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Title: Excerpt from Texas Monthly article, May 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001213
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-05
Box: 2007-255/364
Folder: 295.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An excerpt from an article that ranks all twenty-two Texas Congresspeople from Best to Worst. Jack Brooks ranks eleventh, falling in the "Fair-to-Middlin'" category. The excerpt contains quotes from other Representatives about Brooks, both positive and negative. It describes his position as Chairman of the Government Operations Committee and his involvement in the Nixon impeachment as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Title: Invitation from Albert Thomas to Jack Brooks, December 1, 1958
Identifier: camh-dob-001074
Creator: Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1958-12-01
Box: 2007-255/73
Folder: 64.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Note from Rep. Albert Thomas inviting Jack Brooks to a dinner at his home to meet, along with the rest of the Texas delegation, new Texas congressman Bob Casey and his wife.

Title: Invitation from Jack Brooks and the Texas Democratic Delegation to a reception honoring Jim and Betty Wright, Cannon Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building, Wednesday, September 13, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001665
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1989-09-13
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The front of the invitation is a photograph of the 1989 Texas Democratic Delegation. Speaker Jim Wright is seated next to Jack Brooks.

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
Box: 2007-255/298
Folder: 250.9
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 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
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.8
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 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
Box: 2007-255/11
Folder: Personal - Townsley, William
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
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.55
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 Jim Wright to Jack Brooks, August 15, 1979
Identifier: camh-dob-001305
Creator: Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Invitation cards
Dates: 1979-08-15
Box: 2007-255/441
Folder: 355.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Jim Wright inviting Jack Brooks to an event honoring Wright's twenty-five years in Congress being held in his district in Fort Worth, Texas.

Title: Letter from Lloyd Bentsen to Jack Brooks regarding his departure from Congress, June 5, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-000925
Creator: Bentsen, Lloyd, 1921-2006
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1954-06-05
Box: 2007-255/12
Folder: 7.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Lloyd Bentsen would go on to defeat incumbent Senator Ralph Yarborough in the 1970 election and then as the Vice Presidential nominee on the Michael Dukakis ticket in 1988.

Title: Letter from Martin Dies to Jack Brooks, March 25, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-000926
Creator: Dies, Martin, 1900-1972
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1954-03-25
Box: 2007-255/12
Folder: 7.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Martin Dies was serving as a Congressman representing Texas's "At-Large" district. He had previously been the first chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities.

Title: Letter from Sam Rayburn to Jack Brooks, December 3, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001576
Creator: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1955-12-03
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: White House Correspondence & VIP, 1950-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Sam Rayburn regarding membership in the House Democratic Caucus.

Title: News release, June 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002402
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-06-03
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.45
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An announcement from Jack Brooks's office that Nicholas V. Lampson of Beaumont and Edwin Dwaine Machann of Nederland are two of the three interns selected for his summer internship program. Nick Lampson eventually represented Brooks's congressional district.

Title: Newsletter to constituents from Jack Brooks, [1966]
Identifier: camh-dob-001042
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1966
Box: 2007-255/744
Folder: 21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newsletter to constituents informing them of Brooks's position on various issues including the Vietnam War. It is the last newsletter sent to the Second District as redistricting legislation went into effect on January 1, 1967 and changed the makeup of Brooks's district as well as the name - he went from the 2nd to the 9th congressional district of Texas.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks and Barbara Jordan, January 23, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001169
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-01-23
Box: 2007-255/754
Folder: 4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks shaking hands with freshman Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the New Members Breakfast Brooks hosted throughout his time in Congress.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks and Texas Congressional Delegation, March 3, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-002483
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1959-03-03
Box: 2007-255/750
Folder: Texas Cong Men Meeting 3-3-59
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks with members of the Texas Congressional delegation including Sam Rayburn, Jim Wright, and Lyndon B. Johnson. The photograph is autographed to Brooks by Johnson who writes: "To Jack Brooks with high regard Lyndon Johnson."

Title: Photograph of Wrigth Patman, Clark Thompson, Joe Kilgore, Grover Sellers, J.R. Ramey, and Jack Brooks with watermelon, July 24, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001373
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1963-07-24
Box: 2007-255/111
Folder: 87.43
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph. Included caption reads: "Congressman Wright Patman (D., Texas) cuts the 115-lb. watermelon sent to him by Mr. Tom R. Martin, of Atlanta, Texas, at the Texas Delegation Luncheon in the Speaker's Dining Room in the U.S. Capitol."

Title: Radio broadcast script, undated [1954]
Identifier: camh-dob-001792
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1954
Box: 2007-255/11
Folder: Press - Radio and TV Scripts
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A script for a radio broadcast likely written in January 1954 for an interview of Speaker Sam Rayburn conducted by Jack Brooks. The program was broadcast locally in Brooks's district. Brooks and Rayburn discuss the Congress and President Dwight Eisenhower. An Edison Diamond Disc recording of the broadcast was attached to this script and has been digitized.

Title: Recording of radio broadcast, undated [1954]
Identifier: camh-dob-001938
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1954
Box: 2007-255/11
Folder: Press - Radio and TV Scripts
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A recording of a radio interview of Speaker Sam Rayburn conducted by Jack Brooks. The program was broadcast locally in Brooks's district and was part of regular communication between Brooks and his constituents. This recording was digitized from an Edison Diamond Disc. Some damage to the disc has impacted the recording.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, first annual Johnson-Rayburn dinner honoring Jack Brooks, Houston, Texas, Friday, March 31, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001647
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1989-03-31
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech, with handwritten notes, expressing his honor as the first recipient of the Johnson-Rayburn Award. He describes Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn as friends and mentors and thanks Ann Richards, who presented him with the award. Brooks compliments Joe Biden, the guest speaker, and looks forward to working together as Chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. He concludes by highlighting the dedication of Johnson and Rayburn to their country and to their constituents in Texas during times of war and peace.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Jim Wright reception, Wednesday, September 13, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001662
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1989-09-13
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A brief speech delivered by Jack Brooks noting that the reception is to celebrate Jim Wright's 34-year career in the House of Representatives. Brooks acknowledges his 40-year personal friendship with Wright that dates back to their time together in the Texas House of Representatives. Brooks says that everyone misses Jim and Betty Wright's presence in Washington, D.C. and presents them with a lamp. Wright resigned as Speaker of the House and left office on June 6, 1989.

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