Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Edward Brooks papers
Dates: circa 1924-1988
Collection number: MS 34
Creator:
Brooks, John Edward.
Collection Size:
1 linear foot
(2 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The John Edward Brooks papers includes correspondence, certificates, photographs, printed material, employment records related
Brooks military service, employment as a police officer, and disability and equal employment claims.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the John Edward Brooks Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
John Edward Brooks papers, MS 34, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Processing Information
Sean Heyliger, 05/10/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
The John Edward Brooks papers includes correspondence, certificates, photographs, printed material, employment records related
to Brooks' military service, employment as a police officer, and disability and equal employment claims. The papers are arranged
into four series: biographical, employment records, printed material, and photographs. The bulk of the papers documents Brooks’
employment history, including his military service at Fort Lewis and in Germany, and also includes his applications for disability
and equal employment claims. The biographical material includes a short biographical outline of Brooks’ life, a family history,
and report cards, yearbooks, and assorted items related to his attendance at Alameda High School and Contra Costa Community
College. Most of the photographs in the collection document Brooks’ friends and family and his time serving in the military
at Fort Lewis and in Germany.
Arrangement
Series I. Biographical
Series II. Employment records
Series III. Printed material
Series IV. Photographs
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Alameda High School (Alameda, Calif.)
African Americans--Military service--1940-1960.