"LBJ as I Knew Him," by Mildred Stegall

Title:

"LBJ as I Knew Him," by Mildred Stegall

Number of Pages:

20

Description:

LBJ's personality; how Stegall met LBJ; LBJ's prank on Glynn Stegall involving Glynn's new car; LBJ's involvement in the Little Congress; how the Stegalls went to work for LBJ; LBJ's efforts to make his staff work harder; LBJ's assistance when Glynn suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1952; LBJ's call to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Chairman Stuart Symington on Stegall's behalf; Stegall's work with Walter Jenkins, beginning in 1956; a story about Glynn answering a phone call from Franklin Roosevelt; going to the Governors Conference in Hawaii as LBJ's guests; LBJ's request that Dr. Edward Freis take on Zephyr Wright as a patient; taking LBJ's belongings to the plane before he left for Texas after his 1955 heart attack; a reporter photographing Stegall and LBJ kissing goodbye as he got on the plane; the Johnsons attending Glynn's funeral; Stegall's trip with the Johnsons to Scandinavian countries after Glynn's death; Walter Jenkins' dismissal from LBJ's staff and how that changed Stegall's duties; Stegall's access to, and use of, confidential files; an incident in which LBJ was concerned that Stegall or Abe Fortas had leaked information from an FBI file; Stegall's and LBJ's opinions of Walter Jenkins; LBJ's temper; how LBJ would make amends with people he had mistreated, such as Willie Day Taylor; LBJ and staff attending church while they were visiting the LBJ Ranch; office space used by Jenkins, Stegall, and others; Stegall's security clearances and management of confidential files; Stegall's work transcribing Cabinet Room meeting recordings; Helen Markovich's transcription work; Stegall giving LBJ's telephone recordings to Harry Middleton of the LBJ Library in 1975; story about LBJ's request that Stegall figure depreciation on a bull he owned; Stegall's birthday boat ride with the Johnsons; Stegall's work for the Johnsons 1973-1991; LBJ's longtime loyal employees.

Contributor:

Stegall, Mildred, 1908-2014

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Mildred Stegall

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-stegallm-nd-1-13-16

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)