H. Allen Brooks, Architectural Historian Autobiography
00-2012-27-0
Scope and Contents
The H. Allen Brooks, Architectural Historian Autobiography (2012-27-0) is a five-page typed story of how the auhor became an architectural historian. It includes information on his childhood, education, and professional experience. H. Allen Brooks was an architectural historian and longtime professor at the University of Toronto. He wrote books on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School (the name, Prairie School has been credited to Brooks) and the early years of Le Corbusier. H. Allen Brooks was born in New Haven and his parents had a house built by Andrew Euston in Woodbridge, Connecticut. He is a descendant of the Woodruff family of Litchfield, CT.
Dates
- created: 2010
- Other: Date acquired: 09/07/2012
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Biographical or Historical Information
H. Allen Brooks was an architectural historian and longtime professor at the University of Toronto. He wrote books on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School (the name, Prairie School has been credited to Brooks) and the early years of Le Corbusier.
H. Allen Brooks was born in New Haven and his parents had a house built by Andrew Euston in Woodbridge, Connecticut. He is a descendant of the Woodruff family of Litchfield, CT.
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Extent
1.00 items
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Martha Babbitt
Method of Acquisition
Gift.
Existence and Location of Originals
multi-part note content
Topical
- Title
- H. Allen Brooks, Architectural Historian Autobiography
- Author
- Kathy Craughwell-Varda
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
7 South Street
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)
archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org