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Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, May 8, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002508
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1965-05-08
Box: 2007-255/751
Folder: Sam Rayburn Dam Dedication 5/8/65
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks speaking at the Sam Rayburn Dam dedication ceremony.

Title: Photograph of Joe Tonahill and man, May 8, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002507
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1965-05-08
Box: 2007-255/751
Folder: Sam Rayburn Dam Dedication 5/8/65
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Joe Tonahill (right), local lawyer and Jack Brooks's opponent in the 1952 election, with Earl Hills at the Sam Rayburn Dam dedication.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Sam Rayburn dam and reservoir dedication, May 8, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002369
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1965-05-08
Box: 2007-255/745
Folder: 1964 Speeches
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed copy of a speech delivered by Jack Brooks at the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir (previously known as the McGee Bend Dam). The speech makes reference to the expected economic benefits of the dam as well as to the life and work of Sam Rayburn. There are handwritten notes at the end of the speech that appear to have been written by Jack Brooks.