Oliver Kingsley Brooks sketches, 1861-1995 (1861-1887).

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Oliver Kingsley Brooks sketches, 1861-1995 (1861-1887).

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Consists of sketches, sketchbooks, drawings, watercolor paintings, portraits, photocopies of sketches and watercolors, a photograph, photocopies of photographs, a biographical essay, a genealogical chart, and an essay written by Brooks. The collection is of value to those studying Civil War history, army life during that war, and general scenes of nineteenth century life. The sketches include views of Civil War buildings, such as Fort Slemmer in Tennessee and the barracks at Fort Bunker Hill, Washington, D.C., and drawings of Civil War scenes of camp life done during 1864. Also included are general scenes of nineteenth century life ca. 1860-1880s; including people, landscapes, boats, lighthouses, churches, houses, and other buildings.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Brooks family.

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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 150th (1864)

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The 150th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry was composed of several former Ohio National Guard units and was organized at Cleveland on May 5, 1864, to serve 100 days. Its term of service was spent in garrison duty at Washington, D.C. It was mustered out on Aug. 23, 1864. After the war its veterans held annual reunions. From the description of Reunion records of the 150th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1894-1927. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22481264 ...

Brooks, William Keith, 1848-1908

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Brooks was professor of biology at Hopkins and the founder of the Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory. He was born in Cleveland in 1848 and received his B.A. from Williams in 1870 and received his Ph. D from Harvard in 1875. In 1876 he was received one of the first advanced fellowships at Hopkins. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1908. Brook's morphological studies of tunicates and coelenterates were his outstanding contribution to biology. He published numerou...

Brooks, Oliver Kingsley, 1845-1914.

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Oliver Kingsley Brooks was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1845. His art studies in Cleveland and New York City were interrupted by the Civil War, when Brooks joined the 150th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serivng as a corporal in 1864, during which time he took part in the defense of Washington, D.C. After contracting malaria, he returned to Cleveland and entered into business with his father's firm, Huntington and Brooks. Brooks became a prominent Cleveland businessman. He maintained a lifelo...

Brooks, Charles E., 1851-1921

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