 folder |
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| MB to ECHB
1892-1940 1 folder |
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| ECHB to MB
1888-1911, n.d. 1 folder |
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| FHB to ECHB
1878-1921, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frederick Brooks (MB's brother) to ECHB
1888-1917 1 folder |
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| CFB to ECHB
1901-1912 1 folder |
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| CFB to ECHB
1913-1917 1 folder |
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| CFB to ECHB
1918-1938 1 folder |
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| CFB to ECHB
1938-1939 1 folder |
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| CFB to ECHB
1940, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CFB to ECHB (miscellaneous notes)
n.d. 1 folder |
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| ECHB to CFB
1896-1939 1 folder |
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| Frona Marguerite Brooks to ECHB
1908-1942, n.d. 1 folder |
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| ECHB to Frona Marguerite Brooks
1920-1934 1 folder |
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| Edith Brooks to ECHB
1904-1942, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Dorothy Brooks to ECHB
1912-1942, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Henry/Ruth Brooks to ECHB
1898-1939, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Roger/Harriet Brooks to ECHB
1910-1939, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frederick Augustus Brooks to ECHB
1927 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks to ECHB
1914-1942 1 folder |
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| Edward Brooks to ECHB
1937-1938 1 folder |
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| Sylvia Brooks to ECHB
1927-1955 1 folder |
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| Elizabeth Brooks to ECHB
1932-1939 1 folder |
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| Ina Brooks to ECHB
1934-1936 1 folder |
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| ECHB Correspondence with Alumni/Classmates
1884-1939, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Mary Lowrey to ECHB
1884-1906, 1939 1 folder |
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| ECHB Women's Education Association Correspondence
1920-1923 1 folder |
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| ECHB Compilation of European Trip Correspondence
1922-1923 1 folder |
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| ECHB Miscellaneous Family Travel Correspondence
1928 1 folder |
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| ECHB Miscellaneous Correspondence
1876-1939, n.d. 1 folder |
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| ECHB Miscellaneous Smith College Materials
1882-1883 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Greeting Cards Sent to ECHB
n.d. 1 folder |
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| ECHB Address Books, Day Books, Letter Register
n.d. 1 folder |
Series 5: Buck/Butler Families This Series includes correspondence among these family members and
professional correspondence and documents, mainly from Charles W. Buck,
Benjamin Franklin Brooks, Franklin Herrick Brooks, and Francis Augustus
Brooks. Note: See also Series 1 for correspondence with Charles F. and Eleanor
Stabler Brooks, Series 2 for correspondence with Morgan and Frona Marie
Brooks, Series 4 for correspondence with Esther Brooks, and Series 6 for
business/legal papers of Benjamin Franklin Brooks and Franklin Herrick
Brooks.
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| CW Buck to Charles Buck
1843-1853 1 folder |
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| Charles Frances Brooks to Charles Buck
1859-1861 1 folder |
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| Jebediah Herrick Buck to Charles Buck
1845-1848 1 folder |
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| Charles Buck Correspondence Received
1840s 1 folder |
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| Charles Buck Correspondence Received
1840s-1860s 1 folder |
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| Benjamin Franklin Brooks to Sophronia Herrick Buck
1831-1876 1 folder |
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| Benjamin Franklin Brooks family correspondence
1875-1893 1 folder |
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| Lucian Brooks to Benjamin Franklin Brooks
1875-1876, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CW Buck to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1858-1886 1 folder |
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| CW Buck to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1880-1900 1 folder |
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| FHB to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1897-1901 1 folder |
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| MB's Family to Charlotte Frances Brooks
1887-1892 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks American Express Letter of
Induction
1900 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks Miscellaneous Correspondence
Received
1862-1904, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks Diary
1893 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks Miscellaneous Writings
1890s, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Charles Buck to CW Buck
1845-1853 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks to CW Buck
1848-1898 1 folder |
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| William Buck to CW Buck
1846-1860 1 folder |
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| Mary Buck to CW Buck
1848-1857 1 folder |
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| Mary Stearns Buck to CW Buck
1868-1901 1 folder |
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| Oliver Stearns Buck to CW Buck
