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Summary Information
George Brooks Papers
circa 1930s-1950s
- Brooks, George, 1897-1978
MSS 080
1.0 cubic foot
1 archives box, 1 flat box
La Crosse Public Library (Map)
George Brooks (1897-1978) was a La Crosse, Wis., resident who worked at the Bodega Lunch Club, but was best known for training bloodhounds. From 1932 to about 1960, Brooks assisted law enforcement officials in over 3000 cases in tracking and apprehending criminal suspects and finding individuals who were lost. His most famous cases included the apprehension of Jens Thompson in 1937, a Freeborn, Minnesota, resident who shot four neighbors, and the 1939 tracking of Ray Olson in northern Wisconsin, who after shooting two deputies, was later killed while trying to escape.
Brooks gained national fame, and articles about Brooks and his dogs appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post, Life Magazine, American Magazine, and
Reader's Digest. .
The collection includes correspondence (1938-1955), photographs (ca. 1930s-1950s) of dogs and pedigrees, the La Crosse area, and people. Most photographs are black and white, and the bulk of them do not include dates, names, or any type of caption. Other materials include publicity items (ca. 1930s-1950s) such as posters, a photocopy of a radio script, and other materials.
English
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