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Title: An address on: ports and commerce, delivered by: the Honorable Jack Brooks, United States Congressman, from the 9th Congressional District of Texas, Port of the Sabine Propeller Club, 12:00 Noon, September 24, 1970, Royal Coach Inn, Beaumont, Texas
Identifier: camh-dob-002008
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1970-09-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks regarding the modernization of the 9th Congressional Districts ports, shipping, channels, and water transport and navigation facilities.

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 a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 13, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001506
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1961-04-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Fredda Swanson to Jack Brooks regarding the McGee Bend Dam and economic concerns in southeast Texas.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, February 16, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002277
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-02-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent G.T. Richey to Jack Brooks expressing concern about the McGee Bend Dam project and asking if local residents will have access to the water that will be held in the reservoir.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002273
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Cotton
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent Bill Rose to Jack Brooks worrying that McGee Bend Dam will doom small farmers in the area and asking about cotton allotments.

Title: Letter from a local electrical co-operative to Jack Brooks, January 7, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002295
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1954-01-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from D.N. Beasley of the Deep East Texas Electric Co-op Inc. to Jack Brooks asking him to support the McGee Bend Dam project and its potential future use in electric power.

Title: Letter from A.H. Holt to Jack Brooks, January 12, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002286
Creator: Holt, A.H.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-01-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from A.H. Holt, Mayor of Kountze, to Jack Brooks announcing his support for the McGee Bend Dam project and asking Brooks if there is a pre-written statement of support Holt can release.

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 Archer Fullingim to Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002282
Creator: Fullingim, Archer
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Archer Fullingim, Publisher, Kountze News, taking Jack Brooks to task for seemingly thanking Martin Dies for his support of the McGee Bend Dam project. Dies was running for the United States Senate against incumbent Ralph Yarborough.

Title: Letter from Constituent to Jack Brooks, November 7, 1956.
Identifier: camh-dob-001083
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-11-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent, W.D. Richardson, Sr. to Jack Brooks asking for his influence in getting the McGee Bend Dam built to bring water to farmers in the region.

Title: Letter from constituents to Jack Brooks, February 27, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002279
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-02-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituents Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Thomas to Jack Brooks expressing support for the McGee Bend Dam project and disappointment in the pollution of the Angelina River.

Title: Letter from constituents to Jack Brooks, February 9, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002281
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-02-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituents Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Feagin asking about compensation for Angelina County residents whose land may be lost to the proposed McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from Edward T. McFarland to Jack Brooks, April 19, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-002288
Creator: McFarland, Edward T.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-04-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Edward T. McFarland, Angelina County Judge, to Jack Brooks regarding E.L. Kurth, Sr. and the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from E.L. Kurth, Jr. to Jack Brooks, April 12, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-002287
Creator: Kurth, Ernest L., Jr.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-04-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from E.L. Kurth, Jr. of the Angelina County Lumber Company to Jack Brooks regarding the McGee Bend Dam project and timber operators in Texas.

Title: Letter from E.L. Kurth, Sr. to Jack Brooks, February 13, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-002289
Creator: Kurth, Ernest L. (Ernest Lynn), 1885-1960
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1956-02-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Ernest L. Kurth, Sr. of Southland Paper Mills, Inc. to Jack Brooks detailing his opposition to the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from Homer Angell to Jack Brooks, June 28, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002292
Creator: Angell, Homer D.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1954-06-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Homer Angell, Chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Subcommittee, thanking Jack Brooks for sending along a fact sheet about the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, April 26, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001505
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1961-04-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to Mrs. Fredda Swanson in which he makes the case the McGee Bend Dam, later named the Sam Rayburn Dam, will be an economic engine for southeast Texas.

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 a constituent, February 21, 1957
Identifier: camh-dob-002272
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams
Dates: 1957-02-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to Bill Rose, a constituent, explaining why he believes McGee Bend Dam will be beneficial to local small farmers.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, June 23, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001503
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1961-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to John F. Graham in which Brooks describes local infrastructure projects he has been involved in.

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