Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1975, by Michael L. Gillette

Minnie Lee Pattillo Taylor, Lady Bird Johnson's mother; Mrs. Taylor's appearance and personality; the Brick House; Lady Bird Johnson's Aunt Effie; Lady Bird attending St. Mary's College in Dallas; the Taylor family when Lady Bird was very young; Mr. Taylor's business dealings with Powell's father; Mr. Taylor's personality; Mr. Taylor helping the poor and the church; Lady Bird's brothers, Tony and Tommy Taylor; Lady Bird as a student at the University of Texas; Powell meeting LBJ: the Johnson's marriage; the Powells supporting LBJ in his 1941 and 1948 campaigns; Powell visiting the Johnsons in Washington, D.C. in the 1940s; painter Andre Brumid; Mrs. Johnson's return visits to Karnack, the Brick House and her father; visits with Tommy and Tony Taylor in their adulthood.