In 1873 he was commissioned by the Quebec Government to investigate certain European archives for materials relating to Canadian history.
Much of Ottoman history has been based on European archives that did not document the empire's internal trade resulting in it being underestimated.
"Until I can make a comparison with archaeological records in European archives, I'd have to date it as Middle Bronze Age."
In 2007 Brooks was awarded a three-year research fellowship by the University of Toledo, which allowed him to travel to European archives.
At the same time he continue further historical work in European archives, especially in Rome.
Its author, Uki Goñi, is an Argentine journalist who had to do much of his research in European archives after encountering closed doors here.
The pictures in question were found in Eastern European archives after the fall of the Stalinist regimes in 1989-90.
The Member States must commit themselves, amongst other things, to converting their national cultural collections into digital form to contribute to creating a European archive.
Aided by a Guggenheim Fellowship-of which he was a four-time winner-he spent the academic year 1937-1938 doing intensive research in European archives.
This American film, recently rediscovered in a European archive, survives missing the last reel.