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Oral history transcript, Willy Brandt, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz
Vice President Johnson's 1961 visit to Berlin; meeting LBJ in the 1950's in the United States; LBJ's affinity for Germany and German people; Brandt's visits to the U.S. in the mid-1960's; Vietnam police; LBJ's opinions of European relations; Robert…
Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove
The relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress in 1957; why the White House and Congress were able to work together better in the 1950s than in 2011; increased patriotism and optimism following World War II and the Depression; the…
Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson
Rosenthal's life in Trinidad 1938-1939; the assistance of Austin Jewish businessmen Harold Eichenbaum, Jim Novy, and Louis Novy in getting Rosenthal to Austin from Dachau; Rosenthal's visit to the LBJ Ranch while doing work for the Army Corps of…
Oral history transcript, Wallace Terry, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1999, by Ted Gittinger
How Terry got a job at the Washington Post; shaking hands with Arkansas governor, Orval Faubus; early encounters with LBJ; Capitol Press Club; awarding LBJ for civil rights work; LBJ giving scholarship money to a black college student in 1963; job…
Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger
Walker's first contact with LBJ; Walker keeping LBJ informed of the views of the American Bankers Association (ABA) members; Walker's banking and economics background and support for increased political power of the ABA; Walker's December 1963…
Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger
Career history as a photographer; Kaufman's work in Dallas covering Lee Harvey Oswald after the John F. Kennedy assassination; covering LBJ at the LBJ Ranch while staying in a Stonewall hotel; LBJ's recovery from gallbladder surgery; finding the…
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 7 (VII), 5/9/1997, by Ted Gittinger
How Pickle obtained an organ once owned by Walter Hornaday; signatures on the organ of important politicians and businessmen who visited Hornaday and Pickle; where the organ has been; how Pickle would like the organ to be displayed at the LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Abram V. Goodman, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1996, by Ted Gittinger
First contact with Mr. Johnson; an attempt to bring Hermann Winter from Germany to the United States in 1939; Goodman’s involvement with the Jewish Austin community; Joe Koen; Visits to Glehn, Germany.
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 6 (VI), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton
The creation of the LBJ Memorial Grove and the committee that oversaw its planning; finding stone in Texas to create a megalith for the memorial; the location of the memorial in Lady Bird Johnson Park and the creation of the Lady Bird Johnson Park;…
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton
Efforts to establish a historic site at Lady Bird Johnson's childhood home in Karnack, Texas; early planning for the National Wildflower Research Center; the first board of directors for the Center; Carlton Lees' assistance in writing the charter for…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 43 (XLIII), 1/23/1996, by Harry Middleton
LBJ's opinion of accepting the vice-presidential nomination; how Lady Bird Johnson and LBJ's closest supporters felt about LBJ accepting the vice-presidential nomination; LBJ's activities immediately after the Democratic National Convention; trip to…
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, 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, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton
Cowles' connection to the University of Texas; the origin of the Flair Symposium and its first symposia in 1994; Cowles' work at Look magazine; how Flair magazine was started and why it did not succeed; the Flair Annual; recognition Cowles has…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton
A Theta Sigma Phi breakfast in 1960; the Ladies for Lyndon movement; the Johnson daughters' activities; Luci's interest in religion; preparing for LBJ's political rise; public speaking; the Johnsons' connection to St. David's Episcopal Church in…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
Congress in 1957; Senator Ralph Yarborough; moving KTBC to the Driskill Hotel; Mary Margaret Wiley joining LBJ's staff; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Rebekah Johnson's visits to Washington, D.C., her interests and hobbies; LBJ teasing Glynn Stegall;…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
Interviewing Henry Blackburn for a LBJ Ranch foreman position; LBJ's interest in running for president in 1960; Bill Moyers' work style; purchasing a building to house KTBC and an apartment for the Johnsons; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; income from…
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview S-I, 8/1994, by Douglass Cater
LBJ purchasing and renovating the Boyhood Home; LBJ's interest in providing public access to his homes and his papers; LBJ's intended purpose for the Library; comparing the LBJ Presidential Library with other presidential libraries; the importance of…
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek
LBJ's decision-making in regard to the Dominican Republic in 1965; Abe Fortas' involvement with the Dominican Republic; LBJ's concern over press coverage and his naivety regarding favorable press coverage; Bundy's involvement in the 1967 Six-Day…
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek's work on LBJ biographies; LBJ's personality; comparing JFK's and LBJ's knowledge of foreign affairs; LBJ's relationships with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and JFK during his vice presidency; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 34 (XXXIV), 2/23/1991, by Michael L. Gillette