1878-1910s, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Sophronia Buck to CW Buck
1845-1851 1 folder |
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| FMB to CW Buck
1881 1 folder |
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| Alice Brooks to Uncle CW Buck
1917-1920 1 folder |
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| Alice/Sallie Brooks to Uncle CW Buck
1896-1920 1 folder |
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| Arthur Buck to Uncle CW Buck
1919-1931 1 folder |
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| Robert Herrick to CW Buck
1888-1918 1 folder |
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| NJ Herrick to CW Buck
1876-1877 1 folder |
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| Katherine Wormely to CW Buck
1892-1908 1 folder |
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| FE Abbott to CW Buck
1888-1893 1 folder |
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| Fraternity Club to CW Buck
1871-1932 1 folder |
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| George Batchelor to CW Buck
1882-1890 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Correspondence Received Concerning Deaths of
Mother/Wife
1860s-1870s 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Miscellaneous Correspondence Received
1842-1903 1 folder |
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| CW Buck to Mary Stearns Buck
1870-1888 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Ministry Papers
1958-1963 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Calls to Ministry
1863-1888 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Intentions of Marriage
1806-1811 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Probate
1863 1 folder |
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| | 38 |
| Marriage Certificates Performed by CW Buck
1871-1879 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Articles Published in Religious Magazines
1875-1877 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Miscellaneous Clippings and Sermons
n.d. 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Mining Company Papers
1881-1896 1 folder |
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| CW Buck Diary
1876 1 folder |
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| C.W. Buck autobiographical and genealogical notes
ca. 1860-1866 1 folder |
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| CW/Mary Stearns Buck Miscellaneous Memorabilia
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Journal Regarding Oliver Stearns Estate
1885 1 folder |
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| Charlotte F. Buck to Frona Buck
1802-1903, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Arthur Buck to Charlotte F./Frona Buck
1843-1847 1 folder |
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| Charlotte F/Frona Miscellaneous Correspondence
Received
1878-1971, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Frona Buck Miscellaneous Correspondence Received
1906-1913, n.d. 1 folder |
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| CW Buck to Sister Mary Buck
1846-1855 1 folder |
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| Arthur Buck Summer Vacation Journal
1884 1 folder |
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| Arthur Buck Extracts of Correspondence Concerning Honduras
Trip
1904 1 folder |
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| | 40 |
| Charlotte Frances Brooks to FHB
1889-1893 1 folder |
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| Charlotte Frances Brooks, correspondence with Franklin Herrick
Brooks
1884-1906 1 folder |
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| Nieces to Franklin Herrick Brooks
1904-1921 1 folder |
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| FHB Correspondence Received
1880s 1 folder |
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| FHB Correspondence Received
1880s 1 folder |
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| FHB Correspondence Sent
1890s-1930s 1 folder |
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| FHB Student Papers
n.d. 1 folder |
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| FHB diary (Phillips Academy?)
1885 1 folder |
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| Frances Butler Brooks to Caleb/Clarissa V. Butler
1838 1 folder |
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| Frances Butler Brooks to Caleb Butler Concerning Quebec
Trip
1841-1842 1 folder |
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| Harriet Littlefield to Clarissa V. Butler (her
sister)
1832-1839 1 folder |
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| Clarissa V. Butler Miscellaneous Correspondence
Received
1860s-1870s 1 folder |
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| CW/Robert H. Buck to Charles Butler Brooks
1864-1868 1 folder |
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| | 42 |
| Rebecca Butler Anderson Miscellaneous Correspondence
Received
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Verses on the Death of Charles V. Butler
1831 1 folder |
Box |
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| | Oe |
| Caleb Butler certificate, Saint Pauls Lodge, Groton, Mass. and
New England Historic Genealogical Society Certificate 1 folder |
Box |
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| | 42 |
| Caleb Butler Funeral Service
1855 1 folder |
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| Clarissa V. Butler Journals
1869-1871 1 folder |
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| Frances Butler Brooks Hymn Book
1847 1 folder |
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| Frances Butler Brooks Commonplace Book
n.d. 1 folder |
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| "Life and Adventures of Frederick Brooks" by his mother, Frances
Butler Brooks (photocopied typescript)
ca. 1888 1 folder |
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| Frances Butler Brooks: Ms copy of "The Temptation of St.
