Series 1: Charles F. Brooks (CFB) and Eleanor Stabler Brooks (ESB)

Morgan Brooks (1861-1947) and Frona Marie (Brooks) Brooks (1861-1947) were descended from the Brooks, Butler, and Buck families of New England. Morgan and Frona had eight children, all of whom survived into adulthood: Henry M., Charles F., Frances, Frederick A., Roger, Edith, Frona Marguerite ("Margie"), and Dorothy.

The second son, Charles Franklin Brooks (born 1891) married Eleanor M. Stabler, and they had seven children: Edward M., Margaret, Sylvia, Barbara, Edith, Norman, and Frona. Charles was a graduate of Harvard University (A.B. 1911, A.M. 1912, Ph.D. 1914) and a professor of meteorology at Harvard from 1931 to 1958 and director of the Blue Hill Meteorology Observatory. Also a founder of the American Meteorology Society and methodical in most matters, Charles took it upon himself to keep the family in communication; he created family circulars that compiled letters of his brothers and sisters. Eleanor Stabler (born 1892) was a 1914 graduate of Radcliffe College, summa cum laude in biology, and a descendant of long-time Quaker family of Brooklyn, NY. She and Charles married under the care of New York Monthly Meeting in 1914. Charles became a member of the Society of Friends, though his religious sensibilities were somewhat amorphous. The collection includes a survey he took about his religious beliefs, along with other autobiographical writings and professional work. The family lived in Milton, Conn., and summered at Silver Lake, N.H. Charles died unexpectedly in 1958. After his death, Eleanor lived with her sister, Anna Bunker Stabler. Eleanor died in 1986. Charles and Eleanor are also represented in the Stabler Family Papers, RG5/234.