West Virginia and Regional History Center
Brooke Family Papers
Brooks family
A&M 1079
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1.81 Linear Feet
Summary: 1 ft., 9.75 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 in.); (1 artifact box, 3 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
1814-1990
1880-1960
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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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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Separated Materials
Separations include an interview, newspapers, a magazine, postcards, and a wallet with Confederate money. For complete list, see control folder.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Ireland
Tucker County (W. Va.)
Diaries and journals.
Surveyors and surveying.
Universities and colleges
Women's history -- 1850-1899
Women's history -- 1900-1929
Women's history -- 1929-1950
Women's history -- 1951-present
West Virginia University. College of Law
Yale University
Brooke, Tucker, 1883-1946
Brooke, Francis - judge.
Brooke, Francis Taliaferro, 1763-1851
Brooke, St. George T. (St. George Tucker), 1844-1914
Brooke, St. George T. (St. George Tucker), 1844-1914
Carpenter, Elizabeth Brooke.
Harold, James.
Harold, Nan Brooke.
Washington, John Thorton Augustin.
Brooks family
St. George Tucker Brooke PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1481991888-191411Papers of Charles Frederick Tucker BrookeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482001902-190412Brooke Family Correspondence of World War IArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482011918-191913Letters of Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke at Yale (also includes photo of 1894 WVU faculty)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482021930-194614Brooke Family Papers (includes personal letters and Nan Brooke Harold diary [1906])Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482031867-195715Brooke Family PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482041916-195816Brooke Family PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148205undated17Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke FamilyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148206undated21Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke FamilyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148207undated22Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke FamilyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148208undated23Non-West Virginia Postcards Sent or Collected by the Brooke FamilyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148209undated24"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)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148210184925Copy of "A Narrative of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. BrookeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148211184926Notebook about John Thornton Augustin Washington and Family (genealogy; includes notes about Brooke family connection)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148212194727Fictional Books "Brushwood" and "Rab and his Friends"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482131873-188128Recipe Book of Catharine BakerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148214181429Passport of Mary Harrison BrookeArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482151927210Tucker County Surveyor's Call Book (includes a survey or Tucker and Randolph County boundaries [September 1856])Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482161856-1857211EnvelopesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482171900-1908212Addendum of 1990 -- Speech Regarding Dedication of Brooke TowerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1482181989-1990213Navy Shoulder Patch (with note regarding provenance)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148219undated31Confederate Veteran's Ribbon for Winchester Camp No. 4, Winchester VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148220undated32Needle Book (with note regarding provenance)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148221undated33Calling Cards; 1800sArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148222undated34Provenance notes with preservation copiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148223undated35Hand-Carved Wooden Chain (with note regarding provenance)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148224undated3unfolderedSmall Carved Wooden Watch Case and Uniform Buttons (with note regarding provenance; some buttons depict the West Virginia state seal)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148225undated3unfolderedSmall Souvenir Purse from the World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14822618933unfolderedSix Small Confederate and American FlagsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148227undated4Small Souvenir Tablecloth Showing Isle of Man LandmarksArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/148228undated5