Papers of Colonel Herbert Brooke-Taylor and family regarding civic duties and activities, and his daughter, Mary Joyce Miscellaneous papers relating to the work and civic duties of Colonel Herbert Brooke-Taylor (1855-1923) in Derbyshire, particularly during the period leading up to and during the First World War. Includes papers re. his involvement with the Boy Scouts Association, Derbyshire County Scout Council; his contribution to the organisation of wartime activities of the Derbyshire Branch of the British Red Cross Society; the wartime recruitment campaign; the organisation of celebrations in Bakewell for the return of soldiers, and the administration of various Derbyshire relief committees at the end of the War. c1870-1924