Anthony"
n.d. 1 folder |
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| | 48 |
| Oliver Brooks (uncle) and S. Flowers (aunt) to Francis Augustus
Brooks
1844-1870 1 folder |
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| John Moors to Francis Augustus Brooks
1842-1847 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Correspondence with Siblings
1830-1863 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Miscellaneous Personal
Correspondence
1843-1869, n.d. 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Miscellaneous Professional
Correspondence
1838-1863 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks, Articles/Correspondence concerning his
pamphlet critical of President McKinley's Philippine policy
1893-1901 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Miscellaneous Legal Documents
1837-1897 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Deeds Collected
1790-1834 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Daybooks
1888-1891 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Justice of the Peace
Certificate
1890 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks Political Pamphlets
1893-1899 1 folder |
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| Francis Augustus Brooks obituary, Nashua and Lowell
RR
1902 1 folder |
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| | 43 |
| Frederick Brooks to Niece Frances Brooks
1899-1918 1 folder |
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| Frederick Brooks to Nieces/Nephews
1890-1908 1 folder |
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| Frederick Brooks Memorial
1919 1 folder |
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| Blanche E. Brooks to Mabel Stackpole
1907-1908 1 folder |
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| Boston Almanacs (owner unknown)
1848-1861 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Unmarked Greeting Cards
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Pictures, Paintings, Postcards
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Programs and Printed Materials
n.d. 1 folder |
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| | 44 |
| Miscellaneous Printed Materials
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Printed Materials Concerning Astronomy
1916-1941 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous Scrapbooks
n.d. 1 folder |
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| | 45 |
| Brooks Name Register- Francis Augustus Brooks
1892 1 folder |
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| Family Register . . . of Francis Augustus Brooks & Francis
Butler, his wife, compiled by Frances Brooks 1 folder |
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| Brooks family genealogy, carbon typescript 1 folder |
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| Frances Brooks Colcord genealogical papers and letters to Roger
Brooks concerning her work
1928-1932 1 folder |
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| Fiske Kimball to Roger Brooks concerning Fisk
genealogy
1941 1 folder |
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| Fisk family genealogy 1 folder |
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| Family Register . . . of Morgan Brooks compiled by Morgan
Brooks 1 folder |
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| Buck-Brooks Family Genealogical Materials
n.d. 1 folder |
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| Buck-Brooks Family Genealogical Materials
n.d. 1 folder |
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| The Brook Genealogy by J. Montgomery Seaver, published by the
American Genealogical Society
[ca. 1930] 1 folder |
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| Buck and Herrick family genealogical notes 1 folder |
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| "Family Memoranda" rough notes 1 folder |
Series 6: Franklin Herrick Brooks and Benjamin Franklin Brooks
Business and Legal Papers
Box |
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| | 46 |
| Business papers and ledgers, primarily Benjamin Franklin Brooks
and Franklin Herrick Brooks 1 box |
Box |
|
| | 47 |
| Business papers and ledgers, primarily Benjamin Franklin Brooks
and Franklin Herrick Brooks 1 box |
Series 7: Barbara Brooks Kerner Family Papers, 1922-1992 The Barbara Brook Kerner family papers contain primarily family
correspondence. Barbara wrote frequently to her parents, and her letters
detail student and early married life and concerns in the mid-20th century.
A long-time peace and social activist, of particular interest are the
letters she sent in her early adulthood when she trained as a public health
educator in the South and worked part of a summer at C.P.S. Camp #46. Also
in this series are some papers of her husband, Edward H. Kerner, most
concerning his patent on a nuclear engine and job applications.
