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Brooks Family Papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
RG5.252
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
35 linear ft. (67 boxes plus photograph collection)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Brooks Family Papers, RG5/252, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1790-1992 (bulk 1832-1960) (inclusive)
Creator:
Brooks, Eleanor S. (Eleanor Stabler), 1892-1986, Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958, Brooks, Morgan, 1861-1947, Brooks, Frona Marie, 1861-1947, Brooks, Esther, 1859-1942, Brooks, Francis Augustus, 1824-1902, Brooks, Franklin Herrick, 1866-1922, Buck, Charles W., 1833-1933, Brooks, Benjamin Franklin, 1816-1887, and Kerner, Barbara Brooks, 1922-2007
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. 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.

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. Barbara Brooks Kerner(1922-2007), the Brooks descendant who consolidated the Brooks family papers in her home in Newark, Delaware, was the middle child of Eleanor Stabler Brooks and Charles F. Brooks. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1944 and earned an M.A. at Cornell University; during the summer of 1945 she worked at C.P.S. Camp #46, Big Flats, N.Y., for two months. In 1948 she married Edward Kerner under the care of Brooklyn Preparative Meeting. Edward H. Kerner (1924-2002) was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project in Dayton, Ohio, and a long-time physics professor at the University of Delaware.

Barbara Kerner was active in peace activities, including draft counseling during the Vietnam War and its aftermath. A lifelong Quaker, she was a member of Newark Monthly Meeting at the time of her death on October 28, 2007.

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. 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.

Barbara Kerner and other members of the Brooks family, 2003 (Accession number: 2003-015); Winifred and Benjamin Kerner, 2007, 2008 (Accession number: 2007-021, 023, 2008-010); Winifred Kerner, Acc. 2018.044

The bulk of the papers were received in 35 cartons and boxes in 2003. They were sorted into family groups, and the pictures were removed to PA 129. Series 1 contains the papers of Charles and Eleanor Stabler Brooks, the parents of Barbara Brooks Kerner, the donor, and they are directly linked to the Stabler Family Papers, a collection given to Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College in 2002-2003. Series 6: Franklin Herrick Brooks and Benjamin Franklin Brooks Business and Legal Papers (2 boxes) is partially processed and stored in archival cartons. A folder of material concerning the pacifist activities of E. Russell Stabler was transferred to the Stabler Family Papers, RG 5/234.

In December 2007 and March 2008, papers from the estate of Barbara Kerner were given to the Library by her children. The Delaware Draft Counseling Service records were transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. The Barbara Brooks Kerner Family Papers, Ser. 7 (6.5 linear feet) were processed in 2010. One carton of letters received by Barbara Brooks Kerner was separated from the 2008 donation in the transfer from the Kerner home to Friends Historical Library. These were purchased on ebay by a nephew and reunited with the rest of the collection in 2018. Much of this accession, 2018.044, was scanned by a niece of Barbara Brooks Kerner, Valerie Samson, before she forwarded it to Winifred Kerner. Divided into seventeen plastic bags with a rough inventory prepared by Valerie Samson, the correspondence was transferred to archival folders as received and added to the finding aid in 2021 with Valerie Samson's description of contents.

RG5/234 Stabler Family Papers: A closely related collection, includes additional correspondence from the Brooks and Stabler families.

PG7: Brooks family reference file which includes a detailed family tree.

Eleanor Stabler Brooks Papers at Radcliffe Archives

Charles Franklin Brooks Papers at Harvard University Archives

Photographs stored in PA 129: Organized in groups of loose photographs and albums. Arranged in series by family groups, residences, and albums.

Kerner-Brooks oversized marriage certificate stored in Marriages flat file: +K

  1. Small album (~4 x 6), leather cover, cardboard gilt-edged. Inscribed "From Harry To Charlie." Pictures of Brooks children (series 1) and their grandparents, aunts, and uncles (series 2). Location: Box 4
  2. Large album (~9 x 12), leather cover, cardboard gilt-edged pages. Mostly pictures of grandparents, aunts, and uncles (Series 2), with some of the Brooks children with their parents (Series 1), and some of more distant relatives (cousins, great-uncles, etc.) Location: Box 5
  3. Medium-sized album (~7 x 11), black cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Inscribed "Some Photographic Reminiscences For Mother From Charlie." Pictures from C.F.B's childhood and young-to-middle adulthood, of his siblings, his parents, himself, his wife, and his children. Location: Box 4
  4. Large album (~9 x 12), black cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Pictures of Brooks children (Series 1) on trips abroad and at lake in Minnesota, as well as some early pictures of their spouses and children (Series 2). Location: Box 4
  5. . Medium-sized album (~7 x 11), purple cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Pictures from Brooks children's (series 1) summers at lake in Minnesota, of the Brooks children as young adults, and of Charles's family (Series 2) when his oldest children were little. Location: Box 6
  6. Small album (~6 x 7), leather cover, cardboard gilt-edged pages. Pictures of Frona Marie Brooks as a young girl, her siblings, her friends from high school, and a number of other unidentified women. Location: Box 6
  7. Large album (~9 x 12), black cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Pictures from Brooks family's (Series 1) trip by steamer to India and China. Location: Box 7
  8. Medium-sized album (~7 x 11), black cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Pictures from Brooks children's (Series 1) childhood, adulthood, and families. Many pictures are duplicated in loose photo collection. Pictures of Frederick and his daughters, who do not appear elsewhere. Also includes height and weight chart of Brooks family (Series 1). Most photos unglued from pages, and many pages loose. Handle with extreme care. Location: Box 8
  9. Medium-sized album (~7 x 11), black cover, black paper pages. Cover says "Frona M. Brooks." Assorted pictures from Brooks family's (series 1) trips abroad and to the lake in Minnesota, with a few of Ann Hughes and of Dorothy's children. Location: Box 7
  10. Large album (~9 x 12), black cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Pictures from Brooks family's (Series 1) trip by steamer to Egypt and around Europe. Location: Box 9
  11. Large album (~11 x 14), black cover, black paper pages. Pictures from Brooks family's (series 1) trips to Europe, Asia, and the Minnesota lake. Album coming apart and many pages disintegrating; handle with care. Location: Box 10
  12. Small album (~4 x 6), black paper pages with plastic covers, red spiral binding. Pictures of mountains, animals, and an unidentified little boy. Location: Box 6
  13. Small album (~4 x 6), black paper pages with plastic covers, red spiral binding. Pictures of mountains, a cathedral, and a stagecoach. Location: Box 6
  14. Small album (~4 x 6), black paper pages, black cover. Snapshots of Brooks children (Series 1) having fun in Urbana, at picnics, on rooftops, with friends, etc. Also includes a few of Henry's daughter Elizabeth as a baby. Location: Box 6
  15. Large album (~10 x 13), black paper pages, black cover. Pictures (mostly postcards) from trip to Europe. Many pages disintegrating; album unbound. Handle with extreme care. Location: Box 10
  16. Medium-sized album (~7 x 11) black cover, black paper pages, bound with string. Pictures of Brooks family's (Series 1) residences. Location: Box 9

