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Emerson Merlyn Brooks Papers
Content Description
The Emerson Merlyn Brooks Papers contain the original manuscript material, worksheets, photographs, and maps relating to Brooks' book, The Growth of a Nation: A Pictorial Review of the United States from Colonial Days to the Present (1956). There are also materials intended for use in a book called Pictorial Agriculture-USA.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1972
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Biographical Sketch
Emerson Merlyn Brooks (1905-1982) was an agricultural statistician who began his U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) career in 1933 with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE). In 1939, Brooks was transferred to Washington, D.C., to specialize in estimates of tobacco, peanut, and sugar crops. From 1963 to 1967, he served as the deputy director of the Field Operations Division. Brooks completed his service with the USDA working with the Statistical Reporting Service (SRS) as a staff officer for career development and foreign programs from 1967 to 1972.
Total Size of Collection
2 records_box
10 letter_document_box
7 boxes (2 boxes, 15.5 x 10.5 x 3; 2 ref. card boxes, 5.75 x 9.75 x 5; 3 oversize flat boxes, 24.75 x 21 x 3)
17.5 Linear Feet (19 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Alternate Call Number
R E178.5 B7
Genres
maps, photographs
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876