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Title: Handwritten note from Charles Turco to Jack Brooks, June 9, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001653
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches, Friendship
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from Brooks's friend Charles Turco attached to a copy of a speech delivered at a roast of Brooks [camh-dob-001652].

Title: Introduction of Vice President & Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, by Congressman Jack Brooks, South Texas State Fairgrounds, September 28, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001524
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1963-09-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Title card attached to the referenced speech. Speech is item camh-dob-001525.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, June 20, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001174
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1973-06-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks speaking at an event for the Federal Advanced Data Processing (ADP) Users Group. Brooks authored a key piece of ADP legislation that standardized government purchasing of computers.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, October 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001193
Topic: Political Campaigns, Speeches
Dates: 1974-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks speaking on the campaign trail in Texas.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks with Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, February 17, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-002580
Topic: United States. Congress, Speeches
Dates: 1993-02-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks introducing Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to President Bill Clinton after the State of the Union address.

Title: Remarks of Jack Brooks, April 23, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-001266
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1966-04-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A speech given by Jack Brooks at the dedication of the federal building in Beaumont. He explains that $2 million has been invested by the federal government in Jefferson County through this building.

Title: Speech roasting Jack Brooks, speaker unknown, undated [June 9, 1989]
Identifier: camh-dob-001652
Topic: United States. Congress, Speeches
Dates: 1989-06-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A speech delivered at a roast of Jack Brooks by one of his friends with jokes about his personal and professional life. Topics include his childhood in Beaumont, his time at Lamar College and the University of Texas at Austin, his time in the Marine Corps, his career in Congress, and his wife, Charlotte Brooks. Though the speech does not list a speaker, a handwritten note from Brooks's friend, Charles Turco, is attached [camh-dob-001653] and his name is listed in the program [camh-dob-001651].