Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

46

Description:

Characteristics of the Bunton family; Rebekah and Sam Ealy Johnson training Cox as a child in elocution and extemporaneous speaking; Sam Ealy Johnson's personality; LBJ as a student; Cox and LBJ doing farm work and road work; Sam Ealy Johnson's work ethic; Sam and Rebekah's financial problems; Sam Houston Johnson; taking Sam Ealy Johnson's car; Cox getting into trouble with LBJ; LBJ studying the Bible; LBJ herding animals, working at a newspaper, and shining shoes; LBJ playing marbles and baseball; LBJ breaking his leg; Cox's horse, Old Kussie; lessons LBJ learned from his trip to California in 1924; LBJ's time in Robstown; campaigning for LBJ; Cox attending the 1965 inaugural; LBJ's later visits to Cox's home; Robert McNamara; the Boyhood Home and the Birthplace; Cox's first impressions of Lady Bird; Cox's view of Vietnam.

Contributor:

Cox, Ava Johnson

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Ava Johnson Cox

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details