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2010
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

FMB to CFB, 1901-1910.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to CFB, 1911-1935.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to CFB, 1935-1940.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to CFB, 1941-1947.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to CFB, 1896-1911.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to CFB, 1912.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to CFB, 1913-1936.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to CFB, 1937-1939.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to CFB, 1940-1942.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to CFB, 1943-1946, n.d.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1900-1910.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1911.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1912.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1913-1914.
Box 2
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1915-1924.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1925-1929.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1930-1935.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1936-1937.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1938-1939.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1940-1941.
Box 3
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FMB/MB, 1942-1947, n.d.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB to CFB, 1905-1920.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to FHB (postcards), 1906-1920.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB and Uncle Frederick Brooks Correspondence, 1891-1916.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks to CFB, 1909-1949.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to Edith Brooks, 1909-1942.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Correspondence concerning Edith Brooks Estate, 1952.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to CFB/ESB, 1909-1948.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to Frances Brooks (include forwarded letter by FHB), 1904-1962.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks to CFB, 1909, 1944-1950.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to Frona Marguerite Brooks, 1936-1961.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to Ann Hughes (Frona Marguerite Brooks's daughter), 1957-1980.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to Henry Brooks (and wife Ruth), 1909-1973.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Roger Brooks to CFB, 1909-1949.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB and Dorothy Brooks (and husband Joe Thomas) Correspondence, 1939-1945.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks (and wife Margaret, a convinced Friend) to CFB/ESB, 1910-1950.
Box 4
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ESB, 1911-1947.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to their family, 1909-1957.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to their family, 1958-1965.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB to their children, 1929-1951.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB to her parents, 1910.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB to her parents, 1911.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB to her parents, 1912.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB/ESB and Stabler Family Correspondence, 1912-1939.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Forrest Cooke to CFB, 1910.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Lewis Gannett to CFB, 1910-1911.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Karl/Paul Korsetn to CFB, 1910-1911.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

Lewis A. Wells to CFB, 1912.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1901-1949, n.d.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1908-1960, n.d.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Student Papers, 1904-1911.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Correspondence Concerning Phi Beta Kappa Day, 1912.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Professional Papers, 1904-1957.
Box 5
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence, 1907-1957.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB "Sermon at Purchase Meeting", 1918.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Speeches, 1932.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Harvard University diploma and other documents.
Box Oe
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Biographical Material, 1918-1957.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Items (passport, master's degree), 1906-1933.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Will and Estate Information, 1952-1958.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Memorials, 1958.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Scrapbooks, 1897, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Diary from Mille Lacs, 1910.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Date books and Notebooks, 1936-1938, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Calculations and Considerations, 1911-1954, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1913-1958.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Clippings, 1930-1985, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB Miscellaneous Drawings, 1936-1947, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB Diary, 1907.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB Miscellaneous Radcliffe College Materials, 1914, n.d.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

ESB Writing Concerning Urbana Home, 1912-1914.
Box 6
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB, 1879-1881.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB, 1882-1883.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB, 1886-1889.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB, 1890-1893, n.d.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to Frances Brooks, 1883-1886.
Box 7
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to Frances Brooks, 1887-1888.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to Frances Brooks, 1889.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to Frances Brooks, 1890-1892.
Box 8
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to FMB, 1886-1889.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to FMB, 1890.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to FMB, 1891-1892.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Frances Brooks, 1888-1889.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Frances Brooks, 1891-1892.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1887-1888.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1890-1892.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1893.
Box 9
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1894.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1895.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1896.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1897-1899.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to MB, 1900-1902.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FAB, 1887-1901.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to FMB, 1882-1888.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to FMB, 1890-1893.
Box 10
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to FMB, 1894-1895.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to FMB, 1896-1899.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

FAB to FMB, 1900-1902.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to FAB, 1888-1894-.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to FAB, 1895-1896.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to FAB, 1897-1898.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to FAB, 1899-1902.
Box 11
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks to FMB, 1881-1893.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks to FMB, 1894-1896.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks to FMB, 1906.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Benjamin Franklin/Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1870-1875.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks from Smith College, 1879-1885.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks Postcards, 1881-1884.
Box 12
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1880s.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1890s.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1900s, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks to MB, 1888-1890, n.d.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1887-1904.
Box 13
Physical Description

1 folder

Charles B. Brooks to MB/FMB, 1881-1901.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks to MB/FMB, 1881-1913.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Franklin Herrick Brooks to FMB, 1876-1920.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Franklin Herrick Brooks, 1884.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary E. Atkinson to Cousins MB/FMB, 1890-1905.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB to Cousin Mary E. Atkinson, 1895-1899.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1885.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1886.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1/1887-4/1887.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 5/1887.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 6/1887-10/1887.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 11/1887.
Box 14
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 12/1887.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1/1888.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1/1888.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 2/1888.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 3/1888.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 3/1888.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 4/1888-12/1888.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1889.
Box 15
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1890.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1891.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1892.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1893.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1894.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1895-1896.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1897.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1898.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1/1899-2/1899.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 3/1899-4/1899.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 5/1899-12/1899.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1900-1901.
Box 16
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1902-1904.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1905.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1906.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1907.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1908.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1909.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1910-1911.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1912-1915.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1916-1920.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to FMB, 1921-1942, n.d.
Box 17
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1885-1886.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1/1887-10/1887.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 11/1887-12/1887.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1/1888.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 2/1888.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 3/1888-4/1888.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1889.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1890.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1891-1892.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1893.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1894-1895.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1896-1897.
Box 18
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1898.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1/1899-3/1899.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 4/1899.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 5/1899-12/1899.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1901.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1903-1905.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1906-1907.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1908-1909.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to MB, 1909-1923.
Box 19
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB to Frances Brooks, 1910s.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB to Frances Brooks, 1920s.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB to Frances Brooks, 1930s.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB to Frances Brooks, 1940s.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to Frances Brooks re: Visit of Tagore, 1912.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1910s.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1910s.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB re: War Work, 1919.
Box 20
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1920s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1920s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1920s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1920s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1920s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1930s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1930s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1930s.
Box 21
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1940s.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to MB/FMB, 1940s.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

Lincoln Colcord to MB/FMB, 1929-1946.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB to Frona Marguerite Brooks, 1910-1946.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks to MB/FMB, 1918-1947.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to Henry Brooks, 1901.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

Henry Brooks to MB/FMB, 1902-1922.
Box 22
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks to MB/FMB, 1916-1925, n.d.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

Dorothy Brooks to MB/FMB, 1926, n.d.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

Roger Brooks to MB/FMB, 1937.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks to MB/FMB, 1912-1928, n.d.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

