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Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Ben Ramsey, October 8, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002270
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Ramsey, Benjamin Turner
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Dates: 1965-10-08
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Public Works Committee, Legislation -- 89th Congress
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to Ben Ramsey, Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission, regarding the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. A handwritten note reflects Brooks's feelings on the recent redistricting in Texas.

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 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].

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.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to president of Beaumont State Bank, February 18, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001518
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Banks and banking, Stocks
Dates: 1955-02-18
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 Beaumont State Bank.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to president of Beaumont State Bank, February 19, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001517
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Banks and banking, Stocks
Dates: 1955-02-19
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 Beaumont State Bank.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to president of Beaumont State Bank, February 26, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001515
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Banks and banking, Stocks
Dates: 1955-02-26
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 Beaumont State Bank.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Sarah Hughes, January 19, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001352
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985
Topic: Judges--Selection and appointment
Dates: 1962-01-19
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter from Jack Brooks to Judge Sarah Hughes enclosing a copy of the Congressional Record announcing her nomination as U.S. District Judge. Enclosure not in files. Judge Hughes would go on to swear Lyndon Johnson into the Presidency on Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, September 22, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001768
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates: 1969-09-22
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks advising Ruby Lee Piester, executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, regarding the Moody Foundation. Brooks explains the materials and information Piester should provide to increase her chances of receiving funding for the Edna Gladney Home.

Title: Letter from Janey Briscoe to Jack Brooks, March 20, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002426
Creator: Briscoe, Janey, 1923-2000
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Friendship
Dates: 1972-03-20
Box: 2007-255/249
Folder: 215.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Janey Briscoe, wife of Dolph Briscoe, expressing her gratitude for their friendship with Jack Brooks. She thanks Brooks for everything he has done to support them during the ongoing 1972 Texas gubernatorial election.

Title: Letter from Jim Wright to Jack Brooks, September 16, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001664
Creator: Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Friendship
Dates: 1989-09-16
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A handwritten letter from former Speaker Jim Wright thanking Jack Brooks on behalf of himself and his wife, Betty, for the farewell reception in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 1989. Wright also expresses gratitude for Charlotte Brooks's presentation of flowers for Betty, and for Brooks's office staff, including Sharon Matts, who made the reception possible.

Title: Letter from J.J. Pickle to Jack Brooks, February 1, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002383
Creator: Pickle, J.J.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Grief
Dates: 1973-02-01
Box: 2007-255/271
Folder: 235.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman J.J. Pickle to Jack Brooks regarding the death of their mutual friend, Lyndon B. Johnson.

Title: Letter from John Connally to Jack Brooks, February 26, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002385
Creator: Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Grief
Dates: 1973-02-26
Box: 2007-255/271
Folder: 235.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from former Governor John Connally expressing to Jack Brooks his grief at the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Title: Letter from Lady Bird Johnson to Jack Brooks, July 3, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002164
Creator: Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Trees, Friendship
Dates: 1968-07-03
Box: 2007-255/169
Folder: 152.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: First Lady Lady Bird Johnson thanks Jack Brooks for sending her magnolia trees.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, December 18, 1958
Identifier: camh-dob-001579
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Birthdays, Friendship
Dates: 1958-12-18
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: White House Correspondence & VIP, 1950-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson wishing Brooks a happy birthday and thanking Brooks for being a good ambassador for him.

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