Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb

Title:

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb

Number of Pages:

35

Description:

How Frantz joined the National Historical Publications Commission; LBJ’s practice of allowing other people to announce good news; Nixon administration’s trouble finding Frantz’s replacement; Marietta Brooks; assembling an advisory board for his history project; Paige Mulhollan; funding the oral history project; George Brown’s involvement with the oral history project; dealing with UT through Harry Ransom and Frank Erwin; the end of UT’s funding of the oral history project; hiring oral history staff; how Frantz chose interviewees; what types of people were good/bad interviewees; truthfulness of interviewees; the value of oral history; LBJ as a womanizer; LBJ’s profanity; LBJ not seeing the oral histories; wanting to interview LBJ and Mrs. Johnson.

Contributor:

Frantz, Joe B.

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 Joe B. Frantz

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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