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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: 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
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.