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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Brooke and Tucker Families Papers, 1831-2001![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-020
Primary Creator: Hagan, Lucy Baker McNamara (1924-2018)
Extent: 5.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by family surname, then by individual in first name alphabetical order.
Date Acquired: 02/12/2002
Subjects: Brooke family, Families--Virginia, Family trees, Genealogy--Research, Norfolk (Va.)--Genealogy, Tucker family
Forms of Material: Albums (books), Ambrotypes (photographs), Application forms, Bibles, Booklets, Books, Certificates, Clippings (information artifacts), Copybooks (instructional materials), Correspondence, Daguerreotypes (photographs), Dog tags (military tags), Genealogies (histories), Invitations, Notes, Obituaries, Panoramas, Photocopies, Photographs, Postcards, Prints (visual works), Receipts, Recipes, Scrapbooks, Typescripts
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Family papers and photographs from 1831-2001, including genealogical notes, family trees, crests, biographical sketches, and obituaries of the Brooke family of Norfolk, Virginia. Related surnames include Tucker, Andrews, Cary, Coleman, Custis, Dallas, Drummond, Hagan, Higgins, Lucas, McLaughlin, McNamara, Mercer, Ramsey, Randolph, Taliaferro, Walton, and Washington. Most of the materials in the collection relate to Lucy Borland Higgins Brooke, her husband David Tucker Brooke, and her children.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Lucy McNamara Hagan by donation
Preferred Citation:
Brooke and Tucker Families Papers, MSS 0000-020, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed September 29, 2021.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 8
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- Item 1: Book, Sodality Manual of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Prayer Book, 1905
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- Inside inscription "Lucy B. Brooke, April 6, 1913".
- Item 2: Book, The Holy Bible, 1848
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- Includes ephemera.
- Item 3: Book, Prayers of St. Gertrude, undated
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- Inscription "M. E. Higgins From dear Sr. Isidore".
- Item 4: Daguerreotype, Unidentified Man, undated
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- Tarnishing present.
- Item 5: Daguerreotype, Unidentified Woman, undated
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- In original case. Extreme tarnishing present.
- Item 6: Ambrotype, Unidentified Couple, circa 1955-1865
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- In original case. Case inscribed "Tomlinson Ambrotypes, Patented July 4 & 11, 1854." Photograph cracked from top right diagonally to bottom left.
- Item 7: Ambrotype, Unidentified Teen Boy, undated
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- Item 8: Ambrotype, Unidentified Young Girl with Birdcage, undated
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- In original case. Case inscribed "Hankins & Clark, Norfolk, VA." Mild deterioration present. Spine of case housed separately.
- Item 9: Dog tags, Henry Laurence Brooke, circa 1920
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- Two dog tags: First Lieutenant and Captain, 313 F. A., U. S. A.
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