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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
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
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: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Lamar University, Beaumont, Commencement Exercises, Beaumont, Texas, May 20, 1995
Identifier: camh-dob-000989
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1995-05-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's commencement speech at Lamar University discussing the highlights of his career, including working with Dolph Briscoe to make Lamar a four-year college, and working with Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson in Congress.

Title: Response of Congressman Jack Brooks, Chamber of Commerce Roast, Beaumont Hilton, Beaumont, Texas, Friday, June 9, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001654
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks in response to his roast with a tongue-in-cheek description of Beaumont and its people. He concludes by joking he aims to stay in Congress until he is at least eighty-eight years old, like his recently deceased friend, Congressman Claude Pepper.

Title: Speech roasting Jack Brooks, speaker unknown, undated [June 9, 1989]
Identifier: camh-dob-001652
Topic: United States. Congress, Speeches
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A speech delivered at a roast of Jack Brooks by one of his friends with jokes about his personal and professional life. Topics include his childhood in Beaumont, his time at Lamar College and the University of Texas at Austin, his time in the Marine Corps, his career in Congress, and his wife, Charlotte Brooks. Though the speech does not list a speaker, a handwritten note from Brooks's friend, Charles Turco, is attached [camh-dob-001653] and his name is listed in the program [camh-dob-001651].

Title: Telegram from Carrie Pipes to Jack Brooks, January 3, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001784
Creator: Pipes, Carrie
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1953-01-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A telegram from Carrie Pipes, Jack Brooks's grandmother, wishing him a happy new year and congratulating him on his election to the House of Representatives.