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Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. to Jack Brooks, June 23, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001128
Creator: Briscoe, Sr., Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1954-06-23
Box: 2007-255/59
Folder: 41.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. thanking Jack Brooks for a book on grasses that he could use to identify grasses on his ranch. He mentions his wife and his son's family and says he is doing well. He predicts that Brooks will be in Congress a long time and that he will make "a very fine representative for our country."

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, April 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001377
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Thank-you notes
Dates: 1973-04-02
Box: 2007-255/267
Folder: 231.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe thanks Jack Brooks for helping him with congressional issues, describing Brooks's finesse in getting Briscoe past "sticky" situations.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, February 18, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001072
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, United States. Congress
Dates: 1959-02-18
Box: 2007-255/73
Folder: 63.32c
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent David Henderson of Jasper, TX regarding an editorial that appeared in a local Beaumont paper questioning Brooks's loyalties to his district. Brooks also mentions the McGee Bend Dam project, Lyndon Johnson, and Congressional politics.

Title: Letter from Stephen A. Mitchell to Sam Rayburn, January 7, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-000927
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1954-01-07
Box: 2007-255/12
Folder: 7.19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The letter outlines accusations made by the Republican Party regarding what they saw as the Communist leanings of Democratic Congressmen.

Title: News Release announcing Lyndon B. Johnson's appearance on Jack Brooks's TV Report to the Second District of Texas, April 4, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001044
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, United States. Congress
Dates: 1956-04-04
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 23.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A press release announcing Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's appearance on Jack Brooks's TV report to discuss his health, congressional business, and his candidacy for President.

Title: Remarks by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, South Texas State Fair Grounds, Beaumont, Texas, Saturday, September 28, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001529
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress
Dates: 1963-09-28
Box: 2007-255/139
Folder: LBJ Visit 9-28+29-63
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Official speech delivered by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit to the 2nd Congressional District of Texas, represented by Jack Brooks. Johnson compliments Jack Brooks on his work as the area's congressman and notes that Brooks and his wife Charlotte have been close friends to the Johnsons. The speech addresses the ongoing developments of the Cold War and includes sections titled, "Strength of Free Men," "The Reason for the Change," "Unity and Survival," "First Step," "American Leadership," and "Hopeful Times."

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Lamar University, Beaumont, Commencement Exercises, Beaumont, Texas, May 20, 1995
Identifier: camh-dob-000989
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1995-05-20
Box: 2007-255/746
Folder: 8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's commencement speech at Lamar University discussing the highlights of his career, including working with Dolph Briscoe to make Lamar a four-year college, and working with Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson in Congress.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Port Neches Chamber of Commerce, Port Neches, Texas, Wednesday, January 11, 1988 [sic]
Identifier: camh-dob-001640
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Legislation
Dates: 1988-01-11
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typo in the title misdates the speech, but context shows it was delivered in 1989. Jack Brooks's speech with handwritten notes addresses the important issues confronting the 9th Congressional District, the 101st Congress, and the United States. He highlights the prominence of Texas representation in the federal government, including incoming President George H.W. Bush, Speaker of the House Jim Wright, and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Lloyd Bentsen. He is hopeful for the Bush administration in comparison to the Reagan administration, but reminds the audience to be critical of the bigger picture, including the unemployment rate, trade deficit, and national debt.

Title: Response of Congressman Jack Brooks, Chamber of Commerce Roast, Beaumont Hilton, Beaumont, Texas, Friday, June 9, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001654
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1989-06-09
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks in response to his roast with a tongue-in-cheek description of Beaumont and its people. He concludes by joking he aims to stay in Congress until he is at least eighty-eight years old, like his recently deceased friend, Congressman Claude Pepper.

Title: Speech roasting Jack Brooks, speaker unknown, undated [June 9, 1989]
Identifier: camh-dob-001652
Topic: United States. Congress, Speeches
Dates: 1989-06-09
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A speech delivered at a roast of Jack Brooks by one of his friends with jokes about his personal and professional life. Topics include his childhood in Beaumont, his time at Lamar College and the University of Texas at Austin, his time in the Marine Corps, his career in Congress, and his wife, Charlotte Brooks. Though the speech does not list a speaker, a handwritten note from Brooks's friend, Charles Turco, is attached [camh-dob-001653] and his name is listed in the program [camh-dob-001651].

Title: Texas delegation group photo, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001199
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1974
Box: 2007-255/754
Folder: 60
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of the Texas Delegation in Congress in 1974. Members included Wright Patman, Charles Wilson, Jack Brooks, Barbara Jordan, James M. Collins, Ray Roberts, Alan Steelman, Olin E. Teague, William Reynolds Archer Jr., Robert C. Eckhardt, Jack Brooks, J.J. Pickle, William R. Poage, Jim Wright, Bob Price, John Andrew Young, Kika de la Garza, Richard C. White, Omar Burleson, Barbara Jordan, George H. Mahon, Henry B. Gonzalez, O.C. Fisher, Robert R. Casey, Abraham Kazen, and Dale Milford. In 1974, 83% of the Representatives from Texas were Democrats. In 2020, 36% of the Representatives from Texas are Democrats.