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Title: Gallup Poll regarding Richard Nixon's Vietnam policies speech, November 5, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001200
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Speeches
Dates: 1969-11-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A two-page Gallup Poll detailing public approval ratings of President Nixon after his November 3, 1969 Vietnam policies speech. It reports that Nixon won a vote of confidence of seventy-seven percent of Americans on his Vietnam policies. The report says that although the public had a "highly favorable" initial reaction, public opinion in the coming weeks would largely depend on the actual withdrawal rate of U.S. troops from Vietnam. This Gallup Poll was attached to a November 5, 1969 letter from Special Assistant Bryce Harlow to Congressman Jack Brooks regarding President Nixon's public approval ratings [camh-dob-001141].

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 Ralph Yarborough by Jack Brooks, April 23, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-001267
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1966-04-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks introducing Senator Ralph Yarborough at the dedication of the Beaumont federal building.

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: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 13, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-001548
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1978-07-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Dr. N.E. Dudney of League City, Texas, complimenting Brooks on the speech he delivered at the University of Texas Medical Branch commencement ceremony in Galveston [camh-dob-001552]. Dr. Dudney shared the speech with his doctor son and fellow colleagues.

Title: Letter from Bryce Harlow to Jack Brooks, November 5, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001141
Creator: Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Speeches
Dates: 1969-11-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Bryce Harlow, special assistant to President Richard Nixon, to Jack Brooks hoping Brooks was as impressed as he was with the "overwhelming public support of the President's position" regarding President Nixon's November 3, 1969 speech about Vietnam. Harlow writes, "This reaction appeared to be so impressive that I thought you would want to have it called to your personal attention in the event you had not noted it in the press." He attached a photograph of President Nixon in the Oval Office with H.R. Haldeman and a two-page Gallup Poll about the public's approval of President Nixon's Vietnam policies.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, August 7, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-001549
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Thank-you notes, Speeches
Dates: 1978-08-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A thank-you note from Brooks to Dr. N. E. Dudney for the compliments on his commencement speech.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to J.J. Pickle, January 29, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002382
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Pickle, J.J.
Topic: Gratitude, Speeches
Dates: 1973-01-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks thanking Congressman J.J. Pickle for his remarks upon the death of their mutual friend, former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Title: Note card attached to written remarks, undated [March 7, 1989]
Identifier: camh-dob-001643
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1989-03-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The notecard says, "Introduction by: Althea T. L. Simmons, Director and Chief Lobbyist, Washington Bureau, NAACP" and is attached to Brooks's remarks [camh-dob-001642].

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: Photograph of Richard Nixon and H.R. Haldeman in the Oval Office, November 4, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001142
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Speeches
Dates: 1969-11-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A photograph of President Nixon and Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman in the Oval office the day after his November 3, 1969 speech on Vietnam policies. The photograph was attached to a November 5, 1969 letter from Special Assistant Bryce Harlow to Congressman Jack Brooks regarding President Nixon's public approval ratings [camh-dob-001141].

Title: Remarks of Hon.[orable] Jack Brooks, ACLU Dinner Honoring Jim Wright, Friday, June 12, 1998
Identifier: camh-dob-000991
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Speeches
Dates: 1998-06-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech with handwritten notes about his personal and professional relationship with former Speaker of the House Jim Wright.

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: Speaking availability for campaign events, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001087
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Speeches
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speaking availability card from Democratic National Congressional Committee letter sent by Ed Edmondson.

Title: Speech by Jack Brooks to the Texas Judiciary, October 2, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-000990
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Speeches
Dates: 1964-10-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's observations concerning the Supreme Court of the United States, particularly relating to criminal law.

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].

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