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Title: Annotated statement, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001808
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Elections
Dates: 1965
Box: 2007-255/84
Folder: 104.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement, annotated by Jack Brooks, discussing the problems associated with two year terms for Representatives in Congress. It proposes a four year term instead. Due to congressional redistricting caused by the 1965 Martin v. Bush Supreme Court ruling, Brooks went from representing 416,000 people in the 2nd district to representing 457,000 people in the 9th district. He explicitly references this change in an annotation next to a paragraph regarding the increased responsibilities of Representatives due to population growth.

Title: Congressional Reorganization: A suggestion for its fulfillment (draft), undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001709
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft remarks regarding the Legislative Reorganization Act. The remarks are unsigned and include handwritten emendations. Authorship unknown, but Brooks staff or Jack Brooks likely.

Title: Congressional Reorganization: A suggestion for its fulfillment, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001711
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks regarding the Legislative Reorganization Act. Later draft of camh-dob-001709. Authorship unknown, but Brooks staff or Jack Brooks likely.

Title: Eligible Areas in Texas, attachment to Albert Rains letter, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001082
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Attachment to Rains letter detailing Texas counties that would benefit from the proposed legislation. Handdrawn marks drawn next to counties in Brooks's district.

Title: First Progress Report of the Special Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment, Prepared by the Working Group on Automatic Data Processing for the House of Representatives, October 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001714
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1969-10
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Committee progress report prepared by a working group within the Committee on House Administration.

Title: Handwritten note, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001809
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Elections
Dates: 1965
Box: 2007-255/84
Folder: 104.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note in Jack Brooks's handwriting discussing legislative details in a proposal to change Congressional terms from two years to four years.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 15, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001110
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1974-04-15
Box: 2007-255/314
Folder: 266.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Andrew Young requesting support for a bill to honor Hank Aaron, a Black major league baseball player.

Title: Letter from a student to Jack Brooks, November 21, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001066
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1959-11-21
Box: 2007-255/73
Folder: 62.36
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from a student, Norma Sebastian of Port Arthur, TX, asking Jack Brooks for his opinion on a proposed bill for her youth group's model congress.

Title: Letter from Albert Rains to Jack Brooks, July 20, 1962.
Identifier: camh-dob-001081
Creator: Rains, Albert (Albert McKinley), 1902-1991
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1962-07-20
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Albert Rains to Jack Brooks regarding H.R. 10113 a Public Works bill urging Brooks to support the bill. Attachment details which Texas counties would benefit.

Title: Letter from George Mahon to Jack Brooks, November 15, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001340
Creator: Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-15
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman George Mahon to Jack Brooks clearing up Mahon's comments quoted in a Robert Allen column regarding Sam Rayburn and his potential successor. Rayburn died November 16, 1961.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks and Frank Horton to Congressional colleagues, October 31, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001987
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Horton, Frank J. (Frank Jefferson), 1919-2004
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1975-10-31
Box: 2007-255/346
Folder: 282.14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks and Congressman Frank Horton announcing that the House will be taking up H.R. 7575. This legislation proposed the creation of a consumer protection agency.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks and Laurence Curtis to the House of Representatives, March 5, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001473
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Curtis, Laurence
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-05
Box: 2007-255/33
Folder: 16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks and Representative Laurence Curtis ask their colleagues to support a proposed amendment to eliminate provisions to a patent extension bill. The provisions would allow patents to extend beyond 17 years in instances in which patent owners were effected by World War II and the Korean War. Both congressmen were veterans of World War II. Brooks, a Democrat, had served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the war. Curtis, a Republican, was a Navy veteran who had lost his leg in an aviation training crash. They explain that the provision would unfairly favor patent holders above others and cause unnecessary administrative expenses to the Patent Office.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, July 7, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001501
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1961-07-07
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent John F. Graham in which Brooks spells out how he approaches voting on legislation.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a student, December 3, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001065
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1959-12-03
Box: 2007-255/73
Folder: 62.36
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter sent in reply by Jack Brooks to Norma Sebastian of Port Arthur, TX outlining his approach to legislation.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Chairman, Special Subcommittee on Legislative Reorganization, December 10, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001712
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1969-12-10
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to B.F. Sisk outlining his proposed changes to the Legislative Reorganization Act then being debated in Congress. The Legislative Reorganization Act was passed in 1970.

Title: Letter from Jimmy Carter to Jack Brooks, October 13, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002137
Creator: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1978-10-13
Box: 2007-255/423
Folder: 344.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from President Jimmy Carter thanking Jack Brooks for his vote to bring the National Energy Act to the floor of the House of Representatives.

Title: Letter from KPRC Radio Company to Jack Brooks, November 12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002036
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1973-11-12
Box: 2007-255/283
Folder: 247.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: George Nelson, from the KPRC Radio Company in Houston, writes to Jack Brooks regarding Brooks's interest in providing live television coverage of congressional sessions. Brooks would lead a pilot program in 1977, using House security cameras to broadcast floor proceedings internally to other Members of the House. Eventually, House proceedings were broadcast nationally on C-SPAN, which was created in 1979.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to Jack Brooks, February 28, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001475
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-02-28
Box: 2007-255/33
Folder: 16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis writes to Jack Brooks about the steps they must take to fight provisions to a patent extension bill would allow patents to extend beyond 17 years in instances in which patent owners were effected by World War II or the Korean War. He goes into detail regarding the various ways that they can publicize their opinions within Congress.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to Jack Brooks, March 19, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001476
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-19
Box: 2007-255/33
Folder: 16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis, a Republican, compliments Jack Brooks on a letter he wrote regarding their joint opposition of provisions to a patent extension bill. He also discusses the differences between the Republicans Curtis reached out to and the Democrats Brooks reached out to while they were lobbying for their proposed changes.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to John McCormack, March 1, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001474
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-01
Box: 2007-255/33
Folder: 16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis writes to John McCormack, the House Majority Leader, asking him to hold off on bringing a patent extension bill to the House floor until later in the week. He explains that he and Jack Brooks plan on fighting aspects of the bill and that they would appreciate having some time to prepare their arguments.

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