How Rather went to work for LBJ; LBJ's work on National Youth Administration (NYA) projects on the West Coast before shipping out with the navy in World War II; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in photography, movie-making and drama; Rather's involvement in a home movie with Mrs. Johnson; the establishment of the LBJ Foundation; LBJ's early plans for a library and park in Johnson City; the circumstances surrounding LBJ's Silver Star medal; LBJ having to choose whether to run for House or Senate in 1942; how LBJ's war experience affected him; LBJ's travels in the 1940s.
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-ratherm-19820610-4-08-28