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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 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 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: News release, July 16, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-002174
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1963-07-16
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: 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.