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Title: 8th Annual Bull Roast, Friday, June 9, 1989, Beaumont Hilton Hotel, "El Toro" Congressman Jack Brooks
Identifier: camh-dob-001651
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A program for a roast of Jack Brooks, including cartoons depicting Brooks as a matador. It includes the names of the roasters.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 30, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001223
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Cigars
Dates: 1974-07-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from constituent Incatha Hobbs expressing concern over Jack Brooks's cigar habit and urging the Congressman to consider the impact of secondhand smoke on those around him. Ms. Hobbs included newspaper clippings showing Brooks smoking cigars.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 30, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001688
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Crime
Dates: 1959-11-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Bennie Collins to Jack Brooks inquiring about the arrest of his neighbor, Foster Provo's son Clarence on a breaking and entering charge.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack brooks, received November 30, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001690
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democracy
Dates: 1959-11-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: High school student, Edward Parker's inquiry about Jack Brooks's opinion of democracy as a form of government.

Title: Letter from a friend to Jack Brooks, June 16, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001780
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1954-06-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from George T. Camp, a friend of Jack Brooks's, regarding Jack Neal, Brooks's likely opponent in the 1954 Democratic primary.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, December 10, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001689
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Crime
Dates: 1959-12-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Response letter from Jack Brooks to his constituent, Foster Provo about his son's arrest, December 10, 1959

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, December 3, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001691
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democracy
Dates: 1959-12-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks in response to a question from a high school aged constituent that describes the benefits of democracy as a form of government.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a student, December 3, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001065
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1959-12-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter sent in reply by Jack Brooks to Norma Sebastian of Port Arthur, TX outlining his approach to legislation.

Title: Letter from the President of Gulf States Utilities Company to Jack Brooks, May 7, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001207
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1968-05-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typewritten letter from the President of Gulf State Utilities, Eldon A. Werner, saying he had an enjoyable visit with Jack Brooks in Washington, D.C.. He referenced the Taylor's Bayou project [a flood-control project in Jefferson County] and that a lot of it went over his head because he was new to Beaumont and still learning about projects.

Title: Newsclipping photograph of Grace Brooks, Beaumont Enterprise, September 17, 1963.
Identifier: camh-dob-001566
Topic: Cooking
Dates: 1963-09-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Newsclipping photograph of Grace Brooks advertising a home appliance trade show in Beaumont.

Title: Newspaper clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise of Congressman Jack Brooks smoking a cigar during the Nixon impeachment hearings, July 27, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001225
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Dates: 1974-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A picture of Jack Brooks smoking a cigar and speaking with Representative Lawrence Hogan. Captioned: "Rep. Jack Brooks confers with Rep. Lawrence Hogan of Maryland, partly shown, during Judiciary Committee recess." Incatha Hobbs circled the cigar in red ink. This was one of two newspaper clippings Incatha Hobbs attached to her July 30, 1974 letter to Brooks [camh-dob-001223].

Title: Newspaper clipping from the Beaumont Enterprise of Jack Brooks smoking a cigar during the Nixon impeachment hearings, July 26, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001224
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Dates: 1974-07-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A picture of Jack Brooks smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper. Captioned: "Rep. Brooks of Beaumont reads a newspaper just before the afternoon session of the impeachment debate Thursday." Incatha Hobbs circled the cigar in red ink. This was one of two newspaper clippings Incatha Hobbs attached to her July 30, 1974 letter to Brooks [camh-dob-001223].

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks and Charlotte Brooks with others, March 10, 1992
Identifier: camh-dob-002548
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1992-03-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks and his wife Charlotte Brooks awaiting the results of the primary election at an election night party in Beaumont. They are surrounded by friends and supporters.

Title: Program, Unveiling of the statue of U.S. Congressman Jack Brooks, August 14, 1989, Lamar University, Beaumont
Identifier: camh-dob-001657
Dates: 1989-08-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A program for the unveiling of a statue of Jack Brooks at Lamar University. It includes a brief biography of Jack Brooks. Brooks attended Lamar when it was a Junior College and worked to make Lamar a four-year university when he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. After one failed attempt, he succeeded and Lamar became a four-year state college on June 14, 1949.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Pi Sigma Alpha, Lamar University, April 28, 1980
Identifier: camh-dob-002353
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1980-04-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed copy of a speech delivered by Jack Brooks at Lamar University. Brooks discusses his own history with the school (he was a student and introduced a bill to make it a four year university while he served in the Texas State Legislature) as well as his work as a congressman.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, statue unveiling, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, Monday, August 14, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001656
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Dates: 1989-08-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech with handwritten notes expressing his gratitude to his alma mater, Lamar University, for erecting a statue in his honor.

Title: Response of Congressman Jack Brooks, Chamber of Commerce Roast, Beaumont Hilton, Beaumont, Texas, Friday, June 9, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001654
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks in response to his roast with a tongue-in-cheek description of Beaumont and its people. He concludes by joking he aims to stay in Congress until he is at least eighty-eight years old, like his recently deceased friend, Congressman Claude Pepper.

Title: Speech by Jack Brooks at the Brooks Chair Symposium, Lamar University, Friday, March 15, 2002
Identifier: camh-dob-000995
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 2002-03-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes at the Brooks Chair Symposium. Brooks talks about his philosophies when serving as a Congressman, including helping his constituents when they called his office for help, but sometimes voting against his constituents' interests when he could better serve the interests of the entire nation, including his work on the Civil Rights Act.

Title: Telegram from Carrie Pipes to Jack Brooks, January 3, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001784
Creator: Pipes, Carrie
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1953-01-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A telegram from Carrie Pipes, Jack Brooks's grandmother, wishing him a happy new year and congratulating him on his election to the House of Representatives.

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