Brooks family papers
Content Description
James Furman Brooks was the Spartanburg County Superintendent of Education in the 1930s and 40s and Ella Brooks Wilson was his sister who worked for Duke Power as their payroll mistress. This collection consists of an English-French Hand Book from Camp Wadsworth, a program for the opening of the educational building at First Baptist Church, a letter to Ella Wilson from Rep. Robert Ashmore, and an invitation to the inauguration of President Kennedy in Washington, D.C.
Dates
- 1917 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available by appointment only. Please contact the Kennedy Room for more information.
Extent
1 Files (1 legal sized archival folder)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Single File Collections Box 6: 2018-2019
Condition Description
The program has fallen apart into multiple pieces. It has been placed in a plastic sleeve and a copy of the program has been placed in the folder so that the program does not need to be taken out of the sleeve to see the inside.
- Camp Wadsworth (Spartanburg, S.C.)
- Kennedy , John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- The First Baptist Church of Spartanburg
- World War I Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- invitations Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- programs (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Brooks family papers
- Author
- Harrison Gage
- Date
- January 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kennedy Room of Local History and Genealogy Repository
