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Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, April 2, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001299
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-04-02
Box: 2007-255/117
Folder: 93.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Dolph Briscoe thanking Jack Brooks for the clock he gave to Briscoe's wife, Janey. Briscoe complains that Mrs. Briscoe placed the clock in their bedroom and the chimes are hard to live with.

Title: Letter from executive director of the Edna Gladney Home to Charlotte Brooks, March 12, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001770
Contributor: Brooks, Charlotte Collins, 1935-2014
Topic: Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates: 1970-03-20
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Ruby Lee Piester, executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, thanking Charlotte Brooks for welcoming Piester during a recent home visit with the Brooks family. Piester asks Mrs. Brooks to pass on her thanks to Jack Brooks for his advice regarding the Moody Foundation.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Janey Briscoe, March 26, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001304
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Briscoe, Janey, 1923-2000
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-03-26
Box: 2007-255/117
Folder: 93.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks to Janey Briscoe providing the history and description for a clock he gifted her. The letter demonstrates Brooks's extensive knowledge of clocks, which he collected and repaired as a hobby. Dolph Briscoe later thanked Brooks for the clock [camh-dob-001299].