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Title: Handwritten draft remarks, undated [September 1963]
Identifier: camh-dob-001311
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1963-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten draft of introductory remarks delivered by Jack Brooks when Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Second Lady Lady Bird Johnson visited the South Texas State Fairgrounds. This was the first visit by a sitting Vice President to the Second Congressional District of Texas.

Title: Letter from a Beaumont lawyer to Jack Brooks, January 29, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001071
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1960-01-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Beaumont lawyer and local political operative George Camp outlining efforts to support Lyndon Johnson's bid for the Presidency as well as political information and gossip in Brooks's district.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson, August 3, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001359
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1962-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding campaign matters in Texas ahead of the 1962 election.

Title: Letter from Joe Tonahill to Jack Brooks, October 16, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001466
Creator: Tonahill, Joe, 1913-2001
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1963-10-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Joe Tonahill, a Beaumont lawyer, writes Jack Brooks to express his regrets about missing an event in Piney Woods honoring Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit. Tonahill was Brooks's opponent in the 1952 congressional race. When Jack Ruby was prosecuted for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, Tonahill served as his defense lawyer.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, January 28, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-000928
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1954-01-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Lyndon B. Johnson thanks Jack Brooks for a compliment he gave to Lady Bird Johnson. The letter also discusses Senator Johnson's upcoming reelection.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Lyndon Johnson, January 19, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001070
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1960-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memo from Jack Brooks relating all the positive press appearing in Southeast Texas about Senator Lyndon B. Johnson over the years and detailing Brooks's long history of support for Johnson.

Title: News Release announcing Lyndon B. Johnson's appearance on Jack Brooks's TV Report to the Second District of Texas, April 4, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001044
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, United States. Congress
Dates: 1956-04-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A press release announcing Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's appearance on Jack Brooks's TV report to discuss his health, congressional business, and his candidacy for President.

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: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Lady Bird Johnson, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-002492
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1960
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks campaigning with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson ahead of the 1960 election. Johnson was the Democratic nominee for Vice President.

Title: Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Jack Brooks, and Charlotte Brooks, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-002501
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1963
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at a public event during his vist to Southeast Texas. Standing behind him is Second Lady Lady Bird Johnson, Jack Brooks, and Charlotte Brooks.