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Title: Draft of introductory remarks delivered by Jack Brooks for Dolph Briscoe at the Texas AFL-CIO COPE convention, March 3, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-001374
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1972-03-03
Box: 2007-255/267
Folder: 33
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: During Dolph Briscoe's campaign for Governor of Texas, Jack Brooks introduced him at the Texas AFL-CIO convention. The speech is annotated by Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes, [February 1968]
Identifier: camh-dob-002380
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1968-02
Box: 2007-255/312
Folder: 264.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes discussing individuals important to Dolph Briscoe's campaign for Governor of Texas during the 1968 primary. Briscoe lost in 1968, but ran again in 1972 and was elected Governor.

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
Box: 2007-255/298
Folder: 250.9
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 Dolph Briscoe, Sr. to Jack Brooks, June 23, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001128
Creator: Briscoe, Sr., Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1954-06-23
Box: 2007-255/59
Folder: 41.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. thanking Jack Brooks for a book on grasses that he could use to identify grasses on his ranch. He mentions his wife and his son's family and says he is doing well. He predicts that Brooks will be in Congress a long time and that he will make "a very fine representative for our country."

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, April 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001377
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Thank-you notes
Dates: 1973-04-02
Box: 2007-255/267
Folder: 231.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe thanks Jack Brooks for helping him with congressional issues, describing Brooks's finesse in getting Briscoe past "sticky" situations.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, August 14, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-001268
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Dates: 1967-08-14
Box: 2007-255/151
Folder: 178.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter written by Dolph Briscoe discussing various updates in both the Briscoe and Brooks families and recent events concerning Briscoe's ranch in Uvalde.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, July 18, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001129
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Cattle
Dates: 1953-07-18
Box: 2007-255/59
Folder: 41.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal typewritten letter from Dolph Briscoe Jr. to Jack Brooks updating him about his family and his cattle business.

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
Box: 2007-255/146
Folder: 143.31
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 Dolph Briscoe, Jr., March 27, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-001127
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Briscoe, Dolph
Topic: Loans, Cattle
Dates: 1957-03-27
Box: 2007-255/59
Folder: 41.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks telling Dolph Briscoe he is checking on the prospects of new loans for Mexico. He encloses Senator Lyndon B. Johnson's latest information on a deferred grazing bill. Brooks says he will keep checking in because he knows the topic is important to Briscoe.

Title: Letter from Janey Briscoe to Jack Brooks, March 20, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002426
Creator: Briscoe, Janey, 1923-2000
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Friendship
Dates: 1972-03-20
Box: 2007-255/249
Folder: 215.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Janey Briscoe, wife of Dolph Briscoe, expressing her gratitude for their friendship with Jack Brooks. She thanks Brooks for everything he has done to support them during the ongoing 1972 Texas gubernatorial election.

Title: Note form Jack Brooks, June 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001412
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1976-06
Box: 2007-255/382
Folder: 308.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typed note from Jack Brooks describing phone conversations with various Democratic party members, including Frank Moore and Dolph Briscoe, regarding Jimmy Carter working with Briscoe to help him with his presidential campaign in Texas.

Title: Photograph of Dolph Briscoe, Texas Governor
Identifier: e_uttsp_01455
Creator: Blankenmeister, Paul, Daily Texan
Dates: 1976-08-04
Box: 3Z197
Folder: Briscoe Press Conference
Resource: UT Texas Student Publications photographs
Description: Photograph of Texas Governor, Dolph Briscoe, speaking during a press conference at the capitol in Austin, 1976/08/04

Title: Photograph of Dolph Briscoe, Texas Governor
Identifier: e_uttsp_01456
Creator: Blankenmeister, Paul, Daily Texan
Dates: 1976-08-04
Box: 3Z197
Folder: Briscoe Press Conference
Resource: UT Texas Student Publications photographs
Description: Photograph of Texas Governor, Dolph Briscoe, speaking during a press conference at the capitol in Austin, 1976/08/04

Title: Photograph of Dolph Briscoe, Texas Governor
Identifier: e_uttsp_01457
Creator: Blankenmeister, Paul, Daily Texan
Dates: 1976-08-04
Box: 3Z197
Folder: Briscoe Press Conference
Resource: UT Texas Student Publications photographs
Description: Photograph of Texas Governor, Dolph Briscoe, speaking during a press conference at the capitol in Austin, 1976/08/04

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks and Dolph Briscoe, December 17, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-001257
Dates: 1977-12-17
Box: 2007-255/754
Folder: 124
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks with Governor Dolph Briscoe at Lamar University. Brooks attended Lamar when it was a college and worked to have it promoted to a four-year university.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks and Dolph Briscoe, October 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001197
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1974-10
Box: 2007-255/754
Folder: 55
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks campaigning in Texas with his friend Governor Dolph Briscoe.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Charlotte Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, and Janey Briscoe, June 3, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002523
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1972-06-03
Box: 2007-255/753
Folder: JB, CB, Dolph & Janey Briscoe Election night, Austin, June 3, 1972
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks with his wife Charlotte Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, and Janey Briscoe on election night in Austin. Briscoe won a primary race against Frances "Sissy" Farenthold and went on to win the general election for Governor of Texas.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Charlotte Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, Janey Briscoe, and Jimmy Carter, July 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002524
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political conventions
Dates: 1972-07
Box: 2007-255/753
Folder: 1972 Democratic Convention, Miscellaneous Photos, July 1972
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks with his wife Charlotte Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, Janey Briscoe, and Governor Jimmy Carter at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, and Russell Long, December 5, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-001256
Dates: 1977-12-05
Box: 2007-255/754
Folder: 123
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks with Governor Dolph Briscoe and Senator Russell Long. Senator Long was the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, but it is not clear what this meeting was about.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Governor's conference on handicapped individuals, Galveston, Texas, Saturday, September 23, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-001550
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, People with disabilities
Dates: 1978-09-23
Box: 2007-255/436
Folder: Speeches 1978
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech, with handwritten edits, at Governor Dolph Briscoe's Conference on Handicapped Individuals. The conference followed Briscoe's issuance of Executive Order No. 38, which created the Committee on Problems of the Handicapped. In his speech, Brooks highlights legislation in recent years that provide services and legal protections for handicapped individuals, including the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. He describes additional amendments and bills to support handicapped individuals and promises to continue supporting such legislation.

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