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Title: B'nai B'rith Institute, B'nai B'rith Institute
Identifier: dv_00072
Creator: Texas Jewish Historical Society
Dates: 1954
Resource: Texas Jewish Historical Society records
Description: Film of group eating together, attending outdoor speaking event and swimming. Title card reads "Bnai Brith Institute 1954 Kerrville Texas". Color, no sound.

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: Gubernatorial [Democratic Primary] Campaign Speech re: water policy, Gubernatorial [Democratic Primary] Campaign Speech re: water policy
Identifier: dv_00079
Dates: 1954
Resource: Ralph W. Yarborough papers
Description: Campaign advertisement for the July 24, 1954 Texas Democratic Primary. Yarborough talks about water supply and conservation problems in Texas, and outlines a three-point solution using a series of dams, based on a plan he implemented in Austin while serving on the Lower Colorado River Authority. Black and white picture with sound.

Title: Radio broadcast script, undated [1954]
Identifier: camh-dob-001792
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1954
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A script for a radio broadcast likely written in January 1954 for an interview of Speaker Sam Rayburn conducted by Jack Brooks. The program was broadcast locally in Brooks's district. Brooks and Rayburn discuss the Congress and President Dwight Eisenhower. An Edison Diamond Disc recording of the broadcast was attached to this script and has been digitized.

Title: Recording of radio broadcast, undated [1954]
Identifier: camh-dob-001938
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1954
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A recording of a radio interview of Speaker Sam Rayburn conducted by Jack Brooks. The program was broadcast locally in Brooks's district and was part of regular communication between Brooks and his constituents. This recording was digitized from an Edison Diamond Disc. Some damage to the disc has impacted the recording.

Title: Remarks of Jack Brooks regarding a late member of the Texas delegation, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001781
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1954
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A speech delivered by Jack Brooks on the floor of the House eulogizing Congressman Jesse Martin Combs, his predecessor representing the 2nd Congressional District of Texas. Combs died on August 21, 1954. He represented the 2nd district from 1945-1953.

Title: Second National Bank All-Star Theatre, Second National Bank All-Star Theatre
Identifier: e_bb_5031
Creator: Bailey, Bob
Dates: 1954
Resource: Bob Bailey Studios photographic archive
Description: Description from can label: "'50's bank bldg. cu [close-up] 'McCarthy' headlines, neg trk. nite shot time/temp sign, inside bank." Exterior and interior shots of Houston's Second National Bank, with title cards for Second National All-Star Theater and a separate section of narration. Appears to be rough footage spliced together hastily, as evidenced by sections not matching in vertical orientation or direction. Consequently, some sections appear backwards or upside down in relation to others. Black and white picture with separate sound (sound and picture are not together). Multiple punch holes for synchronization.