Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Estelle Margaret
Brockhoff, 860 Alanson Drive, University City, Mo.
Cite as: Estelle Margaret Brockhoff Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2304
Brockman-Fetzer.
Papers, 1904-1914. 6 boxes
Fred W. Brockman was born June 10, 1849, in Westphalia, Germany, and as a child
emigrated with his family to the United States. On September 16, 1874, he married Mary E.
Cook, with whom he had four children: Lydia, Lotta, Elsah, and Irma. Brockman began his
career as a clerk at a stationery and bookstore, holding a variety of positions at different
companies before beginning his own. In 1896 he founded the F.W. Brockman Commission
Company, a wholesaler specializing in produce, poultry, and dairy, located at 815-817 North 4th
Street. He was actively involved in numerous professional associations and community groups,
and was the president of the Board of Education from 1893 to 1894. He died May 15, 1915, of
heart problems. Laura Fetzer was born in Missouri and lived in Dallas, Texas. She moved to St.
Louis in 1907. In the early 1900s she donated a one-mile stretch of land for a railroad switch.
This area still bears her name.
The collection consists primarily of personal correspondence between Fred W. Brockman
and Laura Fetzer.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Brockman-Fetzer Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2187
Brodman, Estelle.
Collection, 1968-1978. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Estelle Brodman was born in New York City in 1914. She studied medicine at Cornell
University before receiving degrees in library science and the history of medicine from
Columbia University (1943, 1953). Brodman’s career included teaching and working as a
librarian. She was a member of the Washington University faculty beginning in 1962. She served
as librarian and professor of medical history.
The collection includes Brodman’s curriculum vitae, two academic journal articles she wrote,
and a biographical data sheet.
Cite as: Estelle Brodman Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0182
Brookes, Jean Ingram.
Papers, 1928-1975. 28 boxes
Dr. Jean Ingram Brookes, Ph.D., taught history at several small American colleges from the
1940s through early 1970s. She was a native of St. Louis and daughter of noted St. Louis
physician Henry S. Brookes. Jean Brookes received her degrees from Radcliffe and the
University of Chicago. In 1941, she published International Rivalry in the Pacific Islands, 1800-
1875. Brookes never married. She died in 1988 and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and a series of
Brookes’ personal diaries, 1947-1975. The majority of the collection comprises of letters
Brookes received from family members. The letters provide insight into the conservative
attitudes of upper-class Saint Louis residents during the Depression and World War II. Some of