1.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft., 4 1/2 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 in.); (1 artifact box, 3 in.);
(1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); 3 reels of microfilm
Creator
Brooks family
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, biographical sketches, photographs, artifacts, and other items relating to the family of St. George
Tucker Brooke (1844-1914), a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, 1878-1909. Correspondence includes business
and personal letters to and from St. George Tucker Brooke and Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, a Rhodes Scholar and Shakespearean
authority at Yale; letters between Francis (Frank) Brooke to Mrs. Mary Brooke while he served in the U.S. and France during
World War I (1918-1919); and letters from James Harold in Ireland to his son James in New York (ca. 1870). Other items include
a surveyor's call book for Tucker County (1856-1857), which includes notes on the Tucker-Randolph County boundary; "A Narrative
of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. Brooke; a manuscript recipe book (1814); and microfilmed copy of
typescript "Autobiography of St. George Tucker Brooke, Written for His Children" (reel 3). More detail about collection contents
can be found in the control folder.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials
in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Brooke Family Papers, A&M 1079, West Virginia and Regional History Center,
West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Correspondence, clippings, biographical sketches, photographs, artifacts, and other items relating to the family of St. George
Tucker Brooke (1844-1914), a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, 1878-1909. Correspondence includes business
and personal letters to and from St. George Tucker Brooke and Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, a Rhodes Scholar and Shakespearean
authority at Yale; letters between Francis (Frank) Brooke to Mrs. Mary Brooke while he served in the U.S. and France during
World War I (1918-1919); and letters from James Harold in Ireland to his son James in New York (ca. 1870). Other items include
a surveyor's call book for Tucker County (1856-1857), which includes notes on the Tucker-Randolph County boundary; "A Narrative
of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. Brooke; a manuscript recipe book (1814); and microfilmed copy of
typescript "Autobiography of St. George Tucker Brooke, Written for His Children" (reel 3). More detail about collection contents
can be found in the control folder.
Letters of Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke at Yale (also includes photo of 1894 WVU faculty)
1930-1946
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Brooke Family Papers (includes personal letters and Nan Brooke Harold diary [1906])
1867-1957
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Brooke Family Papers
1916-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Brooke Family Papers
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke Family
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke Family
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke Family
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke Family
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
"A Narrative of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. Brooke (great-uncle of St. George Tucker Brooke, also
a Revolutionary War veteran, Virginia planter, and judge with an assessment of the Virginians who became the early presidents
of the United States)
1849
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Copy of "A Narrative of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. Brooke
1849
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Notebook about John Thornton Augustin Washington and Family (genealogy; includes notes about Brooke family connection)
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Fictional Books "Brushwood" and "Rab and his Friends"
1873-1881
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Recipe Book of Catharine Baker
1814
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Passport of Mary Harrison Brooke
1927
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Tucker County Surveyor's Call Book (includes a survey or Tucker and Randolph County boundaries [September 1856])
1856-1857
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Envelopes
1900-1908
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Addendum of 1990 -- Speech Regarding Dedication of Brooke Tower
1989-1990
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Navy Shoulder Patch (with note regarding provenance)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Confederate Veteran's Ribbon for Winchester Camp No. 4, Winchester Virginia
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