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Title: Letter from Charles Rose to Jack Brooks, November 14, 1979
Identifier: camh-dob-002434
Creator: Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1979-11-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Charles Rose to his colleagues in Congress with an attached questionnaire about how broadcasting the House floor proceedings has impacted the way they perform their duties.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a local TV and radio executive, June 1, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001696
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Television programs, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1960-06-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks agreeing to suspend his television broadcasts during the campaign to avoid violating Section 315 of the Communications Act (The Equal Time Rule).

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Max Kampelman, November 7, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002065
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Kampelman, Max M., 1920-2013
Topic: Light bulbs, Television programs
Dates: 1967-11-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks in response to a letter from Max Kampelman, the moderator of Washington Week in Review, regarding Kampelman's discussion of Brooks's lightbulb investigation.

Title: Letter from KPRC Radio Company to Jack Brooks, November 12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002036
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1973-11-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: George Nelson, from the KPRC Radio Company in Houston, writes to Jack Brooks regarding Brooks's interest in providing live television coverage of congressional sessions. Brooks would lead a pilot program in 1977, using House security cameras to broadcast floor proceedings internally to other Members of the House. Eventually, House proceedings were broadcast nationally on C-SPAN, which was created in 1979.

Title: Letter from local TV and radio executive to Jack Brooks, May 30, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001695
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Television programs, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1960-05-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: C.B. Locke alerts Jack Brooks of temporary cessation to his television broadcasts in light of Brooks's upcoming race against Fred Neumann, and concerns about falling afoul of Section 315 of the Communications Act (The Equal Time Rule).

Title: Letter from Max Kampelman to Jack Brooks, October 17, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002066
Creator: Kampelman, Max M., 1920-2013
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, Television programs
Dates: 1967-10-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Max Kampelman, the moderator of Washington Week in Review, regarding Kampelman's opening remarks on the program of Brooks's lightbulb investigation.