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Title: Brooks, Francis J. Papers, 1876-1979
Primary Creator: Brooks, Francis J
Extent: 1.75 cubic feet
Subjects: Arizona, Motion picture industry, Motion picture projectionists, Piatt County--Monticello (Ill.)
Forms of Material: Personal papers
Francis J. Brooks was a motion picture projectionist and local historian in Monticello, Ill. This collection consists of Brooks's personal papers, including materials related to the motion picture industry, photographs of people and places taken in the period 1880-1910, and film of Arizona and Illinois.
The Piatt County Historical and Genealogical Society donated the collection to the Library in 1987 and 1990.