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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
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
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, February 21, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002272
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-02-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to Bill Rose, a constituent, explaining why he believes McGee Bend Dam will be beneficial to local small farmers.

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
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 a constituent, March 8, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002276
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-03-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to G.T. Richey, a constituent, extolling the benefits of the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to A.H. Holt, January 18, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002284
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Holt, A.H.
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-01-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to A.H. Holt, Mayor of Kountze, TX, thanking him for his support of the McGee Bend Dam project. Attached to the letter is a statement of support requested by Mr. Holt and to be released by him.

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
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 constituents, March 5, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002280
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-03-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Feagin, constituents, regarding the benefits of the McGee Bend Dam project and his support for it.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, March 7, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002278
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-03-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Thomas, constituents, regarding the opponents of the McGee Bend Dam project and thanking the Thomases for their support.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to E.L. Kurth, Sr., undated [1952]
Identifier: camh-dob-002296
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Kurth, Ernest L. (Ernest Lynn), 1885-1960
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1952
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to E.L. Kurth seeking to clear up comments regarding reimbursement of timber interests whose land may be flooded by the proposed McGee Bend Dam. The letter is undated, but Brooks makes reference to Joe Tonahill who was his opponent in the 1952 election.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to E.W. Easterling, June 8, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-002300
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-06-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks to E.W. Easterling, attorney for the Lower Neches Valley Authority, regarding Congressional appropriations for the McGee Bend Dam project. Attached to the letter is an open letter written by Brooks which he wanted placed in local newspapers.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to George H. Fallon, June 26, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002294
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Fallon, George H.
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1954-06-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks to George H. Fallon, member of the Rivers and Harbors Subcommittee, detailing proposed modifications to the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to John Newton, March 1, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002275
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Newton, John
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-03-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to John Newton, a local figure, about support for the McGee Bend Dam project by other local Texas politicians and questioning Martin Dies's support.

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
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 potential constituents, August 19, 1952
Identifier: camh-dob-002297
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1952-08-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks, on campaign letterhead, to potential constituents regarding his position on the McGee Bend Dam and E. L. Kurth, Sr., a local timber business owner who opposed the dam project.

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
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 from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, May 28, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001464
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-05-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Lyndon B. Johnson, the Senate majority leader, writes to Jack Brooks to let him know that his statements on the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which Johnson sent to the Committee on Appropriations, will be heard as part of the hearing on the Public Works Appropriations bill.

Title: Letter from Robert W. Akers to Jack Brooks, March 6, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002274
Creator: Akers, Robert
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-03-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Robert W. Akers, Editor in Chief of the Beaumont Enterprise, responding to a letter Jack Brooks had sent to John Newton, a local figure, and copied to Mr. Akers. Brooks's letter was about support for the McGee Bend Dam project, Martin Dies, and local politics.

Title: Letter from the President of Gulf States Utilities Company to Jack Brooks, May 7, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001207
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1968-05-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typewritten letter from the President of Gulf State Utilities, Eldon A. Werner, saying he had an enjoyable visit with Jack Brooks in Washington, D.C.. He referenced the Taylor's Bayou project [a flood-control project in Jefferson County] and that a lot of it went over his head because he was new to Beaumont and still learning about projects.

Title: Letter to constituents reporting on Congressional accomplishments, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001062
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1955
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.

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