Leslie Brooks to FMB, 1894.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

John Fiske to FMB, 1897-1897.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Correspondence Received Concerning Engagement, 1887.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

Ancolito Bugayong (Filipino Student) to MB/FMB, 1931-1940.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Schoolwork, n.d.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Daybook, 1899.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB University of Illinois Miscellaneous Programs, n.d.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Professional Pamphlets and Speeches, 1907-1918.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence, 1888-1910.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Miscellaneous Scientific Writings, 1898-1931.
Box 23
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Miscellaneous Scientific Writings (Oversized), 1900-1915.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Printed Materials, 1908-1968.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Miscellaneous Science Papers, 1898-1917, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Miscellaneous Travel Materials, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Correspondence with Brown University, 1941.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Correspondence Concerning Father's Estate, 1910-1921.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB Wedding Planning Materials, 1888.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB Inventory of Estate, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB Memorial, 1947.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB Headstone Design, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

MB/FMB Miscellaneous Postcards, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Primary School Appropriation Cards, 1867-1868.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Remarks at Radcliffe First Day School, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Activism Correspondence, 1924-1927.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Smith College Materials, 1928-1932.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Kappa Kappa Gamma Material, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Correspondence with Publishers/Editors, 1900s-1940s.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Literary Correspondence, 1900s-1940s.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Literary Appointment Book, 1928.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning Songwriting, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Musical Compositions (Oversized), n.d.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Writing on Tagore and Noyes Visit, 1935-1940.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Literary Manuscripts, n.d.
Box 24
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "Vinco's Will" Drafts and Manuscripts, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "The Great Panjandrum" Drafts and Manuscripts, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "How One Annex Maid Began Her Career", 1887.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "The Fighting Quaker Synopsis, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "The Great Dane" Manuscript, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "Bruno" and "Cobra" Manuscripts, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB "Kohnoor" Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Manuscripts, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Original Material on Herbert Hoover, 1928.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Partial Drafts and Notes for Stories, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Partial Drafts and Notes for Stories, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Partial Drafts and Notes for Stories, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Poetry, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB Miscellaneous Recipes Collected, n.d.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB obituary, 1947.
Box 25
Physical Description

1 folder

George Hughes to Frona Marguerite, 1923-1924.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1921-1956, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Augustus /Harriet/Margaret Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1948, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Henry/Ruth/Elizabeth Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1912-1983, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Dorothy Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1921-1980, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Octavia Hughes to Frona Marguerite, 1948-1948. n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1921-1968, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Roger/Janet Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1919-1941, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Barbara Brooks to Frona Marguerite, 1938-1980.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Octavia ("Taffy") Hughes to Barbara ("Bootie") Brooks, concerning shipping of Brooks family papers to Barbara's home, 1989-1991.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1900-1949.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1950-1989.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Miscellaneous Postcards Received, 1907-1948.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite and George Hughes, Deed, Separation Agreement, related correspondence, 1927, 1929, 1933.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Writing Concerning Henry Brooks's Death, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Urbana High School Yearbook, 1917.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Smith College Commencement Programs, 1922, 1949.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Job Applications, 1932-1939, n.d.
Box 26
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Daybook, 1947, 1950.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Address Books/Diaries, 1963, 1981, n.d.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks Miscellaneous Memorabilia, n.d.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks- Charles Evans Hughes Article, 1937.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks diplomas.
Box Oe
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Augustus/Harriet/Margaret Brooks to Frances Brooks (Colcord), 1904-1959, n.d.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Dorothy Brooks to Frances Brooks, 1914-1944, n.d.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks to Frances Brooks, 1911-1951.
Box 27
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks to Frances Brooks, 1909-1959, n.d.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Henry/Ruth/Elizabeth Brooks to Frances Brooks, 1906-1958, n.d.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Roger/Janet Brooks to Frances Brooks, 1910-1948, n.d.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Barbara Brooks to Frances Brook, 1957-1958.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Coe to Frances Brooks, 1914-1917.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Atkinson to Frances Brooks, 1903-1906.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

James/Augusta Barnard Hall to Frances Brooks Colcord, 1914-1915.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Anna Lord to Frances Brooks Colcord, 1953-1959.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks Colcord West Indies Cruise Correspondence, 1937.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks Miscellaneous Received, 1884-1929.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks Colcord Miscellaneous Received, 1930-1972.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Lincoln Colcord and the Herald Tribune, concerning Lend-Lease Bill, 1941.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks Susan Butler Verse Book (gift of FMB), n.d.
Box 28
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1909-1951, n.d.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Karsten Statistical Laboratory Correspondence and Papers, 1929-1942.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks High School Yearbook, 1917.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Radcliffe College Class of 1920 Report, 1945.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Passport, 1922.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Day Book, 1941.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Address Book, n.d.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Roger Brooks Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1908-1910, n.d.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to Roger Brooks (re: Edith Brooks estate), 1952.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Dorothy Brooks Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1919-1922, n.d.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Dorothy Brooks Writing about FMB, n.d.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Augustus Brooks Pump Patent Papers, 1930.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Augustus Brooks University of Illinois Commencement, 1917.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Materials Concerning Henry Brooks's Death, 1948.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edward M. Brooks Papers (re: environment/weather), 1926, 1978, 1986.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks Smith College Appointment Book, 1949.
Box 29
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

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 was never able to practice due to hearing loss. 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

BFB to ECHB, 1878-1886.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to BFB, 1873-1879.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB and Charlotte Frances Brooks Correspondence, 1880-1895.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to CWB, 1870-1874.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

CWB to ECHB, 1920-1923.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to ECHB, 1886-1939.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to ECHB, 1940-1941.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to ECHB, 1942, n.d.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to FMB, 1878-1882.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to FMB, 1883-1884.
Box 30
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to FMB, 1885-1888.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to FMB, 1889.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to FMB, 1890-1936, n.d.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

MB to ECHB, 1892-1940.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to MB, 1888-1911, n.d.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB to ECHB, 1878-1921, n.d.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks (MB's brother) to ECHB, 1888-1917.
Box 31
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ECHB, 1901-1912.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ECHB, 1913-1917.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ECHB, 1918-1938.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ECHB, 1938-1939.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ECHB, 1940, n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

CFB to ECHB (miscellaneous notes), n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to CFB, 1896-1939.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Marguerite Brooks to ECHB, 1908-1942, n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB to Frona Marguerite Brooks, 1920-1934.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Edith Brooks to ECHB, 1904-1942, n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Dorothy Brooks to ECHB, 1912-1942, n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Henry/Ruth Brooks to ECHB, 1898-1939, n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Roger/Harriet Brooks to ECHB, 1910-1939, n.d.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Augustus Brooks to ECHB, 1927.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks to ECHB, 1914-1942.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Edward Brooks to ECHB, 1937-1938.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Sylvia Brooks to ECHB, 1927-1955.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Elizabeth Brooks to ECHB, 1932-1939.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

Ina Brooks to ECHB, 1934-1936.
Box 32
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Correspondence with Alumni/Classmates, 1884-1939, n.d.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Lowrey to ECHB, 1884-1906, 1939.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Women's Education Association Correspondence, 1920-1923.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Compilation of European Trip Correspondence, 1922-1923.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Miscellaneous Family Travel Correspondence, 1928.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1876-1939, n.d.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Miscellaneous Smith College Materials, 1882-1883.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Greeting Cards Sent to ECHB, n.d.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

ECHB Address Books, Day Books, Letter Register, n.d.
Box 33
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

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.

