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Oral history transcript, Mylton Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-kennedym-19800509-1-83-28.pdf
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; College Star; LBJ's activities; President Evans; athletes; secret organizations; faculty; school clubs; relationship with LBJ

Oral history transcript, Earl Howsam, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-howsame-19800509-1-06-18.pdf
Edwin Johnson's use of a helicopter in the 1948 U.S. Senate campaign in Colorado; the work of Ed Johnson, Robert Kerr and LBJ on oil and natural gas legislation; the power of the southern and western states in the Senate in the 1950s; Ed Johnson's…

Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-desautelsc-19800418-1-85-40.pdf
Set-up of White House Congressional liaison office; handling of Congressional mail; comparison of Eisenhower, JFK and LBJ liaison offices; procedure; leadership agenda; guest lists; bill signings; meetings with agency liaisons; intervention of Larry…

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 2 (II), 4/17/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-phillipsw-19800417-2-85-50.pdf
Child Development Group of Mississippi; Phillips’ trip to Mississippi; new Mississippi Head Start program; Mississippi Action for Progress; Bernard Boutin and Bertrand Harding; OEO lobbying.

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-phillipsw-19800416-1-85-49.pdf
Employment history; organization and operation of the Democratic Study Group; support of the Great Society program; attending bill signing ceremonies; accepting position with the OEO; Sargent Shriver; OEO staff members; problems in Congressional…

Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-hackettd-19800415-1-12-10.pdf
Insights gained from Hackett's work with the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime; giving grants to nineteen cities that wanted to develop a plan for addressing delinquency; pressure to speed up the planning process and start…

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 19, 15 March 1980," LBJ Library

Newsletter published by the Friends of the LBJ Library. For more about the Friends, including membership information, please see the LBJ Library website.

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-thomasd-19800203-1-91-32.pdf
Biographical information; association with Everett Looney; LBJ as a Congressman; relationship with LBJ; 1948 Senate race; investigation of voting irregularities in Alice, TX; collecting affidavits from Mexican-Americans to challenge voting…

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ctj-19800129-19800130-16-11-24.pdf
Lady Bird Johnson's daily activities in Washington, D.C., while LBJ was serving in the navy in 1942; LBJ's congressional office staff and Lady Bird Johnson's role as manager of the office in LBJ's absence; correspondence with constituents; living…

Oral history transcript, Emily Crow Selden, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-seldene-19800116-2-83-59.pdf
[For interview 1 and 2] Biographical information; St. Mary’s in Dallas; classes; faculty; Aunt Effie; activities; Lady Bird’s family; Caddo Lake; University of Texas life; friends; leaving college; LBJ; Selden’s marriage.

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ratherm-19800111-3-08-27.pdf
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…

Oral history transcript, Emily Crow Selden, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-seldene-19800110-1-83-58.pdf
[For interview 1 and 2] Biographical information; St. Mary’s in Dallas; classes; faculty; Aunt Effie; activities; Lady Bird’s family; Caddo Lake; University of Texas life; friends; leaving college; LBJ; Selden’s marriage.

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 15 (XV), 1/4/1980-1/5/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ctj-19800104-19800105-15-11-23.pdf
Closing up LBJ's Senate campaign headquarters after the 1941 loss; trip to New York City with Gene Boehringer Lasseter to see Van Cliburn; the political importance of postmasters; LBJ's involvement in the extension of Selective Service and the draft;…

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 18, 15 December 1979," LBJ Library

Newsletter published by the Friends of the LBJ Library. For more about the Friends, including membership information, please see the LBJ Library website.

Oral history transcript, Richard Spinn, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-spinnr-19791212-1-09-32.pdf
Biographical information; early education; Spinn's experiences as a student at Southwest Texas State Teacher's College (SWTSTC) in San Marcos; LBJ's reputation on campus at SWTSTC; student organizations and dating; LBJ as a debater; the Black Stars;…

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-woodsw-19791206-1-83-44.pdf
Biographical information; Association with LBJ; Blanco County; Johnson family; college life

Oral history transcript, Ella SoRelle Porter and Mike Porter, interview 1 (I), 11/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-portere-19791128-1-83-29.pdf
Biographical information; subcollege; college work; student population; faculty; LBJ; campus activities; campus politics; teaching school in Houston; 1937 Congressional election

Oral history transcript, Alfred T. "Boody" Johnson, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-johnsona-19791127-1-82-15.pdf
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Cecil Evans; college years; garage apartment; secretary to Kleburg; college sports; Black Stars; White Stars; LBJ blackballed; 1928 Democratic National Convention; debate team; Cotulla; boarding;…

Oral history transcript, Albert C. Harzke, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-harzkea-19791127-1-83-14.pdf
Biographical information; housing; meeting LBJ; general impressions; school and social activities; campus politics; Alpha and Omega; Professor Greene

Oral history transcript, Merrell Blackman, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-blackmanm-19791115-1-82-47.pdf
Biographical information; SWTTC; contact with LBJ; Harris Blair debating club; Student Welfare Council; 1928 Democratic Convention; Black Stars; LBJ as Blackman's best man; LBJ's activities and family; President Evans; dating in San Marcos

Oral history transcript, C.E. "Curley" Doyle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-doylec-19791114-1-09-19.pdf
Biographical information; meeting LBJ at college in San Marcos; clubs at Southwest Texas State Teachers' College (SWTSTC), including the White Stars; LBJ's parents; LBJ's early interest in politics; professors LBJ admired at SWTSTC, including…

Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert

Daily summaries of TV networks to LBJ; Bureau Chiefs set up TV control room at White House; Bill Moyers and Peter Benchley leaving the White House; Jack Valenti; monitored 11:00 to 1:00pm TV news shows for LBJ; LBJ believed Texans were resented;…

Oral history transcript, G. Preston Smith and Ellen Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-smithgp-19791108-1-83-35.pdf
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; debate team; faculty; clubs; activities; teaching jobs; attached memoir

Oral history transcript, Ardis C. Hopper, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-hoppera-19791106-1-82-35.pdf
Southwest Texas State Teachers' College; living arrangements; jobs; campus activities and organizations; LBJ's family; boarding house; social activities; professors; classes; 1928 Democratic convention; sports; President Evans; other students

Oral history transcript, Marie Lindau Olson, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-olsonm-19791005-1-08-13.pdf
How Olson came to work in the Texas office of the National Youth Administration (NYA) answering mail with L.E. Jones; NYA office staff and space in Austin; LBJ's visit to the Austin NYA office; the NYA advisory board; long work hours; Jesse Kellam's…

Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-latimerg-19791005-2-82-38.pdf
G. Preston Smith; LBJ as debate coach; M.E. Foster; banquets; debates; Johnson family; classes; Uncle George; tournaments; LBJ as Congressional secretary; Dick Kleberg; office procedures; Dodge Hotel; Corpus Christi law office; House votes; Mrs.…

Oral history transcript, Nell Colgin Miller, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-millern-19791004-1-87-7.pdf
First meeting with Lady Bird; Lady Bird as a student; early impressions of Lady Bird; life at UT; the Matthews Rooming House; arrangements on meals; the DeWitt Reddicks; the Austin Women’s Club; recollections of Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter; Lady…

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-mcknightf-19791004-1-84-72.pdf
Biographical information; association with Richard Kleberg; first meeting LBJ; Roy Miller; association as a newspaperman with LBJ; LBJ’s temper; Senate race; visits during the presidency; LBJ and press criticism; W. Lee O’Daniel; LBJ as a…

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1979, by David Culbert

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-spec/27500818-oh-christiang-19790917-6-80-40.pdf
Special telephone interview regarding the impact of television on public policy; White House Communications Agency; use of videotape; White House Naval Photographic Unit films; LBJ's close relations with the press; television news reports; effect of…

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 14 (XIV), 9/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ctj-19790909-14-11-22.pdf
LBJ's 1941 Senate campaign; problems with LBJ's voice; LBJ's opponents in the race, including Gerald Mann, Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, and Martin Dies; filming the campaign on Lady Bird Johnson's movie camera; entertainment at campaign stops; LBJ's…

Oral history transcript, Sidney "Sub" Pyland, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-pylands-19790904-1-08-25.pdf
How the Alpha and Omega (A&O) group got started at Southwest Texas State Teachers College (STSTC); the Black Star athletic fraternity; Pyland's experience with members of the Black Stars; founding members of the A&O; Bill Deason's election to class…

Oral history transcript, Victor Jaeggli, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-jaeggliv-19790904-1-06-35.pdf
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, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ctj-19790902-19790903-13-11-21.pdf
Visiting the home of Evalyn Walsh McLean and socializing in 1941; Lady Bird's participation in a 75th Club luncheon honoring Eleanor Roosevelt; riding in Sam Rayburn's car; diversity in the 10th District; Lady Bird Johnson using her movie camera;…

Oral history transcript, Edith H. Parker, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-parkere-19790827-1-85-56.pdf
Biographical information; early association with LBJ; the Dodge Hotel; the Capitol and Capitol staffs; summer of 1935 in Austin; LBJ’s plans to run for Congress; LBJ and other staff members; the Little Congress; Bob Jackson and Arthur Perry;…

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-shortr-19790822-1-13-05.pdf
How Short met LBJ; Short's involvement in the Minnesota Committee on Rocketry; LBJ accepting JFK's offer to be his vice presidential running mate before a deal could be worked out with Orville Freeman; LBJ's vice presidential duties relating to civil…

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-keitham-19790820-1-09-50.pdf
Biographical information; Keith's military service with the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea; Keith's marriage; how Keith went to work for Judge Harry Blackmun; Blackmun becoming a Supreme Court justice; Keith becoming a state…

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 12 (XII), 8/19/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-ctj-19790819-12-11-20.pdf
Returning to Washington, D.C. from Texas in January 1941; LBJ's hospitalization for pneumonia; LBJ's visitors during his hospitalization, including the Marshes; socializing with Decca Romilly and Virginia and Clifford Durr; anticipation of World War…

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 17, 15 August 1979," LBJ Library

Newsletter published by the Friends of the LBJ Library. For more about the Friends, including membership information, please see the LBJ Library website.

Oral history transcript, Roy L. McWilliams, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-mcwilliamsr-19790815-1-82-46.pdf
Biographical information; San Marcos; College Star; White Stars; membership; purpose; LBJ as state NYA administrator; NYA public relations activities; staffers; structure of the NYA; projects; Herbert Henderson; working habits; later contacts with…

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-humphreyh-19790813-1-08-01.pdf
Early memories of living in Maryland when his father became a senator; visiting the LBJ Ranch; Skip's educational background; LBJ asking Humphrey Jr. to be his 1964 running mate; Humphrey Jr.'s satisfaction with the role of vice president; Humphrey…