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Title: Letter from Charles Rose to Jack Brooks, November 14, 1979
Identifier: camh-dob-002434
Creator: Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1979-11-14
Box: 2007-255/448
Folder: 363.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Charles Rose to his colleagues in Congress with an attached questionnaire about how broadcasting the House floor proceedings has impacted the way they perform their duties.

Title: Letter from KPRC Radio Company to Jack Brooks, November 12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002036
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1973-11-12
Box: 2007-255/283
Folder: 247.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: George Nelson, from the KPRC Radio Company in Houston, writes to Jack Brooks regarding Brooks's interest in providing live television coverage of congressional sessions. Brooks would lead a pilot program in 1977, using House security cameras to broadcast floor proceedings internally to other Members of the House. Eventually, House proceedings were broadcast nationally on C-SPAN, which was created in 1979.