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Title: Eligible Areas in Texas, attachment to Albert Rains letter, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001082
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Attachment to Rains letter detailing Texas counties that would benefit from the proposed legislation. Handdrawn marks drawn next to counties in Brooks's district.

Title: Handwritten note from President Bill Clinton to Jack Brooks, December 1, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-000980
Creator: Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1994-12-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from President Bill Clinton expressing his condolences to Jack Brooks after his loss in the 1994 election.

Title: Handwritten note to Congressman Jack Brooks upon leaving office, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-000976
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Conciliatory note signed "Emma" wishing Brooks well upon the end of his career in the House.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 15, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001110
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1974-04-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Andrew Young requesting support for a bill to honor Hank Aaron, a Black major league baseball player.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 21, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001342
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Bill Bradley, a constituent from Orange, TX, who is concerned that Rep. John McCormack will succeed Sam Rayburn as Speaker of the House and put his religious preferences ahead of his governmental duty.

Title: Letter from a student to Jack Brooks, November 21, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001066
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1959-11-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from a student, Norma Sebastian of Port Arthur, TX, asking Jack Brooks for his opinion on a proposed bill for her youth group's model congress.

Title: Letter from Albert Rains to Jack Brooks, July 20, 1962.
Identifier: camh-dob-001081
Creator: Rains, Albert (Albert McKinley), 1902-1991
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1962-07-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Albert Rains to Jack Brooks regarding H.R. 10113 a Public Works bill urging Brooks to support the bill. Attachment details which Texas counties would benefit.

Title: Letter from Bob Eckhardt to Barbara Jordan, March 4, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002396
Creator: Eckhardt, Bob
Contributor: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1974-03-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressman Bob Eckhardt invites Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, along with the rest of the Texas Delegation, to a luncheon at the request of Jack Brooks, who was hosting the event. The luncheon was planned for the Texas Delegation to connect with Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, who was visiting Washington D.C.

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 Charles Rose to Jack Brooks, November 30, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001666
Creator: Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-11-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Charlie Rose with an enclosed copy of an article from the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle endorsing Phillip Burton for House Majority Leader [camh-dob-001667]. Rose tells Congressman Brooks that Burton is "the only candidate who has the legislative background, the political savvy, and the pragmatic approach to issues to give our new President the support he needs."

Title: Letter from David R. Obey, Lloyd Meeds, and Norman E. D'Amours to Carl Albert, June 22, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001289
Creator: Obey, David R., Meeds, Lloyd, 1927-2011, D'Amours, Norman E.
Contributor: Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-06-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Charman David R. Obey and task force members Lloyd Meeds and Norman E. D'Amours to Speaker of the House Carl Albert. Albert had appointed the Task Force on House Accounts on June 4, 1976 to provide recommendations on reducing government costs and inefficiencies.

Title: Letter from George Mahon to Jack Brooks, November 15, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001340
Creator: Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman George Mahon to Jack Brooks clearing up Mahon's comments quoted in a Robert Allen column regarding Sam Rayburn and his potential successor. Rayburn died November 16, 1961.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks and Frank Horton to Congressional colleagues, October 31, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001987
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Horton, Frank J. (Frank Jefferson), 1919-2004
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1975-10-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks and Congressman Frank Horton announcing that the House will be taking up H.R. 7575. This legislation proposed the creation of a consumer protection agency.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks and Laurence Curtis to the House of Representatives, March 5, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001473
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Curtis, Laurence
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks and Representative Laurence Curtis ask their colleagues to support a proposed amendment to eliminate provisions to a patent extension bill. The provisions would allow patents to extend beyond 17 years in instances in which patent owners were effected by World War II and the Korean War. Both congressmen were veterans of World War II. Brooks, a Democrat, had served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the war. Curtis, a Republican, was a Navy veteran who had lost his leg in an aviation training crash. They explain that the provision would unfairly favor patent holders above others and cause unnecessary administrative expenses to the Patent Office.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, July 7, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001501
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1961-07-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent John F. Graham in which Brooks spells out how he approaches voting on legislation.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, November 29, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001341
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent reassuring him that the Democratic members of the House would not elect a Speaker who put any particular group of people ahead of the nation's interests.

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 a Gulf State Utilities employee, September 24, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001512
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Letters
Dates: 1962-09-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks in response to a letter from John F. Irwin, training representative at Gulf State Utilities. Brooks writes that he reads constituent mail and uses it to help him make up his mind.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a student, December 3, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001065
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1959-12-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter sent in reply by Jack Brooks to Norma Sebastian of Port Arthur, TX outlining his approach to legislation.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Carrie Pipes, January 12, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001785
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Pipes, Carrie
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1953-01-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks thanking his grandmother, Carrie Pipes, for her congratulatory telegram. He describes his mother, Grace Brooks's, visit to Washington, D.C. and his swearing-in ceremony.

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