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Oral history transcript, Ebba Jansen and Alvin J. Jansen, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jansene-19681031-1-79-55.pdf
Mrs. Jansen and three other teachers traveled to California in 1923 in a Model T Ford. Their car broke a spring in the Arizona desert and they were rescue by LBJ and friends who were returning from California to Texas.

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-javitsj-19851205-1-03-08.pdf
Javits’ assessment of LBJ’s work in Congress; LBJ’s power in Congress; LBJ rewarding his supporters; comparison of LBJ and Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; the Lewis Strauss nomination; bills related to the Supreme Court; 1957 Civil Rights…

Oral history transcript, Leon Jaworski, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jaworskil-19681223-1-74-64.pdf
Biographical information; 1960 campaign; LBJ’s appointments to the judiciary; Ross Barnett criminal contempt proceedings; Warren Commission; consideration of public office; LBJ’s appointments; personality of the President.

Oral history transcript, Herbert Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by T.H. Baker

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsh-19690514-1-79-115.pdf
Meeting LBJ in 1960; civil rights demonstrations in Atlanta and subsequent federal laws to override states’ discriminatory laws; Civil Rights Act of 1964; opinions of integration among Atlanta leadership; Ralph McGill; Martin Luther King, Sr. and…

Telephone conversation # 39, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and OFFICE SECRETARY, 11/24/1963, time unknown

JENKINS ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY IF LBJ HAS ASKED HER TO PLACE CALLS TO ROY WILKINS AND WHITNEY YOUNG

Telephone conversation # 55, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and TED SORENSEN, 11/25/1963, 6:38PM

JENKINS SAYS LBJ IS AT STATE DEPT FOR MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS; SORENSEN ASKS IF LBJ HAS REVIEWED JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S DRAFT, OTHER DRAFTS OF SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NOT HAVING WRITTEN SPEECHES FOR LBJ…

Telephone conversation # 70, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 11/26/1963, time unknown

OFFICE SECRETARY APOLOGIZES TO UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE FOR KEEPING HER ON HOLD, THEN TAKES CALL FROM WALTER JENKINS WHO IS TRYING TO LOCATE BILL MOYERS; UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE SAYS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD; JENKINS ASKS SECRETARY TO HAVE MOYERS RETURN HIS…

Telephone conversation # 270, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and BILL MOYERS, 12/4/1963, time unknown

JENKINS ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO PLACE CALL TO BILL MOYERS; JENKINS ASKS MOYERS ABOUT A CALL HE JUST RECEIVED FROM LUTHER HODGES ABOUT A SPEECH SARGENT SHRIVER IS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER IN FORT WORTH NEXT WEEK

Telephone conversation # 301, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/5/1963, 6:06PM

O'BRIEN REPORTS FOREIGN AID BILL MARKUP HAS BEEN COMPLETED, PROVISIONS REGARDING YUGOSLAVIA AND POLAND HAVE BEEN RETAINED; LBJ PRAISES O'BRIEN, ASKS WHICH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LBJ SHOULD THANK; THOMAS "DOC" MORGAN'S FAILURE TO ATTEND DEAN RUSK'S…

Telephone conversation # 305, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and LEONARD MARKS, 12/5/1963, 6:45PM

JENKINS ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF UNSPECIFIED ACTION (BY FCC?); MARKS REPORTS THAT TELEGRAM WAS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT AT 4:30P; MARKS SAYS HE WILL TRY TO VERIFY IF TELEGRAM WENT OUT

Telephone conversation # 307, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and LEONARD MARKS, 12/5/1963, 6:50PM

MARKS REPORTS THAT TELEGRAM (FROM FCC?) WAS SENT TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON, A. W. MOURSUND AND WADDY BULLION AT 4:57P; MARKS SAYS HE NEEDS TO MEET WITH LBJ AND JENKINS SOON

Telephone conversation # 371, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT E. JONES, 12/9/1963, 6:40PM

JONES DISCUSSES UPCOMING HEARINGS ON CULTURAL CENTER AS MEMORIAL TO JFK, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH SITE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION, SUGGESTS LAND BETWEEN LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND TIDAL BASIN BE USED; JENKINS ASKS JONES TO SEND MEMO ON SUBJECT TO WH

Telephone conversation # 520, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and MYER FELDMAN, 12/17/1963, time unknown

JENKINS SAYS LBJ HAS SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER ON RELEASE OF BOBBY BAKER'S INCOME TAX RECORDS TO SENATE COMMITTEE, ASKS IF IT CAN BE RELEASED TO PRESS; FELDMAN SAYS ORDER CAN BE ANNOUNCED BUT IT MUST ALSO GO TO FEDERAL REGISTER

Telephone conversation # 528, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/18/1963, 11:45AM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONNALLY'S HEALTH, TEASES HIM ABOUT CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CONNALLY COMPLAINS TO LBJ ABOUT MEAT IMPORTS, THEN DISCUSSES TEXAS POLITICS WITH JENKINS, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES OF LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RALPH YARBOROUGH; UPCOMING TEXAS…

Telephone conversation # 643, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 12/21/1963, 8:25PM

