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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: Announcement from Chairman Lee Hamilton on Select Committee press liaison, February 17, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014504
Creator: Hamilton, Lee
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-02-17
1987-02-17
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An announcement from Rep. Lee Hamilton, Chairman of the House Select Committee, regarding investigation of Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. Announcement details Robert J. Havel named as press liaison for the Committee.

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: Article clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise sent from Congressman Charles B. Rangel, entitled ¥Report needs bipartisanship,¥ July 30, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014558
Creator: Beaumont Enterprise (Newspaper)
Contributor: Rangel, Charles B., Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-07-30
1987-07-30
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An article clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise sent in from Congressman Charles B. Rangel. The article details a need for bipartisanship, and has a note attached from Rangel that simply reads ¥for your information.¥

Title: Article entitled ¥The United States and Israel¥ by Douglas MacArthur II, March 16, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014412
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-03-16
1987-03-16
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An article exploring US-Israeli relations, specifically in regards to the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran and the Israeli spy, Jonathan Jay Pollard.

Title: Bulleted list entitled ¥Iran / Contra Investigation -- Potential Areas of Inquiry,¥ undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014514
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A bulleted list brainstorming potential areas of inquiry on the Iran-Contra hearings, including the nature and quantity of arms sold, the process of government bypassed in the affair, the amount of money involved, and the role of specific figures.

Title: Card from constituent Guepert to Congressman Jack Brooks, July 19, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014360
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-07-19
1987-07-19
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent letter stating that Congressman Jack Brooks's questioning of Lt. Col. Oliver North made her weep for him.

Title: Cartoon ¥Bloom County¥ from Washington Post alluding to Lt. Col. Oliver North's role trial over the Iran-Contra scandal, August 10, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014534
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-08-10
1987-08-10
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A ¥Bloom County¥ cartoon published in the Washington Post by Berke Breathed, depicting Lt. Col. Oliver North as a space-adventuring puppy with telegraphs of support regardless of any destruction he has caused.

Title: Cartoon ¥Bloom County¥ from Washington Post alluding to the peoples' perspectives on Lt. Col. Oliver North, August 8, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014533
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-08-08
1987-08-08
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A ¥Bloom County¥ cartoon published in the Washington Post by Berke Breathed, depicting Lt. Col. Oliver North as a space-adventuring puppy implying he was proud to serve his ¥galaxy.¥

Title: CBS Survey, January 10, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001734
Topic: Impeachment, Surveys
Dates: 1974-01-10
Box: 2007-255/302
Folder: 254.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Survey sent by CBS News to House members regarding their views on President Richard Nixon's potential impeachment and their sense of what their district thinks. Jack Brooks marks Inflation and the Oil Crisis as the two most important issues in his district at the time. He indicates that his district would be for impeachment, that impeachment would help his own re-election, and that his opinion of President Nixon has lowered. He does not answer whether he would vote for impeachment.

Title: Clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise entitled ¥Brooks was too kind,¥ August 14, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014540
Creator: Beaumont Enterprise (Newspaper)
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-08-14
1987-08-14
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An opinion segment from the Beaumont Enterprise, against government corruption in the Iran-Contra scandal. The opinion considers Congressman Jack Brooks ¥too kind¥ in his questionings.

Title: Clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise entitled ¥Serious chinks finally show in Reagan's armor,¥ December 21, 1986
Identifier: camh-dob-014521
Creator: Beaumont Enterprise (Newspaper)
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1986-12-21
1986-12-21
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise asserting that President Ronald Reagan's presidency will be harmed by the Iran-Contra scandal, regardless of the results.

Title: Clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise regarding Iran-Contra scandal, July 27, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014418
Creator: Beaumont Enterprise (Newspaper)
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-07-27
1987-07-27
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newspaper clipping from Beaumont Enterprise regarding the Iran-Contra scandal.

Title: Clippings from local unnamed magazine regarding Lt. Col. Oliver North's trail, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014488
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Clippings from local unnamed magazine regarding Lt. Col. Oliver North's trail, specifically applauding Congressman Jack Brooks for his questioning of North.

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: Detailed timeline of General Richard V. Secord's behavior, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014568
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A detailed timeline of Richard V. Secord's activities from 1955 through April 16, 1987.

Title: District survey draft, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001447
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Gun control
Dates: 1968
Box: 2007-255/83
Folder: 66C.86
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft of a constituent survey commissioned by Jack Brooks during the 1968 election in order to better understand the needs of voters in the 9th district. Brooks's original district, the 2nd district, was redistricted into the 9th district in 1966 after the Supreme Court ruled in Wesbery v. Sanders that congressional districts had to be close to equal in population. Brooks lost 8 out of the 9 east Texas counties he originally represented in this redistricting. In the 1966 election in the 2nd district, Brooks ran unopposed and won. In the 1968 election in the new 9th district, he ran against Henry Charles Pressler, and won with 60.9% of the vote. The draft includes a question regarding gun control, which in a corresponding note, Brooks recommends removing and replacing with a question about race relations.

Title: Document written by Congressman Jack Brooks entitled ¥Thinking Points on Oliver North,¥ October 28, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014571
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-10-28
1987-10-28
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A document written by Congressman Jack Brooks in preparation for the Iran-Contra trials, asserting that President Ronald Reagan's White House is defective, in that it allowed a figure like Lt. Col. Oliver North to gain power.

Title: Draft of introductory remarks delivered by Jack Brooks for Dolph Briscoe at the Texas AFL-CIO COPE convention, March 3, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-001374
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1972-03-03
Box: 2007-255/267
Folder: 33
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: During Dolph Briscoe's campaign for Governor of Texas, Jack Brooks introduced him at the Texas AFL-CIO convention. The speech is annotated by Brooks.

Title: Draft of letter from Congressman Jack Brooks thanking constituents for Iran-Contra controversy support, August 3, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014542
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-08-03
1987-08-03
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft of a letter from Congressman Jack Brooks thanking constituents for sharing their thoughts with him during the Iran-Contra hearings.

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