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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 Jack Brooks to constituents, August 15, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001206
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs
Dates: 1968-08-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's statement in response to over one thousand constituents who signed a petition demanding action and suggesting a Congressional investigation regarding the captured USS Pueblo. The original packet of signatures was mailed in by constituent Jeff Riley [camh-dob-001205]. Brooks mailed a statement to every person who had signed the petition, an act Riley later commended. Brooks assures his constituents of his concern and calls the incident "an act of piracy." The crew was released into U.S. custody on December 23, 1968, but the USS Pueblo remains in North Korea today.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Charlotte Brooks, Lady Bird Johnson, and Lyndon B. Johnson, September 28, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-002497
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1963-09-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks, his wife Charlotte Brooks, Second Lady Lady Bird Johnson, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the Jefferson County airport.

Title: Press release from Jack Brooks and Gaston Wilder, September 21, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001527
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Wilder, Gaston
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1963-09-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A press release with handwritten notes and edits announcing Lady Bird Johnson will accompany her husband on his trip to the 2nd Congressional District of Texas. The press release notes that Lady Bird is a native of East Texas. It highlights her education and professional background, the origins of her nickname, and her ongoing activities as "a competent businesswoman."

Title: Press release from Jack Brooks and Gaston Wilder, undated [approximately September 1963]
Identifier: camh-dob-001526
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Wilder, Gaston
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1963-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A press release with handwritten notes and edits announcing Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's upcoming "personal visit" to Jefferson County and Southeast Texas on September 28, 1963. Brooks was hoped that Vice President Johnson would visit his family farm in Jasper.

Title: Remarks of Hon[orable] Jack Brooks, Jefferson County Democratic Convention, Saturday, March 30, 1996, Austin Middle School
Identifier: camh-dob-000993
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Republican party (U.S. : 1854-)
Dates: 1996-03-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes at the Jefferson County Democratic Convention. Brooks emphasizes the potential difference that Jefferson county voters can make in the 1996 congressional district and presidential races. He denounces right-wing activism for being misleading and influencing hatred, anger, and distrust in the government.