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Title: 8th Annual Bull Roast, Friday, June 9, 1989, Beaumont Hilton Hotel, "El Toro" Congressman Jack Brooks
Identifier: camh-dob-001651
Dates: 1989-06-09
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A program for a roast of Jack Brooks, including cartoons depicting Brooks as a matador. It includes the names of the roasters.

Title: Appointment calendar, November 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001006
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1963-11
Box: 2007-255/746
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's personal appointment calendar, notably indicating plans for President John F. Kennedy's tour of Texas, including those on November 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. On the following days, Brooks noted "JFK Body in repose," "JFK Body to Capitol," and "JFK Funeral".

Title: Copy of letter from Jack Brooks to Lady Bird Johnson, August 3, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-001569
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Topic: Trees, Care of
Dates: 1967-08-03
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: General: Johnson '70
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter from Jack Brooks to Lady Bird Johnson regarding the trees on her property in Alabama.

Title: First Annual Johnson-Rayburn Dinner, March 31, 1989, Houston, Texas
Identifier: camh-dob-001648
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1989-03-31
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The program for the First Annual Johnson-Rayburn Dinner honoring Jack Brooks. It features short biographies of Lyndon Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Jack Brooks, and guest speaker Joe Biden. This program is attached to Brooks's thank you speech for being honored with the award [camh-dob-001647]. The annual award tradition continues today as the Johnson-Rayburn-Richards Dinner honoring the late Ann Richards in addition to Johnson and Rayburn.

Title: Handwritten note from Charles Turco to Jack Brooks, June 9, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001653
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches, Friendship
Dates: 1989-06-09
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from Brooks's friend Charles Turco attached to a copy of a speech delivered at a roast of Brooks [camh-dob-001652].

Title: Handwritten notes by Congressman Jack Brooks for his letter to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, undated [approximately September 1955]
Identifier: camh-dob-001677
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1955-09
Box: 2007-255/28
Folder: 24.14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes attached to Brooks's September 10, 1955 typed letter to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. The notes are an outline for the final draft of the letter and indicate Johnson is in Austin, Texas. At the time, Johnson was recovering from a heart attack.

Title: Letter from a friend to Jack Brooks, June 16, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001780
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1954-06-16
Box: 2007-255/11
Folder: Personal - Camp, George T.
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from George T. Camp, a friend of Jack Brooks's, regarding Jack Neal, Brooks's likely opponent in the 1954 Democratic primary.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. to Jack Brooks, June 23, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001128
Creator: Briscoe, Sr., Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1954-06-23
Box: 2007-255/59
Folder: 41.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. thanking Jack Brooks for a book on grasses that he could use to identify grasses on his ranch. He mentions his wife and his son's family and says he is doing well. He predicts that Brooks will be in Congress a long time and that he will make "a very fine representative for our country."

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, April 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001377
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Thank-you notes
Dates: 1973-04-02
Box: 2007-255/267
Folder: 231.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe thanks Jack Brooks for helping him with congressional issues, describing Brooks's finesse in getting Briscoe past "sticky" situations.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, July 18, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001129
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Cattle
Dates: 1953-07-18
Box: 2007-255/59
Folder: 41.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal typewritten letter from Dolph Briscoe Jr. to Jack Brooks updating him about his family and his cattle business.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, March 13, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001131
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1964-03-13
Box: 2007-255/117
Folder: 93.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal letter from Dolph Briscoe, Jr. thanking Jack Brooks for his and Charlotte Brooks's hospitality during Dolph and Janey Briscoe's recent trip to Washington, D.C. He says his wife is still thrilled to have visited with President Lyndon B. Johnson and insists on bringing her framed Presidential coin and picture with the President everywhere they go. Briscoe also mentions a meeting about the Screwworm Program in Mexico.

Title: Letter from Governor Allan Shivers to Jack Brooks, September 17, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001063
Creator: Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Records and Correspondence
Dates: 1956-09-17
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 24.9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Allan Shivers thanks Jack Brooks for his note and for sending a copy of the Agriculture Yearbook.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a Beaumont resident, February 28, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001009
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Citizenship--Study and teaching
Dates: 1955-02-28
Box: 2007-255/28
Folder: 25.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Jack Brooks responding to a resident of Beaumont, James M. Deans, studying for his American citizenship test. Brooks personally bought him a copy of "Our Constitution and Government" from the Government Printing Office to help him study and said it was a pleasure to help folks like Mr. Deans become American citizens.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to executive vice president of The First National Bank of Beaumont, February 15, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001521
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Banks and banking, Loans
Dates: 1955-02-15
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: JB - Personal, 1955
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks regarding a loan and his interest in purchasing bank stock.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to J.J. Pickle, January 29, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002382
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Pickle, J.J.
Topic: Gratitude, Speeches
Dates: 1973-01-29
Box: 2007-255/271
Folder: 235.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks thanking Congressman J.J. Pickle for his remarks upon the death of their mutual friend, former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to John Connally, January 29, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002384
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
Topic: Grief, Gratitude
Dates: 1973-01-29
Box: 2007-255/271
Folder: 235.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks thanking former Governor John Connally for his remarks upon the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson, May 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002243
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1969-05-03
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding the safety of Johnson's Bell helicopter.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson, September 10, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001007
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1955-09-10
Box: 2007-255/28
Folder: 24.14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Jack Brooks to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson wishing him a healthy recovery in reference to the heart attack Johnson suffered in July 1955. Brooks expresses gratitude for Johnson's role in passing Brooks's McGee Bend Dam legislation through the Senate, and expresses his belief that Johnson will do great things once he has physically recovered.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to president of American National Bank in Beaumont, February 7, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001519
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Banks and banking, Stocks
Dates: 1955-02-07
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: JB - Personal, 1955
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks regarding his purchase of stock in the American National Bank in Beaumont.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to president of American National Bank in Beaumont, January 27, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001520
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Banks and banking, Stocks
Dates: 1955-01-27
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: JB - Personal, 1955
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks regarding his purchase of stock in the American National Bank in Beaumont and inviting the bank president to dinner.

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