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Letter from executive director of the Edna Gladney Home to Charlotte Brooks, March 12, 1970
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.
Letter from Jack Brooks to the executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, September 22, 1969
Title
Letter from Jack Brooks to the executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, September 22, 1969
Identifier
camh-dob-001768
Creator
Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic
Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates
1969-09-22
Box
2007-255/216
Folder
191.12
Resource
Jack B. Brooks papers
Description
A letter from Jack Brooks advising Ruby Lee Piester, executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, regarding the Moody Foundation. Brooks explains the materials and information Piester should provide to increase her chances of receiving funding for the Edna Gladney Home.
Letter from the executive director of the Edna Gladney Home to Jack Brooks, June 4, 1969
Title
Letter from the executive director of the Edna Gladney Home to Jack Brooks, June 4, 1969
Identifier
camh-dob-001769
Contributor
Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic
Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates
1969-06-04
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, regarding bureaucratic challenges faced by children and youth services in Texas and the need for funding.
Remarks of Hon[orable] Jack Brooks, Bmt. [Beaumont] YWCA Racial Justice Awards, undated
Title
Remarks of Hon[orable] Jack Brooks, Bmt. [Beaumont] YWCA Racial Justice Awards, undated
Identifier
camh-dob-000988
Creator
Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic
African Americans--Civil Rights, United States. Congress. House
Box
2007-255/746
Folder
7
Resource
Jack B. Brooks papers
Description
Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes expressing his gratitude to be honored at the Beaumont YWCA Racial Justice Awards for his contributions to racial equality throughout his career in Congress.
Speech by Jack Brooks at the Brooks Chair Symposium, Lamar University, Friday, March 15, 2002
Title
Speech by Jack Brooks at the Brooks Chair Symposium, Lamar University, Friday, March 15, 2002
Identifier
camh-dob-000995
Creator
Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic
United States. Congress. House, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates
2002-03-22
Box
2007-255/746
Folder
9
Resource
Jack B. Brooks papers
Description
Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes at the Brooks Chair Symposium. Brooks talks about his philosophies when serving as a Congressman, including helping his constituents when they called his office for help, but sometimes voting against his constituents' interests when he could better serve the interests of the entire nation, including his work on the Civil Rights Act.