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- Oral historyx
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- 1987x
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- Biographical information; Ingram's sister, Isabel, and Isabel's friendship with Lady Bird Johnson; the Johnsons' efforts to help people, including friends like Ingram and her sister; LBJ's sister, Lucia, and his mother; Ingram…
- Robert F. Kennedy's (RFK) approach to his 1968 presidential campaign through primaries; seeking support for RFK before the Indiana primary; utilizing Matt Reese, block captains, and student volunteers in Indiana; receptions to thank local…
- Texas tideland issues in the 1950s; cross-filing, which allowed Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election; Allan Shivers' support for Republicans; LBJ's and Sam Rayburn's devotion to the Democratic Party…
- Allan's Shivers' political philosophy; Shivers' refusal to place Dwight Eisenhower on both the Democratic and Republican tickets in the 1952 presidential election in Texas; Shivers' supporters and detractors; Sandlin's…
- Support for Hubert Humphrey's nomination from George McGovern and Edward Kennedy, but not Eugene McCarthy; McCarthy's complaint that the Democratic National Convention had not been fair; O'Brien's August 27, 1968, memo…
- The possibility of Wilbur Mills' presidential candidacy; the Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection, first led by George McGovern; changes in the delegate selection process to include more African-Americans, women, and young…
- Biographical information and family history; Scott's hearing and health problems; Scott's educational background; Scott's early work experience and how she became a newspaper reporter; Scott's work for the Houston Post and Hulsey…
- Career history as a journalist; work on the Texas Judicial Council; the Texas state legislature in 1933; how the problems of education, poverty, prisons, social security, and the like have spanned decades; a government pension system; differences of…
- the state of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when O'Brien became chairman; O'Brien's immediate reorganization of the DNC and new priorities; efforts to build the relationship between the DNC and Congress; DNC help with 1970…
- Broadcast activities of the Johnson family; Senator Alvin Wirtz; FM license for the Johnsons' radio station, KTBC; CBS radio affiliation; decision to go into television; station personnel; Ted Taylor; air personalities; Jim Nunby; rental of…