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Title: Bank Receipt
Identifier: camh-dob-016743
Dates: 1949-05-16
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Bank Receipt showing the first funding for the Sam Rayburn Library.

Title: Congressman Rayburn will be in the North Part of Fannin County On Tuesday, July 6
Identifier: camh-dob-016738
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1948-07-06, 1948
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Broadside of Sam Rayburns Schedule to meet with constituents.

Title: Edison Diamond Disc, Jack Brooks and Sam Rayburn [1954]
Identifier: camh-dob-002590
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Dates: 1954
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Sides A and B of the Edison Diamond Disc which was used to record a radio interview between Jack Brooks and Speaker Sam Rayburn.

Title: First Annual Johnson-Rayburn Dinner, March 31, 1989, Houston, Texas
Identifier: camh-dob-001648
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1989-03-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The program for the First Annual Johnson-Rayburn Dinner honoring Jack Brooks. It features short biographies of Lyndon Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Jack Brooks, and guest speaker Joe Biden. This program is attached to Brooks's thank you speech for being honored with the award [camh-dob-001647]. The annual award tradition continues today as the Johnson-Rayburn-Richards Dinner honoring the late Ann Richards in addition to Johnson and Rayburn.

Title: Journal of Supreme Court 11-20-61
Identifier: camh-dob-019649
Creator: Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977, United States. Supreme Court
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1961-11-20
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Journal of Supreme Court 11-20-61 with handwritten note by Tom. C. Clark regarding the passing of Sam Rayburn.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001611
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, W.H. Coffey, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He criticizes Sam Rayburn's proposals regarding labor legislation.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 24, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001507
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1962-08-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Robert Patten to Jack Brooks regarding his subcommittee's investigations of government spending. Patten mentions a conversation between Sam Rayburn and Jack Brooks.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 21, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001342
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Bill Bradley, a constituent from Orange, TX, who is concerned that Rep. John McCormack will succeed Sam Rayburn as Speaker of the House and put his religious preferences ahead of his governmental duty.

Title: Letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Mrs. Lily V. Leonard
Identifier: camh-dob-019648
Creator: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1962-05-03
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Lily V. Leonard, Sam Rayburn's sister, paying respects to Sam Rayburn after his passing.

Title: Letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-019646
Creator: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1957-10-07
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Sam Rayburn congratulating him on the Sam Rayburn Memorial Library.

Title: Letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-019647
Creator: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1961-01-05
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Sam Rayburn wishing him a happy birthday.

Title: Letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-019645
Creator: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1959-03-25
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Dwight Eisenhower to Sam Rayburn thanking him for bipartisan support.

Title: Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-019644
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1942-02-18
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Sam Rayburn, asking him to stay in Washington for the next week.

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
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 constituent, November 29, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001341
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent reassuring him that the Democratic members of the House would not elect a Speaker who put any particular group of people ahead of the nation's interests.

Title: Letter from Joe Martin Jr. to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-019650
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1958-09-11
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from Joe Martin Jr. to Sam Rayburn, thanking Rayburn for his well wishes.

Title: Letter from Meddie Bartley to Her Brother, Sam Rayburn, February 1940
Identifier: camh-dob-010185
Topic: Siblings, Neighbors
Dates: 1940-02-08
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: A letter from Meddie Bartley to her brother, Sam Rayburn, thanking him for a turkey and updating him on her life.

Title: Letter from President Woodrow Wilson to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-019642
Creator: Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1914-06-09
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: Typewritten letter from President Woodrow Wilson to Sam Rayburn expressing gratitude for passing a bond bill through the House of Representatives.

Title: Letter from Ralph Yarborough to Jack Brooks, May 16, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-002394
Creator: Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, National parks and reserves -- Management
Dates: 1977-05-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from former Senator Ralph Yarborough thanking Jack Brooks for sponsoring a bill to designate a unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve as the Ralph Yarborough Unit.

Title: Letter from Richard (Dick) Rayburn to Sam Rayburn
Identifier: camh-dob-010189
Topic: Country life, Agriculture
Dates: 1949-03-16
Resource: Sam Rayburn papers
Description: A letter from Richard (Dick) Rayburn to his brother, Sam Rayburn, updating him on what's happening at the farm, March 1949.

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