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Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, NAACP Meeting, Ila Hall, 2801 Market Street, Galveston, Texas, Sunday, October 18, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002010
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1970-10-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks before the NAACP of Galveston regarding the upcoming election, his career, and criticizing the Nixon Administration.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, young lawyers association of Galveston county, Galveston, Texas, Thursday, January 17, 1980
Identifier: camh-dob-002358
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1980-01-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed copy of a speech delivered by Jack Brooks in Galveston, Texas touching on the election, the work of the Congress, and his work on the Government Operations Committee.

Title: Sarah McClendon's Washington Report, February 26, 1996
Identifier: camh-dob-002375
Creator: McClendon, Sarah
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1996-02-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of reporter Sarah McClendon's newsletter with a segment referring to Jack Brooks's 1994 election loss to Steve Stockman and speculation about an aide to Pat Buchanan. McClendon references the second congressional district which was represented by Jack Brooks from 1953-1967, but after re-districting Brooks represented the ninth congressional district until 1995. The segment on Brooks's election is underlined, perhaps by Brooks.

Title: Schedule of Events, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001355
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Schedule of events for conference hosted by the Democratic National Congressional Committee and other Democratic campaign committees for candidates for office in the 1962 election. Handwritten notations denote which events Jack Brooks would attend and which his aide Davis Carter would attend.

Title: Speaking availability for campaign events, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001087
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Speeches
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speaking availability card from Democratic National Congressional Committee letter sent by Ed Edmondson.

Title: Speech delivered at a labor meeting, October 1980
Identifier: camh-dob-002351
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Labor unions, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1980-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed notes for a campaign speech delivered by Jack Brooks at a labor meeting in his district before the 1980 general election.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, coastal energy impact program loan program, Port Arthur City Hall, Port Arthur, Texas, May 12, 1980
Identifier: camh-dob-002357
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Energy industries
Dates: 1980-05-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed copy of remarks delivered by Jack Brooks at the Port Arthur City Hall. Brooks touches on the importance of the energy business for the Gulf Region. He also highlights the Coastal Energy Impact Program Loan as an example of a government program working as intended.

Title: Telegram from Robert F. Kennedy to Jack Brooks, March 16, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001608
Creator: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1968-03-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Robert F. Kennedy telegrams Jack Brooks to announce his decision to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. He states that he is not running in opposition of any person already running, specifically describing himself as running "in harmony" with Eugene McCarthy.