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Title: 1987 Brooks 12 D.S. [Report on Peace Corps, with guest Sargent Shriver], 1987 Brooks 12 D.S. [Report on Peace Corps, with guest Sargent Shriver]
Identifier: dv_00173
Creator: House Recording Studio
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, Shriver, Sargent (guest)
Dates: circa 1963
Box: 2/Film G50
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Report to voters, with Brooks interviewing Sargent Shriver, who talks about the Peace Corps, with a focus on workers and projects with Texas origins. Black and white negative picture with sound. Kodak edge code reads "circle square," which correlates to 1962.

Title: 7160 Brooks, Spot-1, 14 60, 7160 Brooks, Spot-1, 14 60
Identifier: dv_00174
Creator: Brooks, Jack
Dates: circa 1965
Box: 2/Film G52
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Campaign ad, featuring Jack Brooks urging voters to register. Black and white negative picture with sound. Leader labels film as "Spot-2."

Title: 799 Brooks Positive, 799 Brooks Positive
Identifier: dv_00172
Creator: Brooks, Jack
Dates: circa 1962-1963
Box: 2/Film G52
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Silent footage of Brooks campaigning, with Brooks standing at a podium with a "John Connally for Governor" sign. Film may also contain images of John Connally, Price Daniel, and Neville Colson. Black and white picture, no sound. Eastman Kodak edge code reads "circle square," which correlates to 1962. Writing on leader reads, "799 Brooks Positive."

Title: Amendment to H.R. 6219, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002395
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Box: 2007-255/349
Folder: 286.1
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: Brooks, 9th Dist., Brooks, 9th Dist.
Identifier: dv_00165
Dates: 1971
Box: 2/Film G24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Raw footage of industrial, ocean, and city landscapes in Southeast Texas. Also has footage of John Sealy Hospital and Lamar University. Color picture, no sound.

Title: Brooks Aus Puts [Campaign Ads], Brooks Aus Puts [Campaign Ads]
Identifier: dv_00164
Creator: Committee to Re-Elect Jack Brooks
Contributor: Brooks, Jack
Dates: 1972
Box: 2/Film G19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Campaign and public service ads featuring Jack Brooks. Color picture with sound.

Title: Brooks Family, "Brooks Family"
Identifier: dv_00170
Creator: Groebli, Betty (interviewer)
Contributor: Brooks, Jack (interviewee), Brooks, Charlotte (interviewee), Brooks, Jeb, Brooks Carroll, Kate, Brooks, Kim
Dates: 1974
Box: 2/Film G40
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Produced campaign film, featuring Jack and Charlotte Brooks, and their children Jeb, Kate, and Kimberly Grace. Focuses on the Brooks' home, family life, and hobbies, with a short section of Jack Brooks commenting on the G.I. Bill and amnesty for citizens who avoided the draft. Title cards at the beginning and end of the program note that it is a "...political advertisement paid for by the committee to re-elect Jack Brooks." Color picture with sound.

Title: Constituents and Office, Constituents and Office
Identifier: dv_00169
Creator: Brooks, Jack
Dates: circa 1965-1975
Box: 2/Film G20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Footage of Brooks meeting with [constituents]. Color picture, no sound.

Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decision regarding unlawful employment practices at the Neches station of Gulf States Utilities, August 8, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001210
Topic: Civil Rights, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1968-08-08
Box: 2007-255/168
Folder: 150.28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) decision regarding unlawful employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the Neches Station of Gulf States Utilities. The document lists the Charging Parties vs. Gulf States Utilities Company, Port Neches, TX. A summary of the charge indicates that the Neches station continues to segregate its employees and "employs testing procedures that discriminate against Negroes in violation of Section 703 (a) (1) and (2) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The Neches station of Gulf State Utilities was in Port Neches, Jefferson County, which was part of Brooks's district.

Title: Flag Day, Flag Day
Identifier: dv_00171
Creator: Poseidon (compiler)
Dates: 1970-06-14
Box: 2/Film G33
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Produced film documenting Flag Day ceremonies at the House of Representatives, with a speech by Jack Brooks, and a presentation dramatizing the history of the U.S. Flag in Pensacola, Florida. Color picture with sound.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 22, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001827
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-04-22
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by constituent Terrel A. Gau and his family to Jack Brooks expressing their opposition to the Civil Rights Act.

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
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.18
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
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.18
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
Box: 2007-255/145
Folder: 141.2
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 constituent to Jack Brooks, March 2, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001821
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-03-02
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent A.J. Holmes asking Jack Brooks not to support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which had been passed by the House of Representatives on February 10, 1964.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, March 23, 1956.
Identifier: camh-dob-001084
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1956-03-23
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 23.26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Constituent Travis Price of Center, TX writes to Jack Brooks about district events. Price references the Southern Manifesto and the fact Brooks didn't sign.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 14, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001724
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Protest movements
Dates: 1968-05-14
Box: 2007-255/176
Folder: 161.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Mrs. Carroll Lord to Jack Brooks expressing concern over damage to public lands during the Poor People's Campaign's march on Washington, D.C.

Title: Letter from constituents to Jack Brooks, March 21, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001825
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1964-03-21
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Three children, Reba, Tommy, and Jimmy Davis write to Jack Brooks about their opposition to the Civil Rights Act.

Title: Letter from constituents to Richard Nixon and Jack Brooks, May 17, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001777
Contributor: Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous, 1913-1994, Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1970-05-17
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a letter from Elton and Helen Eubanks of Port Arthur, TX sent to President Richard Nixon and copied to Jack Brooks. The Eubanks' express their disapproval of campus protests and resultant opposition to the lowering of the voting age to eighteen. The 26th amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age to eighteen, was ratified the following year.

Title: Letter from executive director of the Edna Gladney Home to Charlotte Brooks, March 12, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001770
Contributor: Brooks, Charlotte Collins, 1935-2014
Topic: Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates: 1970-03-20
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Ruby Lee Piester, executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, thanking Charlotte Brooks for welcoming Piester during a recent home visit with the Brooks family. Piester asks Mrs. Brooks to pass on her thanks to Jack Brooks for his advice regarding the Moody Foundation.

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