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Title: Dissenting views Honorable Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002158
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Document explaining Jack Brooks's stance on both the Equal Rights Amendment and H.R. 638 that Brooks enclosed in correspondence to the Galveston chapter of the National Organization for Women.

Title: Handwritten draft of memo regarding subcommittee investigation, September 1, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001818
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1964-09-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The draft, written by Jack Brooks, announces the findings of an ad hoc subcommittee regarding allegations by the Teamsters Union and leader James R. Hoffa against the Justice Department. After hearing testimony, the subcommittee determined that the allegations by the Teamsters Union had no basis in fact. Brooks was a member of this five member subcommittee, as well as the official, ten member subcommittee that later replaced it.

Title: Memo: 7/13/71, To: BJ, From: JB, re: Public Works Projects in our District
Identifier: camh-dob-002021
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Jones, Bill
Topic: Public works, Legislation
Dates: 1971-07-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Jack Brooks for his aide, Bill Jones, advising that Congressman Joe Evins, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Works, told Brooks he approved every project from the 9th Congressional District.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson on joint television show, February 16, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001694
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Interviews, Television programs
Dates: 1959-02-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum from Jack Brooks that contains encouragement regarding Senator Lyndon B. Johnson's television appearance, as well as advice for future television appearances.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Lyndon Johnson, January 19, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001070
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1960-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memo from Jack Brooks relating all the positive press appearing in Southeast Texas about Senator Lyndon B. Johnson over the years and detailing Brooks's long history of support for Johnson.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Walter Flowers, Barbara Jordan, Edward Mezvinsky, Robert Drinan, regarding "Impeachment Study," July 16, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001334
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Flowers, Walter, Jr., Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996, Mezvinsky, Edward M.
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-07-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo written by Jack Brooks shared with members of the House Judiciary Committee detailing areas of additional investigation regarding President Richard Nixon's use of campaign funds.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Walter Flowers, Barbara Jordan, Edward Mezvinsky, Robert Drinan, regarding "Personal Finances and Taxation Issues," July 16, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001333
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Flowers, Walter, Jr., Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996, Mezvinsky, Edward M.
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-07-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo written by Jack Brooks that lists potential financial and taxation improprieties committed by President Richard Nixon.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Walter Flowers, Barbara Jordan, Edward Mezvinsky, Robert Drinan, regarding "Personal Finances, Senate Select Committee on Watergate Report," July 16, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001332
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Flowers, Walter, Jr., Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996, Mezvinsky, Edward M.
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-07-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo written by Jack Brooks and shared with members of the House Judiciary Committee in which he details suspect uses of campaign contributions by President Richard Nixon.

Title: Memo sent to high school principals and professors of chemistry and physics at Lamar College, April 21, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001693
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Nuclear energy
Dates: 1959-04-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Announcement that Jack Brooks had arranged an expert from the Atomic Energy Commission to demonstrate a nuclear-powered generator on his regular television report from Washington to the Second Congressional District.

Title: Memorandum to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security from Jack Brooks, June 23, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001966
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Electronic data processing, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks informs the members of the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security within the Government Operations Committee that three days of hearings have been scheduled in order to review the procurement of automatic data processing (ADP) resources by the federal government.

Title: On Republicans leaking their report, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002349
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed statement or talking points from Jack Brooks's office regarding the minority report of the Iran Select Committee, drafted by Republicans and leaked early. Brooks takes Republicans to task for leaking their report and also disagrees with their conclusions.

Title: Questions: Herbert Kalmbach
Identifier: camh-dob-002420
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: List of sixteen questions for Herbert Kalmbach, President Richard Nixon's personal attorney during the impeachment inquiry. No date is listed, but Brooks questioned Kalmbach during a hearing on July 17, 1974.

Title: Two concepts of impeachable offenses regarding the attempted impeachment of Justice Douglas, November 26, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000957
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981, Rogers, Byron G. (Byron Giles), 1900-1983
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1973-11-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The summary discusses a report regarding the nature of impeachable offenses in relation to the impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas. The report was signed by Congressmen Jack Brooks, Emanuel Celler, and Byron Rogers.