Oral history transcript, Ronald Goldfarb, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Ronald Goldfarb, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Circumstances of becoming associated with the War on Poverty Task Force; early organization; duties; need for coordination of the program; decision-making; naming VISTA program; pressure from departments; LBJ’s interest; philosophies on dealing with poverty; Shriver; urban basis of task force; task force division into groups; congressional input; Yarmolinsky; Legal Services.

Contributor:

Goldfarb, Ronald

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 Ronald Goldfarb

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Ronald Goldfarb

Interviewer(s):

Michael L. Gillette

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-goldfarbr-19801024-1-86-3

Date:

1980-10-24

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Ronald Goldfarb, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1980, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-goldfarbr-19801024-1-86-3