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Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; 1960, 1964 Democratic conventions; association with LBJ during the vice presidency; NBC’s handling of the news after the JFK assassination; meetings with LBJ; credibility gap; Georgetown Press;…
Oral history transcript, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli
Recollections of weekend at President Johnson’s ranch when Peter Hurd presented a partially completed portrait of LBJ and LBJ’s response to the portrait; LBJ’s appreciation of a portrait done of him from by Norman Rockwell.
Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli
Stanley Marcus’ recommendation that Hurd paint the official portrait of LBJ to hang in the White House; Hurd’s request that LBJ pose for him; time spent working on the portrait; LBJ’s reaction to the partially finished portrait; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by T.H. Baker
LBJ’s first heart attack (1955); Hurst’s relationship with the Johnsons; LBJ’s rehabilitation; LBJ’s personality; foreign trips with LBJ; LBJ’s wit; Kennedy’s assassination.
Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker
Hurst’s relationship with LBJ; declining the position of White House physician; LBJ’s health and fitness for the presidency; LBJ’s decision not to run in 1968; gallstones operation in 1965; medical information and the press; psychological…
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s 1955 heart attack and recovery; psychological analysis of LBJ; LBJ’s sense of humor; LBJ’s smoking habit; LBJ working from the hospital while recovering in 1955
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Foreign trips with LBJ: Senegal, France, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey; visit with Pope John; LBJ’s kidney stone problem at Pope John XXIII’s funeral
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 5 (V), 10/30/1995, by Ted Gittinger
Kennedy’s assassination and LBJ’s handling of the transition; gallbladder removal; LBJ’s display of his surgery scar to reporters; trip to Nicaragua; LBJ’s throat surgery and hernia repair; LBJ’s attempt to make Hurst White House physician;…
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 6 (VI), 10/31/1995, by Ted Gittinger
Trip to the Ranch in February 1970 to evaluate LBJ’s angina; 1972 heart attack in Charlottesville; moving LBJ back to the ranch; LBJ’s return to smoking; changes in treatment for heart attack patients from LBJ’s time to 1995; personal…
Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; assisted LBJ in Congressional and Senate campaigns; private practice; military service; assistant attorney general of Texas; election code; Commissioner for ICC and Chairman; Senators Yarborough and Tower; LBJ’s interest…
Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how Ikard met LBJ in 1937; Ikard’s work in the House of Representatives while LBJ was a Senator; LBJ’s interest and assistance in north Texas dams, water conservation and REA; NATO; oil and gas industry; the quota system…
Oral history transcript, Janet Wofford Ingram, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Biographical information; Ingram's sister, Isabel, and Isabel's friendship with Lady Bird Johnson; the Johnsons' efforts to help people, including friends like Ingram and her sister; LBJ's sister, Lucia, and his mother; Ingram and Lady Bird Johnson…
Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; contrast between JFK and LBJ; LBJ’s temper; Alaska earthquake; Senator Anderson; White House Task Force on Education; transformation of the Office of Education; Atomic Energy Conference; LBJ incident in…
Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between…
Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between…
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Life at the Dodge Hotel; LBJ as secretary to Congressman Kleberg; Arthur Perry as secretary to Senator Connally; LBJ early participation in state campaigns; working conditions in Washington, social life, diet, etc.; LBJ a bundle of nervous energy,…
Oral history transcript, William F. Jackson and Lucy Ginter Jackson, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
How Jackson became military aide to Vice President Johnson; LBJ's vice-presidential trip to Asia and members of the press on the trip; LBJ's time management; arranging for a photographer to accompany LBJ; the ability of the South Vietnamese to fight…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Jacobsen's early work for LBJ; protocol for entering LBJ's office; a trip to Camp David with LBJ; allowing LBJ to relax from the stress of his duties; Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., Abe Fortas, and Tom Mann in the Dominican Republic in 1965;…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; LBJ's religious beliefs and church attendance; James Eastland's involvement in James Coleman's appointment; LBJ using a candidate's stance on civil rights and other issues as a litmus test for choosing judges…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's opinion of Gerald Ford; Ford's public release of a letter from Mike Mansfield to LBJ expressing opposition to LBJ's decision-making in Vietnam; LBJ's response to criticism of Vietnam decisions; LBJ's determination to win in Vietnam; the…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee; William Fulbright and his relationship with LBJ; writer William S. White's relationship with LBJ; Fulbright's opinion of minorities; LBJ's opinion of Head Start and Job Corps; the relationship between LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948…
Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker
Food distribution; food stamp program; commodity support program; Billie Sol Estes; Charles Murphy; JFK assassination; LBJ and Freeman; appointment as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by T.H. Baker
1960 presidential nominations; JFK meeting with Minnesota leaders; Eugene McCarthy opposition to JFK; LBJ nomination bid; HHH; Minnesota vote for HHH, then JFK; LBJ VP nomination; Freeman as Secretary of Agriculture; Food for Peace Program (PL-480)
Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger
an overview of Jacobson's military career 1954-1975; Jacobson's opinion of Ed Lansdale, General John W. "Iron Mike" O'Daniel and General Samuel T. Williams; Williams' abilities as a diplomat in Vietnam; comparing Generals O'Daniel, Williams, Lionel…
Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 11/2/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Jacobson's opinion of John Paul Vann; Vann's work for Agency for International Development (AID) in Vietnam and his death; Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) relations with the press, including Joseph Alsop, Don Oberdorfer, Peter Braestrup,…
Oral history transcript, Victor Jaeggli, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Jaeggli's work for the National Youth Administration under LBJ; Jaeggli's first memory and impression of LBJ; Jaeggli's work as state director of Works Projects Administration; LBJ's expectations of his staff and himself;…
Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Roy Hofheinz; FCC and radio/television station franchises; 1948 senatorial campaign; Hofheinz’ activities in 1948 campaign; investigation of FCC proposed by Congressman Eugene E. Cox; Cliff Durr as Chairman of FCC; LBJ’s…