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Title: Amendment to H.R. 6219, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002395
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks enclosed the proposed amendment with a letter he wrote to Peter Rodino. The amendment was intended to avoid penalizing states like Texas that had already ratified bilingual ballots.

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: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks and Richard Crawford White, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001972
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, White, Richard Crawford, 1923-1998
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The fax was sent from Texas Secretary of State Mark White to Representatives Richard Crawford White and Jack Brooks. It comments on the success of voter registration by mail in Texas. White proposed an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would make Texas exempt from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001974
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Secretary of State Mark White provides a draft of the wording of the amendments he proposes regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.

Title: Handwritten notes, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002018
Topic: Legislation, Public works
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes detailing proposed public works projects in Jack Brooks's district.

Title: H.R. 11552, Voter Registration Act -- Suggested amendments offered by Secretary of State White, [August 1976]
Identifier: camh-dob-001973
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated summary outlines the amendments Texas Secretary of State Mark White proposed regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.

Title: H.R. 8075, redistricting legislation in Texas, July 11, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001339
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1961-07-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the redistricting legislation referenced in correspondence between Jack Brooks and Robert J. Corbett.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 13, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001506
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1961-04-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Fredda Swanson to Jack Brooks regarding the McGee Bend Dam and economic concerns in southeast Texas.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, February 11, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001820
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-02-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent Dale Aubey, Jr. thanking Jack Brooks for voting for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, February 13, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001819
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-02-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, Lawrence Bowman, thanks Jack Brooks for voting for the Civil Rights Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives on February 10, 1964. He expresses disappointment that only four congressmen from Texas voted in favor of the bill.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 27, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002414
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1966-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from constituent L. A. Darnall of Port Arthur, Texas, expressing his opposition to the Civil Rights Bill of 1966.

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 a Texas state legislator, June 16, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001067
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Dates: 1960-06-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Texas state legislator John Allen regarding proposed redistricting in H.R. 73.

Title: Letter from a Texas state legislator to Jack Brooks, August 2, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001338
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1961-08-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Texas state legislator Robert J. Corbett regarding Corbett's redistricting bill and asking Brooks for his support.

Title: Letter from a White House staffer to Jack Brooks, July 27, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-001132
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Screwworm--Control
Dates: 1966-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Jacobsen, Legislative Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson, sends Jck Brooks one of the pens used by President Johnson to sign H.R. 14888, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate in screw-worm eradication in Mexico.

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 Ben Ramsey to Jack Brooks, October 4, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002271
Creator: Ramsey, Benjamin Turner
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Dates: 1965-10-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Ben Ramsey, Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission, requesting a copy of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and lamenting that Jack Brooks is no longer his congressman.

Title: Letter from Frances "Sissy" Farenthold to Jack Brooks, April 11, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001720
Creator: Farenthold, Frances (Frances Tarlton), 1926-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1968-04-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Frances "Sissy" Farenthold praising Jack Brooks for voting for the 1968 Civil Rights Act. Farenthold ran for Governor of Texas in 1972 and 1974 losing to Dolph Briscoe both times. Brooks received many constituent letters urging him to vote against the bill because of its so-called "Open Housing" provision.

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 to a constituent, April 26, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001505
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1961-04-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to Mrs. Fredda Swanson in which he makes the case the McGee Bend Dam, later named the Sam Rayburn Dam, will be an economic engine for southeast Texas.

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