Biographical information; how Shanks met LBJ; LBJ's effect on industrial development in Austin; LBJ's effect on racial issues in Austin; LBJ's relationship with Austin mayor Tom Miller; desegregation in Austin; LBJ's influence on Shank's decision to purchase real estate in Llano County; Shanks' visits to the LBJ Ranch; Shanks' television commercials on KTBC; LBJ as a businessman; furnishing a house on the LBJ Ranch for a visit from Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germany; gifts Shanks received from LBJ; Ernest Willinger giving LBJ a plane; Shanks' visits to the White House; LBJ in the post-presidential years; LBJ's behavior around women.
Oral history transcript, Louis Shanks, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1987, by Gina Gianzero
Citation
Oral history transcript, Louis Shanks, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1987, by Gina Gianzero, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 7, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-shanksl-19870820-1-07-01