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Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, April 2, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001299
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-04-02
Box: 2007-255/117
Folder: 93.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Dolph Briscoe thanking Jack Brooks for the clock he gave to Briscoe's wife, Janey. Briscoe complains that Mrs. Briscoe placed the clock in their bedroom and the chimes are hard to live with.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Janey Briscoe, March 26, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001304
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Briscoe, Janey, 1923-2000
Topic: Clocks and watches--Collectors and collecting
Dates: 1964-03-26
Box: 2007-255/117
Folder: 93.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks to Janey Briscoe providing the history and description for a clock he gifted her. The letter demonstrates Brooks's extensive knowledge of clocks, which he collected and repaired as a hobby. Dolph Briscoe later thanked Brooks for the clock [camh-dob-001299].

Title: Letter from Janey Briscoe to Jack Brooks, March 20, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002426
Creator: Briscoe, Janey, 1923-2000
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Friendship
Dates: 1972-03-20
Box: 2007-255/249
Folder: 215.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Janey Briscoe, wife of Dolph Briscoe, expressing her gratitude for their friendship with Jack Brooks. She thanks Brooks for everything he has done to support them during the ongoing 1972 Texas gubernatorial election.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Charlotte Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, and Janey Briscoe, June 3, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002523
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1972-06-03
Box: 2007-255/753
Folder: JB, CB, Dolph & Janey Briscoe Election night, Austin, June 3, 1972
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks with his wife Charlotte Brooks, Dolph Briscoe, and Janey Briscoe on election night in Austin. Briscoe won a primary race against Frances "Sissy" Farenthold and went on to win the general election for Governor of Texas.