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COLLECTION
- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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DATE RANGE
- June 1969x
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- Experiences working for LBJ during the late 1950s, especially in matters of legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1957; Defense Department matters
- Biographical information; Redford's career history; school experience with LBJ in Johnson City; LBJ's involvement in sports; basketball rules and customs in Redford's youth; going swimming on LBJ's relatives' property; LBJ…
- Biographical information; Low’s father’s work in LBJ’s 1937 Congressional campaign; 1941 special election to fulfill Senator Morris Sheppard’s term; explanation of the east Texas ballots that allowed W. Lee O’Daniel to win over LBJ; Low’…
- Working for the New York Times; Salisbury’s trip to the Far East in 1966; getting permission to go to Hanoi; a possible connection between Salisbury’s visit to Hanoi and the Marigold negotiations; trying to convince the Vietnamese that, as a…
- Career history; early advance work; meeting W. Marvin Watson; meeting LBJ and getting advice on how to be a good employee; working on the Whistle Stop Tour; LBJ’s ability to size people up and communicate effectively; LBJ staffs’ youth; LBJ…
- Biographical information; met LBJ in Austin while NYA Administrator; social and political contacts with LBJ beginning in the late 1930s; LBJ
- Relationship with LBJ beginning with HR days; Senate; VP; Presidency; development of federal and state programs regarding UE compensation, etc.; JFK relationship with governors; establishment of Office of Emergency Planning; J. Herbert Holloman;…
- The 1948 campaign; elected to Congress in 1954; first meeting LBJ in 1947; LBJ and the McCarthy censure; LBJ and the Texas delegation; LBJ, Rayburn, and the Civil Rights Bill of 1957; helping LBJ with legislation in the House; Vice President LBJ and…
- [For interviews 1 - 4] Biographical information; Stewart Udall; The Quiet Crisis; Lady Bird; conservation and beautification; Committee for a More Beautiful Capital; East Wing; Lady Bird’s trips; White House Conference on Natural Beauty; Model…
- LBJ's early interest in urban problems; the U-2 affair; LBJ and contact lenses; 1960 campaign and Democratic convention; LBJ-JFK transition; Pierre Salinger leaves the White House staff; JFK, LBJ, and support for big-city mayors; surtax issue;…