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Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Initiation of the Peace Corps with Bill Moyers and Sargent Shriver; LBJ’s attitude toward, and involvement with, the Peace Corps; work as LBJ’s junior military Aide while LBJ was Vice-president; LBJ’s relationship as vice-president to JFK and…
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
The genesis of the Heart, Cancer and Stroke Commission; Dr. Michael DeBakey; goals of funding national clinical research; influence of the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health; Dr. James Shannon; LBJ’s interest in the…
Oral history transcript, William Narva, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
How Narva came to be LBJ’s dermatologist; LBJ’s involvement in treatment choices; skin biopsies on LBJ; X-ray therapy on skin; LBJ’s chronic hand dermatitis; Narva’s rapport with LBJ; LBJ’s rushed schedule; Dr. George Burkley; LBJ showing…
Oral history transcript, Milton R. Young, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's tenure as Democratic leader of the Senate; his relationship with other Senators
Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; LBJ's appointment as director of the Texas NYA; Aubrey Williams; Maury Maverick; first contact with LBJ; state budgets; NYA organization; state directors; Congressman Buchanan; advisory boards; Richard Brown; NYA-WPA…
Oral history transcript, Emma Boehringer Tooley, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
T.J. Taylor; Mrs. Taylor; Aunt Effie Pattillo; Karnackl school; Lady Bird; local activist friends; St. Mary's; the University of Texas; LBJ; personal impressions
Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 2 (II), 4/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
The Taylor family life in Marshall; Lady Bird’s parents, habits, home arrangement, lifestyle; description of Lady Bird’s mother’s illness and funeral; Lady Bird at Marshall High and college years; Lady Bird’s father’s second wife (Ruth…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
The Johnson family's home in San Marcos; what Lady Bird Johnson thought of LBJ's early career prospects; LBJ's response to a job offer from Charles Marsh; LBJ's ability to remember names; Mrs. Johnson's reluctance to marry LBJ; the weeks leading up…
Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Appointment to Naval Affairs Committee in 1936; how he met LBJ; trip to Central America to evaluate a second canal; war service; President Roosevelt and LBJ; LBJ as senate majority leader; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Service with LBJ in the House and Senate; characterization of LBJ's leadership qualities in the Senate; comparison of LBJ to Senators Knowland and Dirksen; LBJ's timing in bringing bills to the floor; recollections of specific bills and resolutions;…
Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 2 (II), 2/23/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Sam Ealy Johnson; political campaigns; LBJ Ranch; LBJ and Catholicism; TV station KTBC
Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Roy Hofheinz; FCC and radio/television station franchises; 1948 senatorial campaign; Hofheinz’ activities in 1948 campaign; investigation of FCC proposed by Congressman Eugene E. Cox; Cliff Durr as Chairman of FCC; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's June 1934 trip to New York City with Cecille Harrison; receiving LBJ's name and contact information from Gene Boehringer; touring New York City; traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Johnson's impressions of…
Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's 1934 Georgetown Law School days; Dodge Hotel; Little Congress; Huey Long's address at Little Congress; LBJ's belief in loyalty - party, national, personal; constituents in his early career in Kleberg's office; LBJ's idea of professional…
Oral history transcript, Jack Hight, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Beginning work with LBJ; LBJ's temper; LBJ's personal struggle with "liberal" and "conservative" labels; Bobby Baker; problems with McCarthy; Drew Pearson's effort to blackmail LBJ into objecting the seating of McCarthy in the Senate; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Visit to Mrs. Johnson and President Johnson at the White House; Andre Meyer; LBJ’s attitude toward Catholicism; Mike Mansfield; bombing of the Capitol.
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 2 (II), 12/6/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] First impressions of LBJ; LBJ's visits to Kentucky Derby; the McCarthy censure; LBJ's powers of persuasion; LBJ's speaking engagements for Democratic candidates; 1960 campaign; how LBJ became VP candidate; Social Security…
Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; first contact with LBJ; LBJ's legislative talents; generosity; LBJ's support of Diem; 1961 Vietnam trip; India stop; camel driver incident in Pakistan; LBJ's relationship with Richard Russell; LBJ's relationship with…
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Early association with Johnsons; LBJ at Southwest Texas State Teachers' College; LBJ as debate coach; Alvin Wirtz; secretary to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; Al Smith; redistricting Blanco County
Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Deregulation of natural gas; 1965 national convention; LBJ’s relationship with JFK; depressed areas bill; federal pre-emption bill; question of Democrats caucusing.
Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's 1958 interview with Paul Ringler of the Milwaukee Journal; LBJ's practice of making telephone calls while people were in his office; Senator LBJ's ability to get information from people on the telephone; LBJ's tactics to gain Senate passage of…
Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Senate years, including initial contact with LBJ; House Naval Affairs Committee; biographical information; Joseph McCarthy; tin smelter; agricultural issues; impressions of LBJ and his relationship with other Senatorial leaders
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Roy Miller; Richard Kleberg; Little Congress; congressional duties; Bonus March; Al Smith; LBJ as Kleberg’s secretary; LBJ as president.
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s speech class and debate team at Central High School in Houston; LBJ being action-oriented; LBJ’s work with, and loyalty to, Richard Kleberg; Roy Miller; Senator Alvin Wirtz; Little Congress; LBJ’s short time in law school; Maury Maverick;…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 3 (III), 8/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's social life in Marshall and Jefferson, Texas; Jay Gould's efforts to bring the railroad through Jefferson and Marshall; Mrs. Johnson's experience riding a bicycle; writing articles for the Marshall Parrot; the African-American…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 2 (II), 8/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's early education at the Fern School; childhood friends; Mrs. Johnson's relationship with Dorris Powell and her mother, Mrs. Odom; Minnie Lee Pattillo's mental health; attending African-American churches as a child; Mrs. Johnson's…
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Lady Bird Johnson's paternal grandmother; Mrs. Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Jr., and his childhood; Mr. Taylor's move from Alabama to Texas and setting up his business; the Pattillo family and Mrs. Johnson's parents' marriage; Mrs.…