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Episode 126: The Grass Library with David Brooks
No full textThis week on Knowing Animals I am joined by author David Brooks. David is a poet and novelist. We discuss his latest book ‘The Grass Library’ published by Brandl & Schelsinger in 2019
Photographic portrait of Brooks Hays
No full textHandwritten inscripton on versoDear Tommy-I am glad for the son of my honored colleague "the gentleman from Nebraska [handwritten inscription by Brooks Hays on verso
Personal Diary of Brooks Hays - Page 19 (fragment)
No full textHandwritten diary kept by Brooks HaysEnergy of the Pure heart
The violin The Pure Heart (Ole Bull)
Keep your heart pure, Ole and you can reach the sublime”.
Met two Ark. [Arkansas] people – both know people I know.
Aug [August] 11, 1919 Mon [Monday] Math 24
Lunch 26 [cents] Dilatoriness
Paper 2 [cents] verdant
Car fare 15 [cents]
Stamps 41 [cents
Letter from Brooks Hays to Wilmer Mizell
No full textCongratulatory letter to Mizell on his Congressional election victory over HaysNovember 8, 1972 The Honorable Wilmer Mizell House of Representatives Washington, D.C. Dear Wilmer: I congratulate you sincerely on your impressive victory. I have tried, as I know you have, to keep our contest on an impersonal basis, and I trust that the occasional points of tension that are inevitable in any race will not be construed by others to have impaired our friendship. While our differences in some policy matters are substantial, I think you will agree that we found some important points of agreement. I refer, for example, to the New River problem. I will be glad to help you carry out your pledge to prevent the construction of the dams. If there is any other undertaking affecting the common interests of the 5th District in which you think I might be helpful, I am at your command. With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely, Brooks Hays BH:d
Letter from Brooks Hays to J.O. Wasson
No full textLetter from Brooks Hays to J.O. WassonSeptember 11, 1928
Mr. J.O. Wasson c/o Gould Advance
Gould, Arkansas
Dear Mr. Wasson:
Your good letter, together with
the article from the Advance should have been
acknowledged long before this, but I have been
out of the city and this is my first opportunity
to write to you.
I have just read this article with
a great deal of pleasure. Such expressions as
this take away the sting of defeat. I certainly
appreciate the interest that you and Mr. Curzadd
took in me, and I want you to know that the
confidence of such friends means more to me than
political success.
Thanking you again, and with highest
regards, I am
Cordially yours,
BH.
Extracts from an Address by Brooks Hays - Page 1
No full textSpeech given at Chamber of Commerceat C of C L Rock Aug 6 '43 JW Sargent Chas Evans [handwritten annotations by Brooks Hays] EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS BY BROOKS HAYS It may surprise you to learn that I have used only 16 minutes of the speaking time of Congress, and my brief experience in Washington has produced the feeling that speech is not so important as I once thought. I have been trying to figure out why I am less vocal these days and I have concluded that it is the responsibility of an office that makes the difference. Here it is very easy for one without political responsibility to say what is on his mind at any moment; it is/only not easy for an office holder to do so but it may be highly inappropriate - particularly if his judgments have not gone through the maturing processes which critical Father Time imposes. If a politician doesn't have an answer he would do better to admit it than to profess great knowledge
Personal Diary of Brooks Hays - Page 10 verso
No full textHandwritten diary kept by Brooks Haysme to do it. Mr. Jacoway is an interesting character – lovable – just like a boy
with his plans and I sincerely anxious to help his friends.
Mrs. Jacoway was very nice to me. Cooper and Margaret – make a happy family life I’m sure.
Met Erwin [illegible] tonight. Went to his room. He left at 10:45 for Tuskegee, Ala [Alabama]
where he will teach the negroes in regar
World War I record of service survey for Edward H. Brooks, signed 21 August 1922
No full textQuestionnaire about Edward Hale Brooks' service in World War I, 1917-1919, signed by Brooks on 21 August 1922.Questionnaire originally part of a survey of Norwich University alumni conducted by a “Norwich in the World War” committee consisting of Charles N. Barber (chairman), Carl V. Woodbury, K.R.B. Flint, and Gustaf A. Nelson. Data from these questionnaires may have been used in a chapter of "Vermont in the world war, 1917-1919" by Harold P. Sheldon (1928). Transcription by Carina Berg. Transcriptions may be subject to error
Excerpts of Remarks of Hon. Brooks Hays
No full textSpeech given at the Statewide Civil Rights Informational Meeting reflecting on the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Excerpts of Remarks of Hon. Brooks Hays at the Statewide Civil Rights Informational Meeting Hotel Marion Little Rock, Arkansas December 7, 1964 10:30 A.M. No invitation I have had this year has brought me more gratification than the one to participate in this meeting. I have often referred in talks outside the State to my beloved home city. Certainly within the State and within the City I have a greater consciousness of my affection for and loyalty to Arkansas. I might add as a personal reflection although it is hardly relevant that I think I can be more helpful now that the pressures of political considerations are cast aside. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has become the law. Quite aside from any differences over details or the wisdom of National legislation in a field that many in the South have regarded as outside Federal jurisdiction, we must accept it as the law of the land. Since we are a law-abiding people, it is the part of wisdom to go about the business of determining how best to comply. I believe this attitude of compliance reflects the best thinking of Southern leadership. Just what is required in the way of technical procedures, I will leave largely to others and certainly, in this gathering, it is not necessary to labor the point that I have just made. Let me speak of moral considerations. I recall two comments that I would like to share with you. One was in a splendid address to the Arkansas State Society in Washington, D.C. in 1961 by Charles Murphy of El Dorado
Letter from Brooks Hays to President John Kennedy - Page 1
No full textHandwritten draft of letter from Brooks Hays to President John F. Kennedy[1963]
Nov 22
This was written Just before Pres[ident]
Kennedy was killed.
Dear Mr. President
I am keeping notes on
student reactions and questions during
this tour of the college campuses and
will summarize my impressions for
you next month. I was a Southern
Methodist U a few days ahead of your
visit to Dallas. Also spoke at an [sic]
Baptist University at Waco (Baylor).
I am at The Florida … College near Tampa today just behind your Florida trip which apparently did a lot good.
The enclosed clipping refers to the
talk about a Protestant political movement
I can’t believe it will have any impetus
- even in Texas.
In addition to the student
talks I am accepting a few other speaking
engagements. In Richmond recently
I spoke to 1200 women’s club leaders from
all parts of Virginia along with three other
speakers and when I spoke vigorously
in defense of your civil rights position
there was spontaneous applause. (I don’t
recall that there were other such interruptions
in the three hour program and it seems to signify that
we have more support in the South than it appear
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