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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Jack Brooks to William L. Dawson, November 6, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001080
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1962-11-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to Congressman William L. Dawson wishing him well during a hospital stay.

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
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, November 10, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002436
Creator: Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Friendship
Dates: 1994-11-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jim Wright to Jack Brooks commiserating on his electoral defeat and offering advice on life after Congressional service. Wright represented the 12th congressional district of Texas from 1955-1989 when he resigned his Speakership.

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
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
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 Joe Tonahill to Jack Brooks, April 3, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001609
Creator: Tonahill, Joe, 1913-2001
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1968-04-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Joe Tonahill, a lawyer from Beaumont who ran against Jack Brooks in his first race in the 1952 primary, discusses President Lyndon B. Johnson's televised announcement that he would not seek reelection on March 31, 1968. He describes his respect for both Johnson and Brooks.

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
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 John S. Monaghan to Jack Brooks, May 6, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001300
Creator: Monaghan, John S.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-05-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Connecticut Congressman John S. Monaghan infroming Jack Brooks of an antique clock available for purchase from the Mattatuck Historical Society in Waterbury, Connecticut. Brooks collected and repaired clocks as a hobby.

Title: Letter from John S. Monaghan to Jack Brooks, September 9, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001302
Creator: Monaghan, John S.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-09-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman John S. Monaghan providing a description and photograph of an antique clock available for purchase in Connecticut.

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
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: First Lady Lady Bird Johnson thanks Jack Brooks for sending her magnolia trees.

Title: Letter from Larry L. King to Jack Brooks, November 9, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002440
Creator: King, Larry L.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1994-11-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Larry L. King, playwright and former congressional staffer to J.T. Rutherford and Jim Wright, expressing his condolences for Jack Brooks's electoral defeat.

Title: Letter from Lee H. Hamilton to Jack Brooks, December 19, 1986
Identifier: camh-dob-002332
Creator: Hamilton, Lee
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1986-12-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Lee Hamilton to Jack Brooks welcoming him to the Iran Select Committee. Hamilton served as the Chair.

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