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| Barbara Brooks Kerner Correspondence Sent |
Box |
|
| | 49 |
| Childhood letters sent to parents, grandparents, and other
relatives
1931-1939 1 folder Visited New York World Fair in Oct. 1939
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| Letters to parents
1941 1 folder Graduated from Milton High School and entered Radcliffe College
|
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| Letters to parents
1942 1 folder Camp counselor in the summer
|
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| Letters to parents
1943 1 folder Worked in a C.O. camp in Vermont during the summer, picking apples.
Returned to college late October
|
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| Letters to parents
1944 1 folder Barbara graduated from Radcliffe College, Class of 1944, with a major
in biology and subsequently did graduate work at Cornell.
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| Letters to parents
1945, Jan-June 1 folder Graduate study at Cornell, living off campus with "Woody" Woodill.
Describes effect of Roosevelt's death on the campus.
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| Letters to parents
1945, July-Dec. 1 folder During the summer, Barbara worked at CPS Camp #46, Big Flats, NY,
operated by the AFSC. She returned to Ithaca in the fall with a
graduate assistantship
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| Letters to parents
1946, Jan-June 1 folder Studying and working at Cornell
|
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| Letters to parents
1946, July-Dec. 1 folder Moves to Ypsilanti, Michigan, to continue studies
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| | 50 |
| Letters to parents
1947 1 folder In July, gets a job in community health education, Onondaga County,
NY. In October became engaged to Edward H. Kerner, a physicist and
graduate student at Cornell. His father dies suddenly in
November.
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| Letters to parents
1948 1 folder Barbara Brooks and Edward Kerner married March 27, 1948, under the
care of New York Monthly Meeting. Edward was a non-practicing Jew,
born and raised in NYC.
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|
| Letters to parents
1949 1 folder First son, Benjamin, born May. Ed takes a teaching job at Wayne
State.
|
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| Letters to parents
1950 1 folder Ed completes his Ph.D., in physics, Cornell University
|
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| Letters to parents
1951 1 folder Ed takes job with Iowa State University; second child, Jeffrey, born,
May 24
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Box |
|
| | 51 |
| Letters to parents
1952 1 folder Candidate Eisenhower visits Ames; Barbara is active in politics peace
concerns
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| Letters to parents
1953 1 folder Ed Kerner looking for new teaching position, loyalty oaths and other
Cold War issues; he takes a position with University of Buffalo.
Barbara involved with mental health issues, League of Women Voter,
in Ames, household concerns, music.
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| Letters to parents
1954 1 folder Barbara joins Amherst Symphony Orchestra (cello), LWV, attends
Buffalo Meeting, teaches Sunday School. Ed filing for patent
|
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| Letters to parents
1955 1 folder Winifred born May 5, 1955. Ed gets tenure.
|
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| Letters to parents
1956 1 folder Barbara involved in LWV, Buffalo Meeting
|
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| Letters to parents
1957 1 folder Barbara serves on Democratic Party committee, takes a part-time job
in Children's Hospital.
|
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| Letters to parents
1958 1 folder Father, Charles F. Brooks, dies. Parenting concerns, Edward resigns
from Univ. of Buffalo, goes on sabbatical
|
|
| Letters to mother
1959 1 folder Family rents home on Long Island during Edward's sabbatical
|
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| Letters to mother
1960 1 folder JFK elected president; Barbara had favored Stevenson
|
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| Letters to mother
1961 1 folder Barbara involved with Quaker peace walk and effort to end housing
discrimination, possible meeting house/a Friends center. Son
involved with civil defense drills at school.
|
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| Letters to mother
1962 1 folder Edward takes a position at University of Delaware, and the family
moved to Newark
|
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| | 52 |
| Letters to mother
1963 1 folder Barbara tutors black students at a local church. She and Ben see
President Kennedy at a rally just days before he is assassinated,
and she remarks how accessible he was, very little security.
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| Letters to mother
1964 1 folder Barbara involved in civic planning, land preservation effort. Their
son Ben traveled to UN in trip sponsored by AFSC.
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| Letters to mother
1965 1 folder Barbara continues to teach Sunday School at Newark Meeting, and Ben
attends Young Friends and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. She comments
on the situation in Vietnam, demonstrations for racial equality,
local building controversies, fair housing.