PICKLE DISCUSSES HOMER THORNBERRY'S SWEARING-IN CEREMONY; POSSIBILITY OF PICKLE BEING SWORN IN EARLIER THAN PLANNED; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT TEXAS CONGRESSMEN'S ABSENCE DURING VOTE TODAY, SAYS HE WANTS PICKLE TO SIGN HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE…

Telephone conversation # 1435, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and RALPH DUNGAN, 1/20/1964, time unknown

JENKINS ASKS DUNGAN TO BRING AMBASSADORIAL MATERIALS TO LBJ'S OFFICE

Telephone conversation # 1837, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and MILDRED STEGALL?, 2/3/1964, time unknown

JENKINS ASKS STEGALL? TO CALL LUTHER HODGES AND INSTRUCT HIM TO SEE NICHOLAS JOHNSON, THEN ASKS HER TO CALL NICHOLAS JOHNSON

Telephone conversation # 2570, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and RALPH DUNGAN'S OFFICE SECRETARY, 3/20/1964, time unknown

JENKINS ASKS THE NAME OF THE PERSON DUNGAN WANTED HIM TO MEET WHO IS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO EXPORT-IMPORT BANK, ELIZABETH MAY

Telephone conversation # 3011, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 4/11/1964, time unknown

JENKINS REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN RAILROAD STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF DORWIN SUTTLE AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN TEXAS; YARBOROUGH APPRECIATES APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 3222, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and FRANK STANTON?, 4/22/1964, time unknown

JENKINS TRIES TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR COVERAGE OF UNIDENTIFIED EVENT, POSSIBLY RAILROAD STRIKE SETTLEMENT

Telephone conversation # 3424, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and LYNDA BIRD JOHNSON, 5/13/1964, 3:15PM

SECRETARY ASKS LYNDA BIRD JOHNSON TO HOLD; SECRETARY ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER CALL FROM JAMES ROWLEY TO LBJ; JENKINS SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY AND SAYS LBJ CANNOT TAKE ROWLEY'S CALL BECAUSE HE IS ON PHONE TALKING TO CARL ALBERT

Telephone conversation # 5661, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and WALTER JENKINS, 9/24/1964, time unknown

JENKINS ASKS ROBERTS TO FIND LETTER FROM LBJ'S SISTER LUCIA ALEXANDER AND RELAYS INSTRUCTIONS FROM LBJ TO SEND AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO TO PEARL ROPER OF ROBSTOWN, TEXAS

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19700814-1-87-16.pdf
Circumstances of going to work for LBJ; recollections of people and events, 1939-1951, including the staff; WWII; LBJ and Jenkins’ campaigns

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19710824-2-87-17.pdf
The majority leadership period; LBJ’s committee assignments; relationships with various senators; civil rights; the office and the mail; presidential possibilities; the space program; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the vice presidency

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 3 (III), 9/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19760923-3-87-18.pdf
More detailed recollections of the majority leadership; the Policy Committee; Wayne Morse; Robert Taft; nature of bipartisanship under Eisenhower Administration; William Knowland and Hawaii and Alaska statehood

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 5 (V), 8/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19820812-5-87-20.pdf
Recollections of campaigns and people involved, 1941-1946; Claud Wilde; John Connally; Charles Herring; Everett Looney; Jenkins’ contacts with LBJ during WWII army service; KVET and KTBC

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 6 (VI), 9/16/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19820916-6-87-21.pdf
Observations of events in 1947, including Aunt Effie’s death, foreign policy issues, rural electrification, labor issues and LBJ’s decision to run for Senate

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 7 (VII), 1/18/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19830118-7-87-22.pdf
Reminiscences of 1945 touching on the hiring of new staff, the Marshall Plan, 70-group air force; detailing LBJ’s decision to run for the Senate

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 8 (VIII), 7/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19830722-8-87-23.pdf
Further recollections of events during the 1948 Senate race including campaign organization; methods and issues during the campaign; Forth Worth convention; aftermath of the election

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 9 (IX), 9/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19830922-9-87-24.pdf
Setting up LBJ’s Senate office; LBJ’s stand on various issues; support of African Americans; the Felix Longoria incident; Texas and national concerns; appointments; LBJ and Shivers; Leland Olds

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 10 (X), 10/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19831006-10-87-25.pdf
Reminiscences from 1950-1952; LBJ’s Texas trips; Eisenhower; the gas bill; Donald Cook; Korea; the Preparedness Committee; election as Democratic whip; the Douglas MacArthur firing; Jenkins’ campaign for Congress; death of Alvin Wirtz; acquiring…

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 11 (XI), 4/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19840418-11-87-26.pdf
LBJ the rancher; the tidelands issue; Senate Preparedness Subcommittee investigation; Shivers takes control of Texas Democratic Party; Russell campaign for president

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jenkinsw-19840425-12-87-27.pdf
Observations from 1952-1953; the Smithwick suicide; LBJ’s membership on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Texas backing of Eisenhower for president; the Bricker Amendment; LBJ and the White House liaison staff; LBJ and the Democratic National…