CW Buck to Charles Buck, 1843-1853.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Charles Frances Brooks to Charles Buck, 1859-1861.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Jebediah Herrick Buck to Charles Buck, 1845-1848.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Charles Buck Correspondence Received, 1840s.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Charles Buck Correspondence Received, 1840s-1860s.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Benjamin Franklin Brooks to Sophronia Herrick Buck, 1831-1876.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Benjamin Franklin Brooks family correspondence, 1875-1893.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

Lucian Brooks to Benjamin Franklin Brooks, 1875-1876, n.d.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1858-1886.
Box 34
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1880-1900.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1897-1901.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

MB's Family to Charlotte Frances Brooks, 1887-1892.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks American Express Letter of Induction, 1900.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1862-1904, n.d.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks Diary, 1893.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks Miscellaneous Writings, 1890s, n.d.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

Charles Buck to CW Buck, 1845-1853.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks to CW Buck, 1848-1898.
Box 35
Physical Description

1 folder

William Buck to CW Buck, 1846-1860.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Buck to CW Buck, 1848-1857.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Stearns Buck to CW Buck, 1868-1901.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Oliver Stearns Buck to CW Buck, 1878-1910s, n.d.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Sophronia Buck to CW Buck, 1845-1851.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

FMB to CW Buck, 1881.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Alice Brooks to Uncle CW Buck, 1917-1920.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Alice/Sallie Brooks to Uncle CW Buck, 1896-1920.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Arthur Buck to Uncle CW Buck, 1919-1931.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Robert Herrick to CW Buck, 1888-1918.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

NJ Herrick to CW Buck, 1876-1877.
Box 36
Physical Description

1 folder

Katherine Wormely to CW Buck, 1892-1908.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

FE Abbott to CW Buck, 1888-1893.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

Fraternity Club to CW Buck, 1871-1932.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

George Batchelor to CW Buck, 1882-1890.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Correspondence Received Concerning Deaths of Mother/Wife, 1860s-1870s.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1842-1903.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck to Mary Stearns Buck, 1870-1888.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Ministry Papers, 1958-1963.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Calls to Ministry, 1863-1888.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Intentions of Marriage, 1806-1811.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Probate, 1863.
Box 37
Physical Description

1 folder

Marriage Certificates Performed by CW Buck, 1871-1879.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Articles Published in Religious Magazines, 1875-1877.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Miscellaneous Clippings and Sermons, n.d.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Mining Company Papers, 1881-1896.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck Diary, 1876.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

C.W. Buck autobiographical and genealogical notes, ca. 1860-1866.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

CW/Mary Stearns Buck Miscellaneous Memorabilia, n.d.
Box 38
Physical Description

1 folder

Journal Regarding Oliver Stearns Estate, 1885.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte F. Buck to Frona Buck, 1802-1903, n.d.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Arthur Buck to Charlotte F./Frona Buck, 1843-1847.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte F/Frona Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1878-1971, n.d.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Frona Buck Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1906-1913, n.d.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

CW Buck to Sister Mary Buck, 1846-1855.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Arthur Buck Summer Vacation Journal, 1884.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Arthur Buck Extracts of Correspondence Concerning Honduras Trip, 1904.
Box 39
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks to FHB, 1889-1893.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Charlotte Frances Brooks, correspondence with Franklin Herrick Brooks, 1884-1906.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

Nieces to Franklin Herrick Brooks, 1904-1921.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB Correspondence Received, 1880s.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB Correspondence Received, 1880s.
Box 40
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB Correspondence Sent, 1890s-1930s.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB Student Papers, n.d.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

FHB diary (Phillips Academy?), 1885.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Butler Brooks to Caleb/Clarissa V. Butler, 1838.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Butler Brooks to Caleb Butler Concerning Quebec Trip, 1841-1842.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Harriet Littlefield to Clarissa V. Butler (her sister), 1832-1839.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Clarissa V. Butler Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, 1860s-1870s.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

CW/Robert H. Buck to Charles Butler Brooks, 1864-1868.
Box 41
Physical Description

1 folder

Rebecca Butler Anderson Miscellaneous Correspondence Received, n.d.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Verses on the Death of Charles V. Butler, 1831.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Caleb Butler certificate, Saint Pauls Lodge, Groton, Mass. and New England Historic Genealogical Society Certificate.
Box Oe
Physical Description

1 folder

Caleb Butler Funeral Service, 1855.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Clarissa V. Butler Journals, 1869-1871.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Butler Brooks Hymn Book, 1847.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Butler Brooks Commonplace Book, n.d.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

"Life and Adventures of Frederick Brooks" by his mother, Frances Butler Brooks (photocopied typescript), ca. 1888.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Butler Brooks: Ms copy of "The Temptation of St. Anthony", n.d.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Oliver Brooks (uncle) and S. Flowers (aunt) to Francis Augustus Brooks, 1844-1870.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

John Moors to Francis Augustus Brooks, 1842-1847.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Correspondence with Siblings, 1830-1863.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence, 1843-1869, n.d.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Miscellaneous Professional Correspondence, 1838-1863.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks, Articles/Correspondence concerning his pamphlet critical of President McKinley's Philippine policy, 1893-1901.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Miscellaneous Legal Documents, 1837-1897.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Deeds Collected, 1790-1834.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Daybooks, 1888-1891.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Justice of the Peace Certificate, 1890.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks Political Pamphlets, 1893-1899.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Francis Augustus Brooks obituary, Nashua and Lowell RR, 1902.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks to Niece Frances Brooks, 1899-1918.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks to Nieces/Nephews, 1890-1908.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Frederick Brooks Memorial, 1919.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Blanche E. Brooks to Mabel Stackpole, 1907-1908.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Boston Almanacs (owner unknown), 1848-1861.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Unmarked Greeting Cards, n.d.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Pictures, Paintings, Postcards, n.d.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, n.d.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Programs and Printed Materials, n.d.
Box 43
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Printed Materials, n.d.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Printed Materials Concerning Astronomy, 1916-1941.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

Memorabilia.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Scrapbooks, n.d.
Box 44
Physical Description