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| Letters to mother
1966 1 folder Ben goes to Brandeis University; Barbara tempted to run for city
council, involved with anti-war activities, Asch’s controversial aid
program.
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| Letters to mother
1967 1 folder Anti-war, aid to children concerns. Active in FCNL and conscientious
objector education. At her mother's 75th birthday, remarks on
tradition of pacifism in the family. Ed Kerner suspended for
supporting student demonstrations.
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|
| Letters to mother
1968 1 folder Barbara describes the conference sponsored by Friends Coordinating
Committee on Peace at Earlham, resulted in Declaration of the Draft
and Conscription, Richmond. their son Jeff goes to Brown
University
|
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| Letters to mother
1969 1 folder Barbara and Ed involved in high school students' rights concerns,
racial issues
|
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| Letters to mother
1970 1 folder Active in draft counseling, family issues. Ben graduates from
Brandeis.
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| Letters to mother
1971 1 folder Ed and Barbara lobbying to repeal the draft
|
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| Letters to mother
1972 1 folder Active in Democratic Party
|
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| Letters to mother
1973 1 folder Draft appeal. Son Jeff dies in April 1973, Winnie goes to Brown.
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|
| | 53 |
| Letters to mother
1974 1 folder Involved in local politics. Winnie enrolls in Friends World College,
studies in India, photocopies of her letters
|
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| Letters to mother
1975 1 folder Winnie still studying in India, plans more travel and graduation from
Friends World College. Barbara involved in local co-op store
|
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| Letters to mother
1976-1980 1 folder Ben graduates from law school, 1977; Barbara very involved with co-op
and other civic causes, on board of Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors
|
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| Letters to mother
1981-1986 1 folder Ed and Barbara continue activities in draft counseling. Barbara works
on politics, co-op.
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1946 1 folder Barbara and Ed get together in Ithaca in September 1946. Ed was
pursuing graduate work at Cornell.
|
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1947, April -September 1 folder After meeting each other at Barbara's sister's house in Clay, NY,
they began a steady correspondence
|
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1947, Oct.-Dec. 1 folder Became engaged at beginning of October
|
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1948, Jan.- March 1 folder They married under the care of New York Monthly Meeting; Barbara was
a member of Brooklyn Preparative.
|
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1948, April - May 1 folder |
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1949-1953 1 folder Ed takes a teaching position at the University of Iowa.
|
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| Letters to Edward Kerner
1954-1955, 1991 1 folder Ed teaches at University of Buffalo
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|
| | 54 |
| Letters to Stabler grandparents, Edward L. and Elizabeth
Tubby Stabler
1937-1958 1 folder Elizabeth Stabler died in 1951, Edward Lincoln in 1958
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| Letters to sister, Margaret "Miggie"
1930-1948 1 folder Margaret married Philip W. Morse in 1941.
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| Letters to sister, Margaret "Miggie"
1949-1952 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Sylvia
1935-1939 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Sylvia
1943-1949 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Sylvia
1950-1959 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Sylvia
1960-1967 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Sylvia
1970-1974 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Sylvia
1975-1977 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Edith ("Edie")
1942-1945 1 folder Edith graduated from Swarthmore College in 1945.
|
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| Letters to sister, Edith ("Edie")
1946-1947, 1955-1972 1 folder Edith married Don Allison
|
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| Letters to brother, Norman
1943 1 folder |
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| Letters to sister, Frona
1943, 1949 1 folder |
|
| Letter to uncle [Edward] Russell Stabler and his wife Anna
Cope Stabler
1957 1 folder Distribution from their son Edward's estate. Draft of thank you
note.
|
|
| Letters to son Benjamin
1968 1 folder Ben was studying abroad. Also 1957 postcard from Philadelphia.
