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Title: Beaumont Enterprise, June 25, 1970 -- Editorial, Congressmen Back Bentsen
Identifier: camh-dob-001684
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1970-06-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An editorial that ran in the Beaumont Enterprise announcing that a majority of the Texas Democratic Delegation endorsed candidate Lloyd Bentsen for U.S. Senate. Only Congressman Bob Eckhardt of Houston declined to sign the statement. The editorial notes that Jack Brooks was the Whip of the Texas delegation and his support would be key.

Title: Carbon copy of a letter from a Texas state legislator to Jack Brooks, March 5, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001034
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1953-03-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Texas State Representative Jep S. Fuller. Part of a series of communications from Texas House of Representatives members regarding redistricting in the state that are bundled together.

Title: Copy of letter from Richard Nixon to Raymond Lapin, November 26, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001703
Creator: Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous, 1913-1994
Contributor: Lapin, Raymond H.
Topic: Mortgages, Employees--Dismissal of
Dates: 1969-11-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of letter sent by Richard Nixon informing Raymond Lapin he was being removed for cause. The copy was an enclosure in Brooks's letter to John A. Blatnik.

Title: Draft of form letter announcing a short film titled "Space Show," created by Jack Brooks in cooperation with the U.S. Navy about the Mercury space project, [1959]
Identifier: camh-dob-001379
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Exploration of outer space
Dates: 1959
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An annotated draft of a letter distributed to schools announcing the availability of the film for use.

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: Form letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, July 15, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001728
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Gun control, Legislation
Dates: 1968-07-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Form letter regarding gun control legislation sent to constituents by Jack Brooks.

Title: Form letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, undated [1970]
Identifier: camh-dob-001776
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Dates: 1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A standard letter sent by Jack Brooks to constituents who wrote to his office to express their disapproval with the expansion of the Vietnam War into other regions of Southeast Asia including Cambodia.

Title: Gallup Poll regarding Richard Nixon's Vietnam policies speech, November 5, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001200
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Speeches
Dates: 1969-11-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A two-page Gallup Poll detailing public approval ratings of President Nixon after his November 3, 1969 Vietnam policies speech. It reports that Nixon won a vote of confidence of seventy-seven percent of Americans on his Vietnam policies. The report says that although the public had a "highly favorable" initial reaction, public opinion in the coming weeks would largely depend on the actual withdrawal rate of U.S. troops from Vietnam. This Gallup Poll was attached to a November 5, 1969 letter from Special Assistant Bryce Harlow to Congressman Jack Brooks regarding President Nixon's public approval ratings [camh-dob-001141].

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: 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: 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.

Title: Letter from a Beaumont lawyer to Jack Brooks, June 5, 1961.
Identifier: camh-dob-001498
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1961-06-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Benjamin D. Orgain thanking Jack Brooks for his work on behalf of William Blakley's campaign for a full-term as a United States Senator representing Texas following his appointment to complete Lyndon B. Johnson's term.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 1, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002222
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1965-04-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent Perry C. Robertson urging Jack Brooks to oppose the Voting Rights Act.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 12, 1961.
Identifier: camh-dob-001076
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Records and Correspondence
Dates: 1961-04-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Harriett Becker thanking Jack Brooks for his contribution and appearance at a Bosses Night event for the Beaumont Legal Secretaries Association.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 22, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001827
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-04-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by constituent Terrel A. Gau and his family to Jack Brooks expressing their opposition to the Civil Rights Act.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 23, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001111
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Letters
Dates: 1974-04-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent letter from Susan Spencer complaining about the lack of three day weekends.

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