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Oral history transcript, Eugene McDermott and Margaret Milam McDermott, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

out of their love of the Hill Country? MM: Oh, yes. Dr4: At the dedication of the courthouse you say Lady Bird gave a talk, did you invite her to do this? EM: No, no. We had nothing to do with that. MM: There was a committee of townspeople
The McDermotts restored old courthouse at Fredericksburg and the Johnsons showed interest; Lady Bird spoke at dedication ceremonies

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of substantial issues. On Vietnam, he talked to her a good bit about it. I'd notice in the bedroom he'd say, "Well, Lady Bird, we're going to do so-and-so," and 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
and Lady Bird Johnson; LBJ's support for Lady Bird Johnson's work; LBJ teasing people he liked; LBJ's love of good clothes; how the Johnsons treated each other; Mrs. Johnson telling LBJ, "You know you are loved" when he was under stress; a story involving J

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to be given for a long, long time. For instance, reading the love letters exchanged between Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird, which someday I hope will be published. word in them that can't be used. will be inspiring to people. They are publishable; there's
Papers; LBJ as a raconteur; work with Lady Bird; Richard Daley; public libraries.

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

they generally travel together? N: No. No, they traveled separately. on me if I had It would have been a lot easier had Bird along. I tell you that. accident which you may have heard about. haven't you? G: The automobile accident? She had an You've
1948 campaign; John Connally’s role; Lady Bird and LBJ as campaigners; fund raising; Senators Wirtz and Russell; FDR and his death; venison story; LBJ’s relationship with his employees; letter count; Glenn Stegall; Walter Jenkins; compassion

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XXI covering 1947-1948 DATE: August 10-11, 1981 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Sanford L. Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

admire and very much like Mrs. Johnson because she is a delightful lady. She is relaxed and when you are with her you feel at ease. I know there are times when we are trying to find the proper frame for a painting or it may be a particular photograph
Biographical information; variety of duties; working with Lady Bird; invitations to White House functions; protocol; entertainment; gifts; contact with the Johnson family; designing wedding booklets for Luci and Lynda; specially lettered Gettysburg

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 7 (VII), 5/9/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Brown or somebody else's place or had to come to Texas, he never had a time to get out there. And as a consequence, LBJ never did sign that organ because he had to do it in person. I do have Lady Bird's on there. And I have Lynda Bird's and Luci's. But I
Hutchinson, Frank and Jean Ikard, Jim Imhofe, Wayne Jebhurst [?], Warren Jernigan, Corey Johnson [?], Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson, Lynda Johnson, Jerry Jolash [?], Claire Jones, John Marvin Jones, Barbara Kennelly, Jack Kemp, Barbara Kennedy [?], Joe

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

? W: No, I don't recall anything special. He probably--when did he and Lady Bird marry? G: Well, that was much later. That would have been-- W: I guess--yes, that's later. That was before he married. Because after they married, they spent a lot
Cooperative (PEC); Lady Bird Johnson's interest in preserving trees along the highway between Johnson City and Stonewall; Winters' involvement with the Marshall Ford Dam; LBJ's lack of popularity in Gillespie County; the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: The LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: I hate to start off with such a mundane topic, but I was going to ask you to describe in a little greater detail the Johnsons' house
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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
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Father Wunibald W. Schneider, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

this and there is a long table there, seating about fifteen or sixteen people. Then we were all lined up, and Lady Bird placed the guests. She said, "Let me sit on the farther end, and then so on and so." When she was halfway up the President said, "Where is Father

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEW XXII covering 1948 DATE: August 23, 1981 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

DATE: March 19-20, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 1 J: In February, I began the first of many trips to Texas to work on the house. I went somewhat reluctantly
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

health . I have the impression that even then he pushed himself too hard, that he was con stantly being urged to slow down . B: That is true . Lady Bird tried her best to get him to slow down . But he had a very restless, driving energy that he just

Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Walter left, we had Charlie Henderson who moved in for a time. And then Henderson left. Then Lady Bird had come on board while Charlie was there when the Congressman was in the service, and my status had changed fairly significantly. By that time, I

