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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, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001299
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-04-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Dolph Briscoe thanking Jack Brooks for the clock he gave to Briscoe's wife, Janey. Briscoe complains that Mrs. Briscoe placed the clock in their bedroom and the chimes are hard to live with.

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: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, August 14, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-001268
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Dates: 1967-08-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter written by Dolph Briscoe discussing various updates in both the Briscoe and Brooks families and recent events concerning Briscoe's ranch in Uvalde.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, July 18, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001129
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Cattle
Dates: 1953-07-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal typewritten letter from Dolph Briscoe Jr. to Jack Brooks updating him about his family and his cattle business.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, July 9, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001407
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Cattle, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1965-07-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Dolph Briscoe discusses a joint meeting between the Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation and the National Livestock Confederation of Mexico about the possibility of working together on a screwworm eradication program.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, March 13, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001131
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1964-03-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal letter from Dolph Briscoe, Jr. thanking Jack Brooks for his and Charlotte Brooks's hospitality during Dolph and Janey Briscoe's recent trip to Washington, D.C. He says his wife is still thrilled to have visited with President Lyndon B. Johnson and insists on bringing her framed Presidential coin and picture with the President everywhere they go. Briscoe also mentions a meeting about the Screwworm Program in Mexico.

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.