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Title: Biographical Sketch of Congressman Jack Brooks, Second District of Texas, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001881
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Short biography of Jack Brooks highlighting his work in the Texas House of Representatives as well as the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. The document is undated, but would have been written between 1962 and 1964. The Texas House of Representatives re-drew Congressional districts effective January 1, 1967 and Brooks began representing the 9th District from that point onwards.

Title: Brooks unit probes distribution of federal surplus property, February 9, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002235
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1972-02-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks of Jack Brooks following hearings about inequities in the distribution of surplus Federal property to schools and health programs throughout the country.

Title: Closing statement of Congressman Jack Brooks ending hearings on increased efficiency and effectiveness in the management and use of data processing techniques, July 20, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002185
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1967-07-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Closing statement delivered by Jack Brooks, chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee, on the progress made in his subcommittee's hearings on electronic data processing.

Title: Excerpt from Texas Monthly article, May 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001213
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An excerpt from an article that ranks all twenty-two Texas Congresspeople from Best to Worst. Jack Brooks ranks eleventh, falling in the "Fair-to-Middlin'" category. The excerpt contains quotes from other Representatives about Brooks, both positive and negative. It describes his position as Chairman of the Government Operations Committee and his involvement in the Nixon impeachment as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Title: Government Activities Subcommittee activities report, 91st Congress, August 6, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002191
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1970-08-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Progress report on various investigations undertaken by the Government Activities Subcommittee of which Jack Brooks was the chairman. A handwritten note at the top of the first page indicates this may have been used in some Brooks publications (these would likely be newsletters or press releases).

Title: Information for Walter Pincus interview, December 19, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002379
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1974-12-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Talking points prepared for Jack Brooks ahead of his interview with Walter Pincus, executive editor of The New Republic magazine.

Title: Investigations into Expenditures at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001240
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks or his staff, outlining the results of several investigations into government expenditures at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, all of which determined that improper expenditures were made, and that President Richard Nixon personally benefited at public expense.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 25, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-002388
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1977-07-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The form letter, one of many sent to Jack Brooks, was sent by a constituent, Billy Baber, in support of the establishment of a Consumer Protection Agency.

Title: Letter from Bryce Harlow to Jack Brooks, August 31, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002564
Creator: Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Bryce Harlow, aide to President Richard Nixon, responding to Jack Brooks's inquiry about inconsistencies in the audits of spending at Key Biscayne and San Clemente.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a friend, February 5, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001786
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1953-02-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks to his friend Bill Townsley in Austin, Texas, during Brooks's second month in Congress. Brooks tells Townsley he is settling into Washington, D.C. and is getting his office running. He highlights his appointment to the Government Operations Committee and his subcommittees on Executive and Legislative Reorganization, and Intergovernmental Relations.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Charles L. Schultze, December 5, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002182
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Schultze, Charles L.
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1967-12-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks, in his capacity as Chairman of the Government Affairs Subcommittee, to Charles L. Schultze, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, regarding the subcommittee's upcoming hearings on data processing in the government.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, September 27, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-002387
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1977-09-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks in response to constituents pressing him to pass a bill establishing a Consumer Protection Agency. Brooks responds that he was the bill's author.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Elmer B. Staats, November 16, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002183
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Staats, Elmer B., 1914-2011
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1967-11-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks, in his capacity as Chairman of the Government Affairs Subcommittee, to Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States, regarding Staats's report on architect-engineer contracts dispensed by the federal government.

Title: Memorandum, November 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000932
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, California-Yorba Linda-Richard M. Nixon Historical Site
Dates: 1973-11-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The memorandum discusses the drafting of legislation concerning the expenditure of federal funds on private property for presidential security.

Title: Memorandum regarding meeting with Comptroller General, [August 1977]
Identifier: camh-dob-002389
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1977-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum summarizing potential items to discuss with Comptroller General Elmer Staats.

Title: Missed call message, February 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001733
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-02-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Office note indicating a request from Craig Hines, a reporter, for a statement from Jack Brooks on President Richard Nixon's justification for using public funds to upgrade his residence in San Clemente, CA.

Title: News release, July 20, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002192
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1970-07-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release regarding a recently concluded investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by the Government Activities Subcommittee. Jack Brooks was the chairman of the subcommittee.

Title: News release regarding San Clemente, February 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001732
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-02-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release sent by Jack Brooks regarding President Richard Nixon's justification for using public funds to upgrade his residence in San Clemente, CA.

Title: Nixon's Intention to Donate San Clemente to United States, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001239
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks, regarding President Richard Nixon's stated intention to donate his San Clemente property to the United States government and why it does not affect his alleged violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-002496
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1962
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks pointing at a display of photographs used during one of his Government Activities Subcommittee's hearings into the FAA. In this case the hearing dealt with misbehavior by pilots.

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