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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
The Johnsons buying their home at 4921 Thirtieth Place in Washington D.C. and the layout of the house; LBJ moving to a bigger office space in the Old House Office Building in 1943; LBJ's work as chairman of a subcommittee to investigate Navy…
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Rather rejoining LBJ's staff at the end of his presidency; Rather's nieces attending school in Washington, D.C.; LBJ's decision to retire from politics; the slower pace of office work at the White House and LBJ's daily schedule; night reading; dinner…
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 8 (VIII), 9/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
The "Board of Education" room where Sam Rayburn and, later, LBJ and other members of the House met to socialize and discuss legislative strategy; Rather knowing where LBJ was at all times so she could contact him if necessary; Sam Houston Johnson's…
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 7 (VII), 9/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's opposition to the Disney amendment and other measures to raise the price of oil; LBJ's 1944 congressional opponent, Buck Taylor; Austin mayor, Tom Miller; LBJ's trip to Eruope at the end of WWII; LBJ's 1946 congressional opponent, Hardy…
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's growing popularity throughout the state of Texas in the 1940s; work in LBJ's congressional office; LBJ's 1944 congressional opponent, Buck Taylor; efforts by oil men to defeat Sam Rayburn; Lynda Bird Johnson's birth and her name; LBJ's love for…
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
How Rather went to work for LBJ; LBJ's work on National Youth Administration (NYA) projects on the West Coast before shipping out with the navy in World War II; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in photography, movie-making and drama; Rather's involvement…
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Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Rather's work for Senator Alvin Wirtz and how it led to doing some work for then-Congressman LBJ; Rather's decision to become a permanent member of LBJ's staff; office activities the day of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor; LBJ's decision…
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