1 folder

Brooks Name Register- Francis Augustus Brooks, 1892.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Family Register . . . of Francis Augustus Brooks Francis Butler, his wife, compiled by Frances Brooks.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Brooks family genealogy, carbon typescript.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Frances Brooks Colcord genealogical papers and letters to Roger Brooks concerning her work, 1928-1932.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Fiske Kimball to Roger Brooks concerning Fisk genealogy, 1941.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Fisk family genealogy.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Family Register . . . of Morgan Brooks compiled by Morgan Brooks.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Buck-Brooks Family Genealogical Materials, n.d.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Buck-Brooks Family Genealogical Materials, n.d.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

The Brook Genealogy by J. Montgomery Seaver, published by the American Genealogical Society, [ca. 1930].
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Buck and Herrick family genealogical notes.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

"Family Memoranda" rough notes.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Fan charts, n.d.
Box 45
Physical Description

1 folder

Business papers and ledgers, primarily Benjamin Franklin Brooks and Franklin Herrick Brooks.
Box 46
Physical Description

1 box

Business papers and ledgers, primarily Benjamin Franklin Brooks and Franklin Herrick Brooks.
Box 47
Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

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.

Childhood letters sent to parents, grandparents, and other relatives, 1931-1939.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Visited New York World Fair in Oct. 1939

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to parents, 1941.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Graduated from Milton High School and entered Radcliffe College

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to parents, 1942.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Camp counselor in the summer

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to parents, 1943.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Worked in a C.O. camp in Vermont during the summer, picking apples. Returned to college late October

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1944.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Barbara graduated from Radcliffe College, Class of 1944, with a major in biology and subsequently did graduate work at Cornell.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to parents, 1945, Jan-June.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Graduate study at Cornell, living off campus with "Woody" Woodill. Describes effect of Roosevelt's death on the campus.

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1945, July-Dec.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1946, Jan-June.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Studying and working at Cornell

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1946, July-Dec.
Box 49
Scope and Contents

Moves to Ypsilanti, Michigan, to continue studies

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1947.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1948.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1949.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

First son, Benjamin, born May. Ed takes a teaching job at Wayne State.

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1950.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

Ed completes his Ph.D., in physics, Cornell University

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1951.
Box 50
Scope and Contents

Ed takes job with Iowa State University; second child, Jeffrey, born, May 24

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1952.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Candidate Eisenhower visits Ames; Barbara is active in politics peace concerns

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1953.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1954.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Barbara joins Amherst Symphony Orchestra (cello), LWV, attends Buffalo Meeting, teaches Sunday School. Ed filing for patent

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1955.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Winifred born May 5, 1955. Ed gets tenure.

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1956.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Barbara involved in LWV, Buffalo Meeting

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1957.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Barbara serves on Democratic Party committee, takes a part-time job in Children's Hospital.

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1 folder

Letters to parents, 1958.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Father, Charles F. Brooks, dies. Parenting concerns, Edward resigns from Univ. of Buffalo, goes on sabbatical

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1959.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Family rents home on Long Island during Edward's sabbatical

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1960.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

JFK elected president; Barbara had favored Stevenson

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1961.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1962.
Box 51
Scope and Contents

Edward takes a position at University of Delaware, and the family moved to Newark

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1963.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1964.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Barbara involved in civic planning, land preservation effort. Their son Ben traveled to UN in trip sponsored by AFSC.

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1965.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

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.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to mother, 1966.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Ben goes to Brandeis University; Barbara tempted to run for city council, involved with anti-war activities, Asch's controversial aid program.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to mother, 1967.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1968.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1969.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Barbara and Ed involved in high school students' rights concerns, racial issues

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1970.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Active in draft counseling, family issues. Ben graduates from Brandeis.

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1971.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Ed and Barbara lobbying to repeal the draft

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1972.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Active in Democratic Party

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1973.
Box 52
Scope and Contents

Draft appeal. Son Jeff dies in April 1973, Winnie goes to Brown.

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1974.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

Involved in local politics. Winnie enrolls in Friends World College, studies in India, photocopies of her letters

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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1975.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1976-1980.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

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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1 folder

Letters to mother, 1981-1986.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

Barbara works on politics, draft counseling, co-op.

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1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1946.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

Barbara and Ed get together in Ithaca in September 1946. Ed was pursuing graduate work at Cornell.

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1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1947, April -September.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

After meeting each other at Barbara's sister's house in Clay, NY, they began a steady correspondence

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1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1947, Oct.-Dec.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

Became engaged at beginning of October

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1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1948, Jan.- March.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

They married under the care of New York Monthly Meeting; Barbara was a member of Brooklyn Preparative.

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1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1948, April - May.
Box 53
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1949-1953.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

Ed takes a teaching position at the University of Iowa.

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1 folder

Letters to Edward Kerner, 1954-1955, 1991.
Box 53
Scope and Contents

Ed teaches at University of Buffalo

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1 folder

Letters to Stabler grandparents, Edward L. and Elizabeth Tubby Stabler, 1937-1958.
Box 54
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Stabler died in 1951, Edward Lincoln in 1958

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1 folder

Letters to sister, Margaret "Miggie", 1930-1948.
Box 54
Scope and Contents

Margaret married Philip W. Morse in 1941.

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1 folder

Letters to sister, Margaret "Miggie", 1949-1952.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Sylvia, 1935-1939.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Sylvia, 1943-1949.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Sylvia, 1950-1959.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Sylvia, 1960-1967.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Sylvia, 1970-1974.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Sylvia, 1975-1977.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Edith ("Edie"), 1942-1945.
Box 54
Scope and Contents

Edith graduated from Swarthmore College in 1945.

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1 folder

Letters to sister, Edith ("Edie"), 1946-1947, 1955-1972.
Box 54
Scope and Contents

Edith married Don Allison

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1 folder

Letters to brother, Norman, 1943.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to sister, Frona, 1943, 1949.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letter to uncle [Edward] Russell Stabler and his wife Anna Cope Stabler, 1957.
Box 54
Scope and Contents

Distribution from their son Edward's estate. Draft of thank you note.

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1 folder

Letters to son Benjamin, 1968.
Box 54
Scope and Contents

Ben was studying abroad. Also 1957 postcard from Philadelphia.

