Initial contact for appraisal work; earlier contacts with Johnsons; plan of approach to project; recommendations on donations of papers; values of papers of a president (LBJ’s specifically); procedure and technique; confidentiality; LBJ’s philosophy on donations; 1969 tax law; physical move of material to Austin; typical appraisal workday; comparison of working conditions on LBJ and Nixon papers; controversial Nixon deed of gift; President Eisenhower memorandum; personal association with LBJ; Pentagon Papers; LBJ as a raconteur; work with Lady Bird; Richard Daley; public libraries.
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Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-newmanr-19740902-1-89-16