Henry Moss Brooks Collection

599 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 01/1998. Last revised 10/2019.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 0.88 linear feet

DATE: 1900-2016

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Henry Moss Brooks Collection contains genealogical material concerning the  Moss, Quiett, Tokes, and other families. There is also material on the African-American community in Winchester, Virginia, and the development of the Orrick Commons Shopping Mall.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Henry Moss Brooks donated the majority of this collection. He was born in Winchester, Virginia on May 21, 1918 to Robert Lee Brooks and Anna Quiett Brooks. His parents taught at the Douglas School. Brooks also attended Douglas School but, because it only offered classes through ninth grade, he had to continue his education at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. Following his graduation he enlisted in the Army, serving in both the European and Pacific Theaters.

Brooks continued his education after the war and attended Virginia State College, the University of Virginia, and Walden University, from which he received a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Brooks returned to Winchester and taught at both Douglas School and Handley High School. Brooks was one of the leaders of efforts to integrate the student body at Handley High School and at other Winchester City schools. He was also active with the Congressional Black Caucus in the 1970s.

Additionally, Brooks served as the President/CEO of the Orrick Cemetery and promoted the development of the shopping center located on Greenwood and Senseny Roads, known as Orrick Commons. Brooks never married. He died on April 3, 2014.

Sheila Green Stevenson, a resident of Florida, has also donated material to the collection concerning Orrick Cemetery.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Obituary of Dr. Henry Moss Brooks. The Winchester Star, April 18, 2014.

CITE AS:  Henry Moss Brooks Collection, 599 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION: 

BOX 1 

Brooks, H. Moss, 2 leaves, typescript, 3 leaves, printed (photocopy); news articles, 4 leaves, printed (photocopy),4 leaves, scanned

Brooks, Henry Moss – Sketches, 14 leaves, manuscript

Civil Rights march, August 28, 1963, Washington - program, 2 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Davis-Slagle Families – 5 leaves, typescript

Death and Burial Records for Freedmen in Alexandria, VA, 18 leaves, typescript

"Faithful Service Annual," edited by Rev. Isaac Isaiah Jenkins, Martinsburg, WV, 1928, contains biographical and historical information on churches and schools for West Virginia and Virginia, 25 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Finley Family – 5 leaves, typescript

Garden Family – 6 leaves, typescript

Gaskin – “Mrs. Katie Gaskin’s big Birthday Bash”  by Edward Leonard, July 1 2000, 7 leaves, typescript

Gibson-Gowen Families – 25 leaves, typescript

Green, Dennis, 7 leaves, printed

Green, Preston Arway, 1 page, printed

Green, Ruth Arnetta Moss (1914-2005) memorial service

Helpful Hints – unnumbered leaves

Jackson, Mary L., 2 leaves (photocopy)

Methodist E. Church - appointments for Baltimore Conference, March 15, 1851, 2 leaves printed (photocopy)

Moss Family Genealogy – 10 leaves, typescript

Moss Family Newsletter, 4 items, typescript, 14 leaves

Moss, Charles F., 3 items printed (photocopy), 8 leaves
2 photographs, printing and photo by Charles F. Moss
1 leaf, photocopy – “Crime Photographer”

Moss, Joseph G., Sr., 2 leaves, printed

Moss, Mary, 2 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Moss, Quiett, Tokes Genealogy Records, 7 leaves manuscript (photocopies)
14 leaves manuscript on printed form (photocopies)
9 leaves, printed (photocopies)

Moss, Thomas W. Family, 1 leaf, typescript

Moss, Thomas, Sr., 1 leaf, printed (photocopy)

News articles, 2 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Obama, Michelle – “In First Lady’s Roots, A Complex path from Slavery” by Rachel L. Swarns and Jodi Kantor, October 8, 2009, 6 leaves, printed

Obituaries of family members– unnumbered leaves, photocopies

Program – 2^nd Anniversary Celebration of Old Stone Church, Winchester, VA, 1 item, printed

Quiett, J.H – Autobiographical sketch, 2 leaves, typescript (photocopy), two scans

Stevenson, Donald, 3 leaves, printed from Intranet

Tokes, Anna Quiett Brooks – biographical sketch, one leaf, typescript (photocopy)

BOX 2

Certificates of Distinction –
Harry Jacklin, June 1908, signed by Jno. H. Quiett, Principal, 1 leaf, manuscript on printed form
blank, 2 leaves, printed form

Report Cards --
1 item, manuscript on printed form, Hester Davis, signed by M. J. H. Quiett, Teacher, n.d.
11 items, printed form

Teacher’s Term Report (blank), Oct. 1900—June 1901, 4 pages, printed

Teacher’s Register for Colored School No. One, manuscript on printed form, October 1900–June 1901

Teacher’s Register for Winchester Colored Public School No. One, Sept. 5, 1904—1906

BOX 3

Orrick Cemetery Burials and Updates, also includes burials in other local cemeteries, 30 leaves, typescript, compiled by Sheila Green Stevenson

Orrick Cemetery – History, written by Sheila Green – Stevenson, three leaves, typescript (photocopy)

Orrick Cemetery Company, Inc. of Winchester, eight leaves, typescript

Orrick Cemetery – scans of selected tombstones, photographed by Sheila Green Stevenson, 10 leaves, color, prints                                                                                                                                                                    

Orrick Chapel – Grant Will Unveil History of Orrick Chapel, by Sheila Green-Stevenson, n.d., two leaves, typescript

Orrick Commons Shopping Mall – 11 items, printed

Orrick Office Buildings – 1 leaf, printed

Orrick, Robert -- by Shelia Green-Stevenson, 4 leaves, typescript

Winchester Orrick Senior Apartments – 3 leaves, printed

PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs belonging to this collection may be viewed through PastPerfect, which is available at http://handley.pastperfectonline.com