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1 folder

Letters to Anna Cope Stabler, 1971-1974.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, to grandfather.
Box 54
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters from her mother, Eleanor Stabler Brooks ("ESB"), 1937-1942.
Box 55
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters from her father, Charles Franklin Brooks ("CFB"), 1931-1944.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Many of the letters are carbons to several children

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1 folder

Letter from her father, "Popper", 1957.
Box 55
Physical Description

1 folder

Family Round-Robin letters, 1956-1957.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed, compiled by Charles and Eleanor Brooks, some with personal notes to Barbara from her mother

Physical Description

1 folder

Family Round-Robin letters, 1958.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Carbons, compiled by Eleanor Brooks, with personal notes to Barbara

Physical Description

1 folder

Family Round-Robin letters, 1959.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Carbons, compiled by Eleanor Brooks, some with personal notes to Barbara, from her mother

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters from Eleanor S. Brooks to her son-in-law, Edward Kerner, 1948.
Box 55
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters from husband, Edward Kerner, 1959.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Ed is working on Long Island, NY

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1 folder

Letters from Brooks grandparents, Morgan and Frona Brooks ("Dada"), 1935-ca. 1945.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Morgan and Frona lived in Urbana, Illinois, and moved in 1941 to Washington, DC, to live with daughter Edith

Physical Description

1 folder

From Stabler grandparents, Edward Lincoln Stabler and Elizabeth Tubby Stabler, 1927-1957.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Lived in Conn.

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1 folder

Letters from Frances Kerner, Edward's mother ("Boify"), 1956-1959.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Lived in NYC

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1 folder

From brother, Edward Morgan Brooks, and family, 1941-1959.
Box 55
Scope and Contents

Edward married Sarah Bergh, and they had eight children

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1 folder

From sister, Margaret "Miggie", 1940-1959.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Married Philip Morse ("Pete") in 1941. Big sister-ly advice.

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1 folder

From sister, Sylvia, 1937-1958.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Wellesley graduate

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1 folder

From sister, Edith, 1938-1992.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Married Don Allison, graduated from Swarthmore College 1945.

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1 folder

From brother, Norman, 1944, 1957-1958.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

His wife, Frederika Nelson, graduated from Swarthmore College in 1946.

Physical Description

1 folder

From sister, Frona Stabler Brooks, 1957-1959.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Frona married Ross A. Vicksell in 1959

Physical Description

1 folder

From Ed's brother, George H. Kerner and wife, 1958.
Box 56
Physical Description

1 folder

From great aunt Louise Stabler Parker and husband George Howard Parker, 1928-1953.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

George Howard Parker taught at Harvard

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1 folder

From her great-aunt Esther Brooks ("Daisy"), 1935-1938.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Birthday wishes

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1 folder

From her aunt Edith Brooks, 1936-1944.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Lived in Washington, DC

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1 folder

From her aunt Anna B. Stabler ("Auntie Bones"), 1938-1944.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Living in NYC

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1 folder

From Mrs. Howard P. Stabler, wife of uncle, 1958.
Box 56
Physical Description

1 folder

From "Woody" Woodill, 1932-1937.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

Childhood friend from Mass., writing to Barbara, Sylvia, and Edith

Physical Description

1 folder

From friends, 1933-1942.
Box 56
Scope and Contents

School friends, Sibyl, Jane, and others

Physical Description

1 folder

From friends, 1943.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

School friends, Sibyl, Jane, and others

Physical Description

1 folder

From friends, 1944-1946.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

School friends, Sibyl, Jane, "Woody" and others

Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence concerning work at CPS Camp, 1944-1946.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

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.

Physical Description

1 folder

From friends, 1957-1959.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

School friends, Sibyl, Jane, and others

Physical Description

1 folder

Letter from Ida to her friend, Camilla, 1986.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

Camilla had been a neighbor of Barbara

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters concerning summer with Hallowells, 1944.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

Barbara had a summer job at their home in Maine

Physical Description

1 folder

Existence and Location of Copies

According to correspondence with the donor, much of this correspondence was scanned for the family by Valerie Samson in 2015/16.

Arrangement

Arranged as it was received in seventeen plastic bags. Refoldered and boxed.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence received by Barbara and Edward Kerner. This material was separated from the bulk of the donation in 2008 and reunited at Friends Historical Library in 2018. Content description by Valerie Samson who scanned much of the material for the family. Donor removed some early personal letters between her parents.

Family letters, folder #1.
Box 62
Scope and Contents

Bag #1: 1949-1950 from ESB and CFB to BBK and EK; Letters 1949-1951 from EMB, Sylvia, Allisons, NHB, FB; letters from CFB, ESB, 1950,1951; ELS 1955; Boston Herald article, Peace Crusaders Tramp Capital, Find only Trouble, 3/16/1951; 2 letters from Alaska Army Air Force 1955

Family letters, folder #2.
Box 62
Scope and Contents

Bag #1: 1949-1950 from ESB and CFB to BBK and EK; Letters 1949-1951 from EMB, Sylvia, Allisons, NHB, FB; letters from CFB, ESB, 1950,1951; ELS 1955; Boston Herald article, Peace Crusaders Tramp Capital, Find only Trouble, 3/16/1951; 2 letters from Alaska Army Air Force 1955

Edward Kerner to Barbara and family letters, 1947-1954.
Box 62
Scope and Contents

Bag #2: [EHK to BBK Sept. 1947-Dec. 1947, love letters bundled packet of letters, EHK to BBK June 1947-Sept. 1947, love letters - removed by donor] EHK t0 BBK Jan 24, 1954, Jun 12, 1954, Ben, 1954 (undated); EHK t0 BBK and family 1949-1950 (with valentines), 1952, 1953; first Mother's Day card to BBK, 1950

Edward to Barbara, 1946-1948.
Box 62
Scope and Contents

Bag #3: Letters EK to BBK July , 1946 - 1947; letter EBA to BBK Jan. 1947; EHK to BBK Jan - June 1948

Family , 1932, 1944-1945.
Box 62
Scope and Contents

Bag #4: Letters to BBK from, ESB and CFB, EMB and KBP, ABS on boyfriends, 1944-1945, ELS, Sylvia on EMB illness, Mary Keogh 1932

Family and friends, 1949-1955.
Box 63
Scope and Contents

Bag #5: Letters to BBK from ESB and CFB, 1951, letters to BBK from ESB and CFB, A.S. Kerner, 1955; packet of letters from Freddie Brooks, Peggy Coppeck with photo, Miggie and Pete 1955, ERS and ACS Xmas letter, Mary Donn, Xmas 1995, friends Lera Clancy, Bucher, Bets, ELS, EMB and newspaper в Long-Range Weather Forecaster by Dickson Terry (St. Louis Post Dispatch Sunday, July 24, 1955), Mt. Chocorua card, wedding announcement Martha Zook Taylor and Eugene Alton Troyer;BBK from ESB and CFB, 1951, 1955, letters from ELS and ETS 1949, 1950, 1951 (ETS's last letter to Bootie); Frances Colcord 1951, ABS 1951, FBR 1951, Aunt Edith Brooks 1951

Friends, folder 1, 1947-1948.
Box 63
Scope and Contents

Bag #6: Letters from friends, Ida Bucher, etc. 1947; 1949 (unexamined), 1949-1951 (unexamined)

Friends, folder 2, 1948-1951.
Box 63
Scope and Contents

Bag #6: Letters from friends, Ida Bucher, etc. 1947; 1949 (unexamined), 1949-1951 (unexamined)

