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Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 1, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001956
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1964-07-01
Box: 2007-255/111
Folder: 88.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent Mrs. Elmer White expressing support for a study on light bulb efficiency spearheaded by Jack Brooks as the chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, June 26, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001954
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1964-06-26
Box: 2007-255/111
Folder: 88.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent H.C. Davidson expressing support for a study on light bulb efficiency spearheaded by Jack Brooks as the chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, July 20, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001955
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1964-07-20
Box: 2007-255/111
Folder: 88.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written in by Jack Brooks in reply to constituent correspondence from Mrs. Elmer White regarding a study on light bulb efficiency standards spearheaded by Brooks as the chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, July 20, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001953
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1964-07-20
Box: 2007-255/111
Folder: 88.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks in reply to correspondence from constituent H.C. Davidson regarding a study on light bulb efficiency standards spearheaded by Brooks as the chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee.

Title: News release, September 20, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002070
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1967-09-20
Box: 2007-255/161
Folder: Government Operations - Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing that light bulb manufacturers agreed to market longer-lasting light bulbs. Jack Brooks led his Government Activities Subcommittee in an investigation of light bulb longevity.

Title: Opening Statement by Max M. Kampelman, October 12, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002067
Creator: Kampelman, Max M., 1920-2013
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1967-10-12
Box: 2007-255/161
Folder: Government Operations - Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of the opening statement made by Max Kampelman, the moderator of Washington Week in Review, regarding Jack Brooks's lightbulb investigation in his Government Activities Subcommittee hearings.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks and Charlotte Brooks, June 24, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-002505
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1964-06-24
Box: 2007-255/751
Folder: Testing lightbulbs 6/24/64
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks and his wife Charlotte Brooks testing lightbulbs. Brooks used his Government Activities Subcommittee to investigate the price and longevity of lightbulbs eventually pushing manufacturers to increase the life of lightbulbs.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, June 26, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-002503
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1964-06-26
Box: 2007-255/751
Folder: JB w/lightbulbs 6/26/64
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks holding a lightbulb. Brooks used his Government Activities Subcommittee to investigate the price and longevity of lightbulbs eventually pushing manufacturers to increase the life of lightbulbs.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, September 27, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-001384
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1967-09-27
Box: 2007-255/125
Folder: PR-10 Speeches 1967
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks discusses how the Government Activities Subcommittee, which Brooks was chairman of, began investigating light bulb longevity in 1964. Brooks explains that the report influenced General Electric to label the bulbs with their lifetime length, and that the investigation allowed the Federal Government to save two million dollars annually in lighting costs.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, September 27, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002184
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Light bulbs
Dates: 1967-09-27
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Speeches-Press Releases 1967-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks made by Jack Brooks in the House of Representatives announcing one impact of his Government Affairs Subcommittee's investigation of lightbulb life - the introduction by General Electric of longer-lasting bulbs.