William Eugene Brooks Letters 1897-1915

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William Eugene Brooks Letters 1897-1915

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The William Eugene Brooks Letters are comprised of personal and professional correspondence from 1897-1915. Although the bulk of the collection is personal correspondence from 1902-1907, there is also a small body of correspondence from Brooks' term as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives during 1915.

2 Boxes; (1.0 Linear Feet)

eng,

Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection

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Brooks, William Eugene, 1874-1958.

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Arizona lawyer and state legislator. William Eugene Brooks was born in 1874, in Alabama. He attended school at Yale, and served as a volunteer in the Spanish American War. Moving to Arizona in 1903, he settled in Globe. He represented Gila county in the first state legislature, from 1912-1915; upon re-election he became Speaker of the House. While in the legislature, he was involved in issues such as improving education and Arizona land and industrial development. He die...