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Oral history transcript, James Cato Pattillo and Nettie Pattillo Woodyard, interview 1 (I), 6/27/1968, by A.K. Johnson (Item)

they all graduated from Oxford, they moved back to Autauga County, but they didn't sell their property up there. They kept that for some years afterward, and I visited them several times in Autauga. I had several conversaUons with Minnie, Lady Bird's

Oral history transcript, Elaine Fischesser and Ellen Taylor Cooper, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1967, by Douglass Cater (Item)

Bird's mother's sister. She died at the age -- I don't know the exact age, but Lady Bird was five at the time of her death. MR. CATER: How many years did you say she lived there? ·MRs. FISCHESSER: She lived -- I could not : remember the exact dates
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Mrs. Fischesser first encounters Lady Bird; Lady Bird's Aunt Effie; Lady Bird's love of reading; Mrs. Fischesser's first encounter with LBJ; Mrs. Cooper's first encounter with Lady Bird; Nettie Mason Patillo; Mrs. Cooper's first encounter with LBJ

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)

, and I was taken wi th both of them very much indeed. family had cane from Alabama.. Lady Bird' s Her mother and father both came from a little village up in Autauga County called Billingsley. My husband had had sane knowledge of her family

Oral history transcript, Judge R.E. Thomason, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

interest was in her family. From my observation Lyndon and Lady Bird have had a very happy life together. He is a devoted husband just as he was a devoted son. The Congressional wives loved both Lyndon and Lady Bird. They were very popular with all groups

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

: Are there any other stories of this period like that which you remember? Q: I remember when I first met Lady Bird. G: Yes, would you tell us the whole marriage story as you recall it. Just start from the beginning. Q: Then I’ll tell you when I first met

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

-- 2 putting the advance operation together for the Lady Bird Special which was the train tour through eight southern states, on which Mrs. Johnson and Lynda and Luci were the chief attractions. Following that experience I went into the Army in November

Oral history transcript, Otto Lindig, interview 1 (I), 3/1965, by Jessie Hunter (Item)

style music, good music. do you recall when the President met Lady Bird? L: Well, the first I know of, that was on the 10th of September 1934. There's when he met Lady Bird in Austin and he fell in love with her. He followed her and I think
; Sam Johnson as Justice of the Peace; dances; Lady Bird; political support for LBJ; family history of Sam Ealy Johnson Sr. and Sam Ealy Johnson Jr.; childhood and school days of LBJ; LBJ as a teacher; history of LBJ’s career.

Oral history transcript, Sam Fore, Oliver Bruck, Dan Quill, & William S. White, group interview 2 (II), 1/20/1965, by Douglass Cater (Item)

something to do with Johnson's romance. Q: Yeah, I did. That's an often repeated story. You want to hear about it? C: Sure. Q: Well, the President was in Texarkana. Lady Bird lived at Karnack --a few miles from Texarkana. He called me one Saturday

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

But the thing that made this unique is we put out about sixty women who were out. They would go into a town three or four days before and have press conferences and boom the fact that the "Lady Bird Special" is coming to town. One of them was named Mrs. Robert
First meeting Lady Bird; worked for Esther Van Wagoner Tufty; her wedding; presentation of calf from LBJ and Rayburn to President Eisenhower; ready access; LBJ’s willingness to share credit with local Congressmen whenever a story broke; two real

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

naturally follmved--because of the type of ' people he and his sweet wife, Lady Bird are--this also went into a very fine and wonderful personal and social relationship. PB: What kind of a man would you say that Mr. Johnson was in those days

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

this thing was done or failed. In the matter of the President's wedding, he called me up one Saturday morning, about 8 o'clock from Texarkana, and said that he and Lady Bird wanted to be married in St. Mark's Episcopal Church at LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

was as pretty as a bird; and that was the way her name became this--Lady Bird. And so we went on to Washington-P: This was on your first trip to Washington? B: On my first trip to Washington. I went on up with Lyndon. I was having to make arrangements

Oral history transcript, Henry Hirshberg, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

remember that he came out and shushed We were a little too noisy out there in the courtyard. In any event Lyndon and Lady Bird and her bridesmaid whose name I can't remember did arrive and we went into the church. P: And this was in the evening time? H

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: In 139. He had an office there. In the Co-op. [Pedernales Electric] From September 15 when I went to "vork until the first of the year, we worked there. And then the boys drove up to Washington and I spent Christmas with Bird at her home in Karnack
; LBJ’s sensitivity; Mary Rather; Dorothy Plyler; helicopter campaign; Lady Bird; JFK assassination; 1964 campaign; first woman to work for LBJ; living in Johnson City; Congressional Ball; LBJ’s friendship with Senator Alvin Wirtz; former political enemies

Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

/loh/oh 25 any quote that he wasn't interested in second place. But a few nights before that, we'd had some Texans out to a little barbeque including Lyndon and Bird and a group of mutual friends; and of course it came up then. And Lyndon said he
campaign; ambition; Johnson treatment; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s problem with public media communication; Lady Bird; Luci and Lynda; Lady Bird’s influence on the LBJ’s decision not to run; thoughtfulness of the Johnsons; LBJ’s major

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, 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, 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, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh - 7 obably hij rnother or Lady Bird? I just don't rerniu.mber . What wa a his manner in day-4 ? thosift 'V'ery strict, very decisiv, very pointed

Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Gordon Fulcher, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

. There've been his wife, Lady Bird, and John Connally, about both of whom I will have more to say later on in this interview. But to name a few of my contemporaries--Jesse Kellam, Willard Deason, Jake Pickle, Mary Rather, Walter Jenkins, Ray Lee
LBJ as NYA state director; the Great Depression; the 1937, 1941 and 1944 campaigns of LBJ; rural electrification and LCRA; characterization of LBJ; Mayor Tom Miller of Austin; John Connally; Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Polk Shelton and Nell Shelton, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

of them, their thoughtfulness in so many things, like Polk mentioned earlier, the fact that he sent flowers to him when he was in the hospital. he's a busy person. I know He also sent him a telegram and I talked to Lady Bird by telephone, and she wrote

Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

was the apartment? T: Oh, Woodley Park Towers on Connecticut Avenue. And I don't know now whether that was their first home or not. I don't recall that. But I know they did live there for a number of years, and we lived there. Certainly Bird, as we called her
Biographical information about Albert Thomas; Thomas’ race for Congress in 1936; appointment to House Appropriations Committee; Thomas’ contributions to Houston and Harris County; First acquaintance with LBJ; role of a politician’s wife; Lady

Oral history transcript, Hodding Carter, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, have you ever met or had any dealings with Mrs. Johnson- -with Lady Bird? c: No, but my wife has. My wife has, on numbers of occasions, been a guest of hers in the White House. So I might have been in the White House, but- -I used to kind of play
independence; wife's opinion of Lady Bird; strong Kennedy supporter; supper with RFK the night before his assassination; incident on plane after RFK's death; relationship between RFK and LBJ

Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. M: Johnson worked for Kleberg for awhile, did he not? B: Yes, this was earlier before he became NYA administrator . As a matter of fact he lived here in Corpus for awhile, he and Bird both after he married . But this was before my time with him

Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

. That's General Ernest Thompson and he said, "Lady Bird, do you have a cat?" She said, "Yes, I have a cat." He said, "Well, why don't you go on home and attend to it and let them run the campaign." Then they yielded. Lyndon said at one time that he
“Who the hell is Lyndon Johnson?” Martin Harris; Ray Lee; basic strategy for LBJ; Lady Bird; headquarters in Capital National Bank Building; LBJ meeting with FDR; Maury Maverick; LBJ’s illness; Ben Crider; hillbilly; election night; radio station

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was Davenport Street. Washington they were married. I think that when they first came to He'd lived, I think, at the Dodge when he first worked for Mr. Kleberg. But after they were married and Lady Bird came up, why, I think that's where they were, because

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 4 (IV), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Johnson has been in his career, particularly in the Presidency? G: I would guess and hope very influential. She's my particular folk hero at this moment. being. She's a lady in every respect, and she's a very broad-gauged human I've no doubt about her
Assessment of LBJ; Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

. don't recall. G: I just Maybe Lady Bird drove him part of the time. Was there a campaign theme like "Youth and Progress," something of that sort? D: I do not recall that there was a campaign slogan like "Youth and Progress." Maybe there was. G

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

the home in San Marcos have books around? She was a rather bookish lady. WH: Yes, she was. I would doubt that there was a library as such. She had books in and around the house in profusion, but I can't recall a library. I'm quite sure that the books

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

great knowledge of political affairs and things generally in the country. And then I remember a situation developed after he and Lady Bird had gone on back. I watched her taking a few notes and listening most intently while he was talking freely

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

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

warning of possible danger; reaction to the assassination; 1964 convention in Atlantic City; appointment to Court of Claims; differences between LBJ as a public and as a private man; LBJ’s unwillingness to delegate authority; 3/31 announcement; Lady Bird’s

Oral history transcript, Charles F. Herring, interview 2 (II), 10/24/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

of time after he had run for the Senate and was defeated, and he went into the service in the Navy in the Pacific for a period of time. I remember so well the correspondence that I would get from his office was signed by Lady Bird. She was running his

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)

. But it did come a bit as a surprise. I presume he and all others and Lady Bird must have evaluated this thing in terms of his future, his health, any other conditions that had to be taken into account, and then decided that this was the course to pursue

Oral history transcript, Beryl A. (Mrs. Lloyd) Bentsen, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

hour. Then if the President became interested in what was being discussed and wanted to pursue it a little bit further, he would say, "Bird, go in and fix us something to eat." And she would go in and we'd have wonderful things, but seemingly without

Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. But we were encouraged by it, because at least half of them did leave and go utilize their time in other sight-seeing activities. So with the permission of the new First Lady, we will continue to experiment LBJ Presidential Library http
and overnight accommodations; commuter-type bus for TN in parks; comparison of management of National Seashore over National Park; George Washington Parkway; park service in non-continental area; Scenic Riverway Program and Trails; Mel Grosvenor; Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in Washington. We interview these guys--I say ''We,'' Commander Latimer specifically interviews these gents, and he coordinates this with Bess Abell's office. some place between thirty-five and forty. It fluctuates. marriage rate among these birds is pretty

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 3 (III), 11/14/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

help him in Texas. Maybe I can help some, but he can help himself, Lady Bird can help him, and then Muriel can help him." Oh, and then he said, "Congressman Jim Wright." man Jim Wright very lavishly. Vice President. And he praised Congress- He

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