Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Title:

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Number of Pages:

39

Description:

Biographical information; White House Message Operations; characterization of LBJ; Will Sparks; role of public correspondence in the White House; personal comments in mail; response to 3/31 announcement; form letters; quantity of mail; LBJ’s signature; reaction to press conferences; LBJ’s use of letter in a speech or press conference; blue-card cases; crank mail; unusual letters; gifts; children’s mail

Contributor:

Shoemaker, Arthur Whitney, Jr., 1920-2003

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Whitney Shoemaker

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details

Interviewee:

Whitney Shoemaker

Interviewer(s):

Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-shoemakerw-19681125-1-74-251

Date:

1968-11-25

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny), LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 09, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-shoemakerw-19681125-1-74-251