Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
39
Description:
Biographical information; involvement in the LBJ State Park; George Hartzog, director of the National Park Service; Charles Krueger, assistant director for design and construction; the involvement of LBJ and CTJ in the park design; the consulting relationship between the National Park Service (NPS) and the Texas Park Service (TPS); working with Mark Gosdin and Will Odom of TPS; preserving the Danz, Sauer and Behrens homes; architect Roy White of Austin; funds from Laurance Rockefeller for furnishings and the exhibits; the theme of the exhibit at the Park Visitors Center; Ben Butterfield; Russell Hendrickson; land acquisition by John Ben Sheppard and the LBJ State Park Fund State Park Foundation; saving the LBJ Boyhood Home, the Junction schoolhouse, and LBJ's birthplace; historian Jerry Rogers; the homey character of the Ranch and the hospitality of the Johnsons; anecdotes of LBJ guiding visitors about the Ranch and showing off the new State Park Visitor Center
