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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, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kellam's place and I took Deason's place in San Antonio. After Lyndon was elected, he had an appendectomy during the campaign-he still wasn't well. He got Bill Deason and I to go up to Marshall with him to Lady Bird's home, her father's home, and we
  • Roosevelt not stopping to dedicate a roadside park; LBJ’s relationship with Lady Bird’s father; LBJ’s involvement with NYA after becoming a Congressman; La Villita in San Antonio; Maury Maverick; working for OPA; Roth’s involvement in the 1948 campaign; feud
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a great deal pro and con. I recall a number of occasions, one in particular on a Sunday afternoon when he and Lady Bird and Alice, my wife, and I took a long ride up towards Harper's Ferry over in West Virginia. We spent the whole afternoon