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Title: Handwritten notes by Congressman Jack Brooks for his letter to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, undated [approximately September 1955]
Identifier: camh-dob-001677
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1955-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes attached to Brooks's September 10, 1955 typed letter to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. The notes are an outline for the final draft of the letter and indicate Johnson is in Austin, Texas. At the time, Johnson was recovering from a heart attack.

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.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002406
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1966-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An unsigned note card mailed from Port Arthur criticizing Jack Brooks for his support of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his policies, including the Civil Rights Acts. The envelope is dated August 12, 1966, and it was received by Brooks's office on August 15, 1966. The constituent attached two newspaper clippings regarding the vote on the Civil Rights Bill of 1966.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, January 24, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001602
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1968-01-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Frank M. Genstch, a former constituent, expresses his disdain for the Democratic Party's policies, specifically those of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. He explains he is no longer a Democrat as a result and will support Nelson Rockefeller in the 1968 presidential election. Offensive language and racial slurs are used in the letter.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 27, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002414
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1966-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from constituent L. A. Darnall of Port Arthur, Texas, expressing his opposition to the Civil Rights Bill of 1966.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 26, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001468
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Photographs
Dates: 1963-11-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Constituent Troy Mitchell writes to Jack Brooks regarding a photo Brooks requested in a letter to Mitchell on November 19, 1963. The photo depicted Brooks and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during Johnson's visit to east Texas that October. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson assumed the presidency. Mitchell's November 26 reply to Brooks laments the tradgedy, but also expresses optimism for the new administration under President Johnson.

Title: Letter from Allen J. Ellender to Lyndon B. Johnson, May 22, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001465
Creator: Ellender, Allen J., 1890-1972
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-05-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Allen J. Ellender, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Works, lets Senator Lyndon B. Johnson know that he received Johnson's letter and the enclosed statements from Jack Brooks regarding the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway. He says that the statements from Brooks will be made a part of the hearings on the Public Work Appropriations bill.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, February 18, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001072
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, United States. Congress
Dates: 1959-02-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent David Henderson of Jasper, TX regarding an editorial that appeared in a local Beaumont paper questioning Brooks's loyalties to his district. Brooks also mentions the McGee Bend Dam project, Lyndon Johnson, and Congressional politics.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, October 8, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001467
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Thank-you notes
Dates: 1963-10-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks thanks constituent Kitty Hobbs for her work coordinating Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Jefferson County and discusses the various details of Johnson's visit to the area.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a Mexican business official, July 27, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-001133
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1966-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks sends Octavio Ochoa Ochoa, President of Confederacion Nacional Ganadera of Mexico, a pen used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign H.R. 14888. This legislation authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate in screwworm eradication with Mexico. Brooks mentions that their mutual friend, Dolph Briscoe, Jr., was present at the signing.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Jack Valenti, July 20, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001406
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Valenti, Jack
Topic: Cattle, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1965-07-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks writes to Jack Valenti, Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, regarding a presentation to President Johnson by the National Livestock Confederation of Mexico about a screwworm eradication program.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson, August 3, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001359
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1962-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding campaign matters in Texas ahead of the 1962 election.

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 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 Joe Tonahill to Jack Brooks, October 16, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001466
Creator: Tonahill, Joe, 1913-2001
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1963-10-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Joe Tonahill, a Beaumont lawyer, writes Jack Brooks to express his regrets about missing an event in Piney Woods honoring Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit. Tonahill was Brooks's opponent in the 1952 congressional race. When Jack Ruby was prosecuted for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, Tonahill served as his defense lawyer.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, August 22, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001577
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political conventions
Dates: 1956-08-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson thanking Brooks for his work at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, February 2, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001580
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Gratitude, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1959-02-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson thanking Brooks for sending along some newsclippings and for his work on the civil rights bill.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, January 28, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-000928
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1954-01-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Lyndon B. Johnson thanks Jack Brooks for a compliment he gave to Lady Bird Johnson. The letter also discusses Senator Johnson's upcoming reelection.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, May 28, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001464
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-05-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Lyndon B. Johnson, the Senate majority leader, writes to Jack Brooks to let him know that his statements on the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which Johnson sent to the Committee on Appropriations, will be heard as part of the hearing on the Public Works Appropriations bill.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, September 13, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001575
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Friendship
Dates: 1955-09-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson inviting Jack Brooks to play dominoes at the ranch in Stonewall, TX.

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