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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
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 Allen J. Ellender to Lyndon B. Johnson, May 22, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001465
Creator: Ellender, Allen J., 1890-1972
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-05-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Allen J. Ellender, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Works, lets Senator Lyndon B. Johnson know that he received Johnson's letter and the enclosed statements from Jack Brooks regarding the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway. He says that the statements from Brooks will be made a part of the hearings on the Public Work Appropriations bill.

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 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 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: 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
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, June 19, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001061
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1955-06-19
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: Telegram statement from Jack Brooks regarding McGee Bend Dam and Majority Leader Johnson's role
Identifier: camh-dob-001055
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A telegram statement from Jack Brooks to local media regarding Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's role in McGee Bend Dam funding legislation.