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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1, 8/14/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Deason's family history; Deason's uncle Charles' work around the Stockdale, Texas, area; Deason's parents and siblings; Deason's educational background; how Deason became a teacher and, later, an attorney; how Deason went to work under LBJ in the…
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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1b (I), 4/29/1986, by Walter Richter
The founding of the Alpha and Omega (A&O), later called the White Stars at Southwest Texas State Teachers College; the difference between the Black Stars and the White Stars; the purpose of the White Stars; biographical information regarding Horace…
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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 4 (IV), 8/8/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ-Deason contacts while teaching in Houston and San Antonio; LBJ becomes secretary to Congressman Kleberg; LBJ returns as state director of NYA; Welly Hopkins' recommendation; LBJ's energy; Wilton Woods; LBJ at state meeting in Corpus Christi of…
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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information;1927 meeting with LBJ at SWTSC; activities at SWTSC; taught school in San Antonio; A.J. Wirtz and Welly Hopkins recommending LBJ to Dick Kleberg; relationship between Kleberg and LBJ; NYA work; LBJ's interest in helping…
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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Appointment and confirmation to the ICC; Charles Webb; farm co-op cases; structure of ICC; regulation; record disposal; appeals to board of suspension; determination of rates/fair profit; merger cases; LBJ's appointment of Virginia Mae Brown; work…
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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Student with LBJ at San Marcos Southwest Texas Teachers College, 1927; details of student expenses, influences and habits; LBJ's graduation in three years from a four-year plan; experiences as a teacher in Pearsall and Houston; Director of NYA in…
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