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Title: An address on: ports and commerce, delivered by: the Honorable Jack Brooks, United States Congressman, from the 9th Congressional District of Texas, Port of the Sabine Propeller Club, 12:00 Noon, September 24, 1970, Royal Coach Inn, Beaumont, Texas
Identifier: camh-dob-002008
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1970-09-24
Box: 2007-255/217
Folder: 192.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks regarding the modernization of the 9th Congressional Districts ports, shipping, channels, and water transport and navigation facilities.

Title: Handwritten notes by Congressman Jack Brooks for his letter to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, undated [approximately September 1955]
Identifier: camh-dob-001677
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1955-09
Box: 2007-255/28
Folder: 24.14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes attached to Brooks's September 10, 1955 typed letter to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. The notes are an outline for the final draft of the letter and indicate Johnson is in Austin, Texas. At the time, Johnson was recovering from a heart attack.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, April 26, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001505
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1961-04-26
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to Mrs. Fredda Swanson in which he makes the case the McGee Bend Dam, later named the Sam Rayburn Dam, will be an economic engine for southeast Texas.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, February 18, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001072
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, United States. Congress
Dates: 1959-02-18
Box: 2007-255/73
Folder: 63.32c
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent David Henderson of Jasper, TX regarding an editorial that appeared in a local Beaumont paper questioning Brooks's loyalties to his district. Brooks also mentions the McGee Bend Dam project, Lyndon Johnson, and Congressional politics.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, June 23, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001503
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1961-06-23
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to John F. Graham in which Brooks describes local infrastructure projects he has been involved in.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent, November 14, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001058
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-11-14
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 24.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks responds to letter from W.D. Richardson, Sr. of Buna, TX with support for the project and bemoaning the intransigence of a local landowner, E.L. Kurth.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson, September 10, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001007
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1955-09-10
Box: 2007-255/28
Folder: 24.14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Jack Brooks to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson wishing him a healthy recovery in reference to the heart attack Johnson suffered in July 1955. Brooks expresses gratitude for Johnson's role in passing Brooks's McGee Bend Dam legislation through the Senate, and expresses his belief that Johnson will do great things once he has physically recovered.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the Chairman of the Waterways Committee of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, March 23, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001457
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1960-03-23
Box: 2007-255/5
Folder: Lake Sabine, Jan 1958 to
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks writes to Munger T. Ball, Chairman of the Waterways Committee of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, telling him that he will have the opportunity to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Works on the McGee Bend Dam. He mentions that written statements regarding the other projects important to the district, including the Sabine-Neches waterway, should be prepared and submitted, but that in the interest of time, the oral arguments should be saved for discussing the McGee Bend Dam only.

Title: Letter to constituents reporting on Congressional accomplishments, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001062
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1955
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 24.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks reports to his district on the McGee Bend Dam, an Air Force Radar Station in Lufkin, rice and cotton acreage, and other district issues.

Title: News Release announcing continued work on the McGee Bend Dam, November 9, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001045
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-11-09
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 23.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A press release related to the building of the McGee Bend Dam with a reference to opposition from Ernest L. Kurth.

Title: News release, July 16, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-002174
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1963-07-16
Box: 2007-255/121
Folder: Projects--88th Congress, Sam Rayburn, 1963
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Release announcing that Jack Brooks is introducing legislation to rename the McGee Bend Dam the Sam Rayburn Dam to honor the late Speaker of the House.

Title: Newsletter to constituents from Jack Brooks, October 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001038
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-10
Box: 2007-255/744
Folder: 21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newsletter updating constituents on work Brooks was completing in the House of Representatives, including the construction of the McGee Bend Dam (later named the Sam Rayburn Dam).

Title: Newsletter to constituents from Jack Brooks, October 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001039
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, Dams
Dates: 1964-10
Box: 2007-255/744
Folder: 21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newsletter updating constituents on work Brooks was completing in the House of Representatives, including the Sam Rayburn Dam and recreation area and his investigation of light bulbs.

Title: Public Law 88-123, 88th Congress, H.R. 7594, September 11, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001878
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1963-09-11
Box: 2007-255/16
Folder: Rayburn Bill - P.L.
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Law renaming the McGee Bend Dam the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir.

Title: Radio script for broadcast by Jack Brooks on local radio in his district, July 10, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001060
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1955-07-10
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 24.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks reports to his district on Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson's health following a heart attack as well as Johnson's support for the McGee Bend Dam project. The script highlights Brooks and Johnson's relationship and the benefits for the second district of this close relationship.

Title: Radio script for broadcast by Jack Brooks on local radio in his district, July 24, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001059
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Federal aid
Dates: 1955-07-24
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 24.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks reports to his district on developments in Congress including the McGee Bend Dam and Texas City Relief bills.

Title: Radio script for broadcast by Jack Brooks on local radio in his district, June 19, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001061
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1955-06-19
Box: 2007-255/27
Folder: 24.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks reports to his district on funding progress for the McGee Bend Dam project as well as support for the dam in the Senate. Anecdotes about office happenings are included.

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.

Title: Statement by Congressman Jack Brooks on failure of house to override veto of public works appropriation, September 2, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001461
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-09-02
Box: 2007-255/5
Folder: Lake Sabine, Jan 1958 to
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft of a statement submitted to the press regarding the failure of the House of override President Dwight Eisenhower's veto of the Public Works Appropriation bill, which contained the funds for the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway.

Title: Statement by Congressman Jack Brooks regarding Eisenhower veto of Public Works Appropriation Bill, August 28, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001460
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-08-28
Box: 2007-255/5
Folder: Lake Sabine, Jan 1958 to
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks comments on President Dwight Eisenhower's veto of the Public Works Appropriation bill, which included the funds needed to create the McGee Bend Dam and improve the Sabine-Neches waterway. Brooks calls Eisenhower's decision "callous" in light of the need to harness natural resources to defend America against communism.

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