|
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| Letters to Anna Cope Stabler
1971-1974 1 folder |
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| Miscellaneous, to grandfather 1 folder |
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| Barbara Brooks Kerner Correspondence Received |
Box |
|
| | 55 |
| Letters from her mother, Eleanor Stabler Brooks
("ESB")
1937-1942 1 folder |
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| Letters from her father, Charles Franklin Brooks
("CFB")
1931-1944 1 folder Many of the letters are carbons to several children
|
|
| Letter from her father, "Popper"
1957 1 folder |
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| Family Round-Robin letters
1956-1957 1 folder Mimeographed, compiled by Charles and Eleanor Brooks, some with
personal notes to Barbara from her mother
|
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| Family Round-Robin letters
1958 1 folder Carbons, compiled by Eleanor Brooks, with personal notes to
Barbara
|
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| Family Round-Robin letters
1959 1 folder Carbons, compiled by Eleanor Brooks, some with personal notes to
Barbara, from her mother
|
|
| Letters from Eleanor S. Brooks to her son-in-law, Edward
Kerner
1948 1 folder |
|
| Letters from husband, Edward Kerner
1959 1 folder Ed is working on Long Island, NY
|
|
| Letters from Brooks grandparents, Morgan and Frona Brooks
("Dada")
1935-ca. 1945 1 folder Morgan and Frona lived in Urbana, Illinois, and moved in 1941 to
Washington, DC, to live with daughter Edith
|
|
| From Stabler grandparents, Edward Lincoln Stabler and
Elizabeth Tubby Stabler
1927-1957 1 folder Lived in Conn.
|
|
| Letters from Frances Kerner, Edward's mother
("Boify")
1956-1959 1 folder Lived in NYC
|
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| From brother, Edward Morgan Brooks, and family
1941-1959 1 folder Edward married Sarah Bergh, and they had eight children
|
Box |
|
| | 56 |
| From sister, Margaret "Miggie"
1940-1959 1 folder Married Philip Morse ("Pete") in 1941. Big sister-ly advice.
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| From sister, Sylvia
1937-1958 1 folder Wellesley graduate
|
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| From sister, Edith
1938-1992 1 folder Married Don Allison, graduated from Swarthmore College 1945.
|
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| From brother, Norman
1944, 1957-1958 1 folder His wife, Frederika Nelson, graduated from Swarthmore College in
1946.
|
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| From sister, Frona Stabler Brooks
1957-1959 1 folder Frona married Ross A. Vicksell in 1959
|
|
| From Ed's brother, George H. Kerner and wife
1958 1 folder |
|
| From great aunt Louise Stabler Parker and husband George
Howard Parker
1928-1953 1 folder George Howard Parker taught at Harvard
|
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| From her great-aunt Esther Brooks ("Daisy")
1935-1938 1 folder Birthday wishes
|
|
| From her aunt Edith Brooks
1936-1944 1 folder Lived in Washington, DC
|
|
| From her aunt Anna B. Stabler ("Auntie Bones")
1938-1944 1 folder Living in NYC
|
|
| From Mrs. Howard P. Stabler, wife of uncle
1958 1 folder |
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| From "Woody" Woodill
1932-1937 1 folder Childhood friend from Mass., writing to Barbara, Sylvia, and
Edith
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| From friends
1933-1942 1 folder School friends, Sibyl, Jane, and others
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| From friends
1943 1 folder School friends, Sibyl, Jane, and others
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| From friends
1944-1946 1 folder School friends, Sibyl, Jane, "Woody" and others
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| Correspondence concerning work at CPS Camp
1944-1946 1 folder After a visit to Big Flats, CPS #46, with other graduate students
from Cornell, Barbara volunteered to work at the camp. She worked in
the kitchen in July-August 1945.
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| From friends
1957-1959 1 folder School friends, Sibyl, Jane, and others
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| Letter from Ida to her friend, Camilla
1986 1 folder Camilla had been a neighbor of Barbara
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| Letters concerning summer with Hallowells
1944 1 folder Barbara had a summer job at their home in Maine
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| Barbara Brooks Kerner Miscellaneous Correspondence |
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| Ben Kerner
1952-1984 1 folder Thank you notes to grandparents
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| Jeff Kerner
1955-1972 1 folder Thank you notes to grandparents
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| Winnie Kerner
1959 1 folder Thank you note to grandparent
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| Miscellaneous
1981-1982, 2002 1 folder Invitation and her refusal to apply for position of General Secretary
of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
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| Edward H. Kerner Professional Papers Edward Haskell Kerner, graduated from De Witt Clinton High School in New
York City in 1940. He earned a B.A., from Columbia College in 1943 and
worked as a physicist on the Manhattan Project, Dayton, Ohio, 1944-1945.