Senator Robert Taft stepping down as Senate majority leader in 1953 and later dying; the Texas drought; LBJ's travel throughout Texas in the summer of 1953; C. T. McLaughlin; Mrs. Ben Powell; Lady Bird Johnson's efforts to improve her public speaking…
Oral history transcript, Cartha D. (Deke) DeLoach, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1991, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; legislation providing for Hoover’s retirement salary; Billie Sol Estes; White House hiring procedures during LBJ’s presidency; LBJ’s income tax information; LBJ’s concern over the assassination and…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Reedy’s return to LBJ’s staff; preparations for 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech, Washington riots; assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy; Reedy’s book on the presidency; maritime strike; Sam Houston; last year of…
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Adam Clayton Powell’s role in Congress and his criticism of Shriver and the Office of Economic Opportunity; the political ramifications of dispersing federal funds without the input of local politicians; John Connally’s criticism of War on…
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's efforts to get legislation passed in 1965; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in beautification; LBJ's interest in the environment; LBJ's awareness of the value of media, especially television and photography; LBJ's efforts to understand what to do…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Choosing the 1964 vice presidential candidate; LBJ’s secrecy; 1964 campaign and speeches; LBJ’s personality; Barry Goldwater; the $100 billion budget; credibility gap; Bobby Baker; LBJ’s humor; Gulf of Tonkin episode; Vietnam; misleading…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 25 (XXV), 8/7/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Duties of the press secretary; LBJ’s misunderstanding of the press; LBJ’s secrecy as president; press pool; travelling with LBJ; LBJ’s friendliness toward the press; Eric Goldman; resignation of Walter Jenkins.
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 3 (III), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and its amendments; equitable distribution of ESEA funds among public and private schools; Millenson's involvement in a committee report regarding ESEA; conflict regarding whether funding should go…
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's visit to New Orleans with Louisiana Governor John McKeithen; LBJ's relationships with Mexicans; White House press conferences and how they changed in the television era; LBJ's use of television; LBJ's response to civil rights-related violence…
Oral history transcript, Jay Cutler, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1990 by Michael L. Gillette
1974 Budget Impoundment Act; how Cutler came to work for government; the importance of seniority on committees; Cutler's work on veterans' affairs; Wilbur Cohen and the creation of Medicare; Jacob Javits' national health care initiative; Javits'…
Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's meeting with Richard Nixon and members of Nixon's Cabinet following the 1968 election; LBJ's interest in finding a cure for cancer; problems enacting civil rights legislation, such as "white flight"; problems with the implementation of…
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 2 (II), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Mary Lasker's influence as a lobbyist for health legislation; alcoholism-related legislation introduced by Jacob Javits; Partnerships in Health Act; the Senate's ability to reallocate funds without increasing authorization; Javits' interest in…
Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 2 (II), 5/30/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's involvement in the Ranch after his retirement; LBJ's plans for the Ranch after his death; chickens and vegetable gardens at the Ranch; LBJ's ranch in Mexico, Las Pampas; LBJ's support of the Mexican communities near Las Pampas; LBJ's trips to…
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 8 (VIII), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Factors that led to Lister Hill's decision to not run for re-election in 1968; Cronin's reaction to LBJ's 1968 announcement that he would not run for re-election; public opinion regarding Vietnam; Hill's support for the administration's actions…
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Millenson's work for Jacob Javits and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare from 1949-1959; how Millenson became aware of LBJ as Senate majority leader; staff organization in the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; how committee reports were…
Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Studying health insurance issues in the 1950s and Wolkstein's plans to assist with related legislation in the early 1960s; JFK's support for health insurance legislation; Wilbur Mills' opposition to Medicare legislation; how Medicare legislation was…
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Cronin's view of Vietnam policy in the mid-1960s; public opinion of the Vietnam War in 1967; Senator Tom Dodd's 1967 censure; ethics among senators; the Presidential Campaign Fund Act and the election reform bill; the 1967 expansion of the Elementary…
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
The origin of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA); education legislation and separation of church and state; student loan forgiveness for public and private school teachers; Senator Lister Hill's interest in education; working with Congressman…
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
The transition from John F. Kennedy to LBJ and comparing the two men; the 1964 civil rights bill; moral versus legal arguments regarding civil rights; Alabama's opposition to civil rights legislation; the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955; George…