Family, folder 1, 1947-1949.
Box 63
Scope and Contents

Bag #7: Letters/cards, Ben's arrival congrats May 1949; bundled packet of letters from Boify, George, Ticky, (A.S.Kerner, F. R. Kerner) Dec. 1947-Aug. 1949;Letters ESB to BBK and EHK, from MB Morse 1956, EMB and SBB 1956, EBA, Sylvia 1955, Frona 1956 (on her first vote); letters from ETS and ELS to BBK, 1947,1948

Family, folder 2, 1956.
Box 64
Scope and Contents

Bag #7: Letters/cards, Ben's arrival congrats May 1949; bundled packet of letters from Boify, George, Ticky, (A.S.Kerner, F. R. Kerner) Dec. 1947-Aug. 1949;Letters ESB to BBK and EHK, from MB Morse 1956, EMB and SBB 1956, EBA, Sylvia 1955, Frona 1956 (on her first vote); letters from ETS and ELS to BBK, 1947,1948

Friends, folder 1, 1946.
Box 64
Scope and Contents

Bag #8: Friends to BBK, 1944-1945, 1947, 1953, 1955 (Merriam, MacCormack, Haller, ?, Hyde, Hermann, Sybil Beckett, Denis and Nina, Fletch, Binky, Woody, Aunt Lillie, A. S. Kerner (Boify= Frances)

Friends, folder 2, 1944-1955.
Box 64
Scope and Contents

Bag #8: Friends to BBK, 1944-1945, 1947, 1953, 1955 (Merriam, MacCormack, Haller, ?, Hyde, Hermann, Sybil Beckett, Denis and Nina, Fletch, Binky, Woody, Aunt Lillie, A. S. Kerner (Boify= Frances)

Family, folder 1, 1947-1949.
Box 64
Scope and Contents

Bag #9: Letters from CFB and ESB on ETS's death, 1951-1953, 1949; Frona, 1948, EBA 1947, ABS 1948-1949; Relatives, 1947-1949: ABS, HPS, GHP and Aunt Louise, Edith, Frances, JT Tubby 1948, on Bootie's wedding

Family, folder 2, 1951-1953.
Box 64
Scope and Contents

Bag #9: Letters from CFB and ESB on ETS's death, 1951-1953, 1949; Frona, 1948, EBA 1947, ABS 1948-1949; Relatives, 1947-1949: ABS, HPS, GHP and Aunt Louise, Edith, Frances, JT Tubby 1948, on Bootie's wedding

Family and friends, 1944-1954.
Box 65
Scope and Contents

Bag #10: Friends, Edith Ratcliff, Hossein Motavalli, Hugh Barbour, Clifton Dummett, Rissmans, Bets, Bertram Don, Bhanu Parikh, etc. Letters from CFB and ESB, 1948, MB 1948, ELS on Winnie's birth, FBV 1954, ERS 1954, A.S. Kerner 1954; Bundled packet of letters from ELS and ETS, 1948 (wedding plans)

Family, 1947-1955.
Box 65
Scope and Contents

Bag #11:Letters from CFB and ESB 1954-1955, CFB drawing of cats; Letters from CFB and ESB, 1953-1954; Letters from NHB and Freddie, 1948-1949; Letters from Sylvia Brooks, 1948-1949; Letters from EMB and SBB 1947-1949

Family and friends, 1932, 1954-1961.
Box 65
Scope and Contents

Bag #12: Congratulation letters on Winnie's birth, 1955: SBB, Sylvia, Miggie, Aunt Jewinel (?), Ticky and Michael, CFB Thee has crossed thy first bridge, MBMorse, ABS, Aunt Lillie, FBC, Ellie Henschel, etc.; letters from EMB and SBB, 1954; MBM and Pete Morse 1954-55, Sylvia 1954, EBA 1955, NHB and Freddie 1954-55 (Alec birth announcement), ELS 1954-55-56, FBV 1954-1955, ELS to BBK, Ben and Jeff 1955 and newspaper clipping on Franklin Hutchinson, collection of postcards and other cards to Jeff Kerner, 1953, 1955,1959 1960-61-62, from parents, Phil Morse, EBA, Sylvia, CFB, ESB, ABS, etc.; letters from school friends, Margaret Cot, etc. to BBK, 1932

Family, 1954-1956.
Box 66
Scope and Contents

Box # 13: A. S. Kerner to BBK, Ben, Jeff, Winnie 1955, 1956; ELS to BBK 1956, Sylvia 1953, 1956, CFB 1956, Frona 1953, MBM 1953, 1956, EBA 1956, Aunt Lillie and Max 1954, F.R. Kerner 1956, Ida and Bill 1956 and photo, SBB 1956, ERS and ACS 1956, EBA 1956, Allen Hatch (Woody) 1956, Rose Depayan 1956, Valentines 1932, 1933, 1935,

Family, 1956.
Box 66
Scope and Contents

Box #13: A. S. Kerner to BBK, Ben, Jeff, Winnie 1955, 1956; ELS to BBK 1956, Sylvia 1953, 1956, CFB 1956, Frona 1953, MBM 1953, 1956, EBA 1956, Aunt Lillie and Max 1954, F.R. Kerner 1956, Ida and Bill 1956 and photo, SBB 1956, ERS and ACS 1956, EBA 1956, Allen Hatch (Woody) 1956, Rose Depayan 1956, Valentines 1932, 1933, 1935,

Family, 1946-1947.
Box 66
Scope and Contents

Bag #14: NHB to BBK 1946, ETS 1947, CFB and ESB 1946, 1947, Sylvia 1946, 1952, 1953 wanted to study Ben's tantrums, telegram for ELMеs birth, ETS 1946, Woody 1946, Reaction study for Women (no date- 1946?) bundled packet of letters 1951-1953, FBV, NHB, EBA, Diana Brooks birth announcement, Charles Scott Allison birth announcement, MBM on Xmas gift assignments 1951, 1952, 1953, Xmas festival program at Methodist Church 1951, EMB and SBB 1951, Xmas letter 1951, 1952

Family, 1951-1953.
Box 66
Scope and Contents

Bag #14: NHB to BBK 1946, ETS 1947, CFB and ESB 1946, 1947, Sylvia 1946, 1952, 1953 wanted to study Ben's tantrums, telegram for ELMеs birth, ETS 1946, Woody 1946, Reaction study for Women (no date- 1946?) bundled packet of letters 1951-1953, FBV, NHB, EBA, Diana Brooks birth announcement, Charles Scott Allison birth announcement, MBM on Xmas gift assignments 1951, 1952, 1953, Xmas festival program at Methodist Church 1951, EMB and SBB 1951, Xmas letter 1951, 1952

