Brooks, Philip Coolidge, 1906-1977

Philip C. Brooks (b. 1906) was the Director of the Harry S. Truman Library from 1957 to 1971. Brooks died in 1977.

From the description of Brooks, Philip Coolidge, 1906-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574030

Government archivist.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1972. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959612

Archivist and records manager Philip Coolidge Brooks (1906-1977) joined the National Archives in 1935 as the first director of the Harry S. Truman Library from 1957 until 1971. A founding member of the Society of American Archivists, he served as its first secretary (1936-1942) and seventh president (1949-1951). Brooks also taught archival science at American University in Washington, D. C., and published Diplomacy and the Boarderlands: The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 (1939), Public Records Management (1949), and Research in Archives: The Use of Unpublished Primary Sources (1969), among others.

Source:

Jacobs, Richard A. Recent Deaths. The American Archivist, Vol. 40, No. 4 (October 1977): 497-498.

From the guide to the Brooks, Philip C. report, 1946-1950, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Archivist and records manager Philip Coolidge Brooks (1906-1977) joined the National Archives in 1935 as the first director of the Harry S. Truman Library from 1957 until 1971.

A founding member of the Society of American Archivists, he served as its first secretary (1936-1942) and seventh president (1949-1951). Brooks also taught archival science at American University in Washington, D. C., and published Diplomacy and the Boarderlands: The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 (1939), Public Records Management (1949), and Research in Archives: The Use of Unpublished Primary Sources (1969), among others.

From the description of Brooks, Philip C. Report, 1946-1950 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 761942194