Major Arthur Brooks
- Collection Photographer
- Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
- Camuzzi, M.
- Harris & Ewing
- Collection Creator
- Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956
- Harris, Fred (photographer)
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Topic
- African American men
- African American military cadets
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- Evans-Tibbs Collection
- Evans-Tibbs Collection / Series 5: Photographs / Prominent Friends and Associates
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic print , 7 1/4 x 5 inches.)
- Date
- circa 1900
- Container
- Box 6, Folder 36
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-016, Item ACMA PH2003.7063.380
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Evans-Tibbs collection, Anacostia Community Museum,Smithsonian Institution, gift Thurlow E. Tibbs, Jr. Estate
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- With Christian A. Fleetwood, Major Arthur Brooks organized the first Colored High School Cadet Corp of the District of Columbia in 1888. The young men under the leadership of Major Arthur Brooks developed a tradition of military service among young African American men in the District of Columbia, which in turn, led to some enlisting in World War I and others to the Colored Officers Training Camp in Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
