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Title: Amendment to H.R. 6219, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002395
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks enclosed the proposed amendment with a letter he wrote to Peter Rodino. The amendment was intended to avoid penalizing states like Texas that had already ratified bilingual ballots.

Title: Data sheet, Modification of previously authorized McGee Bend Dam, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002293
Topic: Dams
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a data sheet sent by Jack Brooks to his Congressional colleagues detailing some financial aspects of the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Edison Diamond Disc, February 25, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002594
Dates: 1954-02-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An image of the Edison Diamond Disc which was used to record a broadcast from Jack Brooks to his district. Brooks interviewed Congressman Omar Burleson.

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: 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: House Judiciary Committee begins probe of Waco standoff, APril 28, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-001000
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1993-04-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release summarizing the beginning of the House Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Jack Brooks, on the Waco Standoff, featuring quotes from Attorney General Janet Reno, ATF Director Stephen E. Higgins, FBI Director William S. Sessions, and Chairman Jack Brooks.

Title: H.R. 8075, redistricting legislation in Texas, July 11, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001339
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1961-07-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the redistricting legislation referenced in correspondence between Jack Brooks and Robert J. Corbett.

Title: Invitation from Albert Thomas to Jack Brooks, December 1, 1958
Identifier: camh-dob-001074
Creator: Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1958-12-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Note from Rep. Albert Thomas inviting Jack Brooks to a dinner at his home to meet, along with the rest of the Texas delegation, new Texas congressman Bob Casey and his wife.

Title: Invitation from Jack Brooks and the Texas Democratic Delegation to a reception honoring Jim and Betty Wright, Cannon Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building, Wednesday, September 13, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001665
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1989-09-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The front of the invitation is a photograph of the 1989 Texas Democratic Delegation. Speaker Jim Wright is seated next to Jack Brooks.

Title: Letter from a Texas state legislator to Jack Brooks, August 2, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001338
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1961-08-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Texas state legislator Robert J. Corbett regarding Corbett's redistricting bill and asking Brooks for his support.

Title: Letter from a White House staffer to Jack Brooks, July 27, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-001132
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1966-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Jacobsen, Legislative Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson, sends Jck Brooks one of the pens used by President Johnson to sign H.R. 14888, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate in screw-worm eradication in Mexico.

Title: Letter from Albert Rains to Jack Brooks, July 20, 1962.
Identifier: camh-dob-001081
Creator: Rains, Albert (Albert McKinley), 1902-1991
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1962-07-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Albert Rains to Jack Brooks regarding H.R. 10113 a Public Works bill urging Brooks to support the bill. Attachment details which Texas counties would benefit.

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 Bob Eckhardt to Barbara Jordan, March 4, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002396
Creator: Eckhardt, Bob
Contributor: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1974-03-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressman Bob Eckhardt invites Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, along with the rest of the Texas Delegation, to a luncheon at the request of Jack Brooks, who was hosting the event. The luncheon was planned for the Texas Delegation to connect with Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, who was visiting Washington D.C.

Title: Letter from George Mahon to Jack Brooks, November 15, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001340
Creator: Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman George Mahon to Jack Brooks clearing up Mahon's comments quoted in a Robert Allen column regarding Sam Rayburn and his potential successor. Rayburn died November 16, 1961.

Title: Letter from Homer Angell to Jack Brooks, June 28, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002292
Creator: Angell, Homer D.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1954-06-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Homer Angell, Chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Subcommittee, thanking Jack Brooks for sending along a fact sheet about the McGee Bend Dam project.

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 E.W. Easterling, June 8, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-002300
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-06-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks to E.W. Easterling, attorney for the Lower Neches Valley Authority, regarding Congressional appropriations for the McGee Bend Dam project. Attached to the letter is an open letter written by Brooks which he wanted placed in local newspapers.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson, May 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002243
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1969-05-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding the safety of Johnson's Bell helicopter.

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.

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