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Title: Background Information: White House Staff and President Nixon's Campaign Organizations, May 9, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001099
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Dates: 1974-05-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon. Highlighted and annotated by Brooks.

Title: Document titled "President's Retirement," undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001098
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon. Highlighted and annotated by Brooks.

Title: Edmund Burke quote on impeachment,1839
Identifier: camh-dob-000968
Creator: Burke, Edmund, [1729?]-1797
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1839
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon.

Title: Eligible Areas in Texas, attachment to Albert Rains letter, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001082
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Attachment to Rains letter detailing Texas counties that would benefit from the proposed legislation. Handdrawn marks drawn next to counties in Brooks's district.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks and Richard Crawford White, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001972
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, White, Richard Crawford, 1923-1998
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The fax was sent from Texas Secretary of State Mark White to Representatives Richard Crawford White and Jack Brooks. It comments on the success of voter registration by mail in Texas. White proposed an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would make Texas exempt from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001974
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Secretary of State Mark White provides a draft of the wording of the amendments he proposes regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.

Title: Handwritten note from Barbara Jordan to Jack Brooks, May 31, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002417
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-05-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from Congresswoman Barbara Jordan granting Jack Brooks her proxy on all votes before the Judiciary Committee on May 31, 1974.

Title: Handwritten note from Charles Turco to Jack Brooks, June 9, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001653
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches, Friendship
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from Brooks's friend Charles Turco attached to a copy of a speech delivered at a roast of Brooks [camh-dob-001652].

Title: Handwritten note from President Bill Clinton to Jack Brooks, December 1, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-000980
Creator: Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1994-12-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from President Bill Clinton expressing his condolences to Jack Brooks after his loss in the 1994 election.

Title: Handwritten note to Congressman Jack Brooks upon leaving office, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-000976
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Conciliatory note signed "Emma" wishing Brooks well upon the end of his career in the House.

Title: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-000965
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon.

Title: Interview transcript, February 6, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002180
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-02-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of an interview transcript regarding the use and purchase of computers by the federal government. It is not clear whether this is an excerpt of a longer interview, who the interviewer was, or in what venue the interview appeared.

Title: Invitation from Albert Thomas to Jack Brooks, December 1, 1958
Identifier: camh-dob-001074
Creator: Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1958-12-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Note from Rep. Albert Thomas inviting Jack Brooks to a dinner at his home to meet, along with the rest of the Texas delegation, new Texas congressman Bob Casey and his wife.

Title: James Madison quote on impeachment, Judiciary Committee print, October 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000966
Creator: Madison, James, 1751-1836
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1973-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon.

Title: John Rolfson, ABC Network, interview with Congressman Jack Brooks, November 23, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001469
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Presidents--Inauguration
Dates: 1963-11-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A transcript of Jack Brooks's interview with ABC Network anchor John Rolfson regarding the swearing in of President Lyndon B. Johnson after the assasination of John F. Kennedy. Brooks discusses Johnson's capabilities as the new president.

Title: Judiciary Committee notice of meeting, October 26, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000961
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1973-10-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: During the meeting, Judiciary Committee members will discuss subpoena authority, the confirmation of Gerald Ford as Vice President, and the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

Title: Leter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 25, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002214
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1965-05-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent Betty Rigler asking Jack Brooks about his position on the elimination of the poll tax.

Title: Letter and petition from constituents to Jack Brooks, July 29, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001205
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs
Dates: 1968-07-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from the Chairman of Jefferson County Committee, Jeff Riley, with attached news articles and over a thousand petition signatures. Their petition demands that "somebody do something" about the captured crew of the USS Pueblo, suggesting a Congressional investigation. Riley included bumper stickers to "Remember the Pueblo" in his letter. North Korean Forces had captured the USS Pueblo and imprisoned its 83-man crew on January 23, 1968.

Title: Letter from a Beaumont KFDM television and radio station executive to Jack Brooks, January 18, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001698
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Radio broadcasting, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1960-01-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from C.B. Locke informing Jack Brooks of potential issues they might encounter regarding his regular KFDM reports. According to Section 315 of the Communications Act and the latest interpretation of the F.C.C., stations must provide equal time for all candidates for political office.

Title: Letter from a Beaumont lawyer to Jack Brooks, January 29, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001071
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1960-01-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Beaumont lawyer and local political operative George Camp outlining efforts to support Lyndon Johnson's bid for the Presidency as well as political information and gossip in Brooks's district.

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