He was concerned peaceful uses for nuclear energy and patented a nuclear
engine to power internal combustion-type engines. He received his Ph.D.,
from Cornell University, 1950, and taught at Wayne University, Iowa
State College, and the University of Buffalo before becoming a professor
at the University of Delaware where he taught for 37 years. During the
Vietnam era, he was active in draft counseling.
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| Education and job applications
1940-1959 1 folder |
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| Job applications
1960 1 folder |
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| Correspondence, Manhattan Project
1945 1 folder |
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| Correspondence, McMahon Bill
1945-1946 1 folder |
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| Cornell University, studies, graduate assistant
1945-1957 1 folder |
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| Concerning scientists concerned with use of atomic
energy
1945-146 1 folder |
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| Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
1946-1947 1 folder |
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| Correspondence and related papers, Wayne State
1950 1 folder |
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| Correspondence, atomic research
1951-1953 1 folder |
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| Correspondence, related papers
1953-1955 1 folder |
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| Research on direct use of nuclear energy in internal
combustion-type engine
1951 1 folder |
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| Papers concerning patent application
1951-1953 1 folder |
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| Research paper, Iowa State
1953 1 folder |
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| Correspondence concerning nuclear energy to power
locomotives
1953-1954 1 folder |
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| Correspondence concerning on nuclear energy propulsion
proposal
1958 1 folder |
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| Court dockets concerning patent case
1954-1955 1 folder |
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| Patent application
1955 1 folder |
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| Correspondence, etc. concerning patent
application
1955-1957 1 folder |
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| Legal papers concerning patent
1955 1 folder |
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| Professional correspondence`
1955-1959 1 folder |
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| Legal papers concerning patent
1959 1 folder |
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| Concerning charter of University of Buffalo
1958 1 folder |
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| Concerning an article submitted for publication
1956-1958 1 folder "Statistical Mechanics and Biologically Associated Species"
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| Work related correspondence
1959-1960 1 folder |
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| Edward Kerner memorabilia
ca. 1945 1 folder Includes scraps of poetry
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| Miscellaneous correspondence, etc. 1 folder |
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| Barbara Brooks Family Miscellaneous Papers |
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| Birth of Barbara Brooks
1922 1 folder Parents' correspondence
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| Barbara's childhood drawings, essay
ca. 1930-1933 1 folder |
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| Early school papers, memorabilia
1931-1938 1 folder |
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| School essays, etc.
ca. 1931-1940 1 folder |
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| Freshman year at Radcliffe
1940-1941 1 folder Includes material from Harvard-Radcliffe Strike for Peace
Committee
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| Sophomore year, Radcliffe
1941-1942 1 folder |
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| Junior year, Radcliffe College
1942-1943 1 folder |
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| Senior year, Radcliffe
1943-1944 1 folder B.A. cum laude, Biology; awarded graduate assistantship at
Cornell
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| Cornell University memorabilia
1945-1946 1 folder |
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| Barbara Kerner Resume
ca. 1951 1 folder |
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| Barbara Brooks postcard album
1915-1936 1 folder Includes some early postcards that she collected.
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| Newark School District
1969 1 folder Committee of Concerned Parents.
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| Loan of Shawl to Yale University exhibit
1974 1 folder Loaned by Barbara's mother and aunt, 19th century woven shawl.
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| Jeff Kerner memorial
1973 1 folder |
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| Death of Anna B. Stabler correspondence
1991 1 folder Anna B. Stabler (1901-1991) was the younger sister of Barbara's
mother. Barbara notified family and friends of her sudden death on
November 23, 1991.
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| Miscellaneous lists, notes, announcements
1958-1987 1 folder |
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