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Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, that we all know. But what he did was, he always paid his debts-- that little thing that I did for him. I tell you, they were so nice to me, even after [my] doing a lady Bird impression and things. As a matter of fact, that's the thing I miss now. I
; political humor; Lady Bird impression; LBJ's entertainment preferences; dances at White House; Shirley Maclaine; 1968 campaign appearances for Hubert Humphrey; LBJ's interest in dogs and his dog at White House; not asked by LBJ to sing at White House

Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Zoo. And we secured authority from the Secret Service to present those, not as a gift to the President that night, but to name them Lyndon and Lady Bird. And they were brought into just part of the pleasant part of the evening which we went through
in their meetings with LBJ and Hubert Humphrey; tiger cubs at Atlanta zoo named for President Johnson and Lady Bird; relations with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Mrs. King; MLK's assassination and resulting racial problems in Atlanta; concerns and involvement

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

) Lady Bird Johnson spent a great deal of her time trying to understand her husband and trying to support his ideas and ambitions, rather than trying to dictate her own ideas and ambitions. She looked for evidence each day to support what he was trying
Vietnam policy; post-presidency contacts and work with LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson and LBJ State Park; Hubert Humphrey's 1968 Texas campaign; LBJ's role in politics in post-presidency period

Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the time . Pt : Did Lady Bird campaign? 0: Yes, she did . I never followed her, but I knew, as a matter of fact, that she was having receptions different places . . M: She went one direction, and he went another . 0: They didn't go together

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

trust. They treated him as a usurper. Now I understand that the Honorable--wait a minute now, I'm getting old--who's the press secretary to- F: [Pierre] Salinger. C: No, the press secretary to Lady Bird. F: Oh. Liz Carpenter. C: Liz's book

Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

me that the first day of school. M: You got an A.B. degree from Harvard-- P: It reminds me of Lady Bird Johnson. Someone asked her where she got the name of Lady Bird and she described that. She said, "S ome people call me Claudia, but when

to them, but I didn't conduct them. C: There is an incident that George told me that I think should be in the historical record on Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, that I know only from George, but George was there first hand. the one to tell it. And I'd

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the locals are afraid that it's going to take land off the tax roll. They're suspicious of whether it really will bring in enough tourism trade to offset this; they'd rather have a bird in the hand than two in the bush; they'd LBJ Presidential Library

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