Oral history transcript, Daniel Garcia, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

said. They were just kidding. But at the same time, he actually wanted to see me, because he wanted me to ride on his station wagon and Lady Bird and somebody else, Ambassador of the United Nations I think that came with him at that time. We came over

Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Secretary of State, Katie Louchheim, and I would say that I was-going to the White House on this matter maybe three times a year. And always in the awards ceremony, I would stand there with Lady Bird and pass out these certificates. Of course, later on I
Tobriner; Warren Christopher; James Newmyer; Polly Shackleton; George Christian; Katie Loucheim; Mary Lasker; Mrs. Astor; Laurance Rockefeller; Lady Bird as First Lady; LBJ’s interest in development of the DC Council; LBJ’s responses to 4/68 riots; John

Oral history transcript, Logan Wilson, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

liaison agency between the institutions of higher education and the federal government. t1: So we've been in the middle of a lot of this stuff. Before I go on to educational policies, do you have any impressions of Lady Bird or the other members

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

downtown Boston at lunch hour. his and was the first woman. I wa s in the car immediately behind I was dressed up with white gloves on, and lots of people thought that I was Lady Bird just because I was there, so I had a marvelous time waving. But he

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

here from 1947. It says here that Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie died on New Year's night of 1947 and she was very depressed about that. Do you recall anything of that? W: Well, that aunt raised Lady Bird from the time she was five or six years old. She

Oral history transcript, Volkmar K. Wentzel, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there and I got a call from Liz Carpenter. She said, "Kurt, Mrs. Lady Bird would like you to come down and see her." So I immediately went down to their suite of rooms, and there was Mrs. Johnson resting on the bed and she had curlers in her hair. She
1963 Northern Europe trip; photo session with Lady Bird in Helsinki; talking about the Finnish War; LBJ's visit with Mrs. Seppala's father; estimate of LBJ as a subject for photographs; gentlemanly qualities and courteousness of LBJ

Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that we didn't have too much to worry about. And Ramsey was even tougher than his dad was. F: Ramsey looked like one of those thin reeds up there. But you never could break him. E: Right. F: Did you get in on that Dixie tour that Lady Bird made
and Senator John Stennis; Evers as NAACP field director; work for education; housing; employment; Ramsey Clark; Lady Bird's Dixie tour; federal programs in Mississippi; friends Charles Percy of Illinois and Nelson Rockefeller of New York; SNCC; CORE; SCLC

Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

yes, she's first-rate in every way . M: Do you have any opinion on how she played her role as First Lady? B: I thought she was great, myself . I might have been prejudiced . think everybody who knew Lady Bird admired her . I I don't know

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

things succeed? B: It was a part of both . It was a family organization, number one, but each of us was assigned particular duties . the state . I was finance officer for At this time, Lyndon and Lady Bird lived out on San Gabriel Street in Bob

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the atomic bomb weren't nearly as well kept. I doubt if even Lady Bird could have given you a good guess. I had an idea that he might go for somebody like Gene McCarthy, seeing that the Catholic vote had become a very important factor and that I don't think

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

daffodils in what is now Lady Bird Johnson Park. Altogether over 1,110,000 daffodils were planted, about 2500 dogwood trees were also planted, and we're planting a few more dogwood trees this fall and in the spring to fill out the gaps. So I hope
Castro; Committee for National Health Insurance; beautification stamps; 1968 campaign; dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredricksburg; Laurance Rockefeller and Mrs. Aston; how to spread beautification around a city.

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

apartment there at--oh, I think it was Kalorama Road was what it was. Lady Bird had one and he had one. Lyndon. And his car. He had two cars; So we went down. So here comes Gene Latimer, one of the boys, I got him a job with the Federal Housing

Oral history transcript, Ralph Moreland, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh MORELAND -- I -- 5 all seriousness. Mc: I always heard that Lady Bird was a good businesswoman, too. Did you ever have any contact with her in business matters? M
on Airport; LBJ’s feeling for business; KTBC; LBJ’s staff; guest in June 1969 at the Ranch; LBJ’s feelings regarding Nixon’s economic policies; conversation with LBJ regarding deer; impressions of Lady Bird; invitation to Scharnhorst Ranch to hunt; contact

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

highways are a monument to his [Lyndon Johnson's] vision and that of his lovely wife, Lady Bird . M: Excuse me a moment, do you recall having any impressions about young Mr . Johnson at that time? B: Yes, I thought that he was one of the most
Relationship with LBJ in Congressman Kleberg's office in 1933; airline regulations; LBJ's election to Congress in 1937; Senate campaign in 1941 and 1948; 1956 Democratic Convention; 1960 campaign with JFK; influence of Lady Bird Johnson on LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that. Bird ran that, and Mary Rather. All right. Lady Now, Jim Forrestal was under secretary of the navy and [Frank] Knox was secretary of the navy. You know, he was a Republican from Chicago. And Roosevelt had made [Henry] Stimson, a Republican

Oral history transcript, John Chancellor, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for the program to begin, what I didn't know was that the President was upstairs in the Mansion. Lady Bird was in Texas. He was alone, and this was significant. Lady Bird, I think, played a very important role in his life. But he was alone and looking at me out

Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

parties for him. M: You were about to say something about Mrs. Johnson. MT: Well, yes, Bird and I have been--well, I call her Bird, probably because [pause] of Lady Bird, but I always call her Bird. years, and very good friends. We have been friends
cooperation on legislative matters; protective coastal construction after Hurricane Carla; LBJ’s loss on contact with old friends in 1968; assessment of Walter Jenkins; role of Lady Bird; support of LBJ during 1960 campaign; JFK’s trip to Texas; 1968

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in that. Yes. What was your role in that? Johnson. I am very fond of Lady Bird In the first place, I think she is a person of great charm, and [she has] an exquisite sense of words and the best judgment about human affairs that I can think of. judge. She

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was called secretary--same job. F: Did you ever see the secretary or administrative assistant in Washington during that period? D: Yes, I made one trip up here and visited with him; stayed, of course, in the little apartment that he and Lady Bird lived
African-Americans and the poor; "make work" projects; roadside parks; 1937 campaign; Uncle George; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; LBJ as Deason's best man; Hardy Hollers campaign in 1946; Lady Bird's business interest in her radio station, KVET; application

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

alone with Liz's lovely young secretary in the Brinkerhoff Lodge and it wouldn't do, for obvious reasons; so I told Liz about this. I said, "I'm going to get one of the press ladies to chaperone us, because I don't want to compromise Lynn's virtue. If I

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Wayne Aspinall, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Thornberry, had been taking up Lady Bird's time, and pretty soon he yelled over to Judge Thornberry, "Homer, you've been sitting by Lady Bird long enough. You make way for ltJayne." And I went over and sat LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
district of Denver; Boyhood Home legislation; role of Lady Bird with National Park Service Advisory Review Commission; appointment of son (Owen Aspinall) as governor of Samoa; island elections of governors; Saline Water Bill; National Park System and Wild

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Who else was there? Lady Bird, Watson, [Larry] O'Brien some of the time, about just how to organize and how to get started. G: Was there a general strategy for 1968? R

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

philosophy. What I'm looking for is the conflict involved there that throws everybody off. That he really manufactured and--I don't know how we can analyze it, but the thing is that he was an insecure person. He even sent those girls and Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

interviewed so many people, I've seen a lot of people who weren't friendly to Johnson-S: Oh, did you really? F: Yes, but invariably they always say nice things about Lady Bird Johnson. I haven't found a real critic yet, and that in itself is quite
How Shoumatoff became a presidential portrait painter; planning with Mrs. Johnson the portraits of FDR, LBJ and Mrs. Johnson for the White House; painting portraits of LBJ, Luci and Lynda Bird; process of painting: photographs, sketches, number

Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

president of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Foundation; organizing LBJ's and Lady Bird Johnson's 1964 visits to Atlanta; the 1964 Lady Bird Special campaign train trip; Jones' interest in returning to government work; a cancer and heart disease report

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