Greeting cards and letters from friends, 1945-1953.
Box 66
Scope and Contents

Bag #15: Letters 1949-1951, MBM and Pete Morse; Letters 1951-1953, Boify, Aunt Jennie, Aunt Lil (Radin); Miscel. Xmas cards 1953' Valentine cards 1931, 1935, 1937; tempura paint picture by Jeff for grandma Boify 1953? letters from Sylvia 1953-54, EBA 1953, NHB 1953, EMB 1953, ELS 1953-54, ABS 1952-1953, FBColcord 1953-54, Aunt Louise (Parker) 1952; Letters 1951-1953, Sibyl 1953, Max Woodbury 1953, E. Henschel 1952, Allen Hatch 1952, Martha Troyer 1951-1952, Peggy 1951, 1953, Macy Bowditch 1953, Martha Van Huten 1953. Clifton Dummett 1953, Rose Depoyan 1953, Thomas Connolly 1951, Hugh Barbour 1952, Nancy Meyers 1953, Sibyl 1952, Irene Carlson 1945?, Harlan Smith on courtship and marriage w. Margaret Ann Guthrie (Quaker) 1951, Phil Rein..?, Lida Woodbury 1952, Ann Rissman and birth announcement 1952,

Family, 1949-1951.
Box 67
Scope and Contents

Box #16: Letters from CFB and ESB 1955, 1956 (on closing S.L.) , Sibyl 1955, Mrs. R.F. Kerner 1955, EBA 1955, ESB and CFB 1947 with Morgan Brooks obit, Hasty Pudding Club 99th season, financial investments, letters EHK to BBK 1949, Mrs. George Kerner 1949-1951; letter Margaret Cotz 1932, Woodie (postcard 1948), packet of letters 1949-1951, from Boify

Family, with Round Robin carbons, 1953-1956.
Box 67
Scope and Contents

Box #16: Letters from CFB and ESB 1955, 1956 (on closing S.L.) , Sibyl 1955, Mrs. R.F. Kerner 1955, EBA 1955, ESB and CFB 1947 with Morgan Brooks obit, Hasty Pudding Club 99th season, financial investments, letters EHK to BBK 1949, Mrs. George Kerner 1949-1951; letter Margaret Cotz 1932, Woodie (postcard 1948), packet of letters 1949-1951, from Boify

Family and friends, 1946-1954.
Box 67
Scope and Contents

Bag #17: ESB 1950, 1951 (blackout at Radcliffe); bundled packet of letters, Philip Harris 1946, Alma S. 1946, Brooks Colcord 1946, Auntie C, Jack, A Curves, Binky and Woody 1945, 1947, bundled packet of letters ESB and CFB 1947; letters from Clifton 1947, MBM 1947, Woody 1947, Sibyl Beckett 1947, Aunt Edith 1947, Ann Slocum 1947, Betty Gaffney 1947, Julian Smith 1947,inventory of items at FMB's Connecticut Ave. place at her death in 1947; letters: MBM 1947, Mrs. G. Kerner 1953-1954, A. S. Kerner 1954

Ben Kerner, 1952-1984.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

Thank you notes to grandparents

Physical Description

1 folder

Jeff Kerner, 1955-1972.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

Thank you notes to grandparents

Physical Description

1 folder

Winnie Kerner, 1959.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

Thank you note to grandparent

Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1981-1982, 2002.
Box 57
Scope and Contents

Invitation and her refusal to apply for position of General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

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.

Education and job applications, 1940-1959.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Job applications, 1960.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, Manhattan Project, 1945.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, McMahon Bill, 1945-1946.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Cornell University, studies, graduate assistant, 1945-1957.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Concerning scientists concerned with use of atomic energy, 1945-146.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 1946-1947.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence and related papers, Wayne State, 1950.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, atomic research, 1951-1953.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, related papers, 1953-1955.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Research on direct use of nuclear energy in internal combustion-type engine, 1951.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Papers concerning patent application, 1951-1953.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Research paper, Iowa State, 1953.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence concerning nuclear energy to power locomotives, 1953-1954.
Box 58
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence concerning on nuclear energy propulsion proposal, 1958.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Court dockets concerning patent case, 1954-1955.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Patent application, 1955.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, etc. concerning patent application, 1955-1957.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal papers concerning patent, 1955.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Professional correspondence`, 1955-1959.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Legal papers concerning patent, 1959.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Concerning charter of University of Buffalo, 1958.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Concerning an article submitted for publication, 1956-1958.
Box 59
Scope and Contents

"Statistical Mechanics and Biologically Associated Species"

Physical Description

1 folder

Work related correspondence, 1959-1960.
Box 59
Physical Description

1 folder

Birth of Barbara Brooks, 1922.
Box 60
Scope and Contents

Parents' correspondence

Physical Description

1 folder

Barbara's childhood drawings, essay, ca. 1930-1933.
Box 60
Physical Description

1 folder

Early school papers, memorabilia, 1931-1938.
Box 60
Physical Description

1 folder

School essays, etc., ca. 1931-1940.
Box 60
Physical Description

1 folder

Freshman year at Radcliffe, 1940-1941.
Box 60
Scope and Contents

Includes material from Harvard-Radcliffe Strike for Peace Committee

Physical Description

1 folder

Sophomore year, Radcliffe, 1941-1942.
Box 60
Physical Description

1 folder

Junior year, Radcliffe College, 1942-1943.
Box 60
Physical Description

1 folder

Senior year, Radcliffe, 1943-1944.
Box 60
Scope and Contents

B.A. cum laude, Biology; awarded graduate assistantship at Cornell

Physical Description

1 folder

Cornell University memorabilia, 1945-1946.
Box 61
Physical Description

1 folder

Barbara Kerner Resume, ca. 1951.
Box 61
Physical Description

1 folder

Barbara Brooks postcard album, 1915-1936.
Box 61
Scope and Contents

Includes some early postcards that she collected.

Physical Description

1 folder

Newark School District, 1969.
Box 61
Scope and Contents

Committee of Concerned Parents.

Physical Description

1 folder

Loan of Shawl to Yale University exhibit, 1974.
Box 61
Scope and Contents

Loaned by Barbara's mother and aunt, 19th century woven shawl.

Physical Description

1 folder

Jeff Kerner memorial, 1973.
Box 61
Physical Description

1 folder

Death of Anna B. Stabler correspondence, 1991.
Box 61
Scope and Contents

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.

Physical Description

1 folder

Address books.
Box 61
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous lists, notes, announcements, 1958-1987.
Box 61
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Edward H. Kerner family papers.
Box 61
General

Received with Barbara Brooks Kerner correspondence, Acc. 2018.044. Parents of Edward H. Kerner.

Barbara Brooks diplomas, certificates, 1944-1950.
Folder Oe
Scope and Contents

Diplomas from Radcliffe Collge, Cornell University, and Public Health Training. Also, Ph.D. diploma, Edward H. Kerner awarded by Cornell University, 1950.

Marriage certificate, Edward Haskell Kerner and Barbara Brooks, New York Monthly Meeting, 1948-03-27.
